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Commerce seeks $3 million reappropriation restoration, proposes budget shifts and program trims
Summary
Department of Commerce officials asked the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to restore $3 million of $5.9 million in reappropriations and outlined reallocations across programs — including broadband, tourism and small business R&D — to keep FY2026 spending near the committee’s proposed bottom line
Rachel Willis, a representative from the Kansas Department of Commerce, presented the department’s proposed changes to its FY2026 budget and asked the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to restore $3,000,000 of previously reappropriated funds from a total $5,900,000 in reappropriations. Willis said the department has already spent portions of those reappropriated dollars and wants them restored in the FY2026 baseline.
Willis told the committee the department is not asking for additional total spending above what the committee’s bill proposes; instead, Commerce proposed shifting existing amounts among program lines so funding better aligns with agency priorities. She said the agency’s bottom‑line dollar amount would be nearly the same as the bill’s current total under that approach.
Major specific proposals Willis…
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