UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Salaries and Expenses

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory Discretionary Total

Total Fiscal Year 2023 Enacted Appropriation $2,163,000 $21,260,000 $23,423,000

Total Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriation Request $2,383,000 $22,404,000 $24,787,000

Total Requested Increase from Fiscal Year 2023 Enacted Appropriation $220,000 $1,144,000 $1,364,000

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

 For salaries of officers and employees of the court, services, and

necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, [$21,260,000]$22,404,000.

 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary under

current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the court.

(P.L. 117-328 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023) 

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Fiscal Year 2024 Resource Requirements:

FTE Amount FTE Amount FTE Amount

Fiscal Year 2023 Assumed Obligations .................................................................. 9 2,163 68 22,465 77 24,628

Utilization of Electronic Public Access Receipts and Judiciary Information Technology Fund Balances ... - - - (1,205) - (1,205)

Fiscal Year 2023 Enacted Appropriation 9 2,163 68 21,260 77 23,423

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No. Adjustments to Base to Maintain Current Services:

A. Judges

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

3.10 1. Proposed 2024 pay adjustment (4.7% for nine months) ........................................................ - 150 - - - 150

3.10 2. Annualization of 2023 pay adjustment (4.1% for three months) ......................................... - 48 - - - 48

3.10 3. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits................................................................................................... - 15 - - - 15

b. FICA adjustment............................................................................................. - 7 - - - 7

B. Personnel

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

3.11 4. Proposed 2024 pay adjustment (5.2% for nine months) ................................................... - - - 301 - 301

3.11 5. Annualization of 2023 pay adjustment (4.6% for three months) .................................... - - - 89 89

3.11 6. Promotions and within-grade increases....................................................................... - - - 58 - 58

3.11 7. Benefits increases -

a. Health benefits............................................................................................. - - - 149 - 149

b. FICA adjustment........................................................................................... - - - 9 - 9

3.12 8. One more compensable day........................................................................................... - - 41 - 41

SUMMARY OF REQUEST

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FISCAL YEAR 2024

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

Mandatory Discretionary Total

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FTE Amount FTE Amount FTE Amount

C. Other Adjustments

3.12 9. Inflationary increases in charges for contracts, services, supplies, and equipment................. - - - 173 - 173

3.12 10. Increase in GSA space rental costs........................................................................................ - - - 267 - 267

3.12 - - - 57 - 57

Subtotal, Adjustments to Base to Maintain Current Services...................................................... - 220 - 1,144 - 1,364

Total Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriation Required................................................................... 9 2,383 68 22,404 77 24,787

Financing the Fiscal Year 2024 Request:

Total Appropriation Required, Fiscal Year 2024................................................................ 9 2,383 68 22,404 77 24,787

3.13 Utilization of Electronic Public Access Receipts and Judiciary Information Technology Fund.............. - - - 234 - 234

Total Estimated Obligations, Fiscal Year 2024................................................................... 9 2,383 68 22,638 77 25,021

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

11. Increase in FPS basic/building specific security surcharges.............................................

General Inflationary Adjustments

Mandatory Discretionary Total

FISCAL YEAR 2024

SUMMARY OF REQUEST

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

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FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024

Actual Assumed Request

Total Obligations 22,942 24,628 25,021

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year:

Judiciary Information Technology Fund (1,082) (1,371) (200)

Deposits and Other Adjustments:

Judiciary Information Technology Fund (950) (34) (34)

Prior Year Recoveries (54)

Unobligated Balance, End of Year:

Judiciary Information Technology Fund 1,371 200 0

Subtotal, Other Obligations (715) (1,205) (234)

Direct Obligations 22,227 23,423 24,787

Unobligated Balance, End of Year 90 0 0

Offsetting Collections 0 0 0

Appropriation Total 22,317 23,423 24,787

Appropriation - Mandatory 1,717 2,163 2,383

Appropriation - Discretionary 20,600 21,260 22,404

FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024

Actual Assumed Request

11 Personnel compensation 8,085 9,654 10,341

12 Personnel benefits 2,440 2,499 2,679

21 Travel 64 117 119

22 Transportation of things 21 22 23

23 Rent, communications and utilities

Rental payments to GSA 8,814 8,901 9,168

Communications utilities & misc. charges 32 35 36

24 Printing and reproduction 1 5 5

25 Other services 1,608 1,940 2,130

26 Supplies and materials 29 50 77

31 Equipment 183 200 209

91 Undefined Disbursements (JITF Deposit) 950 0 0

Direct Obligations 22,227 23,423 24,787

Other Obligations (JITF Obligations) 715 1,205 234

Total Obligations 22,942 24,628 25,021

Description

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Obligations by Activity ($000)

