GuamBill No. 44-38 (COR)38th Guam Legislature (2025-2026)legislatureWALLET

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GUAM FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, MAKING OTHER APPROPRIATIONS, AND ESTABLISHING MISCELLANEOUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

Sponsored By: Committee on Rules by request of I Magaʹhågan Guåhan

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198 provisions identified: 161 benefits, 15 costs, 22 mixed.

Funding supports retirees' supplemental annuity payments

For FY2026, the law provides about $5.01 million for annual supplemental payments of $4,238 to eligible retirees or survivors. The program covers retirees who retired before October 1, 1995, or their survivors, subject to eligibility and combined-annuity caps of $40,000. Listed agencies must remit $4,238 for each eligible retiree who retired from them. Two equal installments are due October 10, 2025, and April 15, 2026. The money must stay separate, and the Governor cannot transfer it.

One-time $2,300 payment for Guam retirees

Eligible government retirees retired by September 30, 2025, or their eligible survivors, receive a one-time $2,300 cost-of-living payment. Payment is due by November 1, 2025, backed by $18.498285 million from the General Fund. Retirees with both defined-benefit and defined-contribution status, or their survivors, receive only one payment. Recipients can waive payment through a notarized affidavit. Listed agencies must pay their retirees' allowances and reimburse the General Fund for covered payments made after December 31, 2025.

Extra annuity payments for eligible retirees

Eligible Guam government retirees and survivors get up to $4,238 from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Retirees must have started retirement or disability retirement benefits before October 1, 1995; eligible survivors also qualify. The regular annual annuity limit is $40,000, excluding specified survivor and supplemental benefits. Combined retirement and supplemental annuities cannot exceed $40,000, which can reduce the extra payment. Recipients can waive payment through a notarized affidavit.

Public lawyers when defender conflicts arise

Eligible people who cannot afford a lawyer gain access to the Private Attorney Panel Division when both defender divisions have conflicts. Coverage includes specified criminal and juvenile cases, related appeals, and proceedings to protect constitutional rights. Private lawyers must meet Board qualifications. They receive $150 per hour, subject to case-type caps, until replacement pay policies are adopted; this is attorney pay, not a household payment.

Care funding for people with disabilities

The law provides $2.5 million for FY2026 residential care for Guam residents with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities or severe emotional disturbances. Patients and escorts seeking reimbursement for off-island travel must give supporting documents to the Department of Administration Director. Another $23,000 goes to the Department of Integrated Services for Individuals with Disabilities for private care. That money comes from specified fourth-quarter FY2025 excess General Fund revenue and stays available until spent. Neither appropriation sets a payment amount for each person.

Funding for Medicaid and indigent care

For fiscal 2026, Guam provides $26.792658 million in local Medicaid matching funds and authorizes $143.497604 million in federal matching funds. The law also allocates $3.973528 million to the Medically Indigent Program Payment Revolving Fund. Medicaid funds may also support the Medically Indigent Program, and the indigent-care allocation may support Medicaid payments. The Governor cannot transfer these funds. These allocations fund care but do not set individual benefit amounts or change eligibility rules.

Retiree insurance funded with payment deadlines

For fiscal 2026, the law provides $45.442906 million for current retirees’ medical, dental, and life insurance costs and life insurance subsidies. Judiciary retirees are included. Covered agencies must send medical and dental payments to the Self-insurance Fund and life insurance payments to the Department of Administration. These agency payments are designated ex gratia payments and are due in two equal installments: October 10, 2025, and April 15, 2026.

Agency budgets cover approved employee back pay

Executive agencies may fund past-pay adjustments for employee appeals affirmed through the Department of Administration’s Competitive Wage Act appeals process. These adjustments cannot harm current operations and are not guaranteed by this funding authority. Covered Civil Service Commission actions, settlements, and Judiciary judgments or decisions draw back-pay funding from the responsible agency’s fiscal 2026 budget. The law does not set an individual payment amount.

Hospital workers receive ten percent hazard pay

Qualifying Guam Memorial Hospital workers receive extra pay equal to 10% of eligible pay for hazardous or physical-hardship duties. The hospital must identify workers with direct exposure. It must also set rules for incident-specific pay when other workers face unusual and dangerous direct contact. Qualifying disaster-related work is included.

Job protections for attorney general staff

Employees classified in the Elected Attorney General's Office when the law passed keep that status while working there. They can be removed only under 4 GCA sections 4201 and 4406. The office must adopt personnel rules providing for classified employee appeals to the Guam Civil Service Commission. The existing exception for academic personnel at the University of Guam and Guam Community College remains.

Retirement allowed after unpaid contributions clear

Eligible Government of Guam Retirement Fund members can retire once all outstanding employee and employer contributions are fully paid. The Government of Guam pays related fund-required fees, interest at the actuarial rate, and penalties. The law does not state individual contribution balances or retirement benefit amounts.

Priority refunds for approved Guam tax returns

The Governor must prioritize at least $25.35976 million in refunds for returns with “A-Status.” This covers tax year 2026 and earlier years. The law does not set an individual refund amount or guarantee a payment date.

Mentoring and startup money for entrepreneurs

Guam Unique Merchandise and Art receives $500,000 from projected unused fiscal 2025 General Fund revenue. The money funds mentoring and startup financial support for aspiring entrepreneurs and graduates of its business program. The Guam Economic Development Authority helps administer the funds. The money cannot be transferred and stays available until fully spent. The law does not set an individual award amount.

Lower tax rates for covered businesses

Covered Guam businesses pay a 4.5% Business Privilege Tax rate beginning October 1, 2025. The rate falls to 4% on October 1, 2026. Covered activities include retail sales, services, professions, contracting, insurance, banking, foreign-currency dealing, and other businesses not otherwise taxed. The separate 8% rate on poker-machine gross proceeds stays unchanged under these rate provisions. A business's savings depend on its taxable receipts or income.

Operating and mediation funds for schools

Guam public schools get about $266.29 million for FY2026 operations. This includes about $240.41 million from the General Fund and $25.88 million from special funds. The education department must follow required cash spending schedules. Within its appropriations, $343,564 from the Limited Gaming Fund is limited to uses allowed by 5 GCA § 5204(d)(3). Another $40,000 from the Guam Educational Facilities Fund supports dispute resolution and mediation at all Guam public schools.

Retirees get conditional Medicare premium help

For fiscal 2026, the law provides $6.262835 million to reimburse eligible retirees and survivors for Medicare premiums, including Parts B and D. Recipients must live on Guam and qualify for Social Security income benefits and enrollment in Guam’s government group health plan. Enrollment in that group plan is not required. However, participants with Medicare Parts A and B and Class I, II, III, or IV coverage must choose the Retiree Supplemental Plan.

Extra leave kept but payouts limited

Covered nurses and peace officers can carry over annual leave above 320 hours accumulated as of September 30, 2025. Covered nurses work in nursing services at Guam Memorial Hospital or are employed by Public Health and Social Services. Employees must use the excess leave before retirement or termination. At separation, only the portion eligible for sick-leave credit counts; the rest is forfeited. The remaining excess cannot receive a lump-sum payout or retirement credit.

Former public workers rehired with pay caps

During FY2026, former classified teachers, nurses, environmental health inspectors, and public safety first responders have a reemployment option. They must have resigned in good standing and apply for the same or a comparable job in their former department. The option applies regardless of how long ago they left. Pay cannot exceed the lower of their former salary or Step 5 of the new position. Eligible former employees may waive this privilege; it does not guarantee a job.

Retired youth workers get limited rehiring

Youth Affairs can temporarily hire retired Guam Youth Service Workers at Youth Service Worker II or lower, Step 1, while they keep retirement annuities. Hires must address military activation, a doctor-certified long-term disability, or a vacancy unfilled for six months because qualified applicants are lacking. Retirees must meet job requirements except written exams, receive the director's fitness certification, and fit within the personnel budget. The temporary job ends when the incumbent returns. Hires receive no annual leave but may join the government health plan as active employees.

Workers’ compensation funding covers care costs

The law provides $400,000 to Labor’s Government of Guam Special Fund for past and future workers’ compensation obligations. Covered costs include medical treatment, nursing, hospital care, medical travel and daily expenses, medicine, crutches, and required equipment. This money cannot pay disability compensation for full-time positions funded by this law. No more than $40,000 may pay for legal services at workers’ compensation hearings.

