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CAPITAL SECURITY PROGRAM
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JUDICIARY CAPITAL SECURITY PROGRAM

This chapter presents the judiciary’s requirements and priorities for the Capital Security Program (CSP), which is funded as a Special 

Emphasis Program within the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Buildings Fund. The CSP provides funding to 

address serious security deficiencies in existing courthouse buildings where physical renovations are viable in lieu of constructing a 

new courthouse. The authority necessary to make renovations of this scope falls under the jurisdiction of GSA. 

The judiciary requests $29.3 million in CSP funding in fiscal year (FY) 2024 for its two highest priorities: $4.3 million for Augusta, 

Georgia, and $25.0 million for Fort Wayne, Indiana. Congress appropriated $18.7 million in FY 2023 for CSP which is insufficient to 

cover all anticipated construction costs for Augusta based on the current cost estimate of $23.0 million at 35% Design Development. 

Therefore, the remaining balance of $4.3 million is being requested for FY 2024 (Actual projects funded, and the amounts associated 

with them, may change depending on the final amount appropriated for the CSP and the most recent project cost estimates available at 

the time of appropriation. If funding is limited or costs change, requested projects that cannot be accommodated within the available 

appropriation will be reduced in scope or deferred to the following fiscal year). 

1. U.S. Courthouse, Augusta, Georgia (construction only). $4.3 million. The U.S. Courthouse in Augusta was constructed in

1916 and expanded in 1930. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 28,321 useable square feet, threestory plus basement structure houses two courtrooms, one hearing room, and three chambers. Its Asset Management Planning

(AMP) process Facility Benefit Assessment (FBA) Security score is 26.41out of a possible 100. Security deficiencies at this

courthouse will be addressed by replacing an existing open air carport with an enclosed USMS sally port and separate judges’

parking area, enlarging and reconfiguring the existing security screening queuing area, providing a dedicated judges’ elevator

and a dedicated prisoner elevator, reconfiguring the first floor to provide secure and restricted circulation paths for prisoners

and judges, and constructing a new prisoner movement circulation corridor over the first-floor roof to provide secure

circulation on the second floor. This project was requested in FYs 2019 through 2022, but no program funding was provided.

This project received $2 million for design in FY 2021 from the cancelled Raleigh, North Carolina, CSP project 2. Design

completion date planned for July 2023. As of February 2023, when the design development process was 35% complete, the

estimated construction cost for this project is $23.0 million, $18.7 million of which is expected to be covered with FY 2023 

CSP funds, leaving a request of $4.3 million to complete the project in FY 2024.

1 An FBA Security score of 100 represents an “ideal courthouse” and a score below 60 represents a “poor courthouse.” 2 Summary and description of Raleigh, NC project noted on page 15.11. 
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2. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fort Wayne, Indiana (construction only). $25.0 million (estimated

cost dated February 2023 at 40% Design Development) . This location was approved for a CSP study in June 2016 and

currently has an AMP process FBA Security Score of 29.9. The study was completed in Fall 2018 and approved by the district 

and circuit courts. Security deficiencies at this courthouse will be addressed by adding a new judges’ parking garage, new 

USMS sally port and secured parking for USMS staff, two new prisoner elevators, a new security screening station, new fire 

egress stairs, a new jury room, and a new holding cell. Also, two dedicated judges’ elevators will be provided (one is

repurposed from an existing shared elevator and the other is a new elevator that will provide restricted circulation to the second

floor, including courtrooms). This project received $2 million for design in FY 2021 from the cancelled Raleigh, North

Carolina project. Design completion planned for June 2023.

FUTURE FUNDING NEEDS FOR CAPITAL SECURITY PROGRAM

The following future project will be next in line to receive funding: 

1. Federal Building, Post Office, and U.S Courthouse, Burlington, Vermont. $25.0 million. The Burlington CSP study was

completed in April 2020 and approved as a CSP project in June 2020. The courthouse currently has an AMP process FBA

Security Score of 35.4 out of a possible 100. Security deficiencies at this courthouse will be addressed by adding a secure

judges’ parking garage, a new dedicated judges’ restricted elevator, new restricted circulation paths from the judges’ elevator

to chambers and courtrooms, a new security screening station at the loading dock, a new fire egress stair, a new jury room, and

a new holding cell. This funding is for design and construction.

Approved Capital Security Program Study Location 

The judiciary studies and approves projects on a rolling basis for participation in the CSP. The next location that has been approved to 

undergo a CSP study is Yakima, Washington. The start date for the study is approximately Summer 2023. 

