UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Salaries and Expenses

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory Discretionary Total

Total Fiscal Year 2024 Assumed Appropriation $2,383,000 $21,682,000 $24,065,000

Total Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriation Request $2,516,000 $22,784,000 $25,300,000

Total Requested Increase from Fiscal Year 2024 Assumed Appropriation $133,000 $1,102,000 $1,235,000

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, [$21,682,000]$22,784,000.

 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.

(H.R. 4664/S. 2309 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024, 

updated to reflect the judiciary's fiscal year 2024 assumed appropriation)

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Fiscal Year 2025 Resource Requirements:

 Mandatory Discretionary Total

FTE Amount FTE Amount FTE Amount

Fiscal Year 2024 Assumed Obligations 9 2,383 68 23,377 77 25,760

 Utilization of Judiciary Information Technology Fund Balances........................................................................... - - - (1,695) - (1,695)

Fiscal Year 2024 Assumed Appropriations 9 2,383 68 21,682 77 24,065

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No. Adjustments to Base to Maintain Current Services:

A. Judges

Pay and benefit adjustments

3.10 1. Proposed 2025 pay adjustment (1.5% for nine months)................................................................................ - 53 - - - 53

3.10 2. Annualization of 2024 pay adjustment (4.6% for three months)................................................................... - 56 - - - 56

3.10 3. Benefits increases - 

a. Health benefits increase.............................................................................................................. - 19 - - - 19

b. FICA adjustment......................................................................................................................... - 5 - - - 5 

B. Court Support Personnel and Programs

Pay and benefit adjustments

3.11 4. Proposed 2025 pay adjustment (2.0% for nine months)................................................................................ - - - 121 - 121

3.11 5. Annualization of 2024 pay adjustment (5.2% for three months)................................................................... - - - 105 - 105

3.11 6. Promotions and within-grade increases.......................................................................................................... - - - 60 - 60

3.11 7. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits............................................................................................................................ - - - 152 - 152

b. FICA adjustment......................................................................................................................... - - - 4 - 4 

SUMMARY OF REQUEST

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FISCAL YEAR 2025

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

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C. Other Adjustments Mandatory Discretionary Total

FTE Amount FTE Amount FTE Amount

3.12 8. Inflationary increases in charges for contracts, services, supplies, and equipment....................................... - 0 - 62 - 62

3.12 9. GSA rent increase............................................................................................................................................ - 0 - 159 - 159

3.12 - 0 - 9 - 9 

D. Program Increase

3.12 11. Courthouse Security....................................................................................................................................... 0 430 430

Subtotal, Adjustments to Base to Maintain Current Services - 133 - 1,102 - 1,235

Total Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriation Required 9 2,516 68 22,784 77 25,300

Financing the Fiscal Year 2025 Request:

Total Appropriation Required, Fiscal Year 2025.................................................................................................... 9 2,516 68 22,784 77 25,300

3.13 Utilization of Electronic Public Access Receipts and the Judiciary Information Technology Fund Balances.......... - - - 130 - 130

Total Estimated Obligations, Fiscal Year 2025....................................................................................................... 9 2,516 68 22,914 77 25,430

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

General Inflationary Adjustments

SUMMARY OF REQUEST

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FISCAL YEAR 2025

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

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Salaries and Expenses, Total Obligations 23,667 25,760 25,430

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year

Judiciary Information Technology Fund (1,371) (1,765) (100)

Deposits and Other Adjustments:

Judiciary Information Technology Fund (1,036)

Prior Year Recoveries (5) (30) (30) 

Unobligated Balance, End of Year

Judiciary Information Technology Fund 1,765 100 

Subtotal, Other Obligations (647) (1,695) (130)

