# Civil Litigation

**Agency:** Justice  
**Account:** Salaries and Expenses  
**Source document:** jmd_media_1443101 · p. 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/justice/civil-litigation  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 542.3 |
| FY2026 | enacted | 544.4 |
| FY2027 | request | 554.5 |

## Justice discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $37.40B, FY2026 $36.40B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Funds U.S. Attorneys' representation of the United States in civil cases, pursuing affirmative claims, defending federal agencies, and recovering debts owed to the government.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Justice › jmd_media_1443101 › Salaries and Expenses › Civil Litigation


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*