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Senate panel debates bill to withhold state payments to federal government amid federal funding uncertainty
Summary
Sen. Rebecca Perkins Kwoka introduced SB 602 to allow the state to withhold payments to the federal government if federal aid is suspended; committee members raised fiscal‑note concerns that the federal Treasury Offset Program could reduce federal funds to the state and jeopardize cash flow.
Senate Finance heard public testimony on SB 602, a bill that would permit the state to withhold certain payments to the federal government in response to suspended federal aid.
Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka, the prime sponsor, said federal dollars account for roughly a third of New Hampshire's…
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