UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Salaries and Expenses

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory Discretionary Total

Total Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Appropriation $2,189,000 $20,766,000 $22,955,000

Total Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriation Request $2,311,000 $21,405,000 $23,716,000

Total Requested Increase from Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Appropriation $122,000 $639,000 $761,000

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, [$20,766,000]$21,405,000.

 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 4502 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022) 

 3.1
Fiscal Year 2023 Resource Requirements:

FTE Amount FTE Amount FTE Amount

Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Obligations .................................................................. 9 2,189 68 21,681 77 23,870

Utilization of Electronic Public Access Receipts and Judiciary Information Technology Fund Balances ... - - - (915) - (915)

Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Appropriation 9 2,189 68 20,766 77 22,955

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No. Adjustments to Base to Maintain Current Services:

A. Judges

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

3.10 1. Proposed 2023 pay adjustment (4.1% for nine months) ........................................................ - 95 - - - 95

3.10 2. Annualization of 2022 pay adjustment (2.2% for three months) ......................................... - 16 - - - 16

3.10 3. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits................................................................................................... - 8 - - - 8 

b. FICA adjustment............................................................................................. - 3 - - - 3 

B. Personnel

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

3.11 4. Proposed 2023 pay adjustment (4.6% for nine months) ................................................... - - - 254 - 254

3.11 5. Annualization of 2022 pay adjustment (2.7% for three months) .................................... - - - 49 49

3.11 6. Promotions and within-grade increases....................................................................... - - - 55 - 55

3.11 7. Benefits increases -

a. Health benefits............................................................................................. - - - 64 - 64

b. FICA adjustment........................................................................................... - - - 3 - 3 

3.12 8. One less compensable day............................................................................................. - - (36) - (36)

SUMMARY OF REQUEST

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FISCAL YEAR 2023

(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................. - - - 63 - 63

3.12 10. Increase in GSA space rental costs........................................................................................ - - - 178 - 178

3.13 - - - 9 - 9 

Subtotal, Adjustments to Base to Maintain Current Services...................................................... - 122 - 639 - 761

Total Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriation Required................................................................... 9 2,311 68 21,405 77 23,716

Financing the Fiscal Year 2023 Request:

Total Appropriation Required, Fiscal Year 2023................................................................ 9 2,311 68 21,405 77 23,716

3.13 Utilization of Electronic Public Access Receipts and Judiciary Information Technology Fund.............. - - - 233 - 233

Total Estimated Obligations, Fiscal Year 2023................................................................... 9 2,311 68 21,638 77 23,949

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

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

General Inflationary Adjustments

Mandatory Discretionary Total

FISCAL YEAR 2023

SUMMARY OF REQUEST

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

3.3
FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023

Actual Assumed Request

Total Obligations 22,277 23,870 23,949

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year:

Judiciary Information Technology Fund (1,191) (1,082) (200)

Deposits and Other Adjustments:

Judiciary Information Technology Fund (455) (33) (33)

Prior Year Recoveries (49)

Unobligated Balance, End of Year:

Judiciary Information Technology Fund 1,082 200 0

Subtotal, Other Obligations (613) (915) (233)

Direct Obligations 21,664 22,955 23,716

Unobligated Balance, End of Year 89 0 0

Offsetting Collections 0 0

Appropriation Total 21,753 22,955 23,716

Appropriation - Mandatory 1,753 2,189 2,311

Appropriation - Discretionary 20,000 20,766 21,405

FY 2022

FY 2021 Assumed FY 2023

Actual Obligations Request

11 Personnel compensation 7,952 9,300 9,733

12 Personnel benefits 2,344 2,347 2,425

21 Travel 8 130 149

22 Transportation of things 28 50 51

23 Rent, communications and utilities

Rental payments to GSA 8,737 8,919 9,097

Communications utilities & misc. charges 25 30 31

24 Printing and reproduction 3 4 4

25 Other services 1,989 1,907 1,949

26 Supplies and materials 26 46 47

31 Equipment 97 222 230

91 Undefined Disbursements (JITF Deposit) 455 0 0

Direct Obligations 21,664 22,955 23,716

Other Obligations (JITF Obligations) 613 915 233

Total Obligations 22,277 23,870 23,949

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 2021 Assumed FY 2023 Difference

Actual Obligations Request (+) or (-)

Direct obligations incurred 21,664 22,955 23,716 655

Obligated balance, start of year 3,955 4,349 4,608 259

Adjustments of prior year activity (1,370) (1,452) (1,500) (41)

Obligated balance, end of year (4,349) (4,608) (4,761) (132)

Total Outlays 19,900 21,244 22,063 741

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

Net Outlays 19,866 21,210 21,951 741

FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 Difference

Actual Estimate 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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3.6

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Summary of Mandatory Costs

Fiscal Year 2022 Fiscal Year 2023 

Increase

($000)

No. of Judgeships Compensation and 

Benefits

($000)

No. of Judgeships Compensation and 

Benefits

($000)

Article III Judges 9 2,189 9 2,311 122
3.7

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 estimates under this title are to provide 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 building-specific security services, GSA rent charges, travel, 

equipment maintenance contracts, cyclical maintenance of and upgrades to facilities, printing and binding, general office supplies, 

purchase of new/replacement office equipment and furniture, repair of existing equipment and furniture, access to legal research 

databases, and acquisition and maintenance of legal reference materials.

