H.R. 4366 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
Six of the twelve annual FY2024 spending bills packaged into one law: military construction and the VA, agriculture and the FDA, commerce, justice and science, energy and water, interior and environment, and transportation and housing.
What the tracked text contains
Of the money itself: $655.0B across 38 tracked line-items — veterans ($306.4B, 47%), income security ($215.5B, 33%) and science ($35.0B, 5%) lead; 6 smaller categories carry the rest. The largest single line: $182,310,515,000 for VA Compensation & Pensions — disability compensation and pension benefits (FY2025 advance appropriation). Beyond the cash, the text also sets $74.1B of trust-fund obligation limits, $22.1M of set-asides (already counted above) and $953.5B of loan-guarantee ceilings — disclosed beside the total, never summed into it.
If the title matched the money, it would be the “Veterans' Benefits and Food-Assistance Appropriations Act of 2024”.
118th Congress · Enrolled (enacted, Public Law) · sponsor not yet verified for this record · signed into law March 9, 2024 · read the full bill text →
Where the money goes
$655.0B across 38 tracked items · compare against another law →The largest verified line-items. This pie breaks down the biggest spending items in the bill — appropriations and mandatory (direct) spending — by category. Every dollar is quoted from the text; click any slice to read them. It is not necessarily every dollar in the bill, and the gaps are not always small ones — where an account was left out, How this was built at the foot of this page says so and why, and a large omission can change which category ranks first. Figures that aren’t spending — authorizations, guarantee ceilings, pay-fors, and carve-outs already counted — are deliberately left out and disclosed below.
The money map
blocks sized by dollars — open one for the law’s own wordsArea is dollars. Each block is one category of tracked spending in H.R. 4366, sized by its share of the $655.0B this page tracks. Open a block and it lists the line-items inside it, each with the passage of the enacted text that carries the dollar figure, quoted word for word, and the section it sits in. Category names are the extraction’s own labels, printed as they come — nothing here calls a category worthwhile or wasteful. The quote is the argument.
This map divides the same tracked total the pie above divides — money the text writes as exact dollar lines. It is not the bill’s total fiscal effect: what the extraction leaves out is stated above the pie and in How this was built at the foot of this page, and the dollars deliberately kept out of the count are listed under the map.
2 of the 9 blocks are too small to carry a label without overprinting themselves, so they are drawn blank — every category is named, with its figures, in the rows and the table below.
veterans$306.4B
$306,438,560,000 · 47% of the $654,958,847,336 this page tracks · 7 tracked line-items, largest first
- VA Compensation & Pensions — disability compensation and pension benefits (FY2025 advance appropriation)$182,310,515,000
“…and, in addition, $182,310,515,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2024…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration; account: COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS - VA Medical Services — inpatient/outpatient care for veterans (FY2025 advance appropriation)$71,000,000,000
“…authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $71,000,000,000, plus…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL SERVICES - VA Medical Community Care — care at non-Department facilities (FY2025 advance appropriation)$20,382,000,000
“…17 of title 38, United States Code, at non-Department facilities, $20,382,000,000, plus…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE - VA Compensation & Pensions — disability compensation and pension benefits to veterans (FY2024)$15,072,388,000
“…United States Code, $15,072,388,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration; account: COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS - VA Readjustment Benefits — GI Bill education and vocational rehabilitation (FY2025 advance appropriation)$13,399,805,000
“…and, in addition, $13,399,805,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2024…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration; account: READJUSTMENT BENEFITS - Veterans Benefits Administration — General Operating Expenses$3,899,000,000
“…Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $3,899,000,000: Provided,…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Veterans Benefits Administration; account: GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES - VA Readjustment Benefits — GI Bill education and vocational rehabilitation benefits (FY2024)$374,852,000
“…United States Code, $374,852,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration; account: READJUSTMENT BENEFITS
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
income security$215.5B
$215,486,362,000 · 33% of the $654,958,847,336 this page tracks · 6 tracked line-items, largest first
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP / food stamps)$122,382,521,000
“…and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $122,382,521,000, of…”
Div B — Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA & Related Agencies; Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Child Nutrition Programs (National School Lunch, school breakfast, etc.)$33,266,226,000
“…(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $33,266,226,000, to…”
Div B — Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA & Related Agencies; Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS - HUD Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers)$28,386,831,000
