FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

Salaries and Expenses

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS

Fiscal Year 2021 Enacted Appropriation 

Fiscal Year 2022 Requested Appropriation

Requested Increase from Fiscal Year 2021 Enacted Appropriation

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE

FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as authorized 

by Public Law 90-219, [$29,015,000]$31,864,000; of which $1,800,000 

shall remain available until September 30, [2022]2023 , to provide 

education and training to Federal court personnel; and of which not to 

exceed $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representation 

expenses.

(P.L. 116-260 - Financial Services and General Government 

Appropriations Act, 2021)

$29,015,000

$31,864,000

$2,849,000

9.1
Fiscal Year 2022 Resource Requirements:

FTEs Amount

Fiscal Year 2021 Assumed Obligations................................................................................................ 128 29,255

 Reimbursements from Federal Accounts and FJC Foundation..................................................................... - (240)

 Utilization of Judiciary Information Technology Fund............................................................................ - -

Fiscal Year 2021 Enacted Appropriation........................................................................................... 128 29,015

Page Adjustments to Base to Maintain Current Services:

No.

A. PERSONNEL

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

9.10 1. Proposed 2022 pay adjustment (1.0% for nine months) - 168

9.10 2. Annualization of 2021 pay adjustment (1% for three months)................................................................ - 55

9.10 3. Promotions and within-grade increases......................................................................................... - 170

9.10 4. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits........................................................................................................... - 33

b. FICA adjustment............................................................................................................ - 19

c. FERS adjustment.............................................................................................................. - 170

FISCAL YEAR 2022

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

SUMMARY OF REQUEST

9.2
B. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS FTEs Amount

General Inflationary Adjustments

9.11 - 134

Subtotal, Adjustments to Base to Maintain Current Services..................................................................... - 749

Total Current Services Appropriation Required .................................................................................... 128 29,764

9.11 C. PROGRAM INCREASE

- 2,100

Total Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriation Required.................................................................................... 128 31,864

 Total Appropriation Increase......................................................................................................... - 2,849

Financing the Fiscal Year 2022 Request:

Total Appropriation Required, Fiscal Year 2022................................................................................... 128 31,864

9.12 - 350

Total Estimated Obligations, Fiscal Year 2022....................................................................................... 128 32,214

6. Restoration request to resume in-person program offerings for judges and judiciary employees.......................

FISCAL YEAR 2022

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

5. Inflationary increases in charges for contracts, services, supplies, and equipment.....................................

SUMMARY OF REQUEST

FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7. Estimated reimbursements from federal accounts and the FJC Foundation...............................................

9.3
Fiscal Year 2020 Fiscal Year 2021 Fiscal Year 2022

Offsetting Offsetting Offsetting

Activity Direct Collections Total Direct Collections Total Direct Collections Total

Education & Training 15,365 15 15,380 19,388 240 19,628 21,988 350 22,338 

Research 5,572 - 5,572 5,821 - 5,821 5,971 - 5,971 

Program Support 5,106 - 5,106 3,806 - 3,806 3,905 - 3,905 

Total Obligations 26,043 15 26,058 29,015 240 29,255 31,864 350 32,214 

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year:

 Judiciary Information Technology Fund (411) - (411) - - - - - - 

Deposits and Other Adjustments:

 Judiciary Information Technology Fund (500) - (500) - - - - - - 

Unobligated Balance, End of Year:

 Judiciary Information Technology Fund 824 - 824 - - - - - - 

Subtotal, Other Obligations (87) - (87) - - - - - - 

Transfer to the Defender Services Account 1,522 - 1,522 - - - - - - 

Direct Obligations 27,478 15 27,493 29,015 240 29,255 31,864 350 32,214 

Unobligated Balance, End of Year 2,958 - 2,958 - - - - - - 

Offsetting Collections

 Reimbursable programs - (15) (15) - (240) (240) - (350) (350) 

Available Appropriation 30,436 - 30,436 29,015 - 29,015 31,864 - 31,864 

Actuals Assumed Request

FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

Salaries and Expenses

Obligations by Activity ($000)

9.4
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

Salaries & Expenses

Obligations by Object Class ($000)