William O. Douglas Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Yakima, Washington. The Douglas Courthouse has an AMP 

process FBA Security Score of 44.90 out of a possible 100. The courthouse has a combined service and staff entry point which 

is shared by judges, court staff, prisoners, and freight delivery, there is no USMS vehicle sally port and prisoners are loaded 
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and unloaded in an open-air driveway directly adjacent to the open judges’ parking. This shared driveway is also directly 

adjacent to a privately-owned theatre with no setback from the courthouse property. Prisoner movement on the first floor to 

the USMS main detention cell block is a shared corridor with judges. Separate circulation paths for judges, prisoners, and the 

public do not exist on the second and third floors. The third-floor courtroom does not have courtroom holding cells. All mail 

and packages are screened at the main public entry and security checkpoint, as a screening area for incoming mail does not 

exist. Building air intakes are at ground-level and are not compliant with security standards. The building has minimal 

setback from public sidewalks and streets on three sides of the building. 

As the CSP program has received funding in FY 2022 and FY 2023, the judiciary will begin the process of identifying additional 

locations for future CSP studies.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The CSP was endorsed by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 2010 to assist the courts at locations that have 

significant security deficiencies but may not qualify for a new courthouse building that would, among other things, address their

security needs. The purpose of the CSP is to improve physical security in buildings occupied by the judiciary. Program goals include: 

• Utilizing existing building assets and federal resources cost-effectively;

• Addressing security deficiencies which place the public, prisoners, judges, and federal employees at risk; and

• Providing a low-cost alternative to high-cost capital improvements.

The CSP was first funded in FY 2012 when Congress designated $20 million within GSA’s Federal Buildings Fund to address 

security deficiencies in federal courthouses using mechanisms such as constructing additional secure corridors; adding or 

reconfiguring elevators; constructing USMS sally ports; creating visual barriers; and reconfiguring security screening areas. Project 

prioritization, selection, and implementation are handled collaboratively by stakeholders from the courts, the USMS, and GSA. This 

valuable program has resulted in greater security at federal courthouses in the selected locations at a fraction of the cost of new 

courthouse construction. Funding for the CSP is summarized in the table below.
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Fiscal Year Funding

FY 2012 $20 million

FY 2013 $20 million

FY 2014 $0

FY 2015 $20 million

FY 2016 $20 million

FY 2017 $26.7 million

FY 2018 $20 million

 FY 2019* $0

FY 2020 $0

FY 2021 $0

FY 2022 $19.8 million

FY 2023 $18.7 million

*GSA reallocated $2.2 million from its FY 2019 Repairs and Alterations (R&A) funding to cover unexpected costs in two existing

CSP projects: $1.8 million for Fort Worth, TX and $0.4 million for St. Thomas, VI.

Renovation projects that enhance security are selected for the program through an objective and collaborative review process that 

includes stakeholder representatives from local courts and their circuit judicial councils, the USMS, GSA, Federal Protective Service 

(FPS), the Judicial Conference’s Space and Facilities Committee in consultation with the Judicial Conference’s Judicial Security 

Committee, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO). The following steps outline the process:

1. Preliminary List. Development of a preliminary list of potential CSP projects begins with data collected through the 

judiciary’s AMP3 process that identifies courthouses with poor security ratings. These data are then compared with risk 

assessment data collected independently by the USMS and with GSA data on government facilities that need physical 

improvement. A preliminary list of potential projects is then compiled based on these sources of data.

3 Under the AMP process, each district and circuit adopt a long-range facilities plan that includes an evaluation of each courthouse location for urgency of space 

needs. As part of the process, facility benefit assessments are conducted on each courthouse to determine how well the existing facility supports the needs and 

operations of the court. An urgency evaluation list is then developed each year, placing each courthouse location in rank order. This rank is used to determine 

the urgency of space needs. The AMP process was adopted by the Judicial Conference in 2008.
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2. In-Depth Analysis and Resulting Short List. Each project on the preliminary list is then reviewed and validated during a 

more in-depth analysis conducted by stakeholder representatives of local courts and their circuit judicial councils, the USMS, 

GSA, FPS, and the AO. This review looks at specific security deficiencies at each courthouse and identifies potential 

conceptual solutions. Potential projects are then evaluated against a list of factors to determine the relative priority of the 

potential projects. Factors may include whether there is a separate circulation pattern for judges, prisoner movement, and the 

public; the number of resident judges; the type of caseload and proceedings; other repair and alteration projects planned; 

USMS risk assessment and incident reports; and the presence of high-risk prisoners regularly in the courthouse.