“…seq.) (in this title the Act), not otherwise provided for, $28,386,831,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title II — HUD, Public and Indian Housing; account: TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE - HUD Project-Based Rental Assistance (Section 8 project-based subsidy contracts)$15,610,000,000
“…U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (the Act), not otherwise provided for, $15,610,000,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title II — HUD, Housing Programs; account: PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE - HUD Public Housing Fund — operation and capital for public housing agencies$8,810,784,000
“…authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,810,784,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title II — HUD, Public and Indian Housing; account: PUBLIC HOUSING FUND - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)$7,030,000,000
“…of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $7,030,000,000, to…”
Div B — Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA & Related Agencies; Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: WIC
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
science$35.0B
$34,965,385,000 · 5% of the $654,958,847,336 this page tracks · 5 tracked line-items, largest first
- Department of Energy — Office of Science research$8,240,000,000
“…and purchase of not more than 35 passenger motor vehicles, $8,240,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Energy Programs; account: Science - NASA — Exploration (human spaceflight/Artemis systems)$7,666,200,000
“…lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,666,200,000, to…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title III — NASA; account: EXPLORATION - NASA — Science (planetary, astrophysics, earth science)$7,334,200,000
“…lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,334,200,000, to…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title III — NASA; account: SCIENCE - National Science Foundation — Research and Related Activities$7,176,500,000
“…services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $7,176,500,000, to…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title III — National Science Foundation; account: RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES - NOAA — Operations, Research, and Facilities (weather service, fisheries, oceans, satellites ops)$4,548,485,000
“…conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, $4,548,485,000, to…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title I — DOC, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; account: OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
defense$29.2B
$29,166,369,000 · 4% of the $654,958,847,336 this page tracks · 4 tracked line-items, largest first
- DOE National Nuclear Security Administration — Weapons Activities (nuclear weapons stockpile)$19,108,000,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $19,108,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Atomic Energy Defense Activities; NNSA account: Weapons Activities - Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps$5,531,369,000
“…other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, $5,531,369,000, to…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title I — Military Construction; account: Military construction, navy and marine corps - DOE NNSA — Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation$2,581,000,000
“…any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,581,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Atomic Energy Defense Activities; NNSA account: Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation - DOE NNSA — Naval Reactors$1,946,000,000
“…of real property, plant, and capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,946,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Atomic Energy Defense Activities; NNSA account: Naval Reactors
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
other$24.4B
$24,383,275,000 · 4% of the $654,958,847,336 this page tracks · 5 tracked line-items, largest first
- Federal Bureau of Investigation — Salaries and Expenses$10,643,713,000
“…detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United States, $10,643,713,000, of…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title II — DOJ, Federal Bureau of Investigation; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - Federal Prison System (Bureau of Prisons) — Salaries and Expenses$8,392,588,000
“…assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign governments, $8,392,588,000: Provided,…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title II — DOJ, Federal Prison System; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - Operation of the National Park System (National Park Service)$2,888,424,000
“…and for the general administration of the National Park Service, $2,888,424,000, of…”
Div E — Interior, Environment & Related Agencies; Title I — National Park Service; account: OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM - Bureau of Indian Affairs — Operation of Indian Programs$1,898,550,000→ Bureau of Indian Affairs (federally recognized Tribes)
“…Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $1,898,550,000, to…”
Div E — Interior, Environment & Related Agencies; Title I — Bureau of Indian Affairs; account: OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS - Payment to the Legal Services Corporation (civil legal aid for the poor)$560,000,000→ Legal Services Corporation
“…the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, $560,000,000, of…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title IV — Related Agencies; account: PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
