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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello everyone, I’m forwarding this message in case you aren’t on libs-or or haven’t seen it there.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best, Greta<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Libs-Or <libs-or-bounces@omls.oregon.gov>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>CORNELISEN Wendy * SLO via Libs-Or<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 3, 2025 4:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jennifer Keyser via Libs-Or <libs-or@omls.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Federal budget bill passes & Town Hall reminder<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you know, the Senate and the House have both now passed the federal spending reconciliation bill. The bill, which is a tax and spending bill, addresses mandatory and not discretionary spending. As such, it provides the overall roadmap
for the federal budget and does not resolve the issue of funding for IMLS. The actual work in constructing the 2026 federal budget will take place this summer in various subcommittees. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IMLS funding will be tackled by the subcommittees charged with that portion of the budget, specifically the Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies that Senator Merkley serves on.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you want to learn more about the budget reconciliation process - which Congress uses for three specific purposes, to make changes in the statutory debt limit, to make changes in revenues, and to make changes in direct (mandatory) spending,
or any combination of the three - you can <a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48444">
learn more</a> from Congress or view this <a href="https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/budget-reconciliation-simplified/">
simplified explanation</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One final note: whereas the President proposed $6 million in his budget framework for winding down the operations of IMLS, IMLS submitted a
<a href="https://www.imls.gov/publications/2026-congressional-budget-justification">
budget request</a> of $5.5 million for the same purpose. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">And a reminder that I’m hosting a Town Hall next week: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Wednesday, July 9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">11:30a – 12:30pm
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87918860424">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87918860424</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Please submit your questions here:
<a href="https://www.cognitoforms.com/StateLibraryOfOregon/QAWithTheStateLibrarian">
https://www.cognitoforms.com/StateLibraryOfOregon/QAWithTheStateLibrarian</a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">This will be recorded, and I’ll share out the link in a future update.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wishing you all a wonderful 4<sup>th</sup> of July! If you’re looking for a truly inspirational American story, the Oregon Historical Society’s
<a href="https://www.ohs.org/museum/exhibits/the-yasui-family-an-american-story.cfm">
Yasui Family exhibit</a> is now open. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="color:black">Thanks,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="color:black">Wendy <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Wendy Cornelisen (she, her, hers)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">State Librarian<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><a href="mailto:wendy.cornelisen@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">wendy.cornelisen@slo.oregon.gov</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Office: 503-378-4367| Mobile 971-375-3992<br>
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.oregon.gov/library</span></a><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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