Spending · subcategory
Other advancement of commerce
Part of Commerce & housing credit. FY2025 net outlays: $39.6B. The largest program is CHIPS Act semiconductor incentives ($14.6B).
$39.6B
FY2025 net outlays
n/a
of Commerce & housing credit
+39%
change from FY2024 ($28.5B)
70
programs (accounts) with FY2025 spending
Every program
70 accounts with FY2025 spending in Other advancement of commerce, largest first. Hover or tap a bar for details.
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How the total adds up
| Programs (the 70 accounts above) | $42.8B |
| Offsets: premiums, fees, loan repayments, and other collections (18 accounts) | −$3.24B |
| Net outlays, matching OMB Historical Table 3.2 | $39.6B |
The largest offsets
| Salaries and Expenses Securities and Exchange Commission | −$1.52B |
| Business Loan Program, Downward Reestimates of Subsidies Small Business Administration | −$1.24B |
| Business Loan Program, Negative Subsidies Small Business Administration | −$183M |
| Salaries and Expenses U.S. Patent and Trademark Office | −$163M |
| Emergency EIDL Grants Small Business Administration | −$21M |
| Fees for Services Federal Communications Commission | −$20M |
| Mobile Home Inspection and Monitoring Fees, Manufactured Housing Fee Trust Fund Department of Housing and Urban Development | −$17M |
| Fisheries Finance, Downward Reestimates of Subsidies Department of Commerce | −$14M |
| Civil Monetary Penalties, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Public Company Accounting Oversight Board | −$12M |
| Salaries and Expenses Federal Communications Commission | −$11M |
| Fisheries Finance, Negative Subsidies Department of Commerce | −$7M |
| Small Business Lending Fund Direct Loans, Downward Reestimates of Subsidies Department of the Treasury | −$5M |
All programs, sortable
Sparklines show each program in 2025 dollars, FY2000–2025.
| Program | Type | FY2024 | FY2025 | Change | FY2000–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHIPS Act semiconductor incentives National Institute of Standards and Technology | Mandatory | $856M | $14.6B | +1611% | |
| Universal Service Fund Federal Communications Commission | Mandatory | $8.72B | $8.64B | −0.8% | |
| Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit Internal Revenue Service | Mandatory | $10M | $2.24B | +22300% | |
| Consumer Financial Civil Penalty Fund Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection | Mandatory | $461M | $2.08B | +350% | |
| State Small Business Credit Initiative Departmental Offices | Mandatory | $585M | $2.04B | +249% | |
| Telecommunications Relay Services Fund, Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission | Mandatory | $1.39B | $1.43B | +2.7% | |
| Payment Where Certain Tax Credits Exceed Liability for Corporate Tax Internal Revenue Service | Mandatory | $932M | $1.17B | +26% | |
| Scientific and Technical Research and Services National Institute of Standards and Technology | Discretionary | $1.04B | $1.11B | +6.5% | |
| Periodic Censuses and Programs Bureau of the Census | Discretionary | $1.07B | $1.07B | −0.1% | |
| Business Loans Program Account Small Business Administration | Mandatory | $545M | $940M | +72% | |
| Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Fund Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection | Mandatory | $778M | $686M | −12% | |
| Operations and Administration International Trade Administration | Discretionary | $625M | $581M | −7.0% | |
| Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act Reimbursement Program Federal Communications Commission | Mandatory | $625M | $428M | −32% | |
| Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Public Company Accounting Oversight Board | Mandatory | $371M | $382M | +3.0% | |
| Broadband Connectivity Fund National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Mandatory | $288M | $374M | +30% | |
| Current Surveys and Programs Bureau of the Census | Discretionary | $344M | $344M | +0.0% | |
| Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commodity Futures Trading Commission | Discretionary | $358M | $339M | −5.3% | |
| Fisheries Disaster Assistance National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Discretionary | $71M | $314M | +342% | |
| First Responder Network Authority National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Mandatory | −$450M | $305M | n/a | |
| Industrial Technology Services National Institute of Standards and Technology | Discretionary | $261M | $299M | +15% | |
| Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Discretionary | $203M | $287M | +41% | |
| Entrepreneurial Development Program Small Business Administration | Discretionary | $372M | $270M | −27% | |
| Construction of Research Facilities National Institute of Standards and Technology | Discretionary | $177M | $262M | +48% | |
| Emergency Connectivity Fund for Educational Connections and Devices Federal Communications Commission | Mandatory | $1.00B | $200M | −80% | |
| Securities Investor Protection Corporation Securities Investor Protection Corporation | Mandatory | $200M | $190M | −5.0% | |
