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University of Guam appropriation includes FY25 supplemental; cultural repository moved to Department of Tomorrow Affairs
Summary
OFB reported the FY2026 University of Guam appropriation embeds a $5.7 million FY25 supplemental; the budget moves a $1.6 million cultural repository line from UOG to the Department of Tomorrow Affairs (DTA). Senators questioned tracking of the repository and Healthy Futures Fund allocations.
The Committee of the Whole reviewed the FY2026 appropriation for the University of Guam (UOG), and Office of Finance and Budget Director Steven Guerrero said the FY26 total includes a $5.7 million supplemental that UOG received in FY25.
"Their level is inclusive of that 5.7," Guerrero said. OFB staff explained that once a supplemental is included in the adopted budget baseline it effectively becomes a fixed cost for the entity in subsequent years unless the committee chooses to remove it.
Committee members raised several issues. Senators asked whether the $1.6 million cultural repository (the Guam Cultural Repository) remains with UOG…
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