US House approves additional $30 million for Supreme Court security
By Nate Raymond
Jan 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court would receive an additional $30 million to bolster security for the justices under a Department of Homeland Security funding bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday.
The extra money was tucked into the legislation after House and Senate appropriations leaders reached a bipartisan deal on Tuesday on the last set of spending bills designed to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the month.
The Republican-led House approved the bill to fund the Homeland Security Department on a 220-207 vote, sending it to the Senate for its consideration. The extra money for the Supreme Court will be available through 2028.
The Supreme Court did not respond to a request for comment.
The House earlier in January had passed the Financial Services-General Government appropriations bill that normally funds the judiciary and Supreme Court, providing $9.2 billion for the court system, up 6.4% from the 2025 fiscal year.
That bill, which is awaiting Senate approval, provides $892 million for protection services and equipment to provide security at courthouses nationwide, a 19% increase from the previous fiscal year, following concern about a rising number of threats facing judges.
The U.S. Marshals Service recorded 564 threats to 396 judges in the 2025 fiscal year, up from 509 threats to 379 judges a year earlier. So far in fiscal 2026, it has tracked 166 threats to 144 judges.
An earlier continuing resolution that brought an end to the recent government shutdown had already provided $28 million for the protection of Supreme Court justices for the current fiscal year.
In October, a California resident was sentenced to more than eight years in prison after admitting to trying to assassinate conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022.
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