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Legislature moves to guarantee monthly allotment releases for Guam Cancer Trust Fund
Summary
Lawmakers unanimously accepted a substitute to Bill 246‑38 to exempt the Guam Cancer Trust Fund from BBMR allotment‑release control so appropriated funds are disbursed monthly; sponsors said delays have forced nonprofits and patients to front costs and cited specific examples of late disbursements.
A substituted version of Bill 246‑38 was accepted on the floor and moved to the third‑reading file after senators described repeated operational harms from delayed allotment releases to the Guam Cancer Trust Fund.
The substitute adds a section exempting the trust fund from the Bureau of Budget and Management Research's allotment‑release control so the fund would receive its monthly allotments as scheduled. The sponsor said past delays had real consequences: "funds have sometimes been released sporadically or later in the…
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