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Senate approves emergency appropriations for typhoon relief, reallocates tourism funds for recovery
Summary
In a unanimous vote May 1 the Senate passed three bills allocating CUC dividends and tobacco settlement funds for typhoon response and recovery: House Bill 24-89 (2nd District) and 24-91 (1st District) each for $300,000, and House Bill 24-96 for $960,235.74 with specified allocations including 25% to the public school system and reporting requirements.
The Senate on May 1 passed a series of appropriations aimed at immediate typhoon relief and tourism stabilization, adopting amendments that reallocated some tourism funds to disaster recovery and added reporting and expenditure requirements.
The chamber approved House Bill 24-89 HS1, a $300,000 appropriation of Commonwealth Economic Development Authority (CEDA) dividends to support super-typhoon Laku disaster relief operations and personnel in the 2nd Senatorial District. Senator Jude Hauschneider introduced four clarifying amendments that detail how funds will be managed and used at the municipal level; the amendments and the bill passed on unanimous roll calls.
The Senate also passed House Bill 24-91 HS1, another $300,000 CEDA-dividend appropriation for the 1st Senatorial District. Floor leader Florian described amendments that adjust…
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