Table 6.  CBO Baseline Projections for Mandatory Spending, Excluding
          Deposit Insurance (By fiscal year, in billions of dollars)


                            Actual
                             1992  1993   1994   1995  1996   1997   1998
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                             Means-Tested Programs

Medicaid                      68    80     92    105   118    131    146
Food Stampsa                  23    24     24     24    24     25     26
Supplemental Security Income  18    20     24     24    24     28     30
Family Support                16    17     18     18    19     19     20
Veterans' Pensions             4     3      3      3     2      2      3
Child Nutrition                6     6      7      7     8      8      9
Earned Income Tax Credit       8     9     10     13    13     14     14
Stafford Loansb                2     2      3      3     3      3      3
Other                          3     3      3      3     4      4      4
                             ---   ---    ---    ---   ---    ---    ---
Total, Means-Tested Programs 146   165    183    200   214    234    255

                           Non-Means-Tested Programs

Social Security              285   302    319    335   351    368    385
Medicare                     129   146    167    188   211    234    259
                             ---   ---    ---    ---   ---    ---    ---
   Subtotal                  414   449    486    523   562    602    644

Other Retirement and Disability
  Federal civilianc           37    39     41     44    48     51     54
  Military                    24    26     27     28    29     31     32
  Other                        5     5      5      5     5      5      5
                             ---   ---    ---    ---   ---    ---    ---
   Subtotal                   67    70     73     77    82     86     91

Unemployment Compensation     37    33     26     25    25     25     25

Other Programs
  Veterans' benefitsd         16    16     18     17    16     18     18
  Farm price supports          9    16     10      9     9      9      9
  Social services              5     5      6      5     5      5      5
  Credit reform liquidating
    accounts                        43      1     -2    -9     -6     -6
  Other                       13    13     14     11     9      9      9
                             ---   ---    ---    ---   ---    ---    ---
   Subtotal                   47    54     48     40    30     36     36

Total, Non-Means-Tested
   Programs                  565   605    633    666   699    749    796

                                     Total
All Mandatory Spending, Excl.
Deposit Insurance            711   770    816    866   913    984  1,051
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SOURCE:Congressional Budget Office.

NOTE:Spending for major benefit programs shown in this table includes
     benefits only.  Outlays for administrative costs of most benefit
     programs are classified as nondefense discretionary spending, and
     Medicare premium collections are classified as offsetting receipts.

a.   Includes nutrition assistance in Puerto Rico.

b.   Also includes Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS), Parent Loans for
Undergraduate Students (PLUS), and the direct loan pilot program.

c.   Includes Civil Service, Foreign Service, Coast Guard, and other
retirement programs, and annuitants' health benefits.

d.   Includes veterans' compensation, readjustment benefits, life
insurance, and housing programs.
