# Office of the General Counsel

**Agency:** SEC  
**Account:** Total, Obligations  
**Source document:** SEC · p. 12  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/sec/office-of-the-general-counsel  

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

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 64.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 63.6 |

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

FY2027 $0.0M, FY2026 $0.0M. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Serves as the Commission's chief legal office, providing independent legal advice to the Chairman, Commissioners, and divisions, defending and representing the Commission in litigation and appeals, and overseeing the agency's bankruptcy program and other legal functions.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › SEC › SEC › Total, Obligations › Office of the General Counsel


*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.*