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Committee approves Adjutant General and Emergency Services budget with major one‑time federal projects and matching funds
Summary
The Appropriations Committee advanced HB 1016 after approving one-time federal-funded projects for training and readiness, infrastructure matching funds, and emergency-management allocations tied to recent federal awards.
The House Appropriations Committee voted to advance House Bill 1016, which combines the Adjutant General’s budget and Department of Emergency Services (DES) funding. The package includes substantial federal one-time awards the department will accept and spend, plus state matching dollars for critical infrastructure and a new revolving storm program matching award.
Committee discussion covered large multi-million-dollar items: federal Camp Grafton Regional Training Institute funding (~$34 million cited in testimony) and other federal grants the National Guard will accept and spend through the department; $2.5 million CIF funding for a Williston Readiness Center design; $4.5 million CIF for critical-infrastructure matching grants; $5.8 million for Dickinson Readiness Center carryover; $2 million for a Camp Grafton fitness facility; and equipment funding for civil air operations. Testimony emphasized these were federal or other-fund awards already approved by the Emergency Commission and that the committee’s amendment provides carryforward and acceptance authority.
The committee also approved $1.5 million (general fund) in state matching funds to pair with roughly $4.5 million in federal dollars for infrastructure projects; the pair totals about $6 million for matching projects across multiple sites. Members discussed insurance shortfalls for National Guard facilities and approved about $782,311 to bring coverage to full insured values. Emergency Services received funding authorizations for disaster-relief and preparedness programs: a multi-million-dollar federal “Safeguarding Tomorrow / ongoing risk management” award (about $35.5 million) that requires a 10% state match; a disaster-relief revolving or loan component to assist local projects; and allocations for wildfire-response, disaster response equipment and siren costs.
The committee also discussed a planned military museum project; testimony said pledges and private fundraising are in progress and cited a project total around $80 million with roughly $44 million under historical-budget consideration. Representative Brandenburg moved the amendment (25.0160.01001) and the committee adopted it, advancing HB 1016 as amended.
