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Committee of the Whole sets aside first $20M of FY26 surplus for Guam Memorial Hospital Authority
Summary
The Committee of the Whole approved an amendment to appropriate the first $20 million of Guam's fiscal-year 2026 unobligated general fund balance to the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority for operational expenses; senators debated timing, vendor payables and whether similar FY25 language should have been allowed.
The Committee of the Whole approved an amendment to appropriate the first $20,000,000 of the fiscal year 2026 net unobligated general fund balance to the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority for operating expenses.
The amendment, offered by Senator Joe St. Augustine, was adopted as amended after the body approved a change substituting the word "first" for "sum," making the provision apply to the first $20 million of FY26 unobligated funds. The panel passed the amendment by voice vote with no recorded objections.
Senator Joe St. Augustine, the amendment's author, said the provision would "obligate the first $20,000,000 that comes in in 2026" and directed those funds to the hospital so "it can take care of all the other expenses, because ... GMH needs funds." Ranking Member Senator Tina…
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