Alcohol businesses face caps and exceptions

General on-sale and off-sale alcohol licenses are limited to one per 200 residents, or fraction thereof, in a municipality. Nontransferable exceptions cover hotels with at least 20 rooms and restaurants with at least $50,000 invested in their buildings. Retail exceptions require at least $5 million invested in the building and at least 150 employees. Applicants must assess traffic, environmental, employment, and social effects and make reasonable efforts to prioritize local hiring and resident training. Businesses granted exceptions must submit periodic reports.

Approved claims against Guam receive funding

The law provides $100,000 from the General Fund to Administration for the Government of Guam Claims Fund in FY2026. The fund pays approved claims against the government. The law does not set individual payment amounts.

Crime victims get notice before plea deals

Courts cannot accept covered plea deals without a victim-notice statement from the assigned prosecutor or the Attorney General's victim advocate. This covers guilty or no-contest deals expecting a specified sentence or dismissal of other charges. The statement must say the victim was notified and agreed or disagreed. If the victim did not respond or could not be found, it must document reasonable, unsuccessful contact attempts.

Equipment allowances for volunteer park officers

The parks department gets $90,000 from the General Fund for volunteer territorial park patrol reservist allowances. The allowances help cover equipment and uniform upkeep under Public Law 36-3. The provision does not set an amount for each reservist.

Children’s health coverage receives matching funds

For fiscal 2026, Guam provides $1.855841 million as its local match for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The law also authorizes $10.516432 million in federal matching funds. This supports coverage for eligible children without setting a new individual coverage amount.

Disability services and private care funded

For fiscal 2026, Guam’s disability services department receives $6.175909 million for operations. This includes $2.329297 million from the General Fund and $3.846612 million from the Healthy Futures Fund. The Department of Administration also receives $150,000 from the Healthy Futures Fund for the Guam Autism Center. Another $150,000 supports private care for people with disabilities and remains available until spent. These provisions do not set individual payment amounts or new service entitlements.

Foster children get funding for necessities

The law provides $39,000 to the public health department's Foster Care Division for children under its care. The money pays for food, health and hygiene supplies, school supplies, and clothing. It remains available until fully spent. The law does not set an amount per child.

Foster children receive insurance and care support

For fiscal 2026, Public Health and Social Services receives $2.359215 million for insurance premiums for foster children covered by Public Law 32-189. Its Bureau of Social Services Administration acts as subscriber and pays the Department of Administration or insurer, not households. The law also provides $950,558 to operate the I Guma Mina'åse' Sister Mary Brigid Perez, RSM Group Child Care Home. Harvest House Resource Center receives funds for foster children’s food, clothing, hygiene supplies, school supplies, baby items, car seats, and beds. Harvest House funds remain available until spent; the provided text does not state their amount.

Funding and protections for cancer care

For fiscal 2026, the Cancer Trust Fund gets $3 million from Healthy Futures and $583,000 from projected unused fiscal 2025 General Fund revenue. The funds support screening, treatment, outreach, and support; organization grants must provide direct services, and administration is capped at 5%. The usual 75% allocation limit is waived for fiscal 2026, but the 10% education and outreach limit and other rules remain. All Cancer Trust Fund money is protected from transfer powers under this law and other laws. Another $800,000 funds cancer services through the Medically Indigent Program fund; it may pay Medicaid claims and cannot be transferred by the Governor.

Funding for seniors and caregiver services

For FY2026, Guam provides $745,507 as the local match for Division of Senior Citizens programs. The law also authorizes about $3.76 million in federal matching funds. These programs support meals, preventive health, medication management, aging services, and caregivers. The law does not set an individual payment amount.

Funding supports court-ordered payments for children

The law sets aside $150,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2026 payments under qualifying court orders. The Department of Administration can use this money only for orders under § 5116, Chapter 5, Title 19 GCA. These payments support children covered by those orders. The law does not set an amount per child.

Hospital indigent-care claims get processing deadline

Public Health and Social Services must process covered Medically Indigent Program claims within 45 days after receiving them. The deadline covers patient claims generated by Guam Memorial Hospital Authority or Guam Regional Medical City. This is a claim-processing deadline, not a separate deadline for paying patients.

Menstrual product funding for public schools

The law sets aside $25,000 from the education department's General Fund appropriation for menstrual products in Guam public schools. This supports supplies for students, including schools serving grades 5 through 12. It does not provide a household payment or set an amount per student.

Public assistance receives local and federal funding

For fiscal 2026, Public Health and Social Services receives up to $3.151898 million in local matching funds for public assistance. The law authorizes another $3.151898 million in federal matching funds for payments and administration. The Enhanced Allotment Plan receives $378,776 in local matching funds and authority for $1.849318 million in federal funds. These provisions do not set household eligibility rules or individual payment amounts.

Service funding for homeless and abused youth

Youth Affairs gets $200,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2026 programs contracted to nongovernmental organizations. The programs serve youth who are runaways, homeless, or victims of abuse. The provision does not set individual benefit amounts or application procedures.

Students get free school menstrual products

Every Guam public school serving grades 5 through 12 must provide menstrual products at no charge. Tampons and sanitary pads must be available in the nursing or counselor’s office. Students do not have to pay for these products at school.

Eligible workers receive minimum uniform allowances

Guam government workers whose uniform allowances are authorized by this law receive at least $150 for fiscal 2026. The allowance must be issued by December 31, 2025. The law sets a minimum, not a maximum.

Funding pensions for executives and judges

For October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, the General Fund provides $321,643 for governor and lieutenant governor pensions. It also provides $228,965 for retirement annuities of former Superior Court and Supreme Court judges and justices. Both amounts go to the Government of Guam Retirement Fund. These provisions do not state individual pension amounts.

Stipends for temporary reserve police work

The Guam Police Department can pay stipends to Police Reserve Officers who temporarily perform regular police officer services. The law sets no stipend amount and does not guarantee payment for every assignment.

Student aid funding for Guam residents

The University of Guam gets about $3.57 million for scholarships, student loans, financial help, and training awards. Its president allocates the money, and no more than 10% can cover administration. Recovered Student Financial Assistance Program money may fund athletic scholarships, while earlier multi-year scholarship awards remain unchanged. Guam Community College gets $78,500 for FY2026 administration of the WICHE Professional Student Exchange Program for qualified Guam residents. These provisions do not set individual award amounts.

Temporary jobs for retired emergency officers

Guam police, fire, and customs agencies can temporarily hire their retired officers during military activation or medically certified long-term disability. Customs also qualifies when a job stays vacant six months because qualified applicants are unavailable. Hires must fill vacant positions within personnel budgets, meet job requirements except written exams, and receive agency-chief fitness certification. Pay is Step 1, capped at Sergeant I, Fire Specialist, or Customs Officer III, respectively; hires earn no annual leave but can keep retirement benefits. Jobs end when the regular worker returns; customs jobs also end when a fully qualified applicant becomes available.

Chamorro language commission receives operating funds

The law provides $138,000 for the Chamorro language and history commission's operations. The money comes from fiscal year 2025 net unobligated excess revenues. It remains available until fully spent.

Construction agencies can share legal support

Four Guam entities can sign an agreement to jointly fund an Assistant Attorney General. They are Public Works, the Building Code Council, the Contractors License Board, and the professional engineering, architecture, and surveying registration board. Legal work paid through that agreement must serve only those four entities. The law sets no funding amount.

Corrections keeps eligible earlier unspent funds

Guam's Department of Corrections keeps eligible unspent fiscal year 2025 and earlier appropriations during fiscal year 2026. Beginning October 1, 2025, prior-year allotted, unspent funds also remain available through September 30, 2026. Balances covered by the cited prior law must serve that law's purposes and cannot be transferred by the Governor. No carried-over amount is stated.

Courts keep allotted money until spent

The Unified Judiciary keeps allotted money it has not spent from each fiscal year's appropriations. Those funds remain available until fully spent, rather than expiring at the fiscal year cutoff.

Earlier funds support Guam Museum repairs

The Department of Chamorro Affairs keeps allotted, unspent fiscal year 2025 and earlier funds available during fiscal year 2026. This money must pay for Guam Museum heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning maintenance and repairs. The law states no carried-over amount.

Election and ethics offices keep funds

The Guam Election Commission keeps unspent prior-year appropriations available during fiscal year 2026. The Guam Ethics Commission keeps allotted, unspent fiscal year 2025 and earlier appropriations from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. These funds do not expire at the prior-year cutoff. No balances are stated.

Environmental agency keeps earlier unspent funds

Beginning October 1, 2025, Guam's Environmental Protection Agency can keep using allotted but unspent funds from fiscal year 2025 or earlier. The money remains available during fiscal year 2026, through September 30, 2026. The law does not specify a new appropriation or particular service funded.

