Fiscal Year 2024 Assumed Appropriation $20,554,000

Fiscal Year 2025 Requested Appropriation $13,699,000

Requested Decrease from Fiscal Year 2024 Assumed Appropriation ($6,855,000)

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Care of the Building and Grounds

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect of the Capitol to 

carry out the duties imposed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, under the 

direction of the Chief Justice, [$20,554,000]$13,699,000, to remain available until 

expended.

(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:

FTEs Amount

Fiscal Year 2024 Assumed Appropriation........................................................................................................... 50 $ 20,554

Page 

No. Adjustments to Base to Maintain Current Services:

A. Personnel

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

1.25 1. Proposed 2025 pay adjustment (2.0% for nine months)....................................................................................... - $ 64

1.25 2. Annualization of 2024 pay adjustment (5.2% for three months).............................................................................. - $ 52

1.25 3. Promotions and within-grade increases......................................................................................................... - $ 54

1.26 4. Benefits increases - 

a. Health benefits.................................................................................................................................... - $ 21

b. FICA adjustment................................................................................................................................. - $ 2

B. Other Adjustments

1.26 5. Inflationary increases in charges for contracts, services, supplies, and equipment........................................................ - $ 106

1.26 6. Reduction for non-recurring requirements..................................................................................................... - $ (9,582)

- (9,283) 

50 $ 11,271

C. Program Increases

1.26 7. Supreme Court Courtyard Restoration..................................................................................................................... - $ 2,428

 Subtotal, Program Increases............................................................................................................... - $ 2,428

 Total Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriation Required........................................................................................ 50 $ 13,699

- $ (6,855)

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

Total Current Services Appropriation Required..................................................................................................

 Total Appropriation Change, Fiscal Year 2024 to Fiscal Year 2025........................................................................

SUMMARY OF REQUEST

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

FISCAL YEAR 2025

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

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Care of Building and Grounds, Total Obligations 25,205 26,564 15,152

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year (9,422) (13,463) (7,453)

Unobligated Balance, End of Year 13,463 7,453 6,000

.

Available Appropriation 29,246 20,554 13,699

11 Personnel compensation 4,925 5,436 5,571

12 Personnel benefits 2,106 2,211 2,266

21 Travel and transportation of things 9 3 3

23 Rent, communications and utilities 1,710 2,100 2,200

25 Other services 3,800 14,285 3,150

26 Supplies and materials 821 730 730

31 Equipment 0 0 0

32 Land and structures 11,834 1,800 1,232

Total Obligations 25,205 26,564 15,152

Description Actual Assumed Request

Activity Actual Assumed Request

Obligations by Object Class ($000)

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

Obligations by Activity ($000)

Fiscal Year 2023 Fiscal Year 2024 Fiscal Year 2025

Fiscal Year 2023 Fiscal Year 2024 Fiscal Year 2025

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Fiscal Year 2024

Fiscal Year 2023 Assumed Fiscal Year 2025 Difference

Actuals Obligations Request (+) or (-)

Obligations incurred, net 25,205 26,564 15,152 (11,412)

Obligated balance, start of year 9,422 13,868 14,000 132

Adjustments to obligated balance (2,149) (1,000) (1,000) 0

Obligated balance, end of year (13,868) (14,000) (11,000) 3,000

Outlays 18,610 25,432 17,152

Fiscal Year 2024

Fiscal Year 2023 Assumed Fiscal Year 2025 Difference

Actual FTE Request (+) or (-)

Total compensable workyears:

 Full-time equivalent employment 45 50 50 0

1/ Full-time equivalent numbers reflect payroll funded and project funded personnel.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

Relation of Obligations to Outlays ($000)

Personnel Summary1/

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GENERAL STATEMENT AND INFORMATION

This appropriation, for expenditure by the Architect of the Capitol, provides for the structural and mechanical care of the United States 

Supreme Court Building and Grounds, including maintenance and operation of mechanical, electrical, and electronic equipment. The 

Architect is not responsible for custodial care, which is under the jurisdiction of the Marshal of the Supreme Court and is provided for in 

the Supreme Court’s salaries and expenses appropriation. The Architect performs his duties under authority of 40 U.S.C. § 6111.

