Extra Judiciary Security Funding Included in Stopgap Measure

The US judiciary would get $112.5 million in stopgap spending to “harden” federal courts against potential threats, money it initially sought after the Capitol riot.

Inclusion of the appropriations in the legislation proposing to fund the government through mid-December aims to avert a potential government shutdown. It comes as courts continue to underscore their security concerns to Congress in a bid for more funds.

“We appreciate that Congress recognizes the substantial and ongoing physical security needs of the Judiciary,” Director of the Administrative Office of the US Courts Roslynn Mauskopf said in a Wednesday memo to the judiciary about the ...