Direct Obligations 23,020 24,065 25,300

Unobligated Balance, End of Year 30 - - 

Offsetting Collections - - - 

Appropriation Required (Direct) 23,050 24,065 25,300

Appropriation Required - Mandatory 1,790 2,383 2,516

Appropriation Required - Discretionary 21,260 21,682 22,784

11 Personnel compensation 8,267 10,218 10,613

12 Personnel benefits 2,474 3,026 3,206

21 Travel 150 167 171 

22 Transportation of things 17 17 18 

23 Rent, communications and utilities

Rental payments to GSA 7,698 7,950 8,109

Communications, utilities & misc. charges 23 24 25 

24 Printing and reproduction 0 1 1 

25 Other services 3,094 2,385 2,441

26 Supplies and materials 37 37 37 

31 Equipment 224 240 679 

91 Undefined Disbursements* 1,036 0 0

 23,020 24,065 25,300

Other Obligations (JITF Obligations) 647 1,695 130 

Total Obligations 23,667 25,760 25,430

Object Classification ($000)

Description Fiscal Year 2023 

Actual 

 Fiscal Year 2024 

Assumed 

 Fiscal Year 2025 

Request 

Direct Obligations

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Obligations by Activity ($000)

Activity Fiscal Year 2023 

Actual 

 Fiscal Year 2024 

Assumed 

 Fiscal Year 2025 

Request 

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FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 Difference

Actual Assumed Request (+) or (-)

Direct obligations incurred 23,020 24,065 25,300 1,235

Obligated balance, start of year 1,584 1,954 2,043 89 

Adjustments of prior year activity (1,550) (1,620) (1,704) (83)

Obligated balance, end of year (1,954) (2,043) (2,148) (105)

Total Outlays 21,100 22,356 23,492 1,136

Less Offsets (34) (34) (34) -

Net Outlays 21,066 22,322 23,458 1,136

FY 2023 FY 2023 FY 2024 Difference

Actual Assumed Request (+) or (-)

Total compensable workyears:

Full-time equivalent employment 63 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 2024 Fiscal Year 2025 

Increase

($000) 

No. of Judgeships Compensation and 

Benefits

($000) 

No. of Judgeships Compensation and 

Benefits

($000) 

Article III Judges 9 2,383 9 2,516 133

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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. 

The funds requested in this account 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) 2025 request for the Court of International Trade totals $25,300,000 to support the operations of the Court at 

current service levels and to make improvements in the physical security of the court’s facilities. The request includes $2,516,000 for 

mandatory appropriations and $22,784,000 for discretionary appropriations. 

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FISCAL YEAR 2024 APPROPRIATION

The judiciary built the FY 2025 discretionary budget request for the U.S. Court of International Trade on the assumed FY 2024 

discretionary appropriation, which is $21,682,000, which is the midpoint between the FY 2024 House and Senate marks. For bill 

language, the judiciary used the language from H.R. 4664 and S. 2309 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations 

Bills, 2024, as the closet approximation of the eventual enacted FY 2024 appropriation language, updated with the assumed level as 

described above. 

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The table below provides caseload data of the Court for 

FY 2019 through FY 2023. 

Civil Action Cases

Pending Pending

Fiscal Beginning Filed Terminated End

Year of Year of Year

2019 1,491 223 631 1,083

2020 1,083 3,6701/ 482 4,271

2021 4,271 781 362 4,690

2022 4,690 373 418 4,645

2023 4,645 273 290 4,628

 1/ During FY 2020, the Court experienced an unprecedented increase in 

case filings. From FY 2019 to FY 2020, new case filings increased from 

223 to 3,670 – an increase of over 1,500 percent. This massive increase 

is primarily due to novel challenges to recent applications of the federal 

trade laws.

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JUSTIFICATION OF CHANGES

The FY 2025 budget request for the Court includes $2,516,000 

for mandatory appropriations and $22,784,000 for 

discretionary appropriations. The discretionary request is a 5.1 

percent increase over the FY 2024 assumed appropriation of 

$21,682,000. The total increase reflects the necessary 

adjustments to base to maintain current services and the Court 

requests one program increase in FY 2025. 

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 2025 pay adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $53,000 

The judiciary is assuming federal pay rates will increase by 1.5 

percent for judges in January 2025. The requested increase 

provides for the cost of nine months of the anticipated pay raise 

in FY 2025, from January 2025 to September 2025. (If the pay 

adjustment included in the President’s FY 2025 budget request 

is different from this 1.5 percent guidance, the judiciary will 

revise this line item in its FY 2025 budget re-estimate.) 

