1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov April 3, 2019Judiciary Budget Request, FY2020Overview The FY2020 judiciary budget request totals $8.29 billion. This total includes $7.62 billion in discretionary funds (an increase of 4.9% over FY2019), and $669.8 million in mandatory funding, which is used to pay th
2、e 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 aft
3、er use of these 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 Appropr
4、iations Act. Appropriations for the judiciary comprise approximately 0.2% of total federal budget authority. Table 1 presents the FY2020 discretionary request and FY2019 discretionary enacted level for each account. Individual Accounts Supreme Court The total FY2020 discretionary request for the Sup