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The Books · Agencies · SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission

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

The mission of the SEC is to protect investors; maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets; and facilitate capital formation. The SEC strives to promote a market environment that is worthy of the public's trust.

Obligations · FFY 2024

$552.4M

Awarding agency SEC

Transactions

1,477

Award transactions in FFY 2024

Share of awards

0.01%

Of archived awarding-agency obligations in FFY 2024

MTS outlays

—

No matching MTS agency line

Obligations by year

Award obligations by fiscal year for Securities and Exchange Commission
Fiscal yearObligations
FFY 2024$552.4M
FFY 2023$701.8M
FFY 2022$558.6M
FFY 2021$550.0M
FFY 2018$413.4M
FFY 2017$384.4M
FFY 2016$419.4M

Award categoriesFFY 2024

Obligations by award category for Securities and Exchange Commission
CategoryAmount
Contracts$552.3M
IDVs$74.0K

Top sub-agenciesFFY 2024

Top sub-agencies by obligations for Securities and Exchange Commission
Sub-agencyCodeObligationsTransactions
Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC$552.4M1,477

Sources

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