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JFAC approves Department of Labor FY2026 funding adjustments; language on immigration and disability reports fails in committee
Summary
The Joint Finance Appropriations Committee approved fund shifts and a modest net appropriation increase for the Department of Labor’s FY2026 operating budget, while two requests for department reports on illegal immigration and disability determinations failed to win committee approval.
The Joint Finance Appropriations Committee approved a set of fund shifts and a small net increase for the Department of Labor’s FY2026 budget, while rejecting two pieces of intent language asking the agency to study the impact of illegal immigration on the state labor market and to analyze costs of administering disability determinations at state versus federal levels.
Brooke Dupree, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the committee the department sought $7,330,000 for unemployment insurance operations and that the adjustments under consideration included moving operations from federal…
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