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Ways and Means acknowledges agency reports, approves two federal grant applications
Summary
The committee approved submission of a $226,578 Bureau of Justice Statistics grant for recidivism analysis and retroactively approved a $4.3 million DOE technical assistance grant for data-center demand planning, while acknowledging a slate of agency reports on corrections, labor, higher education, pensions and other topics.
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means on Feb. 13 acknowledged a series of agency reports and approved two federal grant applications, including a Criminal Justice Commission request to apply for a $226,578 U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics grant and a retroactive application from the Oregon Department of Energy for a $4.3 million technical assistance award.
Senator Manning told the committee the Criminal Justice Commission seeks the Bureau of Justice Statistics grant to "enhance reporting on recidivism and analysis" and to examine prison admission trends over the past 10 years; the application deadline is 03/03/2026 and, if awarded, the grant period would begin 04/01/2026 for 12 months. The committee, after the public safety subcommittee recommendation, heard no objections and the chair declared…
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