2. Annualization of 2024 pay adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $56,000

The requested increase provides for the annualized costs of the 

2024 pay adjustment of 4.6 percent for judges associated with 

the Employment Cost Index (ECI), effective as of January 

2024. The requested increase provides for the cost of three 

months (from October 2024 to December 2024) of the 2024 

pay increase in FY 2025. 

3. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits

Mandatory Increase: $19,000 

Based on information from the Office of Personnel 

Management, agency health benefit premium contributions are 

projected to increase by an average of 5.0 percent in January

2024 and January 2025. The requested increase annualizes the 

2024 premium increase and includes a nine-month provision 

for the increase anticipated for FY 2025. 

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b. FICA adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $5,000 

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 2024. The salary cap for OASDI increased from 

$160,200 to $168,600 in January 2024. The requested amount 

is needed to pay the Court’s contribution in FY 2025. 

B. PERSONNEL

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

4. Proposed 2025 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $121,000 

The judiciary is assuming federal pay rates will increase by 2.0 

percent in January 2025. The requested increase provides for 

the cost of nine months of the anticipated pay raise in FY 2025, 

from January 2025 to September 2025. (If the pay adjustment 

included in the President’s FY 2025 budget request is different 

from this 2.0 percent, the judiciary will revise this line item in 

its FY 2025 budget re-estimate.)

5 Annualization of 2024 pay adjustment 

Requested Increase: $105,000

The requested increase provides for the annualized costs of a 

2024 pay adjustment for Employment Cost Index (ECI) and 

locality pay. As a result of an ECI and locality adjustment, 

federal pay rates increased by an average of 5.2 percent,

effective as of January 2024. The requested increase provides 

for the cost of three months (from October 2024 to December 

2024) of the 2024 pay increase in FY 2025. 

6. Promotions and within-grade increases

Requested Increase: $60,000 

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: $152,000 

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 5.0 percent in January

2024 and January 2025. The requested increase annualizes the 

2024 premium increase and includes a nine-month provision 

for the increase anticipated for FY 2025. 

b. FICA adjustment

Requested Increase: $4,000 

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 2024. The salary cap for OASDI increased from

$160,200 to $168,600 in January 2024. The requested amount 

is needed to pay the Court’s contribution in FY 2025. 

C. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS

General Inflationary Adjustments

8. Inflationary increases in charges for

contracts, services, supplies, and equipment

Requested Increase: $62,000

Consistent with guidance from the Office of Management and 

Budget, this requested increase is required to fund inflationary 

adjustments of 2.2 percent for operating expenses such as 

travel, communications, printing, contractual services, supplies 

and materials, and furniture and equipment. 

9. GSA rent increase

Requested Increase: $159,000 

This request represents a 2.0 percent inflationary increase and 

adjustments in the cost of GSA space rental charges for FY 

2025.

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

building specific security surcharges

Requested Increase: $9,000 

Based on the Department of Homeland Security’s FPS’s 

estimate, this requested increase is required in basic and

building specific security surcharge costs expected in FY 2025. 

The building specific security surcharges provide for the 

Court’s pro rata share of installing, operating, and maintaining 

the enhanced security for the Federal Complex in lower 

Manhattan.

D. PROGRAM INCREASE

11. Courthouse Security

Requested Increase: $430,000 

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This request will fund the replacement, installation, and 

implementation of various courthouse security systems. The 

requested funds will improve and integrate the Physical Access 

Control System (PACS); replace security cameras; add duress 

alarm and intrusion detection systems within the building; and 

add entry control devices for sensitive areas. 

FINANCING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 REQUEST

Utilization of Electronic Public Access Receipts and the 

Judiciary Information Technology Fund 

Estimated Obligations: $130,000 

At the beginning of FY 2024, $1,795,000 was available in 

carryforward balances from the Judiciary Information 

Technology Fund, including $30,000 from Electronic Public 

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

$1,695,000 during FY 2024 to: 

• install audio/video technology for use in courtrooms

and conference rooms;

• 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, laptops, conference

phones, and mobile devices, according to the

judiciary’s cyclical replacement program.

At the beginning of FY 2025, the Court anticipates that 

$130,000 will be available in carryforward balances into the 

Judiciary Information Technology Fund, including $30,000 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. 

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