Federal Courts Request More Coronavirus Funding From Congress

Federal courts need $36.6 million to address “emergent needs” in combating the coronavirus outbreak, including enhanced courtroom cleaning, health screenings, and teleworking infrastructure, the Administrative Offices of the U.S. Courts, the administrative arm of the judiciary, announced Tuesday.

The judiciary already received $7.5 million in the CARES Act, Congress’s $2 trillion stimulus package passed in March to curb the economic effects of the pandemic. But that money only addressed the courts’ “immediate information technology needs and increased testing and treatment costs in our probation and pretrial services program,” the AO said in an April 28 letter to members of Congress. ...