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Committee debates scope of state tech-exchange and cuts large small-business assistance request to $750,000
Summary
Appropriators questioned whether language in a bill would create a permanent state tech-exchange program and proposed reducing a proposed statewide small-business technical assistance appropriation to $750,000 from a larger amount, citing existing resources and federal uncertainty.
During a conference committee meeting May 6, appropriators examined language establishing a state tech-exchange program and debated a proposal to fund statewide small-business technical assistance. Committee members raised statutory permanence concerns and proposed trimming the funding.
One member said the bill language appearing in H.332 described program details and could unintentionally enshrine the program in statute, making it more permanent than intended. "We don't know if this puts the program in…
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