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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 2007 C.B.

NO.

15-41 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend Public Law No.

14-80, as amended by Public Laws Nos.

14-95, 14-99 and 14-104, and 15-01, the FY 2007 budget, by further amending sections 1 and 2 thereof, in order to provide funding for the full fiscal year ending September 30, 2007 by appropriating funds for the reorganized offices of the Executive Branch, and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.

The title of Public Law No.

14-80, as amended by 2 Public Laws Nos.
14-95, 14-99 14-104, and 15-01, is hereby further 3 amended to read as follows: "To appropriate the sum of [$36,390,720.62] $36,392,091.62 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007 for the purpose of funding the operations of all branches of the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, its agencies, various programs, grants, subsidies and contributions and to establish a capital and human resources development budget for the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes."
Section 2.

Section 1 of Public Law No.

14-80, as amended by 15 Public Laws Nos.

14-95, 14-99, 14-104, and 15-01 is hereby further 16 amended to read as follows: 17 18 "Section 1.

An annual budget in the amount of [$36,390,720.62] $36,392,091.62 for the fiscal year CBL 15-46 C.B.

NO.

15-41 ending September 30, 2007 is hereby approved.
There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007 the sum of [$36,390,720.62] $36,392,091.62 from for the purpose of funding the operations of all branches of the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, its agencies, various programs, grants, subsidies and contributions; and capital and human resource development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows:" Section 3.

Section 2 of Public Law No.

14-80, as amended by 13 Public Laws Nos.

14-95, 14-99, 14-104, and 15-01, is hereby 14 further amended to read as follows: "Section 2.

Operating expenses of the Executive Branch.


The sum of [$15,175,372] $15,176,743 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, for the purpose of funding the operations of the Executive Branch of the National Government for the fiscal year 2007.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.
[$615,517] $604,864, or so much thereof as may be 2 of 21 C.B.

NO.

15-41 necessary, for the operations of the Office of the President for the fiscal year 2007.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ........................$[267,341] 258,688 Travel .............................[98,176] 96,426 Contractual Services ....................... 145,000 OCE ................................[80,000] 79,750 Fixed Assets ............................... 25,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.

$2,964,306, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs for the fiscal year 2007.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 1,172,209 Travel ..................................... 147,860 Contractual Services ....................... 1,374,907 OCE ........................................ 267,850 Fixed Assets ............................... 1,480 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
$[2,570,323] 2,535,002 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration for the fiscal year 2007.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 3 of 21 C.B.

NO.
NO.

15-41 Personnel ......................$[1,298,426] 1,272,830 Travel ............................[246,775] 244,175 Contractual Services ..............[652,088] 651,588 OCE ...............................[331,834] 325,459 Fixed Assets .......................[41,200] 40,950 (4) Department of Economic Affairs.

$1,174,769, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Economic Affairs for the fiscal year 2007.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ........................$[833,325] 741,839 Travel ..................................... 69,169 Contractual Services ..............[112,275] 97,275 OCE ...............................[138,000] 133,750 Fixed Assets .......................[22,000] 18,625 (5) Department of Transportation, Communication and Infrastructure.
$1,585,990, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure for the fiscal year 2007.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 436,846 4 of 21 C.B.

NO.
NO.

15-41 Travel ..................................... 103,000 Contractual Services, provided that $143,096 will be used for PPOL for Caroline Voyager ........ 968,144 OCE ........................................ 70,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 8,000 (6) Department of Health, Education and Social Affairs.

$[2,066,840] 1,068,339, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Health, Education and Social Affairs for the fiscal year 2007.
Of the total funds appropriated herein, $359,080 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the amended Compact for the education sector, $767,164 from the health sector, and $643,843 from the supplemental education grant (SEG) for fiscal year 2006, provided that, these funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with the Amended Compact of Free Association.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ........................$[803,480] 603,700 Travel ...........................$[259,211] 194,408 5 of 21 C.B.

NO.