| Investor Protection Fund Securities and Exchange Commission | Mandatory | $575M | $170M | −70% | |
| Middle Mile Deployment National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Discretionary | $49M | $144M | +194% | |
| Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Mandatory | $25M | $138M | +452% | |
| Salaries and Expenses Federal Trade Commission | Discretionary | $192M | $129M | −33% | |
| Travel Promotion Fund Corporation for Travel Promotion | Mandatory | $162M | $126M | −22% | |
| Financial Research Fund Departmental Offices | Mandatory | $122M | $124M | +1.6% | |
| Salaries and Expenses Bureau of Economic Analysis | Discretionary | $133M | $120M | −9.8% | |
| Federal Citizen Services Fund General Activities | Discretionary | $114M | $112M | −1.8% | |
| Salaries and Expenses Small Business Administration | Discretionary | $1.04B | $112M | −89% | |
| Connecting Minority Communities Fund National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Mandatory | $85M | $89M | +4.7% | |
| Salaries and Expenses Departmental Management | Discretionary | $95M | $85M | −11% | |
| Minority Business Development Minority Business Development Agency | Discretionary | $83M | $82M | −1.2% | |
| Operations and Administration Bureau of Industry and Security | Discretionary | $81M | $78M | −3.7% | |
| Salaries and Expenses National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Discretionary | $77M | $73M | −5.2% | |
| Nonrecurring Expenses Fund Departmental Management | Discretionary | $94M | $69M | −27% | |
| Copyright Office, Salaries and Expenses Library of Congress | Discretionary | $60M | $62M | +3.3% | |
| Office of the Inspector General Departmental Management | Discretionary | $63M | $56M | −11% | |
| Office of Inspector General Small Business Administration | Discretionary | $53M | $48M | −9.4% | |
| Securities and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund Securities and Exchange Commission | Mandatory | $55M | $47M | −15% | |
| Affordable Connectivity Fund Federal Communications Commission | Discretionary | $6.03B | $44M | −99% | |
| Payment to Standard Setting Body Standard Setting Body | Mandatory | $43M | $33M | −23% | |
| Digital Equity National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Discretionary | $44M | $27M | −39% | |
| Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Activities Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council | Mandatory | $22M | $24M | +9.1% | |
| Census Working Capital Fund Bureau of the Census | Discretionary | $81M | $22M | −73% | |
| Working Capital Fund National Institute of Standards and Technology | Discretionary | −$36M | $20M | n/a | |
| Economic Stabilization Program Account Departmental Offices | Mandatory | $10M | $20M | +100% | |
| Trade Enforcement Trust Fund Office of the United States Trade Representative | Discretionary | $22M | $20M | −9.1% | |
| Information Technology System Modernization and Working Capital Fund Small Business Administration | Discretionary | $12M | $17M | +42% | |
| Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund Housing Programs | Discretionary | $9M | $13M | +44% | |
| Customer Protection Fund Commodity Futures Trading Commission | Mandatory | $40M | $11M | −72% | |
| Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Mandatory | $11M | $9M | −18% | |
| Office of Advocacy Small Business Administration | Discretionary | $9M | $9M | +0.0% | |
| Terrorism Insurance Program Departmental Offices | Mandatory | $6M | $7M | +17% | |
| TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund Federal Communications Commission | Mandatory | $4M | $6M | +50% | |
| Registry Fees Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Appraisal Subcommittee | Mandatory | $6M | $6M | +0.0% | |
| Network Construction Fund National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Mandatory | $341M | $5M | −99% | |
| Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery Departmental Offices | Discretionary | $12M | $5M | −58% | |
| Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Fiscal Service | Mandatory | $18M | $5M | −72% | |
| Working Capital Fund Departmental Management | Discretionary | $37M | $4M | −89% | |
| Fisheries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture Fund National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Mandatory | $2M | $3M | +50% | |
| Public Safety Communications Research Fund National Institute of Standards and Technology | Mandatory | $13M | $3M | −77% | |
| HCHB Renovation and Modernization Departmental Management | Discretionary | $2M | $2M | +0.0% | |
| Payments to Copyright Owners Library of Congress | Mandatory | $6M | $1M | −83% | |
| Facilities Management and Construction National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Discretionary | $0 | $1M | n/a | |
| Small Business Lending Fund Program Account Departmental Offices | Mandatory | $1M | $1M | +0.0% |
Other advancement of commerce since 1993
Net outlays in 2025 dollars, fiscal years 1993–2025.