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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 2011 C.R.

NO.

17-53 A RESOLUTION Approving federal grant assistance awards from the USDA Forest Service (“USFS”) under the US Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 in a total amount of $188,750, including all the terms and conditions of the assistance.
1 WHEREAS, the US Forest Service extended to the Government 2 of the Federated States of Micronesia federal grant assistance 3 in a total amount of $188,750 as evidenced by agreements 4 provided in the grant awards signed by the parties on August 5 22, 2011; and 6 WHEREAS, the purpose of the grants is to fund specific 7 programs: Forest Health Protection-Invasive Plants; Forest 8 Stewardship; and Urban and Community Forestry, as proposed by 9 the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia in its 10 applications for assistance dated June 23, 2011; and 11 WHEREAS, the US Federal Financial Assistance Award of 12 International Grant 11-IG-11052021-134 provides the amount of 13 $95,000 for Pohnpei State for the purposes stated above; and 14 WHEREAS, the US Federal Financial Assistance Award of 15 International Grant 11-IG-11052021-132 provides the amount of 16 $93,750 for Yap State for the same purposes; and 17 WHEREAS, the grants are critical to the success of 18 Forestry Programs in Federated States of Micronesia; and 19 WHREAS, section 210(2) of title 55 of the Code of the 20 Federated States of Micronesia provides that for an agreement CRL 17-56 C.R.
NO.
17-53 1 on foreign financial assistance to be accepted it must be 2 approved by Congress by Resolution; and 3 WHEREAS Congress is grateful and appreciative to the US 4 Forest Service for the benevolent assistance; now, therefore, 5 BE IT RESOLVED by the Seventeenth Congress of the 6 Federated States of Micronesia, Second Regular Session, 2011, 7 that Congress hereby approves the $188,750 in financial grants 8 from the US Forest Service, including the terms and conditions 9 thereof; and 10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this 11 resolution be transmitted to the President of the Federated 12 States of Micronesia Department of Resources and Development 13 and the USFS.
14 15 Date: 9/19/11 Introduced by: /s/ Florencio S. Harper Florencio S. Harper (by request) 2 of 2