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SLFRF spending by category and quarter

Of the $303.4 billion recipients reported spending by March 31, 2026, $171.1 billion (56.4 percent) was revenue replacement, nearly all of it in the category Treasury calls "Provision of Government Services." The next-largest category, contributions to unemployment insurance trust funds, holds $22.4 billion in 31 projects.

By category group

Treasury sorts every project into one of its expenditure categories, and the categories into groups. Figures are cumulative to March 31, 2026, from the 189,301 project rows in the latest file.

Category groupObligatedSpentShare of spending (%)Projects
Revenue Replacement$179,327,958,167$171,110,840,69856.40118,307
Negative Economic Impacts$71,255,821,824$67,247,355,36022.1619,783
Infrastructure$36,029,949,374$26,125,075,4508.6122,602
Public Health$25,406,101,037$22,338,605,5377.3614,963
Public Health-Negative Economic Impact: Public Sector Capacity$10,726,744,969$10,137,246,1203.344,651
Premium Pay$3,424,475,305$3,419,407,6081.131,985
Administrative$2,858,473,461$2,460,076,2890.815,898
Surface Transportation$431,770,278$351,501,2220.12506
Title I$137,078,905$121,587,0900.04282
Natural Disasters$133,040,998$92,471,9840.03324

The largest categories

CodeCategory (Treasury name)ObligatedSpentProjects
6.1Provision of Government Services$178,937,248,932$170,754,753,916117,153
2.28Contributions to UI Trust Funds$22,413,614,225$22,404,438,67831
1.14Other Public Health Services$7,505,949,509$6,255,981,0054,259
2.2Household Assistance: Rent Mortgage and Utility Aid$4,934,273,584$4,882,393,636721
3.1Public Sector Workforce: Payroll and Benefits for Public Health Public Safety or Human Services Workers$4,810,809,751$4,768,538,496976
2.37Economic Impact Assistance: Other$4,548,853,570$4,132,491,5901,883
2.15Long-Term Housing Security: Affordable Housing$4,721,120,395$4,049,295,7781,231
2.29Loans or Grants to Mitigate Financial Hardship$4,082,319,930$4,041,069,027939
1.4Prevention in Congregate Settings (Nursing Homes Prisons/Jails Dense Work Sites Schools Child care facilities etc.)$4,330,244,509$3,981,394,3442,674
2.16Long-Term Housing Security: Services for Unhoused persons$3,971,617,689$3,808,375,958872
5.18Water and Sewer: Other$5,783,809,914$3,641,188,6543,692
5.11Drinking water: Transmission & distribution$3,785,377,482$3,033,937,8733,547
1.12Mental Health Services$3,641,779,506$3,029,126,9491,529
1.7Other COVID-19 Public Health Expenses (including Communications Enforcement Isolation/Quarantine)$3,212,520,522$2,805,520,0982,197
5.1Clean Water: Centralized wastewater treatment$3,550,323,399$2,800,708,6641,218
2.36Aid to Other Impacted Industries$2,980,360,358$2,774,025,078364
2.22Strong Healthy Communities: Neighborhood Features that Promote Health and Safety$3,284,915,799$2,644,919,1372,731
2.3Household Assistance: Cash Transfers$2,650,670,692$2,644,577,429172
5.6Clean Water: Stormwater$3,477,972,735$2,590,688,3103,060
4.1Public Sector Employees$2,483,429,534$2,478,632,8321,914

Every category code and its name in each version of Treasury's rules is in slfrf_ec_codes.csv.

Quarter by quarter

Each row is one Treasury file. Files that hold only the quarterly reporters understate the total, so the last column adds the annual reporters' figures from the most recent file that held everyone. The first file predates the first annual reports and has nothing to add.

Data throughWho is in the fileRecipientsObligated, as reportedSpent, as reportedSpent, with annual reporters carried forward
December 31, 2021quarterly reporters only1,756$58,191,012,756$43,090,091,904$43,090,091,904
March 31, 2022all reporters27,341$100,850,007,368$69,275,461,624$69,275,461,624
June 30, 2022quarterly reporters only1,953$117,073,355,136$87,928,055,243$93,072,791,530
September 30, 2022quarterly reporters only1,950$138,897,547,947$102,785,594,230$107,930,330,517
December 31, 2022quarterly reporters only1,962$156,491,879,993$116,427,102,031$121,571,838,318
March 31, 2023all reporters26,539$189,182,480,523$138,844,966,365$138,844,966,365
June 30, 2023quarterly reporters only1,974$198,247,434,847$144,244,534,139$155,568,322,869
September 30, 2023quarterly reporters only1,977$209,964,903,545$155,048,146,077$166,371,934,808
December 31, 2023quarterly reporters only1,984$221,759,040,604$165,661,675,825$176,985,464,555
March 31, 2024all reporters26,532$264,119,640,548$196,861,711,378$196,861,711,378
June 30, 2024quarterly reporters only1,979$259,227,223,122$194,158,286,030$211,588,146,078
September 30, 2024all reporters27,727$298,558,079,588$225,767,831,524$225,767,831,524
December 31, 2024all reporters28,798$324,532,612,981$252,710,597,696$252,710,597,696
March 31, 2025all reporters30,806$329,659,821,360$268,720,768,277$268,720,768,277
June 30, 2025all reporters30,807$329,696,354,883$278,690,736,795$278,690,736,795
September 30, 2025all reporters30,807$329,692,006,488$287,251,278,001$287,251,278,001
December 31, 2025all reporters30,807$329,734,438,094$294,581,126,821$294,581,126,821
March 31, 2026all reporters30,807$329,731,414,317$303,404,167,359$303,404,167,359

Money passed on

Treasury's subaward file, dated June 30, 2023, lists 37,616 subawards worth $59.5 billion that recipients made to contractors, nonprofits and other governments. These are the 15 recipients that passed on the most.

Prime recipient (name as reported)Subawards, totalSubawards
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE$8,364,737,502845
ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY$4,071,797,0511,372
STATE OF GEORGIA$3,246,391,529220
MINNESOTA, STATE OF$2,324,175,0001
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA$1,498,905,643599
STATE OF MICHIGAN TREASURY DEPTT$1,417,134,844312
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON$1,363,017,174461
State Of Oklahoma$1,227,408,55377
FINANCIAL SERVICES, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF$1,162,049,122380
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA$1,111,227,598897
State of Texas$1,037,089,918110
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA$1,035,557,6212,338
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF$1,022,740,782966
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & ADMINISTRATION$977,349,384817
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY$901,913,925185
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