The Federal Bar Association supports adequate funding for the general and continuing operations of the federal courts, including an equitable level of rent and facilities expense consistent with actual costs, budgetary constraints, staffing needs and security considerations, to permit the courts to fulfill their constitutional and statutory responsibilities.
FY2024 Security Funding for the Federal Judiciary
FBA President Matthew C. Moschella, FMJA President Hon. K. Nicole Mitchell, and NCBJ President Hon, Daniel P. Collins on June, 26 2023 collaboratively urged the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to provide full funding to implement the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022.
- Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee Leaders in Support of Finding for Implementation of the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act
FBA President Matthew C. Moschella on March 31, 2023 urged the Senate Appropriations Committee and reached out again to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to provide full funding to implement the critical Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022.
- Letter to Senate Appropriations Leaders in Support of Finding for Implementation of the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act
- Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee Leaders in Support of Finding for Implementation of the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act
FBA President Matthew C. Moschella on March 21, 2023 urged the House Appropriations Committee and the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to provide full funding to implement the critical Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022.
- Letter to House Appropriations Leaders in Support of Finding for Implementation of the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act
- Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee Leaders in Support of Finding for Implementation of the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act
2021 Infrastructure Funding for the Federal Judiciary
FBA President W. West Allen on July 21, 2021 urged the House Budget Committee and the Senate Budget Committee to provide critical infrastructure funding for the federal courts, in support of the requests of the Judiciary, the General Services Administration and the Federal Protection Service.
- Letter to House Budget Committee in Support of Judiciary’s Infrastructure Funding Request
- Letter to Senate Budget Committee in Support of Judiciary’s Infrastructure Funding Request
FY2022 Funding for the Federal Judiciary
FBA President W. West Allen on June 25, 2021 urged the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve the Federal Judiciary’s Fiscal Year 2022 funding request.
- Letter to House Appropriations Leaders in Support of Judiciary’s FY 2022 and Supplemental Funding Request
- Letter to Senate Appropriations Leaders in Support of Judiciary’s FY 2022 and Supplemental Funding Request
FY2021 Funding for the Federal Judiciary
FBA President Christian Adams on May 4, 2020, in correspondence to House and Senate appropriations leaders, expressed the strong support of the Federal Bar Association for the Federal Judiciary’s FY 2021 budget request and COVID-19 supplemental funding request. “These requested funds are critical to assure the federal courts are able to fulfill their constitutional and statutory responsibilities in these unprecedented times,” wrote President Adams.
- Letter to House Appropriations Leaders in Support of the Federal Judiciary’s FY 2021 budget request and COVID-19 supplemental funding request
- Letter to Senate Appropriations Leaders in Support of the Federal Judiciary’s FY 2021 budget request and COVID-19 supplemental funding request
FBA President Christian Adams on March 6, 2020 urged the House Appropriations Committee to set a higher 302(b) budget allocation for Fiscal Year 2021 for the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee. A higher budget allocation could make greater funding available for the Judiciary, as well as the General Services Administration and its FY 2021 plans for major courthouse repair projects in: Kansas City, Missouri; Cincinnati, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; and Tacoma, Washington.
FY2020 Funding for the Federal Judiciary
FBA President Maria Z. Vathis on May 7, 2019 wrote the following letters to Congress urging adequate funding for the federal courts.
- FBA letter of May 7, 2019 to the House of Representatives in support of the Federal Judiciary’s FY 2020 funding request
- FBA letter of May 7, 2019 to the Senate in support of the Federal Judiciary’s FY 2020 funding request
- Summary of Federal Judiciary’s FY2020 funding request
FY2019 Funding for the Federal Judiciary
- FBA letter of April 18, 2018 to the House of Representatives in support of the Federal Judiciary’s FY 2019 funding request
- Summary of Federal Judiciary’s FY2020 funding request