transportation$15.3B
$15,307,390,000 · 2% of the $654,958,847,336 this page tracks · 4 tracked line-items, largest first
- FAA Operations — air traffic control, safety and navigation$12,729,627,000
“…lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $12,729,627,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title I — DOT, Federal Aviation Administration; account: OPERATIONS (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) - Amtrak National Network grants$1,286,321,000→ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) — National Network
“…Investment and Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117–58), $1,286,321,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title I — DOT, Federal Railroad Administration; account: NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION - Amtrak Northeast Corridor grants$1,141,442,000→ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) — Northeast Corridor
“…of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $1,141,442,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title I — DOT, Federal Railroad Administration; account: NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION - Grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority$150,000,000→ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) — DC/MD/VA
“…Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title I — DOT, Federal Transit Administration; account: GRANTS TO WMATA
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
water$11.7B
$11,746,452,000 · 2% of the $654,958,847,336 this page tracks · 4 tracked line-items, largest first
- Army Corps of Engineers — Operation and Maintenance of harbors, waterways and flood works$5,552,816,000
“…waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstructions to navigation, $5,552,816,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title I — Corps of Engineers–Civil; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE - EPA — environmental programs & infrastructure, incl. clean/drinking water State Revolving Funds$4,418,938,000
“…capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $4,418,938,000, to…”
Div E — Interior, Environment & Related Agencies; Title II — Environmental Protection Agency; account: STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS - Bureau of Reclamation — Water and Related Resources$1,751,698,000
“…State and local governments, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and others, $1,751,698,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title II — Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; account: WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES - Central Utah Project Completion (water resource development)$23,000,000→ State of Utah — Central Utah Project
“…out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion Act, $23,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title II — Central Utah Project Completion Account
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
energy$10.7B
$10,745,000,000 · 2% of the $654,958,847,336 this page tracks · 2 tracked line-items, largest first
- DOE Defense Environmental Cleanup — nuclear weapons complex cleanup$7,285,000,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $7,285,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Atomic Energy Defense Activities; account: Defense Environmental Cleanup - DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy$3,460,000,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $3,460,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Energy Programs; account: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
community & regional development$6.7B
$6,720,054,336 · 1% of the $654,958,847,336 this page tracks · 1 tracked line-item, largest first
- HUD Community Development Fund (Community Development Block Grants, CDBG)$6,720,054,336
“…entities, for economic and community development activities, and other purposes, $6,720,054,336, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title II — HUD, Community Planning and Development; account: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
- Trust-fund obligation limits · 2 tracked items$74.1B
- Set-asides (already counted above) · 1 tracked item$22.1M
- Loan-guarantee ceilings · 3 tracked items$953.5B
None of these are added to the map. They are ceilings, borrowing limits, carve-outs of dollars already counted inside a block above, or pay-fors — summing them into the map would count the same money twice and draw permission to spend as spending. Each is itemized further down this page.
| Category | Tracked dollars | Share of $654,958,847,336 | Line-items |
|---|---|---|---|
| veterans | $306,438,560,000 | 47% | 7 |
| income security | $215,486,362,000 | 33% | 6 |
| science | $34,965,385,000 | 5% | 5 |
| defense | $29,166,369,000 | 4% | 4 |
| other | $24,383,275,000 | 4% | 5 |
| transportation | $15,307,390,000 | 2% | 4 |
| water | $11,746,452,000 | 2% | 4 |
| energy | $10,745,000,000 | 2% | 2 |
| community & regional development | $6,720,054,336 | 1% | 1 |
| Tracked total | $654,958,847,336 | 100% | 38 |
What’s in this bill
every mechanism we could extract, at one scaleA law can move money four different ways, and only one of them is cash. This compares what H.R. 4366 actually spends against what it authorizes, caps, guarantees or pays for. Every bar is a sample. Each one sums the tracked line-items in that mechanism — the largest figures that appear in the text as an exact dollar string — so a bar is a floor, not a mechanism total, and on some laws it is a small fraction of one. Each bar carries its item count and, where the items carry years, the span it covers and where those years came from.
