SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

SUMMARY STATEMENT RELATING APPROPRIATION ESTIMATES TO THE CURRENT APPROPRIATION

Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Appropriation $ 111,436,000

2022

Assumed

 Appropriation

2023 

Requested 

Appropriation

Salaries and Expenses - Mandatory $ 2,789,000 $ 2,896,000

Salaries and Expenses - Discretionary 98,338,000 107,153,000

Salaries and Expenses - Subtotal 101,127,000 110,049,000

Care of the Building and Grounds 10,309,000 33,512,000

Totals 111,436,000 143,561,000

Proposed Increase over Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Appropriation $ 32,125,000

Total Requested Budget Authority, Fiscal Year 2023 $ 143,561,000

Requirements

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Mandatory Discretionary Total

Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Appropriation $ 2,789,000 $ 98,338,000 $ 101,127,000

Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriation Request 2,896,000 107,153,000 110,049,000

Requested Increase from Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Appropriation 107,000 8,815,000 8,922,000

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(H.R 4502 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022) 

current law for salaries of the chief justice and associate justices of the court.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS

 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, as required by law, 

excluding care of the building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception 

and representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the 

Chief Justice may approve, [$98,338,000] $107,153,000 , of which $1,500,000 shall 

remain available until expended.

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

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FTE Amount FTE Amount FTE Amount

Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Appropriation 9 2,789 526 98,338 535 101,127

Adjustments to Base to Maintain Current Services*

Page

No. A. Justices

1.16 1. Proposed January 2023 pay adjustment (4.1% for nine months) 86 - - - 86

1.16 2. Annualization of the 2022 pay adjustment (2.2% for three months) - 15 - - - 15

1.16 3. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits increases 3 - - - 3

b. FICA adjustment - 3 - - - 3

B. Court Support Personnel

1.17 4. Proposed January 2023 pay adjustment (4.6% for nine months) - - 2,153 - 2,153

1.17 5. Annualization of the 2022 pay adjustment (2.7% for three months) - - - 441 - 441

1.17 6. Promotions and within-grade increases - - - 506 - 506

1.17 7. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits increase - - - 99 - 99

b. FICA adjustment - - - 19 - 19

c. FERS adjustment - - - - - -

1.18 8. One less compensable day - - - (277) - (277)

C. Other Adjustments

1.18 9. General inflationary adjustments for contracts, services, supplies, and equipment - - - 532 - 532

1.18 10. Inflationary increase and adjustment in GSA warehouse space rental costs - - - 369 - 369

Subtotal, adjustments to base to maintain current services - 107 - 3,842 - 3,949

C. Program Increases

1.18 11. Police radio equipment upgrades - - - 683 - 683

1.18 12. Security cameras - - - 1,266 - 1,266

1.19 13. Two IT security positions - - 1 255 1 255

1.19 14. Building and grounds access control - - - 969 - 969

1.19 15. Educational assistance program - - - 1,800 - 1,800

Subtotal, program increases - - 1 4,973 1 4,973

Total Appropriation Required, Fiscal Year 2023 9 2,896 527 107,153 536 110,049

SUMMARY OF REQUEST

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FISCAL YEAR 2023 REQUIREMENTS ($000)

Mandatory Discretionary Total

*Line items may not sum to totals due to rounding. 1.3
Activity Fiscal Year 2021 

Actual

Fiscal Year 2022 

Assumed

Fiscal Year 2023 

Request

Salaries and Expenses, Total Obligations 95,538 101,127 110,049

Unobligated Balance, Expiring 1,881 - -

Available Appropriation 97,419 101,127 110,049

Available Appropriation - Mandatory 2,729 2,789 2,896

Available Appropriation - Discretionary 94,690 98,338 107,153

Description Fiscal Year 2021 

Actual

Fiscal Year 2022 

Assumed

Fiscal Year 2023 

Request

11 Personnel compensation 52,017 54,647 57,196

12 Personnel benefits 19,993 22,389 24,942

13 Benefits of former personnel 11 6 6

21 Travel 577 1,420 1,448

22 Transportation of things 95 92 94

23 Rent, communications and utilities 1,527 1,313 1,701

24 Printing and reproduction 390 449 458

25 Other services 11,433 12,355 12,602

26 Supplies and materials 2,034 2,525 2,575

31 Equipment 7,460 5,931 9,026

Total Obligations 95,538 101,127 110,049

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SALARIES AND EXPENSES

OBLIGATIONS BY ACTIVITY ($000)