Funding for Guam parks and recreation

Guam's parks department gets about $4.94 million for fiscal year 2026. Funding comes from the General Fund, Limited Gaming Fund, and Public Recreation Services Fund. Within the Limited Gaming Fund appropriation, $343,564 is allocated to the department. That allocation must serve the purposes listed in 11 GCA § 5204(d)(2).

Funding for Guam roads and drainage

Public Works gets $22.29705 million for fiscal 2026 operations from the General Fund, Highway Fund, and Educational Facilities Fund. Within Highway Fund appropriations, $2 million is set aside for village road resurfacing and repairs, protected from the Governor's transfers. Another $1.5 million is restricted to bicycle lanes and village road resurfacing and repairs. All Highway Fund collections above adopted revenue levels go to Public Works for flood mitigation and road improvements. The amount of excess collections and specific projects are not stated.

Funding for Guam sustainability program activities

The law provides $500,000 to the University of Guam's Research Corporation for the Guam Green Growth Initiative in FY2026. The university's Center for Island Sustainability administers the initiative. The money is limited to initiative operations and activities and cannot be transferred or used for another purpose. It may match federal grants, including the NSF Guam EPSCoR program.

Funding for peace officer standards commission

Guam Community College receives $300,000 from the General Fund for Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission operations. This funds the commission rather than a household payment or new household duty.

Funding for public defense and legal help

For FY2026, the Alternate Public Defender gets about $1.88 million for operations, including staff. The Civil Law Center gets $950,411, contingent on lifting any current moratorium. Its legal help serves low-income seniors, domestic violence victims, and veterans; future limits depend on capacity and priorities. The Private Attorney Panel gets $164,486 from the General Fund and about $1.44 million from projected unspent FY2025 revenue. That revenue source is identified in the June 2025 revenue and spending report.

Funding keeps Guam mayors' offices running

The Mayors Council gets about $16.81 million from the General Fund for FY2026 operations, including staff. It also gets $2 million from projected unspent FY2025 General Fund revenue. The Governor cannot transfer that $2 million. Another $343,564 comes from the Limited Gaming Fund and cannot be transferred or used for another purpose during FY2026.

Funding keeps Guam public defense operating

The law provides $10.098308 million from the General Fund to the Public Defender Service Corporation for fiscal year 2026. The money covers operations, including staff costs. This supports public defense services without changing individual eligibility or setting household payments.

Funding keeps Guam public streetlights running

The Department of Administration gets $4.938744 million to pay Guam Power Authority for public streetlights in fiscal 2026. This includes $4.127667 million from the Street Light Fund and $811,077 from the Highway Fund. The funding pays for public lighting, not household electricity bills.

Funding maintains parks and historic resources

Parks receives $400,000 from the Tourist Attraction Fund in fiscal year 2026 for public park restrooms across Guam. It also covers upkeep of the Northern Region Pool and Complex and Hagåtña pools. The law sets aside $848,666 from the department's General Fund appropriation for historic preservation jobs and projects. The Historic Preservation Officer must advise on those uses, and the Parks Director must approve them. Historic preservation money cannot move to another division, department, or agency.

Funding maintains shared justice information systems

Police, Corrections, and the Attorney General each receive $87,690 from the General Fund to pay the Judiciary. Each payment covers a 25% share of $350,760 in annual justice information-system costs under the 2013 agency agreement. These costs include message-switch maintenance, NLETS membership, and related expenses. Corrections also receives $294,610 for fiscal year 2026 access and maintenance fees for its management system. That payment follows its software agreement with Tyler Technologies.

Funding supports agriculture and conservation operations

Agriculture receives $5.938703 million for fiscal year 2026 operations. Money comes from the General Fund and the invasive-species inspection, plant inspection and permit, and rabies prevention funds. The law sets aside $52,789 from the Rabies Prevention Fund appropriation for work allowed by Guam's rabies-prevention law. It also provides $200,000 from the General Fund for the Civilian Volunteer Conservation Officers Program, including critical equipment and supplies. These funds support operations, not direct household payments.

Funding supports animal shelter and sterilization

The law provides Agriculture with $142,585 from the General Fund for the GAIN Animal Shelter in Yigo. It also provides $450,000 from the General Fund for GAIN's Spay and Neuter Program. Both appropriations cover fiscal year 2026. The provision does not set pet-owner eligibility, service prices, or household payments.

Funding supports Attorney General legal work

The Attorney General receives $22.12639 million from the General Fund for fiscal year 2026 operations. The office can use the money as the local match for federal grants. It can use up to 5% of its fiscal year appropriation to hire attorneys, consultants, experts, and expert witnesses without open bidding. Those hires must be needed for local or federal criminal or civil cases. The office can also use its General Fund appropriation to help run the Criminal Injuries Compensation Commission, without creating new victim payments.

Funding supports corrections staffing and facilities

The law provides $1.64554 million from the General Fund for a fiscal year 2026 cycle of 20 corrections officer recruits. It also provides $495,252 from the General Fund for that year's costs for prisoners held in federal facilities. Another $5 million comes from the projected uncommitted fiscal year 2026 General Fund revenue balance for the new corrections facility. That money covers financing, design, construction, maintenance, and related costs under the 2021 modernization law. Recruit funding does not guarantee any applicant a job.

Funding supports environmental and beach monitoring

Guam's environmental agency receives $967,610 for fiscal year 2026 operations from the General, Environmental Trust, and Water Research and Development funds. It also receives $202,992 from the Solid Waste Operations Fund for landfill closure, monitoring, and opening duties. Another $46,903 from the General Fund pays only for beach and related tourist-infrastructure monitoring. The landfill and beach funds cannot be transferred or spent for other purposes. Unspent landfill money returns to the Solid Waste Operations Fund.

Funding supports family and child services

The law provides $7.558215 million in General Fund money for the Bureau of Social Services Administration. It also provides $2.220129 million in General Fund money for Child Protective Services in fiscal year 2026. The Judiciary receives $29,993 from the Safe Streets Fund for Family Visitation Center contracts that year. The Judiciary must follow Guam's existing family visitation law. These funds support services, not new household payments or eligibility rules.

Funding supports Guam building code council

The law sets aside up to $13,578 from the Contractors License Board appropriation for the Building Code Council. This funding covers fiscal year 2026. The council can request the budget categories it needs. The provision does not change building standards or household costs.

Funding supports Guam criminal law review

The law provides $378,845 from the General Fund to the Unified Judiciary for fiscal year 2026. The money supports the Criminal Law and Procedure Review Commission's work under its existing law. It does not itself change criminal law or provide household payments.

Funding supports Guam culture and arts

For fiscal year 2026, General Fund money provides about $2.58 million for Chamorro Affairs and $726,566 for the CHamoru language and culture commission. Chamorro Affairs also gets about $1.63 million for the Guam Cultural Repository. At each quarter's end, the Repository must report spending and committed funds to the Speaker. The arts and humanities agency gets $772,866 for operations and can use it to match federal grants. Another $45,000 goes through the arts agency for the Guam Territorial Band.

Funding supports Guam election operations

The Guam Election Commission gets about $2.86 million from the General Fund for fiscal year 2026 operations. This appropriation funds election administration. It does not change who can vote.

Funding supports Guam political status education

The Commission on Decolonization receives $317,488 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2026 operations. At least $165,000 of its appropriation funds public education, with $55,000 each for Free Association, Independence, and Statehood task forces. This money cannot pay for staff or travel. Task forces advise on spending, and the commission must approve spending by a vote. Unspent education money remains available and returns to the commission.

Funding supports Guam women's affairs office

The Bureau of Women's Affairs gets $272,277 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2026 operations. This appropriation does not establish individual payments, eligibility rules, or a specific right to services.

Funding supports Guam youth programs

The law provides $7.743436 million from the General Fund for Youth Affairs operations in fiscal year 2026. It also sets aside $15,000 from an existing appropriation for the Guam Youth Congress. These funds support agency and organization operations. They do not establish household payments or guarantee particular services.

Funding supports Hagåtña restoration authority operations

The Hagåtña Restoration and Redevelopment Authority gets $443,589 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2026 operations. The provision funds the authority, not a specified household payment or housing benefit.

Funding supports legislature and government oversight

The General Fund provides about $9.62 million for Guam's legislature in fiscal year 2026. It also provides $498,740 through the legislature for the Office of Finance and Budget. The Guam Ethics Commission gets $552,680 for operations. These appropriations fund government offices rather than direct household payments.