These bars are not added together. Only the top bar is money leaving the Treasury. The rest are ceilings, borrowing limits, carve-outs of money already counted above, or pay-fors — summing them would count the same dollars twice and treat permission to spend as spending. How this was built says what each extraction left out.
What CBO says it does to the deficit
verified estimate, quoted with its basisNo ten-year deficit score applies: an annual appropriations law — CBO measures it against the year's statutory spending caps rather than as a ten-year deficit change. The missing figure is CBO’s classification of this kind of law, not a gap in this page — and no number is invented to fill it.
The terms on this page, in plain English
What these things actually are — and what this bill does to each of them. Written for readers, not staffers; every figure in the “in this bill” lines appears elsewhere on this page.
The Highway Trust Fund
The federal government's dedicated road-and-transit account. Money flows in from federal taxes on gasoline and diesel, and flows out to state highway and transit projects. Congress promises states money from it years in advance — so the fund's health depends on fuel-tax receipts keeping up with the promises, and for years they haven't. When the gap gets big enough, Congress moves ordinary Treasury money in to cover it.
In this bill: This bill doesn't put money into the fund — it sets the year's ceiling on how much already-promised fund money may actually be spent: about $60.1 billion for highways and $14.0 billion for transit.
Contract authority
A promise now, cash later. Congress lets highway agencies sign binding commitments against future trust-fund money before any cash is in hand — useful because a bridge takes years to build. The commitments are real spending eventually, but the figure here is permission to commit, so it is disclosed beside the total rather than counted as money out the door.
Obligation limitation
The annual brake on those promises. States hold years of trust-fund commitments, and each year's spending bill caps how much of them may turn into actual signed spending that year. It is real money moving, but the number is a limit on older promises — not new money — so adding it to the total would double-count.
Mandatory vs. discretionary spending
Discretionary money must be re-approved every year in appropriations bills — if Congress does nothing, it stops. Mandatory (also called direct) spending is written into permanent law and flows automatically until Congress changes the law itself. Benefit programs mostly work the mandatory way, which is why they don't show up in the yearly funding fights.
Loan-guarantee ceiling
The government co-signing loans, not spending money. The figure caps how much new lending the government may promise to stand behind; cash leaves the Treasury only if borrowers default. These ceilings can dwarf a bill's actual spending — which is exactly why they are shown separately and never summed into it.
In this bill: The ceilings here are mostly the housing market's plumbing: up to $550 billion of Ginnie Mae mortgage-security guarantees and $400 billion of FHA home-loan insurance — the machinery behind ordinary mortgages, renewed annually.
Advance appropriation
Money approved now for a future year. Used above all for veterans' benefits and care, so that a government shutdown or a late budget can never interrupt disability checks or hospital operations — the money for next year is already law.
In this bill: Two of the three largest lines on this page are exactly this: $182.3 billion for veterans' compensation and pensions and $71.0 billion for VA medical services, both provided a year ahead.
Set-aside (carve-out)
A floor inside money already counted: “of the amounts above, at least $X shall go to Y.” It steers the money rather than adding to it — counting a carve-out again would double-count — so it is disclosed beside the total, never summed into it.
SNAP (food stamps)
Monthly grocery money on a debit card for low-income households. It is an entitlement: everyone who qualifies and applies receives it, and the appropriation has to cover whoever shows up — so the figure moves with the economy, not with a policy choice in this bill.
In this bill: The $122.4 billion here is the year's SNAP funding — the second-largest thing in the bill after veterans' benefits.
Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8)
Rent help for low-income tenants: the household pays roughly a third of its income, the voucher covers the rest up to a local cap. Unlike SNAP it is not an entitlement — when the year's money runs out, waiting lists grow. That is why this annual number decides how many families are actually helped.
In this bill: The $28.4 billion here renews the vouchers of families already in the program.
What it should actually be called
“The Veterans, Food Stamps and Keep-the-Lights-On Act”
Light-hearted, but earned — every word of it is accounted for in the figures and terms above.