3. Space and Facilities Committee Review and Validation. The Space and Facilities Committee reviews and, in consultation 

with the Judicial Security Committee, approves the specific courthouse locations to move on to the next step in the project 

selection process – completion of a capital security study. 

4. Capital Security Study and Final Recommendations. Using judiciary funding, the AO contracts with an architect-engineering 

firm to conduct a capital security study for each court location approved by the Space and Facilities Committee. Each study 

reviews the security issues specific to that court location, identifies potential solutions, and documents the three best options 

with corresponding budget estimates. The study also identifies other projects that are already planned or underway by the 

USMS, GSA, or the judiciary to ensure design solutions are fully coordinated.

The Space and Facilities Committee’s Subcommittees on Space Planning and Rent Management then review the options and 

budgets for each project location, including rent impacts, if applicable, and recommend a final list of projects to the Space and 

Facilities Committee. The Space and Facilities Committee then reviews the recommendations and approves the locations to 

proceed with a CSP project.

5. Notification to GSA. GSA is advised of the result of the Space and Facilities Committee’s review of the final list of projects.

If the list of projects exceeds the congressional budget limitation for that fiscal year, projects are moved to the next fiscal year 

while keeping their rank order.
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STATUS OF PROJECTS

FY 2023 CSP. Congress appropriated $18.7 million and it is currently anticipated that the funding would be allocated to the CSP 

project in Augusta, Georgia. 

FY 2022 CSP. Congress appropriated $19.8 million for CSP. Congress did not explicitly state in the statutory text or 

conference report language which project should receive this funding, although the judiciary requested and identified this 

funding for the Augusta, Georgia, project. Subsequently, due to ongoing funding shortfalls for the CSP project in Alexandria, 

Louisiana, GSA, and the AO agreed, and the Appropriations Committees were advised, that the $19.8 million would be 

applied to the Alexandria project, with the understanding that future CSP funding would be first applied to the Augusta project. 

Separately, the FY 2022 omnibus provided $27 million in GSA’s Major Repair and Alterations (R&A) program for the 

William M. Colmer U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. This funding is intended to address the 

complete Hattiesburg CSP project, as well as other improvements at the courthouse. 

1. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisiana (construction only). $18.5 million. This project is 

summarized below in FY 2017. Construction completion date planned for FY 2025.

2. William M. Colmer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. $20.4 million (funded 

by GSA R&A funding). The Hattiesburg CSP study was completed in October 2020 and approved as a CSP project 

in December 2020. This location has an AMP process FBA Security Score of 37.7. Security deficiencies at this 

courthouse will be addressed by adding a new secure judges’ parking garage; a refurbished dedicated judges’ 

elevator; new restricted circulation paths from the judges’ elevator to chambers and courtrooms; a USMS vehicle 

sallyport; dedicated prisoner elevator; two new courtroom holding cells; and a new fire egress stair tower. Design 

award planned for June 2023.

FY 2021 CSP. Congress did not provide funding for CSP in FY 2021. However, in FY 2021, the Detroit CSP project received full 

funding through the reallocation of $9 million originally provided in FY 2016 for a CSP project in Raleigh, North Carolina, that was 

subsequently cancelled.
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Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse, Detroit, Michigan. $9.0 million (funded with $9 million reallocated from cancelled 

Raleigh CSP Project (see pg. 15.10)). The Levin Courthouse was constructed in 1934 and is listed on the National Register 

of Historic Places. The 402,935 usable square feet, ten-story plus basement structure houses 13 courtrooms and 13

chambers. Its AMP process FBA Security score is 17.0 on a scale of 1 to 100. Security deficiencies at this courthouse will 

be partially addressed by constructing an enclosed USMS sally port; providing new screening stations and queuing areas at 

both public and staff lobbies; replace 2 holding cells; and converting an existing elevator to USMS prisoner elevator. The 

project is currently at 95% design and has an estimated substantial construction completion date of Spring 2025. 

FY 2020 CSP. Congress did not provide funding for CSP in FY 2020.

FY 2019 CSP. Congress did not provide funding for CSP in FY 2019. As noted above, however, GSA reallocated $2.2 

million from its FY 2019 R&A funding to cover unexpected costs for two existing CSP projects: $1.8 million for Fort Worth, 

Texas and $0.4 million for St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. 

