To provide for interim appropriations for the District of Columbia courts and related agencies with respect to any fiscal year for which appropriations are not otherwise provided for such courts and agencies.

This bill provides continuing appropriations to the District of Columbia courts and related agencies during any fiscal year in which appropriations have not otherwise been provided. (The continuing appropriations would exempt the courts and agencies from a government shutdown due to a lapse in appropriations for the federal government.) The bill generally provides appropriations to continue programs and activities that were funded in the prior fiscal year. Specifically, the bill provides the continuing appropriations for federal payments to the District of Columbia Courts,defender services in District of Columbia courts,the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia,the District of Columbia Public Defender Service,the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, andjudicial commissions.