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handle is hein.crs/govcfyu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Judiciary Budget Request, FY2018 0v evieW The FY2018 judiciary budget request totals $7.86 billion. This total includes $7.23 billion in discretionary funds (an increase of 4.3% over FY2017) and $636.1 million in mandatory funding, which is used to pay the salaries and benefits of judges. The judiciary also uses non-appropriated funds to offset its appropriations requirement. The majority of these non- appropriated funds are from the collection of fees, primarily court filing fees. The appropriation request reflects the net needs of the judiciary after use of these funds. As a co-equal branch of government, the judiciary presents its budget to the President, who transmits it to Congress unaltered, as part of his annual budget request. Appropriations for the judiciary are typically included in the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act. Appropriations for the judiciary comprise approximately 0.2% of total federal budget authority. Table 1 presents the FY2018 discretionary request and FY2017 discretionary enacted level for each account. The total FY2018 discretionary request for the Supreme Court, $94.2 million, is contained in two accounts: (1) Salaries and Expenses ($78.5 million) and (2) Care of the Building and Grounds ($15.7 million). The total represents a 2.5% increase over the FY2017 enacted level. This court, consisting of 12 judges, has jurisdiction over, and review of, among other things, certain lower court rulings on patents and trademarks, international trade, and federal claims cases. The FY2018 discretionary budget request is $31.1 million, a 2.9% increase over the FY2017 enacted level. This court has exclusive nationwide jurisdiction over the civil actions against the United States, its agencies and officers, and certain civil actions brought by the United States arising out of import transactions and the administration as well as enforcement of federal customs and international trade laws. The FY2018 discretionary request of $18.6 million is an increase of 1.3% over the FY2017 enacted level. Table I. FY2018 Discretionary Request and FY2017 Discretionary Appropriations (in millions of dollars) FY2018 FY2017 Account Request Enacted Supreme Court Buildings and Grounds $15.7 $14.9 Salaries and Expenses $78.5 $76.7 Court of Appeals for the Federal $31.1 $30.1 Circuit Court of International Trade $18.6 $18.5 Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services Salaries and Expenses $5,169.0 $4,996.4 Vaccine Injury Trust Fund $8.2 $6.5 Defender Services $1,132.3 $1,044.6 Fees of Jurors and Commissioners $52.7 $39.9 Court Security $583.8 $565.4 Administrative Office of the U.S. $90.3 $87.5 Courts Federal Judicial Center $29.1 $28.3 Sentencing Commission $18.6 $18.1 TOTAL $7,227.9 $6,927.0 Source: FY2018 Judicial Branch Budget Justification. Note: Columns may not sum due to rounding. oh- of Ap& s t.t Cct,. The total FY2018 discretionary funding request of $6,946.0 million covers 12 of the 13 courts of appeals and 94 district judicial courts located in the 50 states, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The account is divided among salaries and expenses, the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund, court security, defender services, and fees of jurors and commissioners. Salaries and Expenses July 5, 2017 'O 'T gogn, q \pmpmm- ' ag , q X

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