Program

Educational and Cultural Exchange Program (Fulbright and related exchanges)

Department: State

The cabinet-level department or independent agency responsible for the program

Agency: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

The specific agency or sub-agency that administers the program

Program Type:Grant

The functional category of the program

In Official FIP? Fully represented

(Exchange/fellowship assistance programs generally appear clearly.)

Confidence Level: Medium

Authorizing Statute: 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.

Funding Status: Annual appropriations

Primary Source: https://uscode.house.gov/download/download.shtml

Notes: International educational and cultural exchanges.

Additional details about data sources and custom mapping of data are available on the Data Details page.

Outlays (millions)

Actual money spent in FY2024

$685.32

Source: Replaced/confirmed with State long-tail account-group mapping (see LongTail_Accounts/LongTail_Crosswalk).

Obligations (millions)

Money the government committed to spend in FY2024

$719.58

Source: Replaced/confirmed with State long-tail account-group mapping (see LongTail_Accounts/LongTail_Crosswalk).

Budget Authority (millions)

The amount Congress authorized agencies to commit

$734.14

Source: Estimate: budget authority proxied at 102% of obligations for discretionary/operations programs; see Fiscal Method.

Revenue Loss (millions)

Estimated revenue not collected due to tax policy (tax expenditures)

$0

Source: Replaced/confirmed with State long-tail account-group mapping (see LongTail_Accounts/LongTail_Crosswalk).

Primary Amount

The primary fiscal measure used for the program

$685.32

Dollar Basis

The primary fiscal measure used for the program

Outlays

Note: Primary basis is outlays; value is exact where available, otherwise an estimate anchored to agency/program FY2024 scale. Reconciliation round: estimated outlay-bearing rows were scaled proportionally so the primary-basis FY2024 outlays subtotal equals the reference federal outlay total.

Dollar Quality

How directly the dollar amount reflects observed data

Estimated

Actual = reported or observed spending, Estimated = derived from modeling or mapping, Carry-Zero = structural row with no direct dollars