Funding supports police and school safety

In fiscal year 2026, the law sets aside $331,255 from the police vehicle revolving fund for vehicles and related equipment. That money also supports police vehicle repairs and maintenance and is limited to vehicle-related uses. The law provides $142,585 from the General Fund for the police Safe Schools Initiative. It also sets aside $100,000 from the police General Fund appropriation for Guam Crime Stoppers. The provision does not specify how Crime Stoppers must use that money.

Funding supports treatment courts and monitoring

For fiscal year 2026, courts can use up to $889,319 of their General Fund budget for therapeutic courts. These include adult and juvenile drug courts, the Mental Health Court, and other programs approved by the Judicial Council. The Judiciary can also use the amount it finds necessary for sex offender assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation under Public Law 35-71. The law separately provides $868,157 for electronic monitoring of people awaiting trial and people convicted of crimes.

Funding supports twenty Guam firefighter recruits

The law provides $1.392942 million from the General Fund to the Guam Fire Department. It funds a fiscal year 2026 cycle of 20 firefighter recruits. This supports department staffing, not household payments.

Funding trains ten Guam customs officers

The law provides $636,612 for a fiscal year 2026 training cycle of 10 Customs and Quarantine Officer Trainees. The money comes from the Customs, Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Services Fund. It funds agency training rather than direct household payments.

Governor's office and security travel receive support

The Governor's Office gets about $6.15 million for FY2026 operations. This includes about $5.85 million from the General Fund and $293,825 from the Indirect Cost Fund. Police can use their appropriation for executive-security officers' off-island travel and daily expenses. Officers must accompany the Governor, First Gentleman, or Lieutenant Governor to represent Guam at an event deemed critical to Guam's welfare.

Guam accountancy board receives operating funds

The Guam Board of Accountancy gets $699,600 from its board fund for FY2026 operations. This funds the board, not direct household payments.

Guam auditors keep unspent budget funds

The Office of Public Accountability keeps its allotted but unspent fiscal year 2025 appropriations. Those funds remain available until fully spent instead of lapsing. The law does not state the amount.

Guam basketball organization receives public funding

The law provides $200,000 from the General Fund through Administration for the Guam Basketball Confederation in FY2026. It does not name the specific programs or people receiving support.

Guam corrections receives operating funds

The law provides about $35.19 million for Guam Department of Corrections operations in fiscal year 2026. The money comes from the General Fund, the corrections Inmate Revolving Fund, and the Safe Streets Fund. It funds department operations, not direct household payments.

Guam courts can shift designated funds

The Unified Judiciary can transfer FY2026 money from its main appropriation to the divisions and programs specifically listed in the law. This authority does not allow transfers to unlisted programs or provide additional funding.

Guam courts get funding and flexibility

The law provides about $43.79 million for Guam court operations in fiscal year 2026. This includes about $43.76 million from the General Fund and $29,993 from the Safe Streets Fund. Courts can cover operating shortfalls with funds they control, but not trust funds. Judicial Building Fund transfers must follow loan terms. The Judiciary must fund Private Attorney Panel services and related expenses incurred before October 1, 2025, and billed by December 31, 2025.

Guam customs gets operations and modernization funds

Customs and Quarantine gets about $21.6 million for FY2026 operations from the General Fund and its inspection-services fund. The law also authorizes $1.45 million in spending from FY2025 departmental lapsed funds for FY2025. Of that amount, $1.3 million funds Phase 3 of customs modernization and automation. Another $150,000 covers K-9 veterinary care, food, and related maintenance.

Guam firefighters receive funds and carryover

The law provides about $41.24 million for Guam Fire Department operations in fiscal year 2026. This includes about $38.51 million from the General Fund. About $2.73 million comes from the Enhanced 911 Emergency Reporting System Fund and the F.L.A.M.E. Fund. Unspent money previously appropriated to the department also remains available in fiscal year 2026.

Guam mayors keep earlier unspent funding

Unspent funds previously appropriated and available to the Mayors Council of Guam remain available in fiscal year 2026. These funds do not lapse at the earlier budget deadline. The law does not state the amount carried forward.

Guam police receive operating and training funds

The law provides about $59.57 million for Guam Police Department operations in fiscal year 2026. Funding comes from the General Fund and the police vehicle, Police Services, and Tourist Attraction funds. Police can use this money to match federal grants and fund School Resource Officers. The law also provides about $1.09 million from the General Fund for a cycle of 20 police trainees.

Guam public broadcasting receives added funding

Guam's public broadcasting corporation gets $834,438 from the Guam Educational Facilities Fund for fiscal year 2026 operations. It also gets $970,000 from the projected unused fiscal year 2025 General Fund revenue balance. The second appropriation does not state a more specific use.

Guam veterans affairs office receives funding

The Guam Office of Veterans Affairs gets about $1.25 million from the General Fund for FY2026 operations. This funds the office rather than creating a new veteran payment or eligibility rule.

Mayors receive money for waste removal

The Mayors Council receives $1.5 million from the Recycling Revolving Fund for waste removal and zero-waste projects in fiscal year 2026. Before spending, it needs environmental board approval of a plan covering invoices, records, oversight, and purchasing rules. The board must review the plan within 30 days and amend it as needed to follow current law. New funds cannot be transferred or used for other purposes. The council can also use prior-year money held on September 30, 2025, for the listed work, unless committed by purchase orders or contracts.

Medical examiner funding and backup coverage

Guam's Chief Medical Examiner office keeps access to unspent prior-year appropriations during fiscal year 2026. When the Chief Medical Examiner is absent, the Office of Post-Mortem Examinations can contract with a qualified medical examiner. Those professional-service contracts are exempt from Guam procurement law. No carried-over balance or contract price is stated.

Medical examiner receives protected operating funds

Guam's Chief Medical Examiner gets $822,999 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2026 operations. The office also gets $500,000 from the projected unused fiscal year 2025 General Fund revenue balance. The Governor cannot move that additional $500,000 under the transfer authority.

Ordot and Inalåhan receive planning funds

The law provides $300,000 from the Host Community Fund for FY2026 municipal planning council funds in Ordot and Inalåhan. It does not specify how much each village receives.

Public defenders keep earlier unspent funding

Unspent funds previously appropriated and available to Guam's Public Defender Service Corporation remain available in fiscal year 2026. The money does not lapse at the earlier budget deadline. The law states no new funding amount.

University funds water and coastal programs

The law provides General Fund money to the University of Guam for water, coastal, and conservation programs in fiscal 2026. Sea Grant gets $500,000, with federal matching funds prioritized to maintain Sea Grant Institute status. The Water and Environmental Research Institute administers $499,946 solely for the Hydrologic Survey and $292,232 solely to match federal water-monitoring funds. Another $562,781 supports the Northern and Southern Soil and Water Conservation Districts equally and may match federal grants. District Directors must approve spending with board consent; monitoring and district funds cannot be transferred or used for other purposes.

Use tax supports Guam natural resources

The law continuously directs an amount equal to 20% of prior-year Use Tax collections to the Guam Environmental Trust Fund. The money pays costs tied to preserving Guam's natural resources. The environmental agency administrator must submit a detailed budget to the Legislature each year. Funds must reach the trust within 20 days after the collection month ends.

Veterans office keeps earlier unspent funds

Guam's Office of Veterans Affairs keeps unspent General Fund appropriations from fiscal year 2025 and earlier. The balances remain available in fiscal year 2026 instead of returning to the General Fund. The law states no balance and does not change veteran benefit eligibility.

Village recycling collection gets continued funding

The Mayors Council gets $1.5 million through Guam's environmental agency for FY2026 islandwide recycling collection. Collection must cover recyclables identified in the agencies' FY2023 agreement. The money stays available until spent. For the FY2025–FY2026 cleanup program, the Council can issue purchase orders up to $350,000 per village for recyclables. That purchase limit is not a separate program appropriation.

Village roads and community programs get funding

FY2026 village programs get $422,126 from the General Fund and $307,375 from the Guam Educational Facilities Fund. Each mayor's office gets up to $20,000; the rest is divided by road mileage using the latest pavement inventory. General Fund money supports recreation-facility repairs, one main road per village, and official flowers and other plants. Education-fund money supports safety, social education, substance-abuse prevention, and sports under council-approved plans filed with the administration director. The Governor cannot transfer these funds, and private contracts must follow Guam procurement law.