FY 2018 CSP.

Hato Rey Complex, Clemente Ruiz Nazario U.S. Courthouse and Federico Degetau Federal Building, San Juan, 

Puerto Rico (Phase 2). $20 million. The Hato Rey complex, which includes the Degetau Federal Office Building and 

Ruiz Nazario U.S. Courthouse, serves as the headquarters for the District Court in the District of Puerto Rico. A CSP 

project study completed in 2016 evaluated existing conditions of both buildings and proposed a preferred concept solution 

to address additional deficiencies of each structure. The recommendation for the Ruiz Nazario Courthouse involves 

construction of a new USMS sallyport and required secure corridors to the Nazario Courthouse, a stairwell and new 

prisoner elevator to USMS main detention cellblock in the Degetau Federal Building and three new holding cells in the 

basement of the Nazario Courthouse. A new courthouse annex project is currently listed as a judicial space emergency on 

the Federal Judiciary Courthouse Project Priorities list and the design for this CSP project has been integrated into the 

scope of the new annex project. Funding for a Phase 2 CSP project was appropriated in FY 2018 and authorized in June 

2019. The construction contract was awarded in March 2022 and substantial completion is planned for November 2023. 
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FY 2017 CSP.

1. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisiana (construction only). $10 million. Security deficiencies at this 

courthouse will be addressed by constructing restricted judges’ parking, a judges’ elevator, and reconfigured corridors to 

facilitate restricted circulation for all judges. The USMS will have new space that includes an enclosed sally port, holding 

cells, a prisoner elevator, and reconfigured corridors to facilitate secure prisoner transport. Full funding for this project was 

originally requested in FY 2016. Due to increased cost estimates for other projects, the FY 2016 funding was only sufficient to 

complete the Alexandria project’s design ($1.9 million). Construction funding ($9.0 million) was received in FY 2017, and an

additional $1.0 million was reallocated from funds originally intended for the Paducah, Kentucky, project to cover a budget 

shortfall due to underestimated direct costs, escalation, and market conditions. However, GSA later identified an additional

significant funding shortfall for the Alexandria project, as it expects construction to cost approximately $18.5 million. This is 

because the preferred concept could not be executed, and the original study cost estimate was not based on the final solution 

nor did it take into account the complexities of renovating within an existing historic structure and phasing requirements. 

Because available funds were insufficient to meet Alexandria’s new, higher construction costs and, at the same time, other 

previously funded CSP projects, such as St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and Texarkana, Arkansas, were also experiencing 

shortfalls due to labor shortages and the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021 GSA redistributed Alexandria’s 

FY 2017 appropriation to the following other projects: 

• $1.5 million to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

• $58,000 to Texarkana, Arkansas

• $1.5 million to Monroe, Louisiana 

• $6.2 million to Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 

As noted above, the funds redistributed from Alexandria were subsequently replenished with FY 2022 CSP funding.

2. U.S. Courthouse, Paducah, Kentucky. $17.7 million. The original CSP project in this location was identified to 

address security deficiencies by improving secure circulation, and adding a dedicated prisoner elevator, a dedicated 

judges’ elevator, restricted judges’ parking, and a USMS vehicle sally port for prisoner transport vehicles. Estimated 

construction completion was originally March 2021; however, in September 2017, GSA issued a report and analysis of 

assets potentially impacted by Executive Order 13717, which established a Federal Earthquake Risk Management 

Standard. Based on the standard, the Paducah Courthouse was identified as being Exceptionally High Risk and 
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requiring seismic mitigation. Options to address the risk have been evaluated and as a result this CSP project has been 

cancelled. Instead, GSA has determined that the work required for the CSP and seismic upgrades are interrelated in 

terms of their execution and must therefore be accomplished as one project. GSA believes that all deficiencies can be 

remedied through a prospectus-level renovation and alteration project that will include CSP security improvements, as 

well as seismic and overall building upgrades. 

Accordingly, GSA submitted in May 2019 a revised spend plan to Congress to reallocate the $17.7 million that had 

been previously reserved for the Paducah CSP project to cover necessary costs for prior year CSP projects that have 

encountered funding shortfalls. These projects were: Raleigh, North Carolina (this project was subsequently cancelled 

as noted on page 15.11); Texarkana, Arkansas/Texas; Monroe, Louisiana; and Alexandria, Louisiana. In addition, $3.2 

million of the proposed reallocation was provided to a project in Fort Worth, Texas, as described below.

3. Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse, Fort Worth, Texas. $9.3 million ($3.2 million from CSP; $4.3 million from 

USMS; $1.82 million from GSA’s R&A FY 2019 Spending Plan). The USMS has a completed security 

improvement design for the Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas. This facility currently has an 

AMP process FBA Security Score of 42.7. The design includes a shared prisoner/judge’s elevator, sally port, holding 

cells, and restricted and secure circulation, as well as USMS command center renovations. Detailed construction 

documents and cost estimates have been completed and the project is ready for construction. The total project 

construction cost estimate is $9.3 million, and $4.3 million is available from the USMS. Because this project aligns 

with many of the goals of the CSP program, the Space and Facilities Committee, at its November 2018 meeting, 

approved this project for program participation and approved the reallocation of approximately $3.2 million in funds 

originally intended for Paducah, Kentucky. The project also received $1.8 million from GSA’s FY 2019 Major Repairs 

& Alterations Spending Plan. Construction is underway and anticipated substantial completion is May 2023. 
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FY 2016 CSP

1. Terry Sanford Federal Building, Raleigh, North Carolina. $15.7 million. Security deficiencies at this courthouse were 

intended to be addressed by adding or reconfiguring elevators, providing secure parking for judges, and constructing additional 

secure circulation corridors with security screening revisions to better accommodate both the courts and the Military Entrance 

Processing Station (MEPS) - a future tenant. The design for this project was completed in October 2017. The construction 

bids received were significantly higher than the budget, therefore, the design was revised in April 2019. In addition to the 

$15.7 million of FY 2016 funding, approximately $6.8 million was reallocated from funds originally intended for the Paducah, 

Kentucky, project to cover this shortfall due to scope changes and lack of competition, for total project availability of $22.5 

million.

As a result of CSP project delays and other recently identified building deficiencies in the Sanford Federal Building that are 

beyond the scope of the proposed CSP project, the Eastern District of North Carolina withdrew support for this project in 

November 2019. The Fourth Circuit Judicial Council approved this action in December 2019. At the USMS’s request, GSA 

revised design drawings and cost estimates for the construction of one new prisoner elevator and associated restricted 

circulation corridors (components of the former CSP project). The projected cost for this elevator is approximately $6.3

million and the remaining funding balance was reallocated to other approved CSP projects as shown below:

• $0.5 million to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

• $9.0 million to Detroit, Michigan

• $2.0 million to Augusta, Georgia

• $2.0 million to Fort Wayne, Indiana 

Design Build contract awarded and substantial completion planned for March 2024.

2. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisiana (design only). $1.9 million. This project is summarized above in 

FY 2017.
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3. Ron De Lugo Federal Building, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (Phase 2). $2.4 million. Security deficiencies at 

this courthouse will be addressed by constructing enhancements to the first-floor entry screening and access control 

space. The project will provide air-conditioned space for USMS screening equipment, thus prolonging its useful life, 

organize the processing space to minimize lobby queuing, provide separate adjacent zones for an employee entrance 

and occupant/visitor entrance, and improve ballistic protection available to court security officers. Construction is 98% 

complete with an adjusted estimated substantial completion date of March 2023 due to delays from labor shortages and 

the pandemic. 

FY 2015 CSP. 

1. J. Robert Elliot Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Columbus, Georgia. $6.7 million. Security deficiencies at this 

courthouse were addressed by constructing an enclosed USMS sally port and prisoner and judges’ elevators with secure 

prisoner movement, reconfiguring and constructing new corridors, and adding perimeter fencing. The project was completed 

in Summer 2019. As a result of the project, the AMP process FBA Security Score for this courthouse improved from 38.2 to 

60.2 and the overall FBA score improved from 54.9 to 61.7.

2. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Monroe, Louisiana. $6.1 million. Security deficiencies at this courthouse will be 

addressed by enclosing a sally port, enclosing the judges parking garage and stair tower, and reconfiguring/constructing new 

corridors and the lobby screening station. Additional judiciary funding ($2.8 million) will be used to build a new courtroom 

and jury assembly area to address courthouse needs in lieu of building a new courthouse. The design was completed in 