Object Classification ($000)*

*Line items may not sum to totals due to rounding. 1.4
Fiscal Year 2021 

Actual

Fiscal Year 2022 

Assumed

Fiscal Year 2023 

Request

Obligations incurred 95,538 101,127 110,049

Obligated balance, start of year 13,109 14,692 15,856

Obligated balance, end of year (14,692) (15,856) (16,884)

Outlays* 93,955 99,963 109,021

Fiscal Year 2021 

Actual

Fiscal Year 2022 

Assumed

Fiscal Year 2023 

Request

Total compensable work years:

 Full-time equivalent employment 503 535 536

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SALARIES AND EXPENSES

RELATION OF OBLIGATIONS TO OUTLAYS ($000)

Personnel Summary

*Line items may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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Fiscal Year 2021 

Actual

Fiscal Year 2022 

Assumed

Fiscal Year 2023 

Request

Unobligated Balance, Beginning of the Year 3,215 3,655 4,325

Deposits 1,500 1,500 1,500

Unobligated Balance, End of the Year (3,655) (4,325) (4,325)

Technology Fund, Total Obligations 1,060 830 1,500

FY 2021 Actual: Purchase of VOIP equipment and licenses; Began VOIP Implementation replacing end of life PBX. The goal of the

project is to replace the current phone system and add functionality to include features such as secure teleconferences, secure 

video conferencing, instant messaging, voice to email, call filtering as well as a more agile enterprise-wide voice over IP system.

Continued Network Infrastructure refresh (three years remaining). Continued testing in the lab enhancements to the website to include 

content management, project delayed by Covid restrictions

FY 2022 Projected: Continuation of VOIP implementation, replacing end of life PBX. Continuation of Network Infrastructure Project;

Purchase and implementation of enhanced ITSM system for tracking system deployments, support and maintenance. Purchase and 

implementation of network equipment for lab upgrade completed end of FY 2021; Implementation of court wide wireless refresh; 

Evaluation and replacement of end-of-life mailroom equipment. 

FY 2023 Request: Intrusion Protection System upgrade; Replacement of Cybersecurity components due to current platform reaching 

the end of its life; Replacement of switching infrastructure at offsite disaster recovery site with supported assets; Replacement of Dell 

EMC servers reaching end-of-life in FY 2024; Thin client refresh - to be split over FYs 2023 and 2024.

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SALARIES AND EXPENSES

TECHNOLOGY FUND OBLIGATIONS AND FINANCING (NO-YEAR FUNDING)

($000)

Activity

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Term* Case Filings During Term Original & Paid In Forma Pauperis Total Cases Disposed Of

1980 4,174 970 5,144 2,773 2,371 4,255 1981 4,422 889 5,311 2,957 2,354 4,433 1982 4,201 878 5,079 2,727 2,352 4,201 1983 4,222 878 5,100 2,706 2,394 4,141 1984 4,047 959 5,006 2,590 2,416 4,261 1985 4,413 745 5,158 2,581 2,577 4,275 1986 4,240 883 5,123 2,559 2,564 4,348 1987 4,493 775 5,268 2,593 2,675 4,387 1988 4,776 881 5,657 2,599 3,058 4,829 1989 4,918 828 5,746 2,430 3,316 4,932 1990 5,502 814 6,316 2,365 3,951 5,412 1991 5,866 904 6,770 2,463 4,307 5,828 1992 6,303 942 7,245 2,453 4,792 6,356 1993 6,897 889 7,786 2,454 5,332 6,682 

1994 6,996 1,104 8,100 2,526 5,574 7,132 

1995 6,597 968 7,565 2,467 5,098 6,599 1996 6,634 966 7,600 2,435 5,165 6,689 1997 6,781 911 7,692 2,439 5,253 6,718 1998 7,109 974 8,083 2,394 5,689 7,015 