At-risk household meals receive protected funding

The law reserves $500,000 exclusively for the Meals for At-Risk Households Act of 2025. The money remains available until spent. It cannot be transferred, borrowed between funds, or used for another purpose. This funding provision does not set household eligibility or meal benefit amounts.

Behavioral health keeps earlier unspent funding

Beginning October 1, 2025, Guam's Behavioral Health and Wellness Center can use unspent fiscal 2024 and 2025 appropriations. The money remains available during fiscal 2026, ending September 30, 2026, rather than lapsing. The Governor cannot transfer these funds. The law does not state the amount carried forward or the specific services it funds.

Drug and alcohol treatment programs funded

For fiscal 2026, the Healthy Futures Fund provides $3.262476 million for drug and alcohol detoxification, rehabilitation, and prevention. Guam’s behavioral health center may contract with nongovernmental groups, including Salvation Army Lighthouse Recovery Center and Oasis Empowerment Center. Spending must comply with 48 U.S.C. § 1421b(p). The law also provides $2.266285 million for inpatient treatment and prevention through New Beginnings.

Funding keeps Guam cancer records running

The law provides $389,144 from the Healthy Futures Fund for the Guam Cancer Registry in fiscal year 2026. Public Health must fund the University of Guam's registry work under their agreement. Unspent money returns to the Guam Cancer Trust Fund. This supports cancer records, not individual patient payments.

Funding supports Guam medical cannabis operations

The law sets aside $369,952 in General Fund money for the Medical Cannabis Program in fiscal year 2026. This supports program operations. The provision does not set patient eligibility, coverage, or household payments.

Health and disability agencies keep funding

Beginning October 1, 2025, two Guam service agencies keep access to allotted but unspent funds from fiscal year 2025 or earlier. They are Public Health and Social Services and Integrated Services for Individuals with Disabilities. The money remains available during fiscal year 2026, through September 30, 2026. The law does not specify new funding amounts or which services receive the carried-over money.

Health licensing and vital records receive funding

For FY2026, Public Health receives $333,181 from the Health Professional Licensing Office Revolving Fund appropriation for that office's statutory work. It also receives $224,713 from the Office of Vital Statistics Revolving Fund appropriation for that office's statutory work. These allocations fund operations, not new household payments or changes to individual licensing requirements.

Homeless residents get funded support services

The law provides $500,000 to Public Health and Social Services for homeless support. Money may fund Homeless Coalition grants or shelter, food, and medical care for people experiencing homelessness. The provision does not set an individual payment amount or new eligibility rules.

Mental health care and prevention funded

For fiscal 2026, Guam’s Behavioral Health and Wellness Center receives $18.985893 million for operations. This includes $8.928061 million from the General Fund and $10.057832 million from the Healthy Futures Fund. Program funding includes $81,750 for Focus on Life suicide prevention, $285,170 for Youth Mental Health First Aid, and $377,635 from the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service Fund. The law also provides $1.531009 million for Level II residential services, including 24-hour care and the Sagan Mami drop-in center. These residential services serve people with serious mental illness, with or without an intellectual disability.

Guam ancestral lands commission receives funding

The Guam Ancestral Lands Commission gets $444,396 for FY2026 operations from its Survey, Infrastructure, and Development Fund. The allocation does not itself create household payments or change individual eligibility.

Land commission receives free legal help

In fiscal year 2026, the Attorney General must advise and represent the Chamorro Land Trust Commission without charge. Services cover land registration and matters that do not involve litigation. The commission must request help in writing through an adopted resolution. This does not give households a direct right to legal representation.

Charter schools funded with enrollment limits

The law provides $25.545 million for FY2026 Guam Academy Charter School operations and authorizes payments of $7,800 per enrollee to the school fund. Enrollment ceilings are 780 each for iLearn and Guåhan Academy, and 565 for Science Is Fun and Awesome Academy. They are 550 for Mount Carmel Academy and 200 each for Career Tech High, Business and Technology, and Maga'låhen Hurao-CHamoru academies. Each academy submits monthly invoices to the Council and Department of Administration; unless the department verifies and reports findings within 10 working days, the invoiced amount is sent automatically. Previously allotted but unspent funds for the Charter Schools Council and charter schools remain available during FY2026 rather than lapsing.

Civil service commission receives operating funds

The Civil Service Commission gets about $1.45 million from the General Fund for FY2026 operations. This allocation does not itself change employee wages or benefits.

Funding for Guam history and publishing

The University of Guam receives $150,000 from the General Fund for Guampedia Foundation operations in fiscal 2026. It also receives $100,000 from the General Fund for University of Guam Press operations and activities. Both allocations may serve as local matching money for federal grants. They fund organizational work rather than direct household payments.

Funding for Guam summer school students

The law provides the sums needed to operate Guam's 2026 Summer School Program, without stating a dollar amount. Within 30 days after summer school closes, the Superintendent must post a financial report on the education department's website. It must show revenue, spending, committed funds by spending category and school, and remaining balances.

Funding for youth jobs and training

The law provides $1.815863 million from the General Fund for youth summer employment and training in fiscal year 2026. The money goes to Guam's Department of Youth Affairs for the established youth program. The department also keeps access to allotted, unspent funds from fiscal year 2025 and earlier during fiscal year 2026. The law sets no individual wage or participant payment amount.

Funding keeps Guam public libraries operating

The law provides $1.932072 million for Guam Public Library System operations in fiscal year 2026. This includes $1.582644 million from the Guam Educational Facilities Fund. Another $349,428 comes from the Public School Library Resources Fund. The money supports library operations and services, not household payments.

Labor department can share legal costs

The Department of Labor can enter an agreement to share funding for an Assistant Attorney General. That attorney must provide legal services specifically to the department. Funding must come from the department's fiscal year 2026 operating appropriation. The law provides no separate amount for this agreement.

Learning materials and CHamoru instruction funded

The law reappropriates $481,578 to University of Guam Press for textbooks, learning resources, and professional development. Projects need the education Superintendent's approval, and the Press must report activities and spending quarterly. This money may also provide local matches for federal grants. Within the education department's FY2026 General Fund budget, up to $513,824 supports CHamoru Studies and language instruction. That allocation may pay for staff, training, materials, and equipment.

Repair funding stays available for schools

The law allocates $10 million for Guam public-school maintenance, maintenance staff, and repairs. It also allocates $385,022 from the Guam Educational Facilities Fund for FY2026 school grounds maintenance. Unspent prior-year facility funds, including mold-removal and perimeter-fence project funds, move to the education department and stay available until spent. Those funds remain limited to their original purposes and cannot be transferred by the Governor. The department handles procurement under applicable laws and must report spending and progress quarterly until projects are complete.

Sanchez High School construction payments funded

The law provides $16.377125 million for Simon A. Sanchez High School construction lease-back payments. Funds come from projected unused fiscal 2025 General Fund revenue identified in the June 2025 financial report. This pays a government school construction obligation, not students or families.

School cadet funds support program operations

Guam's Department of Education can spend JROTC Fund money on Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps operations during fiscal year 2026. Money from this fund is limited to program expenses. The law states no funding amount or new student payment.

School funds shift to playground upgrades

Education department funds from Public Law 37-125 stay available until fully spent. Through March 28, 2026, they may pay American Rescue Plan-related expenses. After March 28, 2026, they are for refurbishing and upgrading school sports facilities and playgrounds. The Superintendent must report covered spending within 30 days after each fiscal quarter. The law does not state the remaining fund balance.

Schools keep savings from lower utility use

Guam public schools qualify for activity funds by cutting annual utility use at least 15% compared with prior annual billing. The dollar value of savings moves from the education department’s utility pool to the school for student and staff activities. Savings are measured each quarter for each utility type. Funds must be available within 60 days after the quarter ends.

Sports and health activities funded for students

Within FY2026 Healthy Futures Fund appropriations, $614,165 supports Guam public-school interscholastic sports. It may pay coaches, league fees, busing, and other ordinary sports costs. Another $277,589 supports health education, physical education, intramural sports, and similar activities. These funds support school programs, not direct payments to families.

Agencies can spend collected special funds

From October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, named Guam entities can spend up to their special funds' collected revenue. They can also use unspent revolving-fund balances when carryover is allowed by law. Spending must serve each fund's legally authorized purposes. Collected revenue does not expire and is exempt from related appropriation restraints; the law states no total amount.

Customs keeps container violation fine revenue

Guam's Customs and Quarantine Agency receives fines collected for container-seal violations during fiscal years 2025 and 2026. The Director must approve using the money for agency operations. The Governor cannot transfer these funds. The law states no total and does not set a new fine amount.

