Bill > HB4

This bill appropriates remaining federal budget amendment authority from fiscal year 2023 to various state agencies, with some funds authorized to continue into federal fiscal years 2024 and 2025. * **Governor's Office - Office of Budget and Program Planning:** Continues federal budget amendment authority for coronavirus state and local fiscal recovery funds, local water and sewer infrastructure grants, broadband infrastructure projects, economic transformation and stabilization grants, workforce development grants, nursing home and hospital-based swing bed payments, state capital projects, and assistance to nonpublic schools into federal fiscal year 2025. This includes $53,226,983 from the General Fund for 31 CFR, Part 35. * **Department of Justice:** * Montana Highway Patrol receives $61,488 from the Federal fund for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program. * Division of Criminal Investigations receives various federal funds including $136,650 for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, $39,682 for DEA Program Funded Officer Overtime Allocation, $106,735 for Federal Forfeitures, $346,984 for the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and $184,897 and $284,000 for victim compensation formula grants. * Board of Crime Control receives $1,387,530 from the Federal fund for the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program Formula Solicitation. * **Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks:** * Fisheries Division receives $5,406 from the Federal fund for Sekokini Springs Hatchery. * Wildlife Division receives $94,193 from the Federal fund for Grizzly Bear Management Assistance. * Capital Outlay receives $20,000,000 from the Federal fund for the Montana Great Outdoors Conservation Legacy Project and $29,469 for the Recreational Boating Safety Program. * **Department of Environmental Quality:** * Waste Management and Remediation Division receives $6,810,000 from the Federal fund for Tenmile Creek Mining Remedial Action and $1,024,960 for Brownfields Infrastructure Investment and Jobs. * Air, Energy, and Mining Division receives $3,553,580 from the Federal fund for the State Energy Program Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Grant. * **Department of Natural Resources and Conservation:** * Conservation and Resource Development Division receives $1,259,694 from the Federal fund for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program. * Forest and Trust Lands receives various federal funds for restoration activities, prescribed fire assistance, and forest health programs, including $500,000 for Restoration Activities on the Lolo National Forest and $392,000 for Good Neighbor Authority Capacity Building. * **Department of Public Health and Human Services:** * Public Health and Safety Division receives $469,855 from the State Special fund for Juul Settlement Funds, and various federal funds for public health initiatives. * Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Division receives $495,883 from the Federal fund for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance and $999,999 for Demonstration Programs to Improve Community Mental Health Services. * Early Childhood and Family Support Division receives $8,000,000 from the Federal fund for Preschool Development Grants, and other federal funds for Women, Infants, and Children programs and maternal/child health initiatives.