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Appropriators split difference on Commerce temporary-salary and development-fund authority

2364197 · February 20, 2025
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Summary

Committee members compromised to reduce Commerce temporary-salary and development-fund special authority by half (from $103,590 to $50,000 and $200,000 to $100,000), treat temporary salary funding as one-time, and to retain a separate federal grant line of $98,583 for building-code staffing.

Appropriations committee members negotiated a compromise on temporary salary lines and special fund authority for the Department of Commerce.

Commerce staff explained the $200,000 line sat in the agency’s special fund authority for the Development Fund and was intended as a buffer to avoid future special‑fund deficiencies resulting from the new-and-vacant FTE pool mechanics. Agency director of…

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