Excess revenue supports airlines and hospital

The law authorizes $15.2 million in spending from audited fiscal year 2023 excess revenues. The Guam Visitors Bureau can spend $10 million on airline incentives supporting tourism recovery and growth. Guam Memorial Hospital Authority can spend $5.2 million on purposes consistent with its healthcare mission. Both entities must report each expenditure to the Legislature within 30 days.

Funding for contractor and professional licensing

The Contractors License Board gets $892,589 from its board fund for fiscal year 2026 operations. The board for engineers, architects, and land surveyors gets $376,652. That includes $98,449 from the General Fund and $278,203 from the PEALS Fund. These appropriations do not set new licensing rules or fees.

Funding for Guam aquaculture center expansion

The University of Guam gets $114,000 for its Aquaculture Development and Training Center. The money supports continued operations and aquaculture activities, including acquiring more real estate for expansion. It cannot be transferred or used for another purpose. The appropriation does not provide direct household payments.

Funding for Guam tax and administration

For fiscal year 2026, Revenue and Taxation gets about $17.29 million from three funds. These are the General Fund, Better Public Service Fund, and Tax Collection Enhancement Fund. The Bureau of Statistics and Plans gets about $1.97 million from the General Fund. Administration gets about $5.36 million from the General Fund for the Office of Technology. These provisions fund operations, not changes to household tax rates or tax benefits.

Guam budget and payment systems receive funding

For FY2026, the budget bureau gets about $1.72 million: about $1.24 million General Fund and $476,313 Indirect Cost Fund. Administration gets about $12.04 million: about $11.04 million General Fund, $947,521 Indirect Cost Fund, and $54,246 Limited Gaming Fund. The $54,246 is included in that total and cannot be transferred or used outside its legally specified purposes. Administration also gets about $3.88 million from the General Fund for year four of the new Financial Management Information System contract.

Guam continues debt and university lease payments

The law continues FY2026 payments for listed education, landfill, hospital, and bond-refinancing obligations from their designated funds. Education's 2013A certificates receive about $2.51 million for principal and interest, plus $650,000 for insurance and maintenance. Its 2020A certificates receive about $5.53 million for principal and interest, plus about $2.15 million for insurance and maintenance. These four payments total about $10.83 million; amounts for other listed debts are not stated here. Up to about $1.16 million from the University of Guam's General Fund appropriation can enter its capital fund for the specified lease-back rental payments.

Guam funds a transportation cost study

The Guam Economic Development Authority administers a study of cabotage and the federal Jones Act's effects on Guam's economy. Spending is capped at $400,000. Funding can come from transfers allowed by this law or voluntary autonomous-agency transfers under an agreement with the authority. The study must make every effort to use University of Guam expertise and resources. It does not itself change transportation rules or prices.

Operating funds for Guam public radio

The University of Guam gets $200,000 for KPRG public radio operations in FY2026. The money may also provide local matches for federal grants. KPRG's manager must submit required reports to the university president and post them on the station's website. Reports are due within 30 days after each fiscal quarter.

Technology and statistics offices keep funds

Guam's Office of Technology keeps unspent prior-year appropriations available during fiscal year 2026. The Bureau of Statistics and Plans keeps allotted, unspent fiscal year 2025 and earlier funds from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The law preserves these funding balances without stating their amounts.

Tourism bureau funding includes reserve option

The Guam Visitors Bureau gets about $28.97 million for fiscal year 2026 operations. About $3.25 million comes from the General Fund and $25.73 million from the Tourist Attraction Fund. The bureau can deposit up to $650,000 of its Tourist Attraction Fund appropriation into its Rainy Day Fund. That deposit must serve purposes listed in 12 GCA Chapter 9, Article 3.

Unused Guam revenue goes into reserves

The law appropriates up to $10 million to Guam's General Fund Reserve from projected unused FY2025 General Fund revenue. The source is the balance identified in the June 2025 Consolidated Revenue and Expenditure Report. All remaining unobligated fourth-quarter FY2025 General Fund collections above Public Law 37-125's adopted revenue levels also go into the reserve. The additional deposit amount is not stated.

Funding keeps Guam transit operations running

The Guam Regional Transit Authority gets about $2.84 million from the General Fund for fiscal year 2026 operations. The money supports public transit operations. This appropriation does not set rider fares or provide individual transit payments.

Funding keeps Guam waste services running

The Guam Solid Waste Authority gets about $19.94 million from the Solid Waste Operations Fund for fiscal year 2026. The money supports the authority's waste services. This appropriation does not set household charges or provide direct payments.

Guam sets government retirement funding rate

The government contributes to the Government of Guam Retirement Fund at a rate of 33.85% during fiscal year 2026. The rate applies from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This sets the government's funding contribution, not an employee contribution rate or individual retirement payment.

Funding for banking and insurance oversight

The Office of Guam's Commissioner of Banking and Insurance receives $447,761 from the Banking and Insurance Enforcement Fund. The law funds the office but does not specify an enforcement activity or change household banking or insurance terms.

Business tax revenue funds hospital medicines

The Director of Administration must deposit 6.19% of monthly Business Privilege Tax collections into Guam Memorial Hospital's Pharmaceutical Fund. The amount is based on collections reported in the monthly Consolidated Revenue and Expenditure Report. Deposits are due within 25 days after each month ends. This directs tax revenue to hospital medicines, not household checks.

Funding for Guam Memorial Hospital operations

For fiscal 2026, Guam Memorial Hospital gets $22.828406 million from its Pharmaceuticals Fund. The Governor can authorize all of it as a direct hospital subsidy by an executive order issued by September 1, 2026. The law also provides $22.771152 million from the General Fund for operations and inmate healthcare, plus $7.014994 million for unpaid bills. Hospital operations receive the first $20 million of the net unused fiscal 2026 General Fund balance, as available. They also receive 6.19% of Business Privilege Tax collections above adopted revenue levels; these provisions do not set patient charges.

Funding supports Guam medical referral office

The Medical Referral Assistance Office gets $665,849 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2026 operations. The provision does not state who qualifies for assistance or what help each person receives.

Health department gets limited transfer flexibility

Guam's public health department can move fiscal year 2026 money among the appropriations in this part of the law. Transfers can support only the divisions and programs listed there. Section 11 funds remain protected: they cannot be moved or used for another purpose.

Hospital money shifts to existing facilities

The law redirects $35 million previously set aside for an initial Healthcare Center of Excellence payment to Guam Memorial Hospital. It must fund technology upgrades and building improvements within the hospital's current facility. The Department of Administration must release $13.1 million upon enactment, $10 million by January 30, 2026, and $11.9 million by May 30, 2026. The money stays available until fully spent, and the Governor cannot transfer it.

Funding for land management and trusts

For fiscal year 2026, Land Management gets about $3.81 million from the General Fund and Land Survey Revolving Fund. The Chamorro Land Trust Commission gets about $1.53 million: $654,883 in General Fund money and $871,835 from two trust funds. The Ancestral Lands Commission's Survey, Infrastructure, and Development Fund receives all net lease proceeds from Apra Harbor Reservation F-12 and Parcel N 14-1. It also receives 50% of net lease proceeds from Lot 10192 during fiscal year 2026. Those proceeds can fund only purposes allowed by 21 GCA § 80104(h)(3); the operating funds do not change land eligibility.

Land agencies keep earlier unspent funds

Guam's Department of Land Management and Chamorro Land Trust Commission keep access to unspent appropriations from earlier fiscal years. The money remains available during fiscal year 2026. The law states no balances and creates no direct household payment.

Administrative funding for charter school council

The law provides $143,571 from the General Fund for clerical and administrative support for Guam's charter school council. The Department of Administration receives the money and provides the support. This is council funding, not a payment to students or families.

Attorney General gains funded staffing authority

Guam's Attorney General can create positions needed to run the office. An appointment requires an appropriation to pay the position's salary. The Attorney General sets salaries that are not otherwise set by law. Those salaries are paid in 26 equal biweekly installments, starting from the date the salary is set.

Funding for Guam college apprenticeships

Guam Community College gets about $8.47 million from the Manpower Development Fund for FY2026 apprenticeships. All apprenticeship requirements and obligations must be fully funded before the college uses this money for other programs. Those other uses also need approval from the college's board and administration. The law does not set individual apprentice payments.

Funding for Guam education certification work

The Guam Commission for Educator Certification gets $296,271 from the Guam Educational Facilities Fund for FY2026. The money supports commission operations and administrative work. It also supports the Council on Post-Secondary Institution Certification. The law does not create a direct household payment.