15-41 Contractual Services ..............[186,387] 139,790 OCE ...............................[813,062] 126,915 Fixed Assets ........................[4,700] 3,525 (7) Department of Education.
$731,363, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Education for the fiscal year 2007.
Of the total funds appropriated herein, $359,080 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the amended Compact for the education sector, and $643,843 from the supplemental education grant (SEG) for fiscal year 2006, provided that, these funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with the Amended Compact of Free Association.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 69,000 Travel ..................................... 10,230 Contractual Services ....................... 0 OCE ........................................ 2,250 Fixed Assets ............................... 0 (8) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

$237,053, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Health and Social Affairs for the fiscal year 2007.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 6 of 21 C.B.

NO.

15-41 Personnel .................................$ 110,656 Travel ..................................... 51,776 Contractual services ....................... 47,106 OCE ........................................ 26,340 Fixed Assets ............................... 1,175 [(7)] (9) Department of Justice.
$[2,739,589] 2,746,754, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 2007.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel............. .........$[1,844,130] 1,851,295 Travel.................... ................. 104,000 Contractual Services, provided that $50,000 will be used as a contributions towards the Police Academy Training in 2007 ............ 190,100 OCE ........................................ 565,359 Fixed Assets ............................... 36,000 (10) Office of Environment and Emergency Management.
$24,004, or so much thereof as may necessary, for the operations of the Department of Environment and Emergency Management for the fiscal year 2007.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 7 of 21 C.B.

NO.

15-41 Personnel .................................$ 22,004 Travel ..................................... 1,581 Contractual Services ....................... 419 OCE ........................................
Fixed Assets ............................... 0 0 [(8)] (11) Office of the Public Defender.

$635,991, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the Public Defender for the fiscal year 2007.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. 458,244 Travel ....................................$ 69,503 Contractual Services ....................... 52,044 OCE ........................................ 47,350 Fixed Assets ............................... 8,850 [(9)] (12) Office of Statistics, Budget, Overseas Development Assistance, and Compact Management.
$[822,047] 953,493, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of Statistics, Budget, Overseas Development and Compact Management for the fiscal year 2007.

Of the total funds appropriated herein, $300,000 shall be deemed to come from funds 8 of 21 C.B.

NO.
NO.

15-41 available under the amended Compact carryover from fiscal year 2005 and shall be used for foreign consultant fees, provided that, these funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with the amended Compact.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .........................$[97,247] 196,343 Travel .............................[70,000] 72,600 Contractual Services ..............[602,800] 618,300 OCE ................................[34,000] 44,625 Fixed Assets .......................[18,000] 21,625 (13) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.
$28,927, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation for the fiscal year 2007.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 22,265 Travel ..................................... 2,798 Contractual Services ....................... 2,116 OCE ....................................$ 1,750 9 of 21 C.B.

NO.

15-41 Fixed Assets ............................... 0” Section 4.
Section 8 of Public Law No.

14-80, as amended by Public Law No.

14-99, 14-104, and 15-01, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum of $5,099,750.62 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, for the following grants, subsidies and contributions during fiscal year 2007.
The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Department of Foreign Affairs.
(a) Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat 46,000 (b) Secretariat for the Pacific Community (SPC) ............................ 56,000 (c) UN and Specialized Agencies (UN) 60,000 (d) UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) ........... (e) East-West Center ................ (f) United Nations Development 5,000 5,000 Program (UNDP) ............................. 23,500 (g) Activities in preparation for the establishment of an FSM embassy in Beijing ...................................$ 207,585 10 of C.B.
NO.

15-41 (2) Department of Finance and Administration.

(a) ACP Membership Fees ............. 40,000 (b) OCO Membership Fee .............. 2,000 (c) Maintenance fee for Financial Management Information System .............. 60,000 (3) Department of [Economic Affairs] Resources and Development.
(a) Pacific Islands Development Program .................................... 15,000 (b) Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) .... 21,000 (c) UN Development Program .......... 3,000 (d) Coordinating Committee for Offshore Minerals Prospecting (SOPAC) ...... 40,000 (e) Pacific Asia Travel Association .

5,000 (f) UN Environmental Program (UNEP) .
600 (g) Western Forestry Leadership Coalition .................................. (h) Seaframe Program ................ –0- –0- (i) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) 4,700 (j) UN Framework Convention ......... 250 (k) National Association of State Foresters .................................. –0- (l) National Environmental Speech Contest ............................. –0- (m) FA/TCP Matching ................$ 34,500 11 of 21 C.B.

