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The Books · Agencies · PBGC

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Award obligations from USAspending, with detail archived for FFY 2024 · 1 sub-agencies.

Enhance retirement security by preserving and encouraging the continuation of private pension plans, and protecting the benefits of workers and retirees in traditional pension plans.

Obligations · FFY 2024

$15.0B

Awarding agency PBGC

Transactions

1,148

Award transactions in FFY 2024

Share of awards

0.30%

Of archived awarding-agency obligations in FFY 2024

MTS outlays

—

No matching MTS agency line

Obligations by year

Award obligations by fiscal year for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Fiscal yearObligations
FFY 2024$15.0B
FFY 2023$46.4B
FFY 2022$8.2B
FFY 2021$605.5M
FFY 2018$463.0M
FFY 2017$446.0M
FFY 2016$439.0M

Award categoriesFFY 2024

Obligations by award category for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
CategoryAmount
Direct payments$14.5B
Contracts$309.3M
Loans$163.1M

Top sub-agenciesFFY 2024

Top sub-agencies by obligations for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Sub-agencyCodeObligationsTransactions
Pension Benefit Guaranty CorporationPBGC$15.0B1,148

Sources

  • Obligations are legal commitments, not the same as Treasury outlays. See award obligations and outlays.
  • Official websiteUSAspending agency pageBudget justificationMethodologyAll awarding agencies