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Committee questions ARPA spending timeline; commissioner says projects must finish by Dec. 31, 2026
Summary
Members pressed officials on American Rescue Plan Act deadlines and recurring requests to extend spending authority; the commissioner said remaining capital projects vary in completion dates and unspent funds would revert to the federal government after the deadline.
Members of the Fiscal Committee raised questions June 20 about a series of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) items that have returned repeatedly for extended spending authority.
Commissioner Caswell told the committee that federal ARPA rules require expenditures to be completed by Dec. 31, 2026, and that an item (listed in the agenda as intended to preserve spending authority) is meant to allow ongoing capital…
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