[20220425]IF11842_2023财年司法预算申请.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated April 25, 2022Judiciary Budget Request, FY2023Overview The FY2023 judiciary budget request includes $8.64 billion in discretionary funds (an increase of 8.2% over the FY2022 enacted level), and $767.2 million in mandatory appropriations used, in part, to pay the salaries and benefits of certain types of judges and provide funds for judicial retirement accounts. The judiciary also uses nonappropriated funds to offset its appropriations requirement. The majority of these nonappropriated funds are from the collection of fees, primarily court filing fees. The judiciarys annual appropriations request reflects the net needs of the judiciary after the use of nonappropriated funds. As a coequal 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 typically comprise approximately 0.2% of total federal budget authority. Table 1 presents the FY2022 discretionary enacted level and the FY2023 discretion