NO.
NO.

15-41 (n) Matching for SPC Projects ....... 60,000 (o) Tourism activities, provided that, no funds shall be allotted until such time as the Tourism Unit has submitted a plan for the use of the funds to the Standing Committee on Resources and Development and received written approval of the plan from the Chairman of the Committee .................................. 50,000 (4) Department of Health, Education and Social Affairs.
(a) UN Fund for Population Activity (UNFPA) ........................... 3,000 (b) South Pacific Regional Environmental Program (SPREP) .............. 7,375 (c) Aid to Non-Public Schools ....... 300,000 (d) Financial Assistance to FSM Students attending College of Marshalls and Palau Community College ................ 50,000 (e) World Health Organization (WHO) .
41,385 (f) National Board of Nursing ....... 10,000 (g) Pacific Islands Health Officers Association ....................... 20,000 (h) National Close-Up Local Program .

64,000 (i) FSM Amateur Sports Association .. 20,000 (j) College of Micronesia Board (COM) $ 5,000 12 of 21 C.B.

NO.
15-41 (k) Association of Territorial Health Organization ........................ 2,000 (l) FSM Red Cross ................... 70,000 (m) UNESCO .......................... 4,000 (n) Independent professional evaluations, including but not limited to the evaluation of the national student testing systems and a personnel audit of the Chuuk State school system, provided that all funds appropriated herein shall be deemed to come from funds available under the amended Compact for the Education Sector, and provided that, these funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with the amended Compact ............................ 200,000 (o) Fuel, utilities, communication, equipment and contractual services for the Division of Education, provided that all funds appropriated herein shall be deemed to come from funds available under the amended Compact for the Education Sector, and provided that, these funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with the amended Compact ............................ 45,068 (p) $57,000 for Division of Health 13 of 21 C.B.
NO.

15-41 projects and programs, provided that, all funds appropriated herein shall be deemed to come from funds available under the amended Compact for the Health Sector, and provided that, these funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with the amended Compact.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: (i) Projected shortfalls in communications ............................$ 2,000 (ii) Drugs and medical supplies for Mental Health & Substance Abuse Program 10,000 (iii) Contracting off-island visiting medical specialists ............... 28,000 (iv) TB & STD clinic supplies for the State governments .................. 3,000 (v) Travel for off-island visiting medical specialists ............... 14,000 (q) National Scholarship Fund, provided that, all funds appropriated herein shall be deemed to come from funds available from the Supplemental Education Grant (SEG) for fiscal year 2006, and provided that, these funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with 14 of 21 C.B.
NO.

15-41 the amended Compact .......................$ 141,777 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.

(a) Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) 7,640 (b) International Telecommunications Union (ITU) ................................ 55,000 (c) International Civil Aviation Organization ............................... 28,050 (d) Micronesian Shipping Commission .
10,000 (e) FSM Capital Energy/Utilities ........................... 390,000 (f) Marine and aviation skills updating ............................ 50,000 (6) Coconut Development Authority (CDA).

(a) Copra Subsidy ................... 50,000 (b) Asia Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) ........................... 15,000 (c) Pilot Plant Project ............. 49,300 (7) Other Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.
(a) Kosrae Judiciary subsidy ........ 30,000 (b) Pohnpei Judiciary subsidy ....... 45,000 (c) Chuuk Judiciary subsidy ......... 45,000 (d) Yap Judiciary subsidy ........... 20,000 (e) COM Treaty Obligations .......... 25,000 (f) Micronesian Legal Services 15 of 21 C.B.

NO.
15-41 Corporation ...............................$ 150,000 (g) States Joint Law Enforcement, provided that $25,000 shall go to Kosrae State, $50,000 shall go to Pohnpei State, $50,000 shall go to Chuuk State and $25,000 shall go to Yap State .............. 150,000 (h) Tuna Commission Membership ...... 16,000 (i) Disaster Assistance Emergency Fund (DAEF) Matching ....................... 200,000 (k) Maritime Boundary Delimitation .. 43,500 (l) Yap Judiciary subsidy to be used solely to fund scholarships for citizens of Yap who are studying law ................... 10,000 (m) Passport Revolving Fund ......... 233,607.62 (n) State of Kosrae, PROVIDED THAT the amount appropriated herein shall take the form of a loan, the terms of which have been agreed between the President and the Governor of Kosrae, to help the State recover from its current financial crisis....... .............................. 1,500,000 (o) July 2007 Presidential Inauguration ............................... 74,000 (p) July 2007 Presidential Inauguration – Congress funding to be divided as follows: (i) Kosrae Delegation .........$ 5,000 16 of 21 C.B.
NO.