Funding for Y Kuentan Salappe' Prinsepat

The law allocates $1.2 million from Chapter II, Part 1, Section 1 appropriations to Y Kuentan Salappe' Prinsepat. The money must fulfill the program's purpose under Title 17, Chapter 10 of Guam law. This provision does not state individual eligibility or payment amounts.

Guam schools gain budget spending flexibility

Guam's education department can use savings within its approved budget for supplies, materials, and prior-year obligations. The Superintendent can move money among spending categories and use surplus raise, promotion, and reclassification funds for prior-year obligations. The department is exempt from the usual allotment-release control and can draw funds as needed under a fund-specific schedule. That schedule is due October 31, 2025. Reports comparing cash receipts with the schedule are due within 10 days after each quarter.

Labor department funding can match grants

Guam's Department of Labor gets about $3.87 million for fiscal year 2026 operations. The money comes from the General Fund and Manpower Development Fund. The department can also use this money as the local share required for federal grants. The provision does not set individual payments or new eligibility rules.

Labor department keeps earlier unspent funds

Guam's Department of Labor can use unspent appropriations from earlier fiscal years during fiscal year 2026. The funds do not expire at the prior year's cutoff. The law states no carried-over amount or new household payment.

Lease funding for Tiyan school facilities

The Guam Educational Facilities Fund pays fiscal year 2026 Tiyan education leases through the Department of Administration. Base rent and insurance/maintenance, respectively, are $3.995889 million and $1.004111 million for Tiyan High School; $266,987 and $88,585 for the GDOE Office Building; and $74,750 and $28,017 for Warehouse 1. They are $451,356 and $124,863 for the school gym; $2.294866 million and $546,127 for the new GDOE Office Building; and $126,032 and $46,601 for New Warehouse II. They are $49,649 and $18,358 for Warehouse I Mezzanine, and $732,768 and $220,302 for Tiyan 3 Building and Facilities. The lot for the new office and Warehouse II receives $44,667 in base rent; these funds pay facility costs, not families.

Operating funds protected for Guam colleges

For FY2026, the University of Guam gets about $39.96 million for operations, with about $4.80 million authorized for local federal-grant matches. Guam Community College gets about $14.51 million for operations, including practical nursing, vocational guidance, and Lodging Management/ProStart programs. The college also has $601,436 authorized in federal matching funds. Guam's budget agencies cannot reduce either school's funding allotments disproportionately compared with other government units. This protection does not guarantee unchanged funding or direct payments to students.

Temporary staffing during military or disability absences

Guam agencies can temporarily cover a classified employee's duties after an absence exceeds 30 consecutive work days. The absence must result from active military service or long-term disability certified in writing by a doctor. Agencies can temporarily assign or detail another employee, or make a limited-term appointment. The coverage cannot last longer than the consecutive absence.

University capital fund gets debt payments

The law provides $500,000 for University of Guam Capital Improvements Fund debt payments in fiscal 2026. The money comes from the Guam Educational Facilities Fund and must pay debt service required by Guam law.

University operating money can fund scholarships

The University of Guam President can move money from the specified operating appropriation to legally required scholarship programs. Transferred money cannot pay scholarship program administrative costs. The law sets no transfer amount or individual scholarship award.

Rebuilding support for Guam fishermen's cooperative

The Department of Administration receives $300,000 for part of the Guam Fishermen's Co-op facility reconstruction and renovation. It also helps pay fiscal 2026 operating costs for the move from the current facility to a temporary site. The allocation covers only part of those costs and is not a direct payment to members.

Fuel tax payments waived for 2026

For fiscal 2026, October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, covered liquid-fuel tax payments are waived. This includes levied excise taxes, automotive surcharges, and mass-transit automotive surcharges. The amounts must still be reported. Fuel used for commercial aviation is excluded. The law does not guarantee lower household fuel prices.

Guam tax agency gains spending flexibility

Guam's Department of Revenue and Taxation can use its Better Public Service Fund appropriation under this law for tax collection. This authority does not change household tax rates, tax bills, or filing rules.

Tax agency keeps funds for enforcement

Guam's Revenue and Taxation Department keeps access to unspent prior-year appropriations during fiscal year 2026. Its fiscal year 2026 Better Public Service Fund appropriation can support tax collection and IRS training for the Tax Enforcement Division. These changes do not add a household tax payment or reporting duty.

Active-only health enrollment for covered employees

Employees hired under 4 GCA § 8121(a) can enroll in Guam's government health plan only as active employees. The law does not specify a change in premiums or coverage amounts.

Charter board meeting pay is capped

Guam charter school trustees can receive pay for no more than two board meetings per month during fiscal year 2026. Attending more meetings does not increase the number of paid meetings. Stipends come from the charter school appropriation; the law sets no stipend amount.

Limits on government contracts and hiring

During FY2026, Guam agencies generally cannot fill classified or unclassified positions through contracts or contract out work normally done by classified employees. Exceptions include specified professional services, public-defender attorney contracts, and other listed entities or positions; contracting must follow procurement law. Position-filling contracts must be filed with the Administration Director, with written reasons the agency cannot handle the work internally. Executive Branch funds generally cannot pay for unclassified hires, with listed education, health, public safety, technology, tax, federal-funded, elected-office, agency, and temporary-replacement exceptions; replacements for military duty or certified long-term disability must stay within personnel budgets. Beginning October 1, 2028, workers hired under the unclassified-hiring section must meet their positions' minimum knowledge, abilities, and skills.

Limits on taking government vehicles home

Guam government employees generally cannot drive government-owned, leased, or rented vehicles home. On-call emergency first responders are exempt. Employees also qualify for an exception when another law expressly allows home use.

Tighter travel spending for government workers

Through September 30, 2026, this law's funds cannot pay most employee or official off-island travel or daily travel allowances. Exceptions cover specified federal, tourism, law-enforcement, medical, court, witness/attorney, official-meeting, executive-security, political-status, and congressional-testimony travel. Tourism trips must use the Tourist Attraction Fund and involve listed tourism-bureau participants; some conferences and meetings need board or director approval and must advance Guam's interests. Government airfare purchases generally must be coach or economy; employees pay upgrade costs or use personal miles. The airfare rule exempts the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Legislature Speaker, Supreme Court Chief Justice, and Superior Court Presiding Judge.

Penalties for unpaid vehicle transfer tax

Vehicle transfer tax left unpaid more than 180 days after the transfer or sale carries a 5% penalty. Interest adds 0.5% of the unpaid tax for each month or part of a month until payment. The charges apply to people responsible for paying Guam vehicle transfer tax.

Budget directors face missed-report deadline fines

Guam's budget bureau and administration directors must report monthly during the federal funding period. Reports cover funding received under the American Rescue Plan Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Each director faces a $250 fine for each missed monthly deadline. Fine money goes to the Rainy Day Fund.

Public safety chiefs face overtime-report fines

Police, Fire, Customs and Quarantine, and Corrections must report overtime owed to employees for each FY2026 quarter. Reports go to the Speaker within 20 days after each quarter ends. They must list amounts by fiscal year incurred, division, and employee. The agency head faces a $250 fine for each missed deadline, paid into the education department's Interscholastic Sports Fund.

Guam schools face tighter spending controls

Guam's education department must file a spending plan within 90 days after each fiscal year starts. Progress reports are due within 30 days after each quarter; unspent appropriations also require an amended plan within 30 days. Submissions must be certified, public, and include required budget and performance details in prescribed formats. If projected spending exceeds appropriations, the Superintendent must declare a fiscal emergency within 15 days. The department cannot incur obligations beyond appropriated funds without legislative approval.

Funded nonprofits face reporting and penalties

Nonprofits funded by this law must keep accurate financial records and allow audits. They must report activities and results within 20 days after each quarter and submit certified annual purchase inventories. Equipment or service purchases of $5,000 or more require advance notice. A final fiscal year 2026 spending report is due November 15, 2026. Failure to meet reporting requirements reduces the nonprofit's appropriation by 3%.

Limits on government cellular phone spending

Guam agencies, including autonomous agencies, generally cannot use government money from any source for cellular phones or wireless telephone service. Payment is allowed when federal funds or other grants reimburse the government. Exceptions cover listed officials and emergency or public-service personnel. Wireless internet, stationary wireless phones, and wireless internet phone services are also exempt.

