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Subcommittee hears agency funding overview for Minnesota National Guard and Department of Veterans Affairs
Summary
Officials from the Minnesota Department of Military Affairs and the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs presented the agencies' budget requests for fiscal years 2026–27, emphasizing enlistment incentives, cyber response capacity and staff needs at new veterans homes; the bill was laid over for possible inclusion.
The subcommittee received an agency funding presentation for Senate File 19‑59 covering the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) and the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA) budget requests for the 2026–27 biennium. No final committee vote was taken; the bill was laid over for possible inclusion.
DMA officials highlighted four appropriation areas: general support (including the cyber coordination cell, C3, and a Holistic Health and Fitness program), maintenance of training facilities across Minnesota’s 65 communities, enlistment incentives (tuition reimbursement and reenlistment bonuses), and emergency services (communications equipment for domestic responses). Lieutenant Colonel Eric Affman, director of…
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