How they voted
| For | Against | Abstained | Did not vote | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | 283 80% | 70 20% | — | 2 1% | 355 |
| Democrats | 172 99% | 2 1% | — | — | 174 |
| Republicans | 111 61% | 68 38% | — | 2 1% | 181 |
| Senate | 68 75% | 21 23% | — | 2 2% | 91 |
| Democrats | 42 95% | 1 2% | — | 1 2% | 44 |
| Republicans | 24 53% | 20 44% | — | 1 2% | 45 |
| Independents | 2 100% | — | — | — | 2 |
The House enacted H.R. 4366 by agreeing to H RES 1061 — on Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree. The roll call is recorded under H RES 1061; a vote for it was a vote to enact H.R. 4366.
“Did not vote” is not the same as “absent.” The record distinguishes Present — there, and formally declining to take a side — from Not Voting, where no vote was cast. That is usually absence, but the roll call does not say so, so this table does not either.
Did not vote (4): Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), John Barrasso (R-WY), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Ronny Jackson (R-TX).
A member is recorded as not voting for many ordinary reasons — illness, a death in the family, official travel, or a paired vote arranged with a colleague on the other side. The roll call gives no reason, so neither does this page, and nothing here is counted against anyone’s grade. This site tracks a small number of major bills, so a single absence is a large share of what is shown here and a very small share of the hundreds of votes a member actually casts.
These tallies count the 446 members sitting today who have a recorded position, not the historical result. Several of these bills passed in earlier Congresses, and members who have since left are not in the roster — so the totals here are smaller than the 435 + 100 that voted at the time. Where both chambers held a recorded vote, a member is grouped by the chamber they sit in now; anyone who has switched chambers since then appears in their current row.
Trust-fund obligation limits — $74.1B
Ceilings on Highway Trust Fund contract authority. Real spending, but the figure is a limit and the underlying authority is set in the surface-transportation law, not this bill — so it is disclosed here, not summed into the spending pie.
- Federal-aid Highways — obligation LIMITATION on Highway Trust Fund contract authority$60.1B
- Transit Formula Grants — obligation LIMITATION on Mass Transit Account contract authority$14.0BFY2024
Set-asides (already counted above) — $22.1M
A carve-out or reservation WITHIN a larger line-item already in the pie (e.g. a share of a fund reserved for a specific use). Shown for detail but NOT summed in — its dollars are part of the parent, and counting both would double-count.
- Reimbursement to VBA General Operating Expenses and IT Systems, carved out of the FY2025 Compensation & Pensions amount$22.1MFY2025
Loan-guarantee ceilings — $953.5B
Caps on NEW loan or mortgage-backed-security guarantee commitments. No cash is spent — the government only backstops private lending — so these are excluded from the pie entirely.
- Ginnie Mae — CEILING on NEW mortgage-backed-securities guarantee commitments (no cash outlay)$550.0B
- FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance — CEILING on NEW single-family loan-guarantee commitments (no cash outlay)$400.0B
- Guaranteed farm ownership loans — loan program level (guarantee ceiling, no direct cash for principal)$3.5B
Every tracked dollar, cited
38 spending line-items · none carries a fiscal yearveterans$306.4B · 47%
- VA Compensation & Pensions — disability compensation and pension benefits (FY2025 advance appropriation)$182,310,515,000
“…and, in addition, $182,310,515,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2024…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration; account: COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS - VA Medical Services — inpatient/outpatient care for veterans (FY2025 advance appropriation)$71,000,000,000
“…authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $71,000,000,000, plus…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL SERVICES - VA Medical Community Care — care at non-Department facilities (FY2025 advance appropriation)$20,382,000,000
“…17 of title 38, United States Code, at non-Department facilities, $20,382,000,000, plus…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE - VA Compensation & Pensions — disability compensation and pension benefits to veterans (FY2024)$15,072,388,000
“…United States Code, $15,072,388,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration; account: COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS - VA Readjustment Benefits — GI Bill education and vocational rehabilitation (FY2025 advance appropriation)$13,399,805,000
“…and, in addition, $13,399,805,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2024…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration; account: READJUSTMENT BENEFITS - Veterans Benefits Administration — General Operating Expenses$3,899,000,000
“…Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $3,899,000,000: Provided,…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Veterans Benefits Administration; account: GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES - VA Readjustment Benefits — GI Bill education and vocational rehabilitation benefits (FY2024)$374,852,000
“…United States Code, $374,852,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration; account: READJUSTMENT BENEFITS
