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- Introduction
- Summary Table of Recommendations
- Contributors and Editors
- Eight Charts that Show the Growth in Government
- Congressional Calendar and Key Dates
Function 050: National Defense
#1: Reduce Civilian Overhead in Department of Defense
#2: Cut Funding for Non-Combat Related Research
#3: Cut Commissary Subsidies
#4: Close Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools
#5: Reform Military Compensation
#6: Increase Use of Performance-Based Logistics
#7: Focus the DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration Spending on Weapons Programs
Function 150: International Affairs
#8: End Funding for the United Nations Development Program
#9: End Funding for the U.N Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
#10: Eliminate the U.S. Trade and Development Agency
#11: Reform Food Aid Programs
#12: Eliminate the Export-Import Bank
#13: Eliminate the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
#14: Eliminate Funding for the United Nations Population Fund
Function 250: General Science, Space and Technology
#15: Return Funding for the Office of Nuclear Physics to FY 2008 Levels
#16: Return Advanced Scientific Computing Research to FY 2008 Levels
#17: Eliminate the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy
#18: Eliminate the Biological and Environmental Research Program
#19: Reduce Basic Energy Sciences Funding
#20: Eliminate Energy Information Hubs
#21: Reduce Fusion Energy Sciences Spending to FY 2008 Levels
#22: Reduce High-Energy Physics Program Funding
Function 270: Energy
#23: Eliminate the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership
#24-25: Eliminate Department of Energy Loans and Loan Guarantees
#26: Eliminate the Office of Electricity Deliverability and Energy Reliability
#27: Eliminate the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
#28: Reduce Office of Fossil Energy Funding
#29: Reduce Funding for the Office of Nuclear Energy
#30: Eliminate Subsidies for Power Marketing Administrations
#31-32: Eliminate SBIR and STTR Programs
#33: Auction Off Assets of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Function 300: Natural Resources and Environment
#34: Eliminate Funding for Development and Implementation of New Ozone Standards
#35: Eliminate the Renewable Fuel Standard
#36: Eliminate EPA Grant Programs and Information Exchange/Outreach
#37-45: Eliminate Nine Climate Programs
#46: Eliminate Regional EPA Programs
#47: Lease or Sell Underused EPA Space
#48: Eliminate the National Clean Diesel Campaign
#49: Eliminate Environmental Justice Programs
Function 350: Agriculture
#50: Eliminate the Market Access Program
#51: Repeal the USDA Catfish Inspection Program
#52: Eliminate the Conservation Reserve Program
#53: Eliminate the Conservation Technical Assistance Program
#54: Eliminate the Rural Business-Cooperative Service
#55-56: Eliminate the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs
Function 370: Commerce and Housing Credit
#57: Let the Postal Service Eliminate Saturday Mail Delivery
#58: Cut Universal Service Subsidies
#59-63: Eliminate Five Corporate Welfare Programs in Commerce Department
#64: Repeal the Corporation for Travel Promotion
#65: Reform the Securities and Exchange Commission
Function 400: Transportation
#66: Limit Highway Trust Fund Spending to Revenues
#67: Phase Out the Federal Transit Administration
#68: Eliminate Grants to the National Rail Passenger Service Corporation (Amtrak)
#69: Close Down the Maritime Administration and Repeal the Jones Act
#70: Eliminate the New Starts Transit Program
#71: Privatize the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
#72: Eliminate the TIGER Grant Program
Function 450: Community and Regional Development
#73: Eliminate Fire Grants
#74: Eliminate the Small Business Administration Disaster Loans Program
Function 500: Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
#75: Sunset Head Start to Make Way for Better State and Local Alternatives
#76-77: Eliminate Competitive/Project Grant Programs and Reduce Spending on Formula Grants
#78-80: Eliminate Titles II, VI, and VIII of the Higher Education Act
#81: Decouple Federal Financing from Accreditation
#82: Expand the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
#83: Eliminate the PLUS Loan Program
#84: Privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
#85-86: Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities
#87: Eliminate Job Corps
#88: Eliminate Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Job-Training Programs
Function 600: Income Security
#89: Let Trade Adjustment Assistance Expire
#90: Cap Total Means-Tested Welfare Spending
#91: Set a Work Requirement for Able-Bodied Adult Food Stamp Recipients
#92: Return Supplemental Security Income to Serve Its Originally Intended Population
#93: Reduce Fraud in the Earned Income Tax Credit
#94: Reduce Anti-Marriage Penalties in the Earned Income Tax Credit
Function 750: Administration of Justice
#95: Eliminate the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
#96: Eliminate Grants within the Office of Justice Programs
#97: Eliminate Violence Against Women Act Grants
#98-102: Reduce Finding for Five Programs in the Department of Justice
Function 800: General Government
#103: Eliminate the Presidential Election Campaign Fund
Function 920: Allowances
#104: Repeal the Davis–Bacon Act
#105: Open Access to Drilling and Conduct Lease Sales
#106: Empower States to Control Energy Production on Federal Lands