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Award obligations from USAspending, with detail archived for FFY 2024 · 13 sub-agencies.
DOT funds and oversees major transportation programs, often financed in part by dedicated excise taxes flowing through trust funds. Award figures on The Ledger come from archived USAspending awarding-agency rollups (obligations). That is not the same as every dollar the agency outlays.
Obligations · FFY 2024
$119.6B
Awarding agency DOT
Transactions
176,443
Award transactions in FFY 2024
Share of awards
2.42%
Of archived awarding-agency obligations in FFY 2024
MTS outlays · FFY 2025
$127.6B
Matched Monthly Treasury Statement line
| Fiscal year | Obligations |
|---|---|
| FFY 2024 | $119.6B |
| FFY 2023 | $112.2B |
| FFY 2022 | $129.3B |
| FFY 2021 | $108.1B |
| FFY 2018 | $74.9B |
| FFY 2017 | $68.3B |
| FFY 2016 | $70.2B |
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
| Grants | $109.4B |
| Contracts | $8.6B |
| Direct payments | $870.1M |
| IDVs | $719.3M |
| Other | $17.1M |
| Loans | −$13.3M |
| Sub-agency | Code | Obligations | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Highway Administration | FHWA | $67.0B | 132,445 |
| Federal Transit Administration | FTA | $20.8B | 5,599 |
| Federal Railroad Administration | FRA | $13.9B | 1,094 |
| Federal Aviation Administration | FAA | $12.6B | 24,978 |
| Maritime Administration | MARAD | $2.2B | 4,428 |
| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | NHTSA | $1.0B | 2,176 |
| Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation | OST | $951.0M | 3,959 |
| Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration | FMCSA | $729.5M | 627 |
| Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration | PHMSA | $369.3M | 942 |
| Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation | SLSDC | $7.1M | 195 |
| Fiscal year | Net outlays |
|---|---|
| FFY 2025 | $127.6B |
| FFY 2024 | $117.4B |
| FFY 2023 | $109.8B |
| FFY 2022 | $113.7B |
| FFY 2021 | $104.9B |
| FFY 2018 | $78.5B |
| FFY 2017 | $79.4B |
| FFY 2016 | $78.4B |