income security$215.5B · 33%
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP / food stamps)$122,382,521,000
“…and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $122,382,521,000, of…”
Div B — Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA & Related Agencies; Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Child Nutrition Programs (National School Lunch, school breakfast, etc.)$33,266,226,000
“…(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $33,266,226,000, to…”
Div B — Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA & Related Agencies; Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS - HUD Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers)$28,386,831,000
“…seq.) (in this title the Act), not otherwise provided for, $28,386,831,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title II — HUD, Public and Indian Housing; account: TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE - HUD Project-Based Rental Assistance (Section 8 project-based subsidy contracts)$15,610,000,000
“…U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (the Act), not otherwise provided for, $15,610,000,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title II — HUD, Housing Programs; account: PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE - HUD Public Housing Fund — operation and capital for public housing agencies$8,810,784,000
“…authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,810,784,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title II — HUD, Public and Indian Housing; account: PUBLIC HOUSING FUND - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)$7,030,000,000
“…of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $7,030,000,000, to…”
Div B — Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA & Related Agencies; Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: WIC
science$35.0B · 5%
- Department of Energy — Office of Science research$8,240,000,000
“…and purchase of not more than 35 passenger motor vehicles, $8,240,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Energy Programs; account: Science - NASA — Exploration (human spaceflight/Artemis systems)$7,666,200,000
“…lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,666,200,000, to…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title III — NASA; account: EXPLORATION - NASA — Science (planetary, astrophysics, earth science)$7,334,200,000
“…lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,334,200,000, to…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title III — NASA; account: SCIENCE - National Science Foundation — Research and Related Activities$7,176,500,000
“…services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $7,176,500,000, to…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title III — National Science Foundation; account: RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES - NOAA — Operations, Research, and Facilities (weather service, fisheries, oceans, satellites ops)$4,548,485,000
“…conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, $4,548,485,000, to…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title I — DOC, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; account: OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
defense$29.2B · 4%
- DOE National Nuclear Security Administration — Weapons Activities (nuclear weapons stockpile)$19,108,000,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $19,108,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Atomic Energy Defense Activities; NNSA account: Weapons Activities - Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps$5,531,369,000
“…other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, $5,531,369,000, to…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title I — Military Construction; account: Military construction, navy and marine corps - DOE NNSA — Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation$2,581,000,000
“…any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,581,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Atomic Energy Defense Activities; NNSA account: Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation - DOE NNSA — Naval Reactors$1,946,000,000
“…of real property, plant, and capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,946,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Atomic Energy Defense Activities; NNSA account: Naval Reactors
other$24.4B · 4%
- Federal Bureau of Investigation — Salaries and Expenses$10,643,713,000
“…detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United States, $10,643,713,000, of…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title II — DOJ, Federal Bureau of Investigation; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - Federal Prison System (Bureau of Prisons) — Salaries and Expenses$8,392,588,000
“…assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign governments, $8,392,588,000: Provided,…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title II — DOJ, Federal Prison System; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - Operation of the National Park System (National Park Service)$2,888,424,000
“…and for the general administration of the National Park Service, $2,888,424,000, of…”
Div E — Interior, Environment & Related Agencies; Title I — National Park Service; account: OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM - Bureau of Indian Affairs — Operation of Indian Programs$1,898,550,000→ Bureau of Indian Affairs (federally recognized Tribes)