1999 7,377 1,068 8,445 2,421 6,024 7,332 2000 7,852 1,113 8,965 2,314 6,651 7,713 2001 7,924 1,252 9,176 2,218 6,958 8,025 2002 8,255 1,151 9,406 2,197 7,209 8,337 2003 7,814 1,068 8,882 2,064 6,818 7,790 2004 7,496 1,092 8,588 2,045 6,543 7,501 2005 8,521 1,087 9,608 2,033 7,575 8,209 2006 8,857 1,399 10,256 2,075 8,181 8,895 2007 8,241 1,361 9,602 1,974 7,628 8,375 2008 7,738 1,228 8,966 1,945 7,021 7,824 2009 8,159 1,142 9,301 1,913 7,388 8,096 2010 7,857 1,205 9,062 1,895 7,167 7,828 2011 7,713 1,239 8,952 1,870 7,082 7,656 2012 7,509 1,297 8,806 1,809 6,997 7,602 2013 7,376 1,204 8,580 1,874 6,706 7,547 2014 7,033 1,033 8,066 1,851 6,215 7,006 2015 6,475 1,060 7,535 1,847 5,688 6,506 2016 6,305 1,029 7,334 1,857 5,477 6,260 2017 6,315 1,075 7,390 2,070 5,320 6,206 2018 6,442 1,184 7,626 1,924 5,702 6,528 2019 5,411 1,123 6,534 1,828 4,706 5,712 

2020 5,307 822 6,129 2,147 3,982 5,232 

*October Term 2020 corresponds with fiscal year 2021.

Table SC.1

Summary of Supreme Court Cases

Carried Over From 

Prior Term Total Cases 

N
1980 154 152 122 183

1981 184 170 126 201

1982 183 174 119 179

1983 184 174 81 1491984 175 159 73 1851985 171 171 106 187

1986 175 174 109 167

1987 167 160 87 1801988 170 168 107 147

1989 146 146 80 1231990 125 125 115 141

1991 127 123 77 1211992 116 115 113 97

1993 99 99 70 991994 94 94 69 961995 90 90 120 1061996 90 90 83 871997 96 94 51 901998 90 88 59 811999 83 79 54 922000 86 83 127 992001 88 85 72 882002 84 79 66 912003 91 89 52 872004 87 85 826 802005 90 82 105 782006 78 74 280 772007 75 72 208 952008 87 83 95 882009 82 77 95 782010 86 83 84 902011 79 73 137 662012 77 76 88 932013 79 77 72 762014 75 75 112 682015 82 76 146 812016 71 68 71 752017 69 63 103 782018 72 69 56 862019 73 69 105 602020 72 69 91 72

 Table SC.2

Summary of Case Dispositions

Term

Cases Granted Review Cases Reviewed and Decided 

Without Argument 

During Term

Cases Granted Review During 

Term Argued This Term Disposed of by Opinion
Term

1980 1,096 11 32

1981 1,145 7 391982 1,077 19 451983 1,072 14 761984 982 11 621985 1,050 6 661986 951 11 861987 1,001 3 601988 1,064 5 901989 929 0 711990 984 3 551991 968 1 741992 974 2 761993 1,113 5 791994 992 5 821995 1,067 5 871996 935 1 1101997 985 1 1151998 1,100 0 1331999 1,085 0 1322000 1,145 1 872001 1,006 2 912002 1,096 3 992003 1,064 2 862004 1,081 3 682005 1,236 2 1122006 1,243 2 712007 1,094 3 202008 1,167 2 632009 1,268 2 602010 1,277 2 652011 1,256 1 612012 1,251 2 442013 1,286 1 732014 1,313 0 732015 1,303 0 472016 1,269 0 432017 1,425 0 452018 1,369 0 392019 1,071 0 322020 178 0 27

*Some Applications addressed to a Justice are referred to the whole

Court for decision.

