Fiscal year 2023: $23,414,924,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $23,577,205,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: $23,665,687,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: $23,701,446,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: $23,484,672,000,000. (6) Debt held by the public The appropriate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: Fiscal year 2018: $15,399,966,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: $15,971,804,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: $16,477,150,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: $16,920,847,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: $17,371,706,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: $17,720,326,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $17,949,306,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: $18,156,356,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: $18,299,466,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: $18,345,826,000,000. 102. Major functional categories The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2018 through 2027 for each major functional category are: (1) National Defense (050): Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $629,595,000,000. (B) Outlays, $607,810,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $660,832,000,000. (B) Outlays, $636,795,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $693,646,000,000. (B) Outlays, $666,519,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $728,125,000,000. (B) Outlays, $698,761,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $731,818,000,000. (B) Outlays, $717,568,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $735,468,000,000. (B) Outlays, $720,401,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $739,157,000,000. (B) Outlays, $720,755,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $742,886,000,000. (B) Outlays, $729,581,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $747,414,000,000. (B) Outlays, $734,037,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $751,098,000,000. (B) Outlays, $737,798,000,000. (2) International Affairs (150): Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $41,521,000,000. (B) Outlays, $43,643,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $40,210,000,000. (B) Outlays,