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Senate passes Commerce budget; renames 'Office of Legal Immigration' and adds grant-reporting requirement
Summary
Senate Bill 2018, the Department of Commerce appropriation, passed after amendments that include a semiannual grant reporting requirement and renaming the Office of Legal Immigration to the Office of Global Talent; the committee reduced the overall recommended package and adjusted funding across tourism, workforce and broadband programs.
Senate Bill 2018 passed the Senate 36-9 with one senator absent after floor debate and multiple committee adjustments to funding levels for Department of Commerce programs.
Senator Dwyer, sponsor for the Appropriations Committee’s Government Operations Division, told the Senate the department oversees economic development, tourism, small-business supports, workforce programs, native American economic initiatives and housing incentives. Two non-funding amendments were…
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