Table SC.3

Applications to Individual Justices,

Including Capital Cases

Applications for Relief to 

Individual Justices

Chambers 

Opinions

Applications for Stay 

in Capital Cases*
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0

2000400060008000

10000

70 75 80 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 1

Cases on Docket By Type

No. of Cases Original & Paid In Forma Pauperis
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0

2000400060008000

10000

80 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 

Cases Carried Over & Docketed

No. of Cases Carried Over Docketed During Term
SUPREME COURT OF THE US Offi

Term Year 2020 

Habeas Corpus

1370

26%

Criminal

1666

31%

Other

100

2%

Cases Docketed By Type
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Term Year 2020 

Civil

57

79%

H

Original

2

3%

Cases Argued By Type
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Term Year 2020 

I.F.P.

3477

66%

Cases Docketed
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GENERAL STATEMENT AND INFORMATION

The Supreme Court Salaries and Expenses account funds salaries of the Chief Justice, eight Associate Justices, the Counselor to the

Chief Justice, the four Statutory Officers of the Court, and the employees of the Court. The account also funds the necessary expenses

of the Court, including printing and binding of the Supreme Court reports, purchasing books for the Supreme Court, and 

miscellaneous expenses.

The fiscal year (FY) 2023 request for the Court totals $110,049,000. The request is the sum of $2,896,000 of mandatory 

appropriations and $107,153,000 of discretionary appropriations, including $1,500,000 of no-year funding for planning and

implementing periodic Court-wide technology and automation upgrades.

FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS

In the absence of an enacted FY 2022 appropriation, the judiciary built the FY 2023 budget request for the Supreme Court Salaries 

and Expenses account on an assumed FY 2022 appropriation of $98,338,000, which is the current services level.

For bill language for this account, the judiciary used the relevant language from H.R. 4502, which includes the House-passed version 

of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022, as the closest approximation of eventual enacted FY 

2022 appropriations language, updated with the assumed funding level as described above.

After full year FY 2022 appropriations are enacted, the judiciary will re-estimate its FY 2023 budget request and transmit to the 

Appropriations Committees any changes to FY 2023 appropriations requirements and bill language. 
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JUSTIFICATION OF CHANGES

The FY 2023 request for the Court includes $2,863,000 for 

mandatory expenses and $107,153,000 for discretionary 

expenses. The discretionary request is a 9.0 percent increase 

over the FY 2022 assumed appropriation. The request includes 

$3.8 million in necessary adjustments to maintain current 

services and $5.0 million for program increases. The request 

also includes no-year funding for planning and implementing 

periodic Court-wide technology and automation upgrades 

totaling $1,500,000. 

Adjustments to base to maintain current services include funds 

for pay and benefits increases for current Justices and staff. 

Also included are increased costs of ongoing activities such as 

physical security and cybersecurity, supplies, equipment, 

furnishings, automation, and offsite warehouse space for 

activities that include mail screening.

ADJUSTMENTS TO BASE TO MAINTAIN CURRENT 

SERVICES

A. JUSTICES

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

1. Proposed 2023 pay adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $86,000

The judiciary is assuming federal pay rates will increase by 4.6

percent for staff and 4.1 percent for judges in January 

2023. The requested increase provides for the cost of nine

months of the anticipated pay raise in FY 2023, from January 

2023 to September 2023. (If the pay adjustment included in 

the President’s FY 2023 budget request is different from this

guidance, the judiciary will revise this line item in its FY 2023 

budget re-estimate.)

2. Annualization of 2022 pay adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $15,000

The requested increase provides for the annualized costs of the

2022 pay adjustment of 2.7 percent for staff and 2.2 percent for

judges associated with the Employment Cost Index (ECI),

effective as of January 2022. The requested increase provides

for the cost of three months (from October 2022 to December

2022) of the 2022 pay increase in FY 2023.

3. Benefits increase

a. Health benefits

Mandatory Increase: $3,000 

Based on information from the Office of Personnel

Management, health benefit premium contributions are 

projected to increase by an average of 2.4 percent both in

January 2022 and January 2023. The requested increase

annualizes the 2022 premium increase and includes a nine-
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month provision for the increase anticipated for FY 2023.

b. FICA adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $3,000 

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 2022. The salary cap for OASDI increased from

$142,800 to $147,000 in January 2022. The requested amount

is needed to pay the Court’s contribution in FY 2023.