The fiscal year (FY) 2023 request for the Court of International Trade totals $23,716,000 to support the operations of the Court at 

current service levels. The request includes $2,311,000 for mandatory appropriations and $21,405,000 for discretionary 

appropriations.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruptions to courthouse operations. The Court revised its business practices to allow 

the Bar and litigants to appear by video and judges and staff to work remotely. The Court continues to use videoconferencing to hold 

hybrid hearings and conduct court business. To ensure the success of these remote operations, the Court engaged with key 

stakeholders to determine how best to handle proceedings via videoconference. 

During FY 2021, the Court received 781 new case filings – the second highest recorded since FY 2003. As in FY 2020, when there 

were 3,670 new case filings, this unusually high volume reflects the filing of novel challenges to recent applications of federal trade 

laws. Based on commonalities in the claims of many of these new cases, the Court plans to utilize current and innovative case 

management approaches to preside over these additional cases with existing resources. The Court does not plan to seek significant 

additional funding to manage the increased workload.
3.8

FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS

In the absence of an enacted FY 2022 appropriation, the judiciary built the FY 2023 discretionary budget request for the U.S. 

Court of International Trade on an assumed FY 2022 appropriation of $20,766,000, 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 appropriation requirements and bill language. 
3.9

The table below provides caseload data of the Court for

FY 2017 through FY 2021. 

Civil Action Cases

Pending Pending

Fiscal Beginning End

Year of Year Received Decided of Year

2017 1,812 313 448 1,677

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
3.10

JUSTIFICATION OF CHANGES

The FY 2023 budget request for the Court includes $2,311,000 

for mandatory appropriations and $21,405,000 for 

discretionary appropriations. The discretionary request is a 3.1 

percent increase over the FY 2022 assumed appropriation of

$20,766,000. The total increase reflects only the necessary 

adjustments to base to maintain current services. The Court 

requests no program increases in FY 2023. 

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 2023 pay adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $95,000

The judiciary is assuming federal pay rates will increase by 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 4.1 percent guidance, the judiciary will 

revise this line item in its FY 2023 budget re-estimate.) 

2. Annualization of 2022 pay adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $16,000

The requested increase provides for the annualized costs of the 

2022 pay adjustment of 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 increases

a. Health benefits

Mandatory Increase: $8,000

Based on information from the Office of Personnel 

Management, agency health benefit premium contributions are 

projected to increase by an average of 3.0 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. 
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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 agency’s contribution in FY 2023. 

B. PERSONNEL

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

4. Proposed 2023 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $254,000

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 4.6 percent, the judiciary will revise this line item in 

its FY 2023 budget re-estimate.)

5. Annualization of 2022 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $49,000

The requested increase provides for the annualized costs of a 

2022 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 2.7 percent,

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. 

6. Promotions and within-grade increases

Requested Increase: $55,000

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: $64,000

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 3.0 percent in both 

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: $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. 

8. One less compensable day

Requested Decrease: ($36,000)

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

2022. The requested amount decreases personnel compensation 

and benefits associated with one less compensable day for 

biweekly paid employees. 

C. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS

General Inflationary Adjustments

9. Inflationary increases in charges for

contracts, services, supplies, and equipment

Requested Increase: $63,000

Consistent with guidance from the Office of Management and 

Budget, this requested increase is required to fund inflationary 

adjustments of 2.0 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: $178,000

This request represents a 2.0 percent inflationary increase and 

adjustments in the cost of GSA space rental charges for space 

for FY 2023. 
3.13 

11. 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 2023. 

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. 

FINANCING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 REQUEST 

Utilization of Electronic Public Access Receipts and the 

Judiciary Information Technology Fund

Estimated Obligations: $233,000

At the beginning of FY 2022, $1,115,000 was available in 

carryforward balances from the Judiciary Information 

Technology Fund, including $33,000 from Electronic Public 

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

$915,000 during FY 2022 to:

• purchase additional audio/video technology for use in

Courtrooms;

• purchase mobile audio/video carts to enhance

videoconferencing capabilities;

• 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

• purchase computer desktop systems, monitors, laptops,

mobile devices, and printers, according to the

judiciary=s cyclical replacement program and to

facilitate videoconferencing needs.

At the beginning of FY 2023, the Court anticipates that 

$233,000 will be available in carryforward balances into the 

Judiciary Information Technology Fund, including $33,000 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.