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Committee adopts amendment to provide $150,000 for OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds
Summary
The House Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development adopted a dash-1 amendment creating an Institute for Water and Watersheds fund and appropriating $150,000 to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to Oregon State University’s Institute for Water and Watersheds.
The House Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development adopted a dash-1 amendment creating an Institute for Water and Watersheds fund and appropriating $150,000 to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the Institute for Water and Watersheds at Oregon State University.
Committee staff summarized that House Bill 3,571 "appropriates $150,000 to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to fund the Institute for Water and Watersheds at Oregon State University." The dash-1 amendment establishes an Institute for Water and Watersheds fund and places the appropriation in the HEC account for distribution to the institute.
Representative Fragle moved the dash-1 amendment; the committee adopted the amendment without recorded objection. Representative Bridal (mover of the subsequent motion as recorded) moved the bill, as amended, with a due-pass recommendation to Joint Ways and Means by prior reference. A roll call recorded affirmative votes and the chair announced, "The motion carries." The committee closed the work session on HB 3,571 after the vote.
The committee record does not include additional allocation instructions or reporting requirements beyond establishing the fund and directing distribution through the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
