Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Species Conservation for fiscal year 2023.

This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Office of Species Conservation. It appropriates a total of $19,761,900 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 15.00. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers' compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for the equivalent of a 3% salary structure shift and provides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. The bill funds three line items, which provide: $75,000 onetime from the General Fund for the eighth year of the sage grouse study; $25,000 from the General Fund for travel costs; and an increase of $5,000,000 in federal funds for salmon migration projects authorized under the Investment Infrastructure and Jobs Act.