The equipment includes such items as air conditioning, refrigeration, and ventilating systems with more than 1,000 pieces of equipment; 

electrical transformer stations and emergency power system; 300 plumbing fixtures and related piping; nine elevators and four 

dumbwaiters; electrical fixtures and wiring; and electronic security equipment. In FY 2025, a total of 50 full-time equivalents (FTE) 

are expected to cover three shifts daily. The FY 2025 request for the Supreme Court, Building and Grounds account totals $13,699,000. 

This request includes funding to maintain current services, account for general inflationary increases and support a program increase for 

courtyard and fountain restoration and construction activities. 

Projects under the Architect of the Capitol relating to the buildings and grounds in the Capitol campus are included in the Legislative 

Branch budget. However, projects pertaining to the buildings and grounds of the Supreme Court are presented within this account in the 

judiciary’s budget request. 

FISCAL YEAR 2024 APPROPRIATIONS

The judiciary built the FY 2025 discretionary budget request for the United States Supreme Court Building and Grounds account on the 

FY 2024 assumed appropriation of $20,554,000, 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 closest approximation of the eventual enacted FY 2024 appropriation language, updated with the assumed level as 

described above. 

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Justification of Changes 

The FY 2025 budget request for the Supreme Court of the 

United States, Care of the Building and Grounds appropriation, 

totals $13,699,000 and 50 FTEs. This represents a decrease of 

$6,855,000, or 33 percent, from the FY 2024 assumed

appropriation of $20,554,000. 

Adjustments to maintain current services include funds for pay 

and benefits, cost increases for current staff, a reduction for 

non-recurring requirements, adjustments for ongoing activities, 

such as inflationary increases in contract rates and charges for 

services, supplies, equipment, and a general inflationary 

increase. 

A program increase totaling $2,428,000 is requested for the 

Supreme Court Courtyard Restoration project. 

ADJUSTMENTS TO BASE TO MAINTAIN CURRENT 

SERVICES:

A. PERSONNEL

Pay and Benefit Adjustments

1. Proposed 2025 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $64,000 

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.) 

2. Annualization of 2024 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $52,000 

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. 

3. Promotions and within-grade increases

Requested Increase: $54,000 

The requested increase provides for promotions, within-grade 

increases, and other adjustments, such as career ladder pay 

increases for support personnel. Within-grade increases are 

authorized by 5 U.S.C. §§ 5102(c)(7), 5102(d), 5341-5349 for 

wage board employees and by 5 U.S.C. §§ 5331-5336 for 

general schedule employees.

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4. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits

Requested Increase: $21,000 

Based on information from the Office of Personnel 

Management, 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. 

b. FICA adjustment

Requested Increase: $2,000 

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. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS

5. Inflationary increases in charges for

contracts, services, supplies, and

equipment

Requested Increase: $106,000 

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. 

6. Reduction for non-recurring requirements

Requested Decrease: ( $9,582,000) 

The requested decrease of $9,582,000 is for non-recurring 

requirements associated with additional physical security 

upgrades and the FY 2024 phase of the Supreme Court 

Courtyard Restoration. 

C. PROGRAM INCREASE

7. Supreme Court Courtyard Restoration

Requested Increase: $2,428,000 

The Supreme Court’s courtyards and plazas include stone 

carvings, fountains, plumbing, and electrical systems that are 

original to the building, constructed in 1935. Congress funded 

$4,800,000 of this multi-year project in FY 2017. In FY 2022, 

the Supreme Court reprogrammed $8,500,000 to support the 

project. In FY 2023, Congress provided an additional 

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$15,900,000. The FY 2024 request was $3,082,000. This FY

2025 request of $2,428,000 represents the final amount needed 

to complete the project. 

This request funds the remaining stone restoration and fountain 

restoration work in the courtyards needed to bring the project 

to completion. 

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