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Discretionary Appropriations Enacted by
Congress for the Federal Judiciary (FY2023)
January 20, 2023
This Insight provides information related to FY2023 appropriations for the federal judiciary. Funds for the
judicial branch are included annually in the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG)
appropriations bill. The bill provides funding for the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts; judicial
administration; the U.S. Sentencing Commission; federal defender organizations; judicial security; and
juror fees and allowances.
Submission of FY2023 Budget Request and Final Enactment of FY2023 Regular
Appropriations for the Judiciary
The judiciary's FY2023 budget request was submitted to Congress on March 28, 2022. By law, the
President includes, without change, the appropriations request submitted by the judiciary in the annual
budget submission to Congress.
The judiciary's FY2023 budget request included $8.64 billion in discretionary funds, representing an
8.2% increase over the FY2022 enacted level of $7.99 billion in discretionary funds provided in the
FY2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 117-103).
The FY2023 budget request also included $767.2 million in mandatory appropriations used to meet the
constitutional and statutory obligations associated with paying the salaries and benefits of certain types of
judges and also to provide funds for judicial retirement accounts. Mandatory appropriations are not
included in the figures reported below.
The final FY2023 amount enacted by Congress for the federal judiciary was $8.46 billion in discretionary
funds and was included as part of Division E in the FY2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 117-
328).
Percentage of Judiciary's FY2023 Request Enacted by Congress
Table 1 reports the amounts included in the federal judiciary's FY2023 appropriations request and the
corresponding FY2023 amounts enacted by Congress. Table 1 does not include $19.4 million
appropriated in FY2022 by the Supreme Court Security Funding Act (P.L. 117-167) and which remains
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