A compromise fiscal 2026 funding bill released Sunday would provide major increases for federal public defenders as well as a court security account, matching requests from the judiciary in those two areas.
Federal public defenders would see a nearly 22 percent increase in funding under the bill, a proposed figure that comes amid long-running concerns about financial strains imposed on the offices.
And the bill would provide $892 million for the judiciary’s court security account for fiscal 2026, an increase of $142 million compared to fiscal 2025 that the judiciary had asked for in its request.
