Trump wants to axe 19 federal agencies - here's what they all do

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President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2017.

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President Donald Trump's administration released its first budget on Thursday, with proposals to slash federal funding.

The budget proposes to completely cut off funding to 19 federal agencies - amounting to around $3 billion dollars - including the well-known National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers the AmeriCorps program.

The proposed budget deals with discretionary spending, and must pass through the Republican-controlled Congress before it can be enacted.

Here are the 19 federal agencies that will get the axe if Trump's budget passes:

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