FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, BY AGENCY,
FOR FISCAL YEARS 1985 AND 1987

This appendix provides information on all programs in our data base. The programs are grouped by agency and divided into two parts: (1) those providing grants, direct payments, and other expenditures and (2) those providing loans and insurance.

The first column shows the economic development code, which we developed, for each program. These codes are discussed in section 3 and listed in table 3.1 of the report.

Columns two and three provide the program number and object code, where available, as shown in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Object codes are as follows: A--formula grants; B--project grants; C--direct payments for specified use; D--direct payments with unrestricted use; E--direct loans; F--guaranteed/insured loans; G--insurance.

Program titles, shown in column four, were obtained primarily from the fiscal year 1988 Catalog or, if not in that Catalog, from the fiscal year 1986 Catalog. The amounts in columns five and six, unless otherwise noted, were obtained from the Catalogs for fiscal years 1986 and 1988, respectively.

The rural share (column seven) was computed by multiplying the fiscal year 1985 rural percentage in the "Percent rural" column by the amount in the "Catalog FY87 total" column. Rural percentages (column eight) were obtained from information developed by the Economic Research Service from the Consolidated Federal Funds Report for fiscal year 1985. Column nine provides footnote references both for the entire appendix and for specific programs. The subtotals were derived by adding the individual amounts shown for the respective agency's programs for fiscal years 1985 and 1987 and the rural share for 1987. "1987 total dollars for programs with rural shares" is the fiscal year 1987 sum for only those agency programs that had entries in the "Percent rural" column. "Percent of program funds to rural counties," a composite percentage for each agency, was derived by dividing the agency's rural share "Subtotal" by "1987 total dollars for programs with rural shares."