TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Budget Message of the President ........................................................................................................................... Overview of the President’s 2006 Budget .................................................................................................................... Promoting Economic Opportunity and Ownership ............................................................................................... The Nation’s Fiscal Outlook ................................................................................................................................................. Protecting America .................................................................................................................................................................... Supporting a Compassionate Society ............................................................................................................................. Making Government More Effective .............................................................................................................................. Department of Agriculture.................................................................................................................................................... Department of Commerce ...................................................................................................................................................... Department of Defense............................................................................................................................................................ Department of Education....................................................................................................................................................... Department of Energy ............................................................................................................................................................. Department of Health and Human Services ............................................................................................................. Department of Homeland Security .................................................................................................................................. Department of Housing and Urban Development ................................................................................................. Department of the Interior ................................................................................................................................................... Department of Justice .............................................................................................................................................................. Department of Labor ................................................................................................................................................................ Department of State and International Assistance Programs ...................................................................... Department of Transportation ........................................................................................................................................... Department of the Treasury ................................................................................................................................................ Department of Veterans Affairs......................................................................................................................................... Corps of Engineers—Civil Works ..................................................................................................................................... Environmental Protection Agency ................................................................................................................................... National Aeronautics and Space Administration .................................................................................................. National Science Foundation............................................................................................................................................... Small Business Administration ......................................................................................................................................... Social Security Administration .......................................................................................................................................... Other Agencies.............................................................................................................................................................................. Summary Tables .......................................................................................................................................................................... Glossary............................................................................................................................................................................................. List of Contributors and Image Credits ....................................................................................................................... 1 3 9 19 29 41 49 59 73 83 97 109 127 151 167 181 193 205 217 237 249 263 273 281 293 301 309 317 325 341 369 373