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Senate Ag & Natural Resources panel restores most Agriculture reappropriations, adds Quivira reporting proviso
Summary
The committee voted to restore reappropriations and 5.7 FTEs for the Department of Agriculture while excluding a $635,432 water-quality buffer item; it also approved a proviso requiring annual Department of Agriculture reporting on spending tied to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge mitigation.
The Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted to restore nearly all previously deleted reappropriations for the Department of Agriculture and to add back 5.7 full-time equivalent positions, the panel’s chair announced after committee discussion.
The action, led by Senator Titus, followed a presentation by Luke Drury, senior fiscal analyst with Legislative Research, who summarized special-committee recommendations that had removed added FTEs, reappropriations and enhancement requests. Titus said the 5.7 FTEs were filled in the normal course of business and recommended they be…
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