Activity

Obligations by Budget Object Class ($000)

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FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 Difference

Actual Assumed Request (+) or (-)

Direct obligations incurred 22,227 23,423 24,787 1,364

Obligated balance, start of year 4,349 1,584 1,669 85

Adjustments of prior year activity (3,325) (3,504) (3,708) (204)

Obligated balance, end of year (1,584) (1,669) (1,766) (97)

Total Outlays 21,667 19,834 20,982 1,148

Less Offsets (34) (34) (34) 0

Net Outlays 21,633 19,800 20,948 1,148

FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 Difference

Actual Assumed Request (+) or (-)

Total compensable workyears:

Full-time equivalent employment 65 77 77 0

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Salaries & Expenses

Relation of Obligations to Outlays ($000)

Personnel Summary

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UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Summary of Mandatory Costs

Fiscal Year 2023 Fiscal Year 2024 

Increase

($000) 

No. of Judgeships Compensation and 

Benefits

($000) 

No. of Judgeships Compensation and 

Benefits

($000) 

Article III Judges 9 2,163 9 2,383 220 
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GENERAL STATEMENT AND INFORMATION

The United States Court of International Trade, with nine authorized Article III judgeships, has exclusive nationwide jurisdiction of 

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 and enforcement of the federal customs and international trade laws. In keeping with its 

national jurisdiction, sessions of the Court may be held throughout the country. 

These estimates are for the salaries of the judges and supporting personnel of the Court of International Trade, located in Manhattan, 

New York, and the necessary operating expenses of the Court. These operating expenses include internal courthouse security, Federal 

Protective Service (FPS) surcharges for basic and building-specific security services, GSA rent charges, travel, equipment 

maintenance contracts, cyclical maintenance of the facility, printing and binding, general office supplies, purchase or repair of office 

equipment and furniture, access to legal research databases, and acquisition and maintenance of legal reference materials.

The fiscal year (FY) 2024 request for the Court of International Trade totals $24,787,000 to support the operations of the Court at 

current service levels. The request includes $2,383,000 for mandatory appropriations and $22,404,000 for discretionary 

appropriations. 
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FISCAL YEAR 2023 APPROPRIATION

The judiciary built the FY 2024 discretionary budget request for the U.S. Court of International Trade on the enacted FY 2023 

discretionary appropriation, which is $21,260,000. For bill language, the judiciary used the language from P.L. 117-328, Financial 

Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023. 
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The table below provides caseload data of the Court for FY 

2018 through FY 2022. 

Civil Action Cases

Pending Pending

Fiscal Beginning Filed Terminated End

Year of Year of Year

2018 1,677 242 428 1,491

2019 1,491 223 631 1,083

2020 1,083 3,670 482 4,271

2021 4,271 781 362 4,690

2022 4,690 373 418 4,645
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JUSTIFICATION OF CHANGES

The FY 2024 budget request for the Court includes $2,383,000 

for mandatory appropriations and $22,404,000 for 

discretionary appropriations. The discretionary request is a 5.4 

percent increase over the FY 2023 enacted appropriation of 

$21,260,000. The total increase reflects only the necessary 

adjustments to base to maintain current services. The Court 

requests no program increases in FY 2024. 

ADJUSTMENTS TO BASE TO MAINTAIN CURRENT 

SERVICES

The following narrative provides information and justification 

for each of the adjustments to base for the Court.

A. JUDGES

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

1. Proposed 2024 pay adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $150,000 

The judiciary is assuming base federal pay rates will increase 

by 4.7 percent in January 2024 for an Employment Cost Index 

(ECI) adjustment. The requested increase provides for the cost 

of nine months of the anticipated pay raise in FY 2024, from 

January 2024 to September 2024. (If the ECI adjustment 

included in the President’s FY 2024 budget request is different 

from this 4.7 percent guidance, the judiciary will revise this 

line item in its FY 2024 budget re-estimate.) 

2. Annualization of 2023 pay adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $48,000

The requested increase provides for the annualized cost of the 

2023 Employment Cost Index (ECI) base pay adjustment. As a 

result of the ECI, base federal pay rates increased by 4.1 

percent, effective as of January 2023. The requested increase 

provides for the cost of three months (from October 2023 to 

December 2023) of the 2023 pay increase in FY 2024. 

3. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits

Mandatory Increase: $15,000 

Based on information from the Office of Personnel 

Management, health benefit premium contributions are 

projected to increase by an average of 6.6 percent both in 

January 2023 and January 2024. The requested increase 

annualizes the 2023 premium increase and includes a ninemonth provision for the increase anticipated for FY 2024. 
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b. FICA adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $7,000 

Based on information from the Social Security Administration, 

employer contributions to the Old Age, Survivor, and 

Disability Insurance (OASDI) portion of the FICA tax will 

increase in 2023. The salary cap for OASDI increased from 

$147,000 to $160,200 in January 2023. The requested amount 

is needed to pay the Court’s contribution in FY 2024. 

B. PERSONNEL

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

4. Proposed 2024 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $301,000 

The judiciary is assuming federal pay rates will increase by 5.2 

percent in January 2024. The requested increase provides for 

the cost of nine months of the anticipated pay raise in FY 2024, 

from January 2024 to September 2024. (If the pay adjustment 

included in the President’s FY 2024 budget request is different 

from this 5.2 percent guidance, the judiciary will revise this 

line item in its FY 2024 budget re-estimate.)

5. Annualization of 2023 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $89,000

The requested increase provides for the annualized costs of the 

2023 pay adjustment for Employment Cost Index (ECI) and 

locality pay. As a result of the pay adjustment, federal pay 

rates increased by an average of 4.6 percent, effective as of 

January 2023. The requested increase provides for the cost of 

three months (from October 2023 to December 2023) of the 

2023 pay increase in FY 2024. 

6. Promotions and within-grade increases

Requested Increase: $58,000 

The requested increase provides for promotions and withingrade increases for personnel. The salary plan for judicial 

support personnel provides for periodic within-grade increases 

for staff who receive at least a satisfactory performance rating.

7. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits

Requested Increase: $149,000 

Based on information from the Office of Personnel 

Management, health benefit premium contributions are 
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projected to increase by an average of 6.6 percent both in 

January 2023 and January 2024. The requested increase 

annualizes the 2023 premium increase and includes a ninemonth provision for the increase anticipated for FY 2024. 

b. FICA adjustment

Requested Increase: $9,000 

Based on information from the Social Security Administration, 

employer contributions to the Old Age, Survivor, and 

Disability Insurance (OASDI) portion of the FICA tax will 

increase in 2023. The salary cap for OASDI increased from 

$147,000 to $160,200 in January 2023. The requested amount 

is needed to pay the Court’s contribution in FY 2024. 

8. One more compensable day

Requested Increase: $41,000 

There is one more compensable day in FY 2024 than in 

FY 2023. The requested increase adjusts for personnel 

compensation and benefits associated with one more

compensable day. 

C. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS

General Inflationary Adjustments

9. Inflationary increases in charges for

contracts, services, supplies, and equipment

Requested Increase: $173,000 

Consistent with guidance from the Office of Management and 

Budget, this request of $173,000 is required to fund 

inflationary increases of 2.4 percent for operating expenses 

such as travel, communications, printing, contractual services, 

supplies and materials, furniture, and equipment. 

10. Increase in GSA space rental costs

Requested Increase: $267,000 

This request represents a 3.0 percent inflationary increase and 

adjustments in the cost of GSA space rental charges for FY 

2024. 

11. Increase in Federal Protective Service (FPS) basic/

building specific security surcharges

Requested Increase: $57,000 

Based on the Department of Homeland Security’s FPS’

estimate, this requested increase is required for basic and

building specific security surcharge costs expected in FY 2024. 

The building specific security surcharges provide for the 

Court’s pro rata share of installing, operating, and maintaining 
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the enhanced security for the Federal Complex in lower 

Manhattan. 

FINANCING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 REQUEST

Utilization of Electronic Public Access Receipts and the 

Judiciary Information Technology Fund 

Estimated Obligations: $234,000 

At the beginning of FY 2023, $1,405,000 was available in 

carryforward balances from the Judiciary Information 

Technology Fund, including $34,000 from Electronic Public 

Access receipts. Of this amount, the Court is planning to use 

$1,205,000 during FY 2023 to: 

• design and install audio/video technology for use in

courtrooms and conference rooms;

• re-cable the data closets;

• license and maintain the court’s IT hardware and

software applications;

• maintain and support digital recording systems, data

network and voice connections, Virtual Private

Network System (VPN), Voice Over Internet Protocol

(VOIP), and Judiciary Data Communications Network

(DCN); and

• procure computer desktop systems, monitors, laptops,

mobile devices, and printers, according to the

judiciary=s cyclical replacement program.

At the beginning of FY 2024, the Court anticipates that 

$234,000 will be available in carryforward balances in the 

Judiciary Information Technology Fund, including $34,000 of 

EPA receipts. These funds will be used to continue the Court’s 

information technology initiatives as described above and to 

support its short-term and long-term IT needs.