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JFAC backs Department of Labor budget adjustment; report language on immigration and disability determinations split committee panels
Summary
Brooke Dupree, a Legislative Services Office analyst, told JFAC that lower unemployment projections led the Department of Labor to request a funding shift from federal grants to a dedicated fund for FY2026 unemployment insurance operations.
Brooke Dupree, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented the Department of Labor's FY2026 request, which included a $7.33 million ask for unemployment insurance operations and other technical adjustments. Dupree told the committee the department requested a $5 million increase from the Employment Security Special Administration Fund (a dedicated fund derived from interest on the Employment Trust Fund) and a corresponding $5 million reduction in federal grant appropriations because lower unemployment numbers had reduced the expected federal award.
Senator Cook moved the committee's budget motion to add $5,000,000 from the Employment Security…
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