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<TITLE>: HOUSE-PASSED (6-11-03) - FY 2003-04 MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET</TITLE>
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<p>FY 2003-04 <a name="2"></a>MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET - <a name="1"></a>S.B. 266 (H-1): HOUSE-PASSED</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="82%" style="border-right: none; border-left: none; border-top: 0.04in double #7f7f7f; border-bottom: 0.04in double #7f7f7f" valign="top"><p><span style="font-weight: bold">FY 2003-04 Senate-Passed Gross Appropriations<span>. . . . . .&a mp;#160;. . . . . . .&# 160;. . . . . . . .  . . . .</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="82%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4875in; margin-left: 0.4875in">  1.<span>   & #160;  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Challenge Program.</span> The House concurred with the Governor’s
recommendation and removed the $1,340,700 GF/GP added by the Senate
and replaced it with the same amount of private donation funds.</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="82%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4875in; margin-left: 0.4875in">  2.<span>   & #160;  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Phone Cards for Reservists. </span>The House added GF/GP funds to provide for
the distribution of prepaid phone cards by the State Family Program Office to
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Reservists deployed
overseas on active duty. </p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="82%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4875in; margin-left: 0.4875in"> 3. <span>    </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Phone Cards for National Guard Members. </span> The House added GF/GP funds
to provide for the distribution of prepaid phone cards by the State Family
Program Office to National Guard members deployed overseas on active duty.
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<td class="table1column1" width="82%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.4875in; margin-left: 0.4875in"> 4.<span>    & #160;  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Items-of-Difference.</span> The House decreased line items by $100 each to create
items-of-difference.<span> </span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="18%" style="border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" align="right" valign="top"><p>(2,500)</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="82%" style="border-right: none; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p>Total Changes<span>. . . . . . 60;. . . . . . . .& amp;#160;. . . . . . .& #160;. . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .&am p;#160;. . . . . . . 0;. . . . . . . .&a mp;#160;. . . .</span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="18%" style="border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: 0.0133333in solid" align="right" valign="top"><p>$17,500</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="82%" style="border-right: none; border-left: none; border-top: 0.04in double #7f7f7f; border-bottom: 0.04in double #7f7f7f" valign="top"><p><span style="font-weight: bold">FY 2003-04 House-Passed Gross Appropriation<span>. . . . . .&am p;#160;. . . . . . . 0;. . . . . . . .&a mp;#160;. . . . . </span></span ></p>
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<p>FY 2003-04 <a name="3"></a>MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET - BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS</p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"> 1.<span>     0;  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">State Military Cemeteries. </span> The House deleted this section which would appropriate funds for
State military cemeteries in Crawford and Dickinson counties if necessary legislation and funding
becomes available. (Sec. 214) </p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"> 2.<span>     0;  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Education Assistance Program for Guard members. </span> The House amended this section by
lowering the maximum which could be spent on the program from $2.0 million to $1.3 million.
(Sec. 212)</p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"> 3.<span>     0;  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Challenge Program. </span> The House deleted a subsection which requires efforts to find private funds
to replace GF/GP funds for the program. (Sec. 302)</p>
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headquarters and armories unit shall be used to distribute phone cards by the State Family
Program Office to Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Reservists deployed
overseas on active duty. (Sec. 303)</p>
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$10,000 from the headquarters and armories unit shall be used to distribute phone cards by the
State Family Program Office to National Guard members deployed overseas on active duty. (Sec.
303a)</p>
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<p>Date Completed: <a name="5"></a>6-11-03 - Fiscal Analyst: <a name="4"></a>Bruce Baker</p>
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