15-41 (ii) Yap Delegation ............. 7,000 (iii) Chuuk Delegation ........... 13,000 (iv) Pohnpei Delegation ......... 1,000 Total ...................................... 26,000 (q) MiCare, to be used to cover 10% increase in premiums for members of health plan ................................ 16,913 (r) Land Grant Treaty ............... 25,000 (s) Funeral expenses for former President Tosiwo Nakayama .................. 55,000” Section 5.

Section 9 of Public Law No.


14-80, as amended by 12 Public Laws Nos.

14-95 and 14-104, is hereby further amended to 13 read as follows: 14 Section 9.

Capital and Human Resource Development.

The sum 15 of $8,555,333, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby 16 appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of 17 Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, for the 18 following capital improvements, development programs and projects 19 and human resource development.
The sum appropriated by this 20 section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) College of Micronesia-FSM.

$6,272,833, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations, programs and projects of the College during fiscal year 2007.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 17 of 21 C.B.

NO.
15-41 (a) COM-FSM operations, PROVIDED THAT all funds appropriated herein shall be deemed to come from funds available under the amended Compact for the Education Sector, provided further that, $52,833 of these funds shall be used only for fuel, utilities, communication, equipment and contractual services, and provided that, these funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with the Amended Compact of Free Association ...............................$ 3,852,833 (b) Fisheries and Maritime Institute 650,000 (c) COM-FSM State Campus Facility Improvement, PROVIDED THAT the sum appropriated herein shall be deemed to come from funds available under the amended Compact for Infrastructure Development Sector and, provided that, these funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with the Amended Compact of Free Association ............................... 1,500,000 ...... (d) COM-FSM Work Study Program, Student Assistance and Summer Study Program, PROVIDED 18 of 21 C.B.
NO.

15-41 THAT the General Fund shall be reimbursed for any expenditures under this subsection from Supplemental Education Grant (SEG) funds for fiscal year 2007 once these funds are made available$ 270,000 (2) Department of Finance and Administration.

(a) National Staff Upgrading ........ 50,000 (b) Asian Development Bank MLFC Loan -0- (3) Department of [Economic Affairs] Resources and Development.
(a) FSM Tourism Promotion ........... 100,000 (b) FSM Trade and FDI Project ....... 75,000 (c) Diversification of Energy ....... 125,000 (d) Crop Production Improvement ..... 15,000 (4) Department of Transportation, Communication and Infrastructure.
(a) Dry Docking of MS Voyager PROVIDED THAT of the amount appropriated herein $756,592 shall come from funds available under the amended Compact for Infrastructure Development Sector and, provided that, these funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with the Amended Compact of Free Association ...............................$ 880,000 19 of 21 C.B.

NO.
NO.

15-41 (b) Tuna Commission Headquarters Supplement ................................. –0- (5) Department of Justice.

(a) FSM Patrol Boat Slipping ........ 250,000 (b) Construction of 2 fuel tanks .... -0- (6) FSM Postal Services.

(a) Pohnpei Post Office renovation .. 50,000 (7) Infrastructure Maintenance Fund (IMF).
(a) IMF PROVIDED THAT $118,750 of the funds appropriated herein shall be deemed to come from funds available under the amended Compact for Infrastructure Development Sector and, provided that, these funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with the Amended Compact of Free Association.................................... 237,500 (8) FSM Development Bank.

(a) Escrow Account USDA Housing Program -0- (9) FSM Trust Fund.
(a) FSM Trust Fund created under the Amended Compact of Free Association .......$ 500,000 Section 6.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 20 of 21 C.B.

NO.

15-41 1 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 2 becoming law without such approval.

3 4 Date: 7/10/07 Introduced by: /s/ Joe N. Suka Joe N. Suka (by request) 21 of 21