Fiscal Year 2020 Fiscal Year 2021 Fiscal Year 2022

Offsetting Total Offsetting Total Offsetting Total

Direct Collections Oblig. Direct Collections Oblig.1 Direct Collections Oblig.2

1100 Personnel compensation 16,360 - 16,360 16,688 112 16,800 17,080 112 17,192

1200 Personnel benefits 5,425 - 5,425 5,619 28 5,647 5,841 28 5,869

2100 Travel 366 15 381 3,651 100 3,751 5,823 210 6,033

2200 Transportation of things 26 - 26 31 - 31 32 - 32 

2300 Communications, utilities & misc 350 - 350 491 - 491 501 - 501 

2400 Printing and reproduction 16 - 16 56 - 56 57 - 57 

2500 Other services 1,124 - 1,124 1,105 - 1,105 1,127 - 1,127 

2600 Supplies and materials 564 - 564 689 - 689 703 - 703 

3100 Equipment 1,225 - 1,225 685 - 685 700 - 700 

9000 DSO Transfer 1,522 - 1,522 - - - - - -

9100 Judiciary Info Tech. Fund 500 - 500 - - - - - -

Direct Obligations 27,478 15 27,493 29,015 240 29,255 31,864 350 32,214

87 - 87 - - - - - - 

27,565 - 27,580 29,015 - 29,255 31,864 - 32,214

2

Fiscal year 2022 assumed obligations include a request to restore $2,100,000 to offset the expected reduction in the Center's fiscal year 2021 appropriation.

1

Fiscal year 2021 assumed obligations reflect an estimated reduction of $2,100,000 in travel funds as the Center currently has no in-person programs scheduled during the first two 

quarters of fiscal year 2021. 

Note: As the result of canceling all in-person programs and travel from mid-March through the end of fiscal year 2020, the Center ended fiscal year 2020 with a surplus of funds. 

The Center reduced the surplus by transferring $1,521,800 to the judiciary’s Defender Services account. In addition, the Center waived payment of $140,000 by that account for 

educational services the Center rendered for federal defenders. In addition, the Center transferred $500,000 to the Judiciary Information Technology Fund, reserving that money for 

future information technology needs. Even with these actions and with other end of year expenditures, the Center ended fiscal year 2020 with a surplus of $1,364,991 and 

$1,593,430 in carryforward funds. 

Assumed Request

Other Obligations (JITF Obligations)

Description

Actuals

Total Obligations

9.5
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

Salaries & Expenses

Relation of Direct Obligations to Outlays ($000)

FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022

Actual Assumed Request

Obligations incurred 27,493 29,255 32,214

Obligated balance, start of year 3,609 3,537 1,513

Adjustment of prior year activity 0 35 36

Obligated balance, end of year (3,537) (1,513) (1,364)

Total Outlays 27,565 31,314 32,399

Less Offsets (15) (240) (350)

Net Outlays 27,550 31,074 32,049

9.6
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

Salaries and Expenses

 Full Time Equivalents by Activity

Activity Direct

Offsetting 

Collecs. Total Direct

Offsetting 

Collecs. Total Direct

Offsetting 

Collecs. Total

Education & Training 89 0 89 89 0 89 89 0 89

Research 28 0 28 29 0 29 29 0 29

Program Support 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10

Total, Full Time Equivalents 127 0 127 128 0 128 128 0 128

Fiscal Year 2020 Fiscal Year 2021 Fiscal Year 2022

9.7
9.8

GENERAL STATEMENT AND INFORMATION

This appropriation request is for the salaries and operating expenses of the Federal Judicial Center (the Center), which was established 

by P.L. 90-219 (81 Stat. 664) on December 20, 1967. This statute directs the Center “to further the development and adoption of 

improved judicial administration” in the federal courts.

The fiscal year (FY) 2022 request for the Federal Judicial Center totals $31,864,000 to support the operations of the Center at a 

restored services level. 

Functional Responsibilities of the Center

The Center’s functions are outlined in statute, especially 28 U.S.C.§§ 620(b) and 623(a). Pursuant to those mandates, it teaches judges 

and other Judicial Branch personnel about legal developments and efficient litigation management and court administration. 

Examples include various educational programs that teach judges and court legal staff about new laws and emerging issues; programs 

that help judges and court executives promote efficiency in the just resolution of cases and in court administration; and programs that 

educate court staff on effective court operations. Over 80 percent of Center training participants attend the training in their home 

cities through in-court seminars, Center video programs, manuals, web-based conferences, and interactive computer programs. 

The Center also conducts empirical research into court operations and activities. Most Center research is performed at the request of 

the Judicial Conference of the United States in order to inform policy decisions of the Conference. Center research also contributes to 

improved judicial administration by assessing the efficacy of case and court management procedures. For example, it continues to 

assess case management tools for complex litigation. (The Center’s statute also assigns it other duties regarding state-federal judicial 

relations, assistance to foreign judiciaries, and federal judicial history, which it also performs.) Program planning is coordinated 

among the Center, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), and the U.S. Sentencing Commission to maximize efficiency in 

meeting their distinct responsibilities. 
9.9

Duties of the Board

A Board of nine supervises the Center. The Chief Justice of the United States is the Board Chairman. The Board includes two judges 

of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, three judges of the U.S. District Courts, one bankruptcy judge, and one magistrate judge; each elected 

by the Judicial Conference of the United States for a four-year term. The Director of the AO is an ex-officio Board member. By 

statute, the Board is responsible for developing overall policy to guide the Center’s operations and approving the Center’s 

appropriations requests. The Board appoints a Director and a Deputy Director, who are responsible for supervising the Center’s staff 

and carrying out the Center's programs. The Center coordinates as necessary with the Judicial Conference’s Budget Committee and 

the AO in developing the Center’s appropriation requests. 

