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Appropriations Committee authorizes interim hearings on federal block grants; Community Services Block Grant estimated at $7,000,000
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 4,001 to allow the budget section to hold interim public hearings on federal block grants, noting a Community Services Block Grant estimate of $7,000,000 for the 2527 biennium and passing related information-sharing motions.
Chairman Beckettall convened the Senate Appropriations Committee and presented Senate Concurrent Resolution 4,001, which authorizes the Legislative Management budget section to hold required legislative hearings on state plans for receipt and expenditure of new or revised federal block grants when the legislative assembly is not in session.
Lehi Kaneshitsky, fiscal analyst at Legislative Council, told the committee that the Department of Commerce Division of Community Services administers the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and that the department anticipates receiving approximately $7,000,000 in federal funds for the CSBG during the 2527 biennium — the same amount estimated for the current biennium. Kaneshitsky said the CSBG hearing was…
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