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Program

Essential Air Service Program

Department: DOT

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

Agency: Office of the Secretary / FAA

The specific agency or sub-agency that administers the program

Program Type:Direct Benefit

The functional category of the program
In Official FIP? Partially represented

(Subsidy program may appear indirectly, but the service subsidy structure is broader.)

Confidence Level: Medium-High

Authorizing Statute: 49 U.S.C. 41731 et seq.

Funding Status: Annual appropriations + overflight fee funding

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

Notes: Air service subsidies for eligible communities.

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

Outlays (millions)

Actual money spent in FY2024

$342.66

Source: Trust/account-based mapping (medium-high confidence)

Obligations (millions)

Money the government committed to spend in FY2024

$342.66

Source: Trust/account-based mapping (medium-high confidence)

Budget Authority (millions)

The amount Congress authorized agencies to commit

$342.66

Source: Estimate: budget authority set equal to outlays for mandatory/benefit-style programs; see Fiscal Method.

Revenue Loss (millions)

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

$0

Source: Trust/account-based mapping (medium-high confidence)

Primary Amount

The primary fiscal measure used for the program

$342.66

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