FISCAL YEAR 2021 APPROPRIATIONS 

The judiciary built the FY 2022 budget request for the Federal Judicial Center on the enacted FY 2021 appropriation of $29,015,000. 

For bill language, the judiciary used the language from P.L. 116-260, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 

2021. 
9.10

JUSTIFICATION OF CHANGES

The Federal Judicial Center’s FY 2022 appropriation request is 

$31,864,000, representing an increase of $2,849,000 (9.8 

percent) over the FY 2021 appropriation of $29,015,000, which 

was reduced due to COVID-19 pandemic related delays in 

delivering training programs. This amount includes $749,000 

in standard adjustments to base and a restoration request of 

$2,100,000 to resume in-person programs. The Center would 

not ordinarily request such a large increase; however, without 

the restoration of the one-time cost savings in FY 2021, the 

Center would have to eliminate a substantial portion of its inperson education for judges and judiciary staff in FY 2022. 

ADJUSTMENTS TO BASE TO MAINTAIN CURRENT 

SERVICES

A. PERSONNEL

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

1. Proposed 2022 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $168,000

The judiciary is assuming federal pay rates will increase by 1.0 

percent in January 2022. The requested increase provides for 

the cost of nine months of the anticipated pay adjustment in FY

2022, from January 2022 to September 2022. (If the pay 

adjustment included in the President’s FY 2022 budget request 

is different from this 1.0 percent guidance, the judiciary will 

revise this line item in its FY 2022 budget re-estimate.)

2. Annualization of 2021 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $55,000 

The requested increase provides for the annualized costs of a 

2021 Employment Cost Index pay adjustment for federal 

civilian workers. Based on the FY 2021 enacted appropriation, 

federal pay rates increased by 1.0 percent, effective as of 

January 2021. The requested increase provides for the cost of 

three months (from October 2021 to December 2021) of the 

2021 pay increase in FY 2022. 

3. Promotions and within-grade increases

Requested Increase: $170,000 

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.

4. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits

Requested Increase: $33,000 

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 2021 and January 2022. The requested increase 

annualizes the 2021 premium increase and includes a ninemonth provision for an estimated 3.0 percent increase 
9.11

anticipated for FY 2022. 

b. FICA adjustment

Requested Increase: $19,000 

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 2021. The salary cap for OASDI increased from 

$137,700 to $142,800 in January 2021. The requested amount 

is needed to pay the agency contribution in FY 2022. 

c. FERS adjustment

Requested Increase: $170,000 

Consistent with guidance from the Office of Management and 

Budget, funds are requested for an increase in the agency 

contribution rate to Federal Employees Retirement System 

(FERS) plans for FY 2022. For most employees, the agency 

contribution rate will increase from 17.3 percent to 18.4 

percent. Any FERS increase is in accordance with revised 

estimates of the cost of providing benefits by the Board of 

Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

System.

B. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS

General Inflationary Adjustments

5. Inflationary increases in charges for contracts, services,

supplies, and equipment

Requested Increase: $134,000 

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, and furniture and equipment. 

C. PROGAM INCREASE

6. Restoration request to resume in-person programs for

judges and judiciary employees

Requested Restoration: $2,100,000 

The requested FY 2022 funding restoration is based on a onetime funding reduction taken in FY 2021 due to COVID-19 

pandemic related savings. The Center anticipated that no inperson programs could be safely delivered in the first two 

quarters in FY 2021 and therefore reduced its funding 

requirements. To resume its full program offerings in FY 2022, 

the Center requires a restoration of $2,100,000 to offset the 

reduction in FY 2021. 
9.12

FINANCING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 REQUEST

OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS 

7. Estimated reimbursements from federal accounts and

the FJC Foundation

Estimated Reimbursement: $350,000 FTE: 0 

The Center enters into reimbursable agreements to provide 

additional services to, or to allow economizing by, the 

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), the courts, and 

non-judicial federal entities. For example, on occasion, the AO 

will add on to scheduled Center programs additional training 

days for judges and thereby avoid incurring duplicative 

transportation costs for such efforts. In addition, pursuant to 

28 U.S.C.§ 629, the Center receives support from occasional 

donations to the Federal Judicial Center Foundation, which the 

Center uses to conduct additional educational programs for 

judges. The Center estimates that $350,000 will be reimbursed 

to it in FY 2022.