%Total Spending on Federal Regulatory Activity (Table A-4) %(Fiscal Years, Millions of Dollars) %Source: A Decade of Growth in the Regulators' Budget: % An Analysis of the U.S. Budget for Fidscal Years 2010 and 2011 % by Susan Dudley and Melinda Warren % 2011 Annual Report, Regulators' Budget Report 32 % Weidenbaum Center, Washington Unversity and % Regulatory Studies Center, The George Washginton University % % Note: agencies that primarly perform taxation, entitlement, % procurement, subsidy, and credit functions are excluded % (e.g., IRS, SSA, DOD, Commodity Credit Corp., and the FHA). % Year Social Economic Total 1960 354 179 533 1961 421 209 630 1962 483 215 698 1963 552 249 801 1964 590 269 859 1965 604 316 920 1966 646 309 955 1967 704 344 1048 1968 822 375 1197 1969 958 403 1361 1970 1097 487 1584 1971 1428 561 1989 1972 1825 553 2378 1973 2528 486 3014 1974 2641 607 3248 1975 3127 763 3890 1976 3701 863 4564 1977 4156 949 5105 1978 4581 961 5542 1979 5164 1037 6201 1980 6058 1235 7293 1981 6437 1209 7646 1982 6209 1378 7587 1983 6489 1400 7889 1984 6849 1517 8366 1985 7218 1695 8913 1986 7519 1996 9515 1987 8254 1770 10024 1988 9163 2101 11264 1989 10154 2265 12419 1990 11138 2544 13682 1991 12611 2533 15144 1992 14108 2843 16951 1993 14519 3326 17845 1994 15049 3164 18213 1995 15725 3754 19479 1996 15877 3530 19407 1997 16951 3874 20825 1998 18705 3832 22537 1999 19692 4083 23775 2000 21095 4383 25478 2001 22472 4594 27066 2002 27042 5020 32062 2003 35637 5062 40699 2004 32244 5639 37883 2005 33404 5905 39309 2006 35517 6324 41841 2007 36837 6722 43559 2008 39797 7204 47001 2009 43074 7765 50839 2010 48006 8313 56319 2011 50370 9066 59436