Schools face limits on federal-program spending

Guam's education department generally cannot use its appropriations to pay federally funded program costs. Exceptions apply when Guam law specifically allows payment or a grant requires local spending before federal reimbursement. The restriction governs department spending, not a payment duty for families.

Extra revenue needs approval for refunds

The law suspends automatic use of unappropriated General Fund revenue collected above appropriations for certain payments. The Legislature must appropriate that money before it pays tax refunds, earned income tax credits, or prior-year vendor bills. This limits the government's funding route, not taxpayers' eligibility for refunds or credits. It may affect when money is available for these payments.

Limits on hospital equipment tax credits

Credits against unpledged Business Privilege Taxes for required Guam Memorial Hospital equipment are capped at $5 million over five years. No more than $500,000 may be authorized in any program year. The five-year period starts when a budget act first allocates $1 million from unpledged Business Privilege Taxes. Later fiscal years count only while that annual $1 million allocation is maintained. Equipment contributions must be approved by the Guam Economic Development Authority or its designee.

New tax on large military contracts

A 5% Business Privilege Tax applies to Guam-attributable gross income from qualifying military contracts worth more than $10 million. Contracts must be funded by the U.S. Defense Department or a foreign government supporting the U.S. military presence on Guam. The work must take place physically in Guam. Phased or modified contracts count together when testing the $10 million threshold. Income already taxed under this rule through another contractor may be deducted with the required contractor, business, or professional registration identifier.

Employee transfers preserve pay and protections

In fiscal 2026, the Governor may transfer employees within or between line agencies without reducing their pay or salary. Legislative and Judicial employees are excluded, and autonomous-agency workers cannot be transferred into line agencies. Consent is required for employees with viable discrimination grievances involving political affiliation, gender, or sexual harassment, or statutory whistleblower complaints. Good-faith reporters of bad practices, illegal acts, or improper official conduct cannot be transferred. Position funding generally follows workers, except from line to autonomous agencies; the Governor must report transfers monthly to the Speaker.

Parole Board members receive capped stipends

In fiscal 2026, Parole Board members receive $250 per meeting attended, capped at $1,000 per month. Members may decline payments, and the Governor may waive stipends by executive order. Board and commission meeting stipends come from the budgets of agencies providing administrative support.

Retired corrections officers get limited jobs

Corrections may temporarily hire retired Guam corrections officers when military activation or medically certified long-term disability creates critical staffing needs. Hiring must fill vacant positions and stay within the department’s personnel budget. Retirees must meet job requirements except written exams, and the Director must certify them fit for duty. Jobs are limited to Corrections Officer Supervisor I or below at Step 1, with no annual leave. Hires may keep retirement benefits, but must leave when the regular officers return.

Retired legal staff get restricted jobs

The Attorney General, Judiciary, Public Defender, and Alternate Public Defender may hire retired Guam government attorneys full-time or part-time. The Attorney General may also hire retired government workers who are not attorneys. Hiring requires a critical need and must stay within personnel budgets; attorney pay cannot exceed Attorney 4, Step 5. Hires may keep retirement benefits, but receive no annual leave and may enroll in health insurance only as active employees. Vacancies remain open to other qualified applicants.

Retired public works jobs remain emergency-limited

Public Works may hire its retired employees for critical needs tied to the Governor’s declared COVID-19 public health emergency. Covered work includes engineering, construction, permits, inspections, highways, and facilities. Hires fill vacant positions at Step 1 and may keep retirement benefits, but receive no annual leave. Employment ends when the emergency declaration is lifted; this authority does not create a general rehiring program.

Retired social workers can serve children

Public Health and Social Services may hire retired Guam government social workers for Child Protective Services during critical staffing needs. Hiring must stay within the department’s personnel budget. Hires receive at least Step 1 pay and may keep retirement benefits, but receive no annual leave. The law does not guarantee a job.

Retired teachers get limited temporary jobs

Guam’s education department may temporarily hire retired teachers when military activation or medically certified long-term disability creates critical staffing needs. Hires must fill vacant positions, and hiring must stay within the personnel budget. Retirees must not qualify for Medicare Parts A and B and must keep their government retiree health coverage. They receive at least Step 1 pay, leave benefits allowed by law, and may keep retirement benefits. Their jobs end when the regular teachers return.

Retirees can fill government staffing gaps

Revenue and Taxation and the Mayors Council may temporarily hire retired Guam government workers without exceeding their personnel budgets. Qualifying needs include recruitment shortages, military activation, and medically certified long-term disability; tax officials may also address new programs or mandates. Tax hiring covers Taxpayer Services, Tax Enforcement, Real Property Tax, Executive Direction, Regulatory, and Motor Vehicle divisions. Hires receive at least Step 1 pay, no annual leave, and may keep retirement benefits; Council health coverage requires active-employee status. Council jobs end when incumbents return; tax jobs end upon their return, successful recruitment, or reasonably soon after the added work ends.

Worker expense protections backed by fines

Guam government officials and supervisors cannot require or pressure classified or unclassified employees to spend personal money on work-related wireless or internet service or devices. Employees may voluntarily use personal resources. Employers may call a personal wireless phone or radio that an employee names as a contact number. An employee who violates the prohibition faces a fine of up to $50 for a first violation and $100 for later violations.

Attorney General can redirect dedicated funds

In fiscal year 2026, the Attorney General can use three dedicated funds for general operations. They are the Notary Fund, Consumer Protection Fund, and Office of the Attorney General Operations Fund. Unspent money in these accounts returns to its intended use on September 30, 2026. Separately, allotted but unspent fiscal year 2025 appropriations remain available until fully spent.

Guam audits receive funds and payment rules

The Office of Public Accountability gets about $2.25 million from the General Fund for FY2026 operations. Autonomous government agencies must deposit their audit costs into an administration account by dates the Public Auditor sets. The Department of Administration gets $700,000 from the General Fund for Guam's FY2025 financial statements and Single Audit Report. The Tourist Attraction and Healthy Futures funds each provide $20,500 for their FY2025 financial statements and Single Audit Reports. The Public Auditor manages these audit funds and oversees the audits.

Agencies can pay old bills with limits

Guam agencies can use this law's appropriations to pay prior-year obligations only without harming current operations. They must notify the Speaker at least five days before payment, stating the amount, funding source, and obligation. Unless this law says otherwise, unspent or uncommitted appropriations return to their source fund on September 30, 2026. This deadline covers the General Fund, Healthy Futures Fund, Guam Educational Facilities Fund, and Guam Highway Fund.

Governor can shift funds within limits

The Governor can transfer up to 50% between fiscal year 2026 General Fund Executive Branch appropriations. Transfers require the Appropriation Allocation Report first, and the law protects specified agencies and branches from transfers out. Allowed uses include operating shortfalls, maintenance, tourism incentives, Simon Sanchez High School lease-back payments, old Aviation Fuel Tax debts, and Emergency 911 operations. Covered transfers among spending categories, groups, or agencies after that report must be reported within five working days. This authority ends September 30, 2026.

Grant funding flexibility with insurance limits

During fiscal year 2026, Guam departments can use this law's appropriations to meet federal grant matching requirements. Through September 30, 2026, the Governor can transfer eligible Chapter V, Section 1(a)(1) appropriations to Homeland Security/Civil Defense for matches, unless transfers are barred. Local and federal matching funds remain available for the full grant period when the grant ends after September 30, 2026. Agencies can use operating funds through the Department of Administration to insure government facilities built or repaired with FEMA grants. That insurance spending is limited to necessary amounts and is allowed only when FEMA requires coverage.

Schools and hospital get capped purchasing flexibility

Guam's education department can use small-purchase rules for purchases up to $250,000. Guam Memorial Hospital can use them for supplies, services, equipment, or medicines costing no more than $250,000. Both must seek three positive written quotes when practical; fewer quotes require a formal statement. They must document vendor lists, requests, and responses, and report purchases quarterly; education reports go to the Speaker. Neither agency can split purchases just to fit under the cap.

Public health funding and purchasing rules

The public health department gets $62.318877 million for fiscal 2026 operations: $59.693405 million from the General Fund and $2.625472 million from revolving funds. General Fund money may also match federal grants. The department and its Director can use small-purchase procedures for purchases up to $250,000. Purchases cannot be split artificially to qualify, and applicable procurement rules still apply. Purchasing staff must complete required training, enroll in the earliest available class, and report purchasing activity quarterly to the Speaker.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

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Committee on Rules by request of I Magaʹhågan Guåhan
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Cosponsors

in accordance with the Organic Act of Guam
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the Governor of Guam
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legislature vote • 8/20/2025

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