B. PERSONNEL

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

4. Proposed 2023 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $2,153,000

The judiciary is assuming federal pay rates will increase by 4.6

percent in January 2023. The requested increase provides for

the cost of nine months of the anticipated pay raise in FY 2023,

from January 2023 to September 2023. (If the pay adjustment

included in the President’s FY 2023 budget request is different

from this guidance, the judiciary will revise this line item in its

FY 2023 budget re-estimate.)

5. Annualization of 2022 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $441,000

The requested increase provides for the annualized costs of the

2022 pay adjustment for Employment Cost Index (ECI) and 

locality pay. Federal pay rates increased by an average of 2.7 

percent, effective January 2022. The requested increase 

provides for the cost of three months (from October 2022 to 

December 2022) of the 2022 pay increase in FY 2023. 

6. Promotions and within-grade increases

Requested Increase: $506,000

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: $99,000

Based on information from the Office of Personnel 

Management, health benefit premium contributions are 

projected to increase by an average of 2.4 percent both in 

January 2022 and January 2023. The requested increase 

annualizes the 2022 premium increase and includes a ninemonth provision for the increase anticipated for FY 2023.

b. FICA adjustment

Requested Increase: $19,000

Based on information from the Social Security Administration, 
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employer contributions to the Old Age, Survivor, and 

Disability Insurance (OASDI) portion of the FICA tax will 

increase in 2022. The salary cap for OASDI increased from 

$142,800 to $147,000 in January 2022. The requested amount 

is needed to pay the Court’s contribution in FY 2023. 

8. One less compensable day

Requested Decrease: ($277,000)

There is one less compensable day in FY 2023 than in FY 

2022. The requested decrease adjusts for personnel 

compensation and benefits associated with one less 

compensable day.

C. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS

General Inflationary Adjustments

9. Inflationary increases in charges for contracts, 

services, supplies, and equipment

Requested Increase: $532,000

Consistent with guidance from the Office of Management and 

Budget, this request is required to fund inflationary increases of 

2.0 percent for operating expenses such as travel, 

communications, printing, contractual services, supplies and 

materials, and furniture and equipment. Expenses related to 

law books and legal databases are inflated at 5.0 percent and 

4.0 percent respectively. 

10. Inflationary increase in GSA space rental costs

Requested Increase: $369,000

This request represents a 2.0 percent inflationary increase and 

other adjustments in the cost of GSA rental charges for 

warehouse space in FY 2023.

D. PROGRAM INCREASES

11. Police Radio Equipment Upgrades

Requested Increase: $683,000

This request funds replacement of end-of-life radios with new 

communications equipment currently utilized by partner 

agencies. The three-year project will lead to greater reliability 

and compatibility with federal, state, and local law enforcement 

communications systems in the DC metropolitan area and in 

jurisdictions throughout the country. 

12. Security Cameras

Requested Increase: $1,266,000

This request funds additional high definition security cameras 

on Supreme Court grounds. It includes installation of 

necessary utilities and cabling, as well as integration into 

existing control software and servers. 
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13. Two IT Security Positions

Requested Increase: $255,000 FTE: 1.0

This request funds two new senior IT positions (1.0 FTE): a 

senior cyber security specialist and a senior network 

technology engineer. These positions will assist with 

maintaining thesecurity, integrity, andavailability of the

Court’s network infrastructure and data both on- and off-site. 

14. Building and Grounds Access Control

Requested Increase: $969,000

This request funds expansion of the Supreme Court’s existing

interior and exterior access control systems. This includes

access controlpanels,utilities, cabling, pedestrian barriers, and

other devices that regulate themovement of employees and

members of the public. 15. Educational Assistance Program

Requested Increase:$1,800,000

This request funds an ed

ucational assistance program to 

provide student loan repaymentand tuition assistance 

benefits to Court police offic

ers and otheremployees. The 

Courtrequested legislation authorizing the new programin 

2022. This will bring the Court into paritywith the Capitol 

Police, House, Senate, and executive branch agencies,all of 

which already havestatutory authorizationto provide a 

student loan repaymen

t benefit to their employees.