“…Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $1,898,550,000, to…”
Div E — Interior, Environment & Related Agencies; Title I — Bureau of Indian Affairs; account: OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS - Payment to the Legal Services Corporation (civil legal aid for the poor)$560,000,000→ Legal Services Corporation
“…the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, $560,000,000, of…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title IV — Related Agencies; account: PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
transportation$15.3B · 2%
- FAA Operations — air traffic control, safety and navigation$12,729,627,000
“…lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $12,729,627,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title I — DOT, Federal Aviation Administration; account: OPERATIONS (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) - Amtrak National Network grants$1,286,321,000→ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) — National Network
“…Investment and Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117–58), $1,286,321,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title I — DOT, Federal Railroad Administration; account: NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION - Amtrak Northeast Corridor grants$1,141,442,000→ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) — Northeast Corridor
“…of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $1,141,442,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title I — DOT, Federal Railroad Administration; account: NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION - Grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority$150,000,000→ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) — DC/MD/VA
“…Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title I — DOT, Federal Transit Administration; account: GRANTS TO WMATA
water$11.7B · 2%
- Army Corps of Engineers — Operation and Maintenance of harbors, waterways and flood works$5,552,816,000
“…waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstructions to navigation, $5,552,816,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title I — Corps of Engineers–Civil; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE - EPA — environmental programs & infrastructure, incl. clean/drinking water State Revolving Funds$4,418,938,000
“…capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $4,418,938,000, to…”
Div E — Interior, Environment & Related Agencies; Title II — Environmental Protection Agency; account: STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS - Bureau of Reclamation — Water and Related Resources$1,751,698,000
“…State and local governments, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and others, $1,751,698,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title II — Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; account: WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES - Central Utah Project Completion (water resource development)$23,000,000→ State of Utah — Central Utah Project
“…out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion Act, $23,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title II — Central Utah Project Completion Account
energy$10.7B · 2%
- DOE Defense Environmental Cleanup — nuclear weapons complex cleanup$7,285,000,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $7,285,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Atomic Energy Defense Activities; account: Defense Environmental Cleanup - DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy$3,460,000,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $3,460,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Energy Programs; account: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
community & regional development$6.7B · 1%
- HUD Community Development Fund (Community Development Block Grants, CDBG)$6,720,054,336
“…entities, for economic and community development activities, and other purposes, $6,720,054,336, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title II — HUD, Community Planning and Development; account: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
How this was built
Fetched enrolled XML (requests) from GovInfo bulk BILLS; parsed the appropriations tree (division→title→appropriations-major/intermediate/small) with a context-tracking ElementTree walker; each account's lead dollar and a ≤15-word verbatim quote were extracted from a faithful itertext rendering and every figure re-located by exact substring search. 44 of 44 sampled figures were re-located as exact strings in the source text. Source: GovInfo enrolled bill text. Full bill text.
Extraction notes (technical)
