Call to order
Roll call
Consideration of minutes of the January 14, 2004, meeting

• Status of the general fund
• Status of the tobacco settlement proceeds
• Any line item transfers to accommodate information technology funding reductions, pursuant to Section 8 of 2003 House Bill No. 1505
• A review of Office of Management and Budget agency budget guidelines for the 2005-07 biennium
• Irregularities in the fiscal practices of the state, pursuant to North Dakota Century Code (NDCC) Section 54-14-03.1
• Any transfers by the Veterans Home between line items for the 2001-03 biennium to implement changes in technology and telecommunications, pursuant to Section 6 of 2003 House Bill No. 1007
• Any other statutory reporting requirements

• An update on the status of the medical assistance program, including payments, caseloads, and the receipt of enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP)
• An update on the status of the child care assistance program, including projected expenditures as compared to the appropriation

• Game and Fish Department (Request #1498) - To increase spending authority by $550,000 to accept federal funds from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ($350,000) and other funds from the game and fish operating fund ($200,000) for the grants line item ($550,000) to be used for repairs, extensions, and maintenance on boat ramp access locations on Lake Sakakawea
• State Tax Commissioner (Request #1499) - To increase federal funds spending authority and the operating line item by $150,000 to accept passthrough funds from the Department of Transportation for developing an electronic processing system for motor fuels tax returns
• Department of Financial Institutions (Request #1500) - To increase special funds spending authority by $62,000 to utilize existing special funds for the operating line item ($62,000) for legal fees and court costs ($52,000) and for financial literacy training ($10,000)
• Office of Management and Budget - State Radio Division (Request #1501) - To increase spending authority and the operating line item by $90,000 to accept federal bioterrorism passthrough funds from the State Department of Health to upgrade from an analog to digital emergency communications system
• Veterans Home (Request #1502) - To increase federal funds spending authority and the operating line item by $66,531 to accept a laundry remodeling grant recently made available from the Veterans Administration relating to a project completed in 1993. The grant will be used for expenses relating to strategic plan funding, consulting fees, and software conversion and training fees.
• Department of Human Services (Request #1503) - To increase federal funds spending authority by $16 million, of which $13.4 million is for low-income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP) grants for increased fuel costs and weatherization and $2.6 million is for food stamp program grants
• Department of Human Services (Request #1504) - To increase federal funds spending authority by $2.3 million for subsidized adoption and for the foster care therapeutic program, resulting from additional children being eligible for federal reimbursement under the subsidized adoption program and more children in foster care requiring therapeutic services than anticipated in the budget. The federal funds require state matching dollars; however, the department has general fund money and other funds from additional child support collections available within its current budget to provide the state match of approximately $960,000.
• State Department of Health (Request #1506) - To increase federal funds spending authority and the grants line item by $1,065,000 to accept funds from the United States Department of Justice for the Safe Havens supervised visitation and safe exchange grant program ($800,000) and for the encourage arrest policies and enforcement of protection orders program ($265,000). The grant will be awarded to the North Dakota Council on Abused Women's Services for providing safe places for visitation and exchange of children.
• State Department of Health (Request #1507) - To increase federal funds spending authority and the grants line item by $500,000 to accept funds from the Environmental Protection Agency to provide direct assistance to communities to access and remediate Brownfield sites (city, county, or development organization-owned properties that are underdeveloped or underutilized due to actual or perceived contamination)
• State Department of Health (Request #1508) - To increase federal funds spending authority and to accept $1.2 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for salaries and wages ($55,000), operating expenses ($553,000), capital assets ($192,000), and the grants line item ($400,000) to expand testing and reporting for the West Nile virus program, mosquito program, hepatitis testing, and for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
• Agriculture Department (Request #1509) - To increase spending authority by $150,190 to accept federal Environmental Protection Agency passthrough funds from the State Department of Health for Project Safe Send pesticide disposal program
• Attorney General (Request #1511) - To increase other funds spending authority by $200,000 to accept funds from other states involved in a multistate antitrust lawsuit challenging Oracle's bid to take over PeopleSoft. North Dakota has been asked by the multistate group to administer the multistate funding for the lawsuit.