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House committee advances resolution to study federal funding impacts on DEQ
Summary
The House Natural Resources Committee voted to advance HJ 71, a resolution directing the Legislative Finance Committee to track federal funding changes affecting the Department of Environmental Quality, after sponsor Representative Joe Konauer warned that more than a third of DEQ’s budget and hundreds of FTEs depend on federal dollars.
Representative Joe Konauer asked the House Natural Resources Committee on the record to advance HJ 71, a resolution calling for an interim study of how proposed or potential changes to federal funding could affect the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Konauer, the sponsor, said federal dollars are deeply embedded in state budgeting and cited a statewide figure — about 41% of the state budget comes from federal funding — as context for the request. He identified specific exposure at DEQ, saying the department has about 376 full‑time equivalent positions and that roughly 36.6% of DEQ’s budget relies on federal funds. "Anything that happens at the federal level should be of interest to us," Konauer said, arguing the…
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