H.R. 4366 is the FIRST of the two FY2024 minibuses — the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, signed 2024-03-09 and enacted as PUBLIC LAW 118-42 (NOT PLAW-118publ47; 118-47 is the SEPARATE second minibus, H.R. 2882 / Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, signed 2024-03-23). Text was fetched from the GovInfo bulk BILLS enrolled (enacted) XML. This is a PURE appropriations act (6 of the 12 FY2024 bills: Divisions A MilCon-VA, B Agriculture-FDA, C Commerce-Justice-Science, D Energy-Water, E Interior-Environment, F Transportation-HUD, plus G Other Matters), so spending is read from BILL TEXT, not a CBO score. THREE mechanisms appear and MUST NOT be summed: (1) 'appropriation' = real budget authority provided by this law (the pie); (2) 'obligation_limitation' = a CEILING on spending of Highway/Transit Trust Fund CONTRACT AUTHORITY whose underlying authority lives in the IIJA/surface-transportation law, not this act (FHWA $60,095,782,888; FTA transit $13,990,000,000) — real spending but the figure is a limit, and each is paired in the bill with a separate 'derived from the Trust Fund' liquidating figure (e.g. FHWA $60,834,782,888) that is NOT summed here to avoid double counting; (3) 'loan_guarantee_ceiling' = a cap on NEW loan/MBS guarantee commitments with NO cash outlay (Ginnie Mae $550B, FHA MMI $400B, plus a farm-ownership guaranteed-loan level $3.5B). Naively summing every dollar would be dominated by the ~$985B of guarantee ceilings that spend no cash — the defining failure mode. CAVEATS ON 'appropriation' tagging: several large lines are appropriated here via 'For necessary expenses ... $X' operative language and are tagged 'appropriation' per the operative-verb rule, though economically they are mandatory entitlements (SNAP $122.4B, Child Nutrition $33.3B, WIC $7.0B) or FY2025 ADVANCE appropriations (VA Medical Services $71B and Medical Community Care $20.382B become available Oct 1, 2024). The mandatory VA Compensation & Pensions and Readjustment Benefits accounts are now INCLUDED (added 2026-07-21). Each carries a two-figure advance-appropriation structure, so rather than state one account total, each figure is a separate line-item with its own verified quote — the same treatment already used for VA Medical Services: C&P $15,072,388,000 (FY2024) + $182,310,515,000 (FY2025 advance); Readjustment Benefits $374,852,000 (FY2024) + $13,399,805,000 (FY2025 advance); total $211,157,560,000. They were previously omitted, which understated the pie and made income security appear to be the largest category when veterans is. Sponsor is null (not present in the enrolled text metadata; the H.R. 4366 vehicle originated as the MilCon-VA bill). Per-project earmark ('Community Project Funding') detail lives in the accompanying committee reports (separate documents), not parsed here; only bill-text account totals are shown. Every dollar string in line_items was re-located as an exact substring of the fetched faithful-text (XML itertext) source.
How this lands in a state
three layers, in order: reported, read, shownPick a state and this section gives you three different things, and keeps them apart. First, what the government itself reports — obligations Treasury tags to this law, where such a tag exists. Second, an AI assessment written from this page’s verified record and that state’s published statistics, and checked against both before it was published here. Third, the state’s own numbers — the same rows the assessment was given, with their sources and vintages, so you can check the reading against the record it came from. Every state is treated identically.
1. What the government reports
no official per-state breakdown exists for this lawNo official source breaks H.R. 4366 down by state, so this page publishes no per-state dollar figure for it. No Disaster Emergency Fund Code maps to this law, so no reported obligation can be traced to it. Treasury tags money to a public law through DEFC; without one there is no audit trail from an award back to this bill, and any per-state figure would be modelled rather than derived.
Two of the 31 laws tracked on this site can be broken down honestly — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the American Rescue Plan Act — because Treasury tags their money with a Disaster Emergency Fund Code that maps to one public law and no other. Where no such code exists, a per-state figure would be modelled rather than derived, and this site does not publish modelled numbers.
The route we refuse to take, and why (technical)
USAspending's award SEARCH endpoints accept the same def_codes filter but select AWARDS, not DOLLARS: they return an award's entire obligation if any part of it touched the law's money. That route reported a single Sandia National Laboratories contract as $42.8B of IIJA money in New Mexico against a true DEFC-apportioned $64.5M, and overstated ARPA nationally by about 80%. It is not used here and must not be.
2. The assessment
AI-written, checked before publication — not the site’s voiceClaude (an AI model) read H.R. 4366’s verified line items and their quoted statutory text against each state’s published statistics, and reported how much of the law turns on anything measured there. Every reading was generated and checked before this page was published — against the same two records, by the same check the site applies — and one that failed the check was discarded rather than shown to anyone. It is not this site’s editorial voice. It is not a prediction and it is not advice. Every figure in it traces to the record below, and every provision it names carries statutory language quoted word for word. If it ever disagrees with a number on this page, the page is right. “Little connection” is a normal and expected answer.
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3. The state’s own numbers
the rows the assessment was givenChoose a state above to see the measured profile the assessment reads from — its industry mix, its concentrations, and its energy consumption, each with its source and vintage.
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