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Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026Section 5 › Proposal

An extra $28,000,000 for the protection of the Supreme Court Justices

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5. Written by .

An extra $28,000,000 for the protection of the Supreme Court Justices

The document says “shallWho acts: Supreme Court of the United StatesHow: appropriationSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“there is appropriated $28,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until expended, for the protection of the Supreme Court Justices, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve.”

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5

Section 143 of division A adds to the Supreme Court's salaries and expenses account for the protection of the Justices, including vehicles, and leaves the spending to the Chief Justice's approval.

What the document actually says

“there is appropriated $28,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until expended, for the protection of the Supreme Court Justices, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve.”

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5
That sentence, in plain words

The Court gets twenty eight million dollars more to guard the Justices. The Chief Justice says how it is spent.

What this is about

The money can buy cars for that work. It has no end date, so it can be spent later. It sits on top of the Court's usual money.

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