November 2017. Due to two-plus years of escalation between the initial and projected construction start dates and 

underestimated general cost conditions for the project, approximately $3.4 million was reallocated from funds originally 

intended for the Paducah, Kentucky, project and an additional $1.4 million was reallocated from the Alexandria, Louisiana,

project to cover budget shortfalls. Construction was awarded in April 2021 and anticipated substantial construction completion 

is June 2023. 
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3. U.S. Courthouse and Post Office Building, Texarkana, Texas/Arkansas. $7.2 million. Security deficiencies at this 

courthouse will be addressed by consolidating the USMS space into one location, enclosing a sally port, adding elevators for 

prisoners and judges, building corridors for secure circulation, and reconfiguring building entry screening areas. The design 

was completed in May 2018 and construction started in October 2019 with anticipated substantial construction completion in

March 2023. In addition to the $7.2 million of FY 2015 funding, $3.3 million was reallocated from funds originally intended 

for the Paducah, Kentucky, project and an additional $58 thousand reallocated from Alexandria, Louisiana, to cover budget 

shortfalls due to underestimated direct costs, escalation, and market conditions. GSA has identified an additional funding 

shortfall for the construction of this project due to labor shortages and the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. GSA 

is evaluating all potential options to resolve the identified funding shortfall. Once more information is available, GSA and the 

judiciary will update congressional staff on a proposed funding solution.

FY 2014 CSP. Congress did not provide funding for CSP in FY 2014.

FY 2013 CSP.

Ron De Lugo Federal Building, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (Phase 1). $20 million. Several major security 

deficiencies at this courthouse will be addressed by constructing judges’ and prisoner elevators, a restricted judges’ garage, a 

USMS sally port, and other security-related site improvements. A Phase 2 project to construct an adequate security screening 

area in the building’s lobby was funded in FY 2016 in the amount of $2.4 million and is also underway. The overall project is 

at 93% of construction completion with an adjusted estimated substantial completion date of March 2023 due to delays from 

labor shortages and the pandemic. Additional funds from FY 2012 CSP savings, FY 2019 GSA R&A, and reallocated 

Alexandria project funds, for a total of approximately $1.2 million, have been provided to this project. GSA has identified an 

additional funding shortfall for the construction of this project due to labor shortages and the ongoing impact of the COVID19 pandemic. GSA is evaluating all potential options to resolve the identified funding shortfall. Once more information is 

available, GSA and the judiciary will update congressional staff on a proposed funding solution. 
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FY 2012 CSP.

1. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Benton, Illinois. $4.7 million. Security deficiencies at this courthouse were 

addressed by reconfiguring and constructing new corridors, adding an elevator, enclosing a sally port, and constructing visual 

barriers. The project is complete, and the court resumed occupancy of the space in January 2015. As a result of the project, 

the AMP process FBA Security Score for this courthouse improved from 46.1 to 80.2 and the overall FBA score improved 

from 51.7 to 61.1.

2. Hato Rey Complex, Clemente Ruiz-Nazario U.S. Courthouse and Federico Degetau Federal Building, San Juan, Puerto 

Rico (Phase 1). $3.1 million. Security deficiencies at this courthouse were partially addressed by constructing a new 

dedicated elevator for prisoner movement. The project is complete, and the court resumed occupancy in July 2015. As a result 

of this project, the AMP process FBA Security Score for this courthouse improved from 58.9 to 68.2 and the overall FBA 

score improved from 70.4 to 73.0. A follow-on Phase 2 CSP project design has been completed and is in construction 

procurement phase (described above under FY 2018). 

3. Frank M. Scarlett Building, Brunswick, Georgia. $5.5 million. A new judge’s elevator, perimeter fence, and enclosed 

parking area were constructed. Secure circulation was provided on the upper floors by re-stacking the clerk’s public access 

operations, relocating the magistrate and bankruptcy judges’ chambers, and constructing a USMS sally port and prisoner 

elevator. The project is complete, and the court resumed occupancy of the space in May 2017. As a result of the project, the 

AMP process FBA Security Score for this courthouse improved from 41.1 to 63.9, and the overall FBA score improved from 

61.2 to 67.7.

4. U.S. Courthouse and Post Office, Lexington, Kentucky. $6.7 million. Security deficiencies at this courthouse were

addressed by reconfiguring and constructing new corridors, adding dedicated prisoner and judges’ elevators, enclosing a sally 

port, and constructing visual barriers. In addition to the security enhancements, two new fire egress stairwells were

constructed to make the facility compliant with life safety codes. Construction was completed in July 2017. As a result of the 

project, the AMP process FBA Security Score for this courthouse improved from 37.2 to 62.4 and the overall FBA score 

improved from 61.9 to 69.1.