Item 5. One position for Clerk's Office. $14,600 Present Court caseload figures show that the 1972 Term is thus far 7.8% above the 1971 Term caseload. As in the past, Court caseload increases have placed additional burdens on the Clerk's Office such that the Clerk's Office must devote all efforts to keeping current and is unable to provide other services such as requests for more comprehensive statistics and other special information often requested by the public, members of Congressional Staffs, and legal scholars. Examination of past caseload data in light of anticipated caseloads will illustrate the problem. A pro On the basis of the past 40 year's experience, the average annual caseload increase is 5%. jection of cases for the next 20 years based on this 5% annual increase shows that the 1971 caseload would almost triple by 1991. Assuming that each 10% increase in the Court's workload would require an additional employee in the Clerk's Office, a total of 30 additional employees will be needed by 1991 or approximately 1.5 per fiscal year. Moreover, since the Clerk's Office has been unable to add employees for the latter half of the 1971 Term and the present 1972 Term, the Office is understaffed by almost two employees. Thus, at minimum one additional employee is needed. Further, to meet the need described above, this employee must be highly qualified in statistics as well as versed in non-legal research. This would provide the Clerk's Office with needed manpower and skills in one person which would enhance our operation. Therefore, in order to attract such an individual, we propose to establish the position at Grade 10. Personnel compensation. Item 6. One position for Reporter of Decision's Office. .$13,366 $12,000 This request is for one new position in the Office of the Reporter of Decisions. This employee will The primary functions of the new employee would be to assist in checking citations and quotations, preparation of counsel listings, preparation of orders and proofreading. As has been stressed in the budget requests for the past several years, the Court's work has increased substantially. During fiscal year 1972, for the first time in the history of the Court there were five volumes of the U. S. Reports issued and more than 1,500 pages and 60 opinions more than there were five There has not been an increase in the staff of the Reporter's Office in recent years, and years ago. this increased workload dictates this action. Item 7. One stenographer for Legal Officer. $12,000 As staff counsel for the Court and advisory counsel to the Clerk, the Legal Officer, is charged with the preparation of memoranda on various matters for the Court, for individual Justices and for the Clerk. Since a good portion of the memoranda for the Court and the Justices pertain to applications for stay The multiple distribution of mandate, the time frame for their preparation is generally quite short. of much of this material further requires secretarial assistance in the final preparation, reproducing and distributing. The Legal Officer also has responsibility for certain administrative preparations It is contemplated that in the future, for the Court's Conferences, which require secretarial support. The development and maintenance of the Legal Officer will develop certain internal reference systems. these systems will require secretarial support. Personnel compensation. Personnel benefits. Total. .... .$11,014 986 .$12,000 1. Increase for printing and binding Supreme Court Reports..... 12 Increase, 1974 over 1973.. $160,000 160,000 This appropriation is to provide for the printing and binding of (1) slip opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, and (2) all decisions of the Court both in the preliminary prints and bound volumes of the United States Reports, as required by statute (28 U.S.C. sections 411 and 412). 93-020 O 73-pt. 1-2 Detailed Justification A total of $515,000 is requested in this appropriation for fiscal year 1974 in order to fund the printing and binding of the Supreme Court Reports for that period. This represents an increase of $160,000 over the current level of funding in this account, however, elsewhere in the Presidents Budget request is included a request for supplemental F.Y.-73 funds in the amount of $61,000 for this appropriation. The granting of these F.Y.-73 funds would reduce the increase to $99,000 over the anticipated level of funding for the current fiscal year. The following table shows the actual obligations for fiscal years 1970 and 1971 and estimated obligations for fiscal years 1972, 1973 and 1974: 1970 ACTUAL $101,651 $113,667 95,163 116,401 $196,814 $230,068 1971 ACTUAL 1972 ESTIMATE $179,000 $223,000 $146,343 292,000 196,657 237,000 $343,000* $416,000** $515,000 1973 ESTIMATE ESTIMATE 1974 * Deficiency of $26,000 required for fiscal year 1972. ** Supplemental of $61,000 required for fiscal year 1973. Item 1. Printing and binding Supreme Court Reports.. $160,000 In order to comply with the requirements of section 411 of Title 28, United States Code, these funds are requested to reimburse the Government Printing Office for the printing of all slip opinions, preliminary The rates charged for these prints and bound volumes of all orders and opinions of the U. S. Supreme Court. tasks are established by the Government Printing Office and continuously reflect increases from period to This is an uncontrollable cost that must be borne by the Court. period as detailed in the table above. |