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TWELFTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 2002CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

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12-35 AN ACT To further amend Public Law No.

12-12, as amended, by amending section 3 to reprogram $70,000 from Travel to Contract Services for use by members of Congress as representation funds, by amending section 13 to change the allocation of certain funds appropriated for Chuuk State Election District No.

2, for Chuuk State Election District No.


3, for Chuuk State Election District No.

4, and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.

Section 3 of Public Law No.

12-12, as amended by 2 Public Laws Nos.

12-21 and 12-24, is hereby further amended to 3 read as follows: "Section 3.

Operating expenses of the Legislative Branch.


The sum of $3,161,474, 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, 2002, for the operations of the Legislative Branch of the National Government during fiscal year 2002 in order to achieve the activities set forth in the performance budget pages B.1 through B.3 of the budget book.
Of the total funds appropriated under this section, $50,000 shall be deemed to come from the funds available under section 215(b)(2) of the Compact of Free Association.

The sum of $460,000 shall be deemed allocated for Speaker and Members' Travel, Line Item Budget B1a, page 1 of 6 of the CBL 12-106 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

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12-35 Approved Budget book.


The sum of $490,000 shall be deemed allocated to Speaker and Members' Representation Fund - Members, Line Item Budget B1a, page 5 of 6 of the Approved Budget book."

Section 2.

Section 13 of Public Law No.

12-12, as amended by 6 Public Laws Nos.

12-21 and 12-24, is hereby further amended to 7 read as follows: "Section 13.

Capital and Human Resource Development.


The sum of $11,415,200, 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, 2002, for capital improvement, development programs and projects and human resource development.
Of the total funds appropriated under this section, $2,955,926 shall be deemed to come from the capital account funds available under section 211 of the Compact of Free Association, and $1,387,700 from the funds available under section 216(a)(3) of the Compact of Free Association.
The sum appropriated under this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) College of Micronesia-FSM (a) Operations of the College of Micronesia-FSM, including planning and construction of new facilities ........$ 3,067,000 (b) Student assistance for tuition 2 of 7 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

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12-35 and housing to be deemed as deriving from section 216(a)(3) of the Compact of Free Association PROVIDED that these funds shall be used strictly for direct financial assistance to COM-FSM students, and PROVIDED FURTHER that the co-payment by the student or the student's parent must be proportionally the same for each in relation to their total obligation, and PROVIDED FURTHER that only students maintaining a passing grade point average will be eligible to receive these funds.
The funds appropriated under this subsection shall be apportioned as follows: (i) General assistance ........$ 295,000 (ii) Assistance for courses on Micronesian Government and Politics ........ 5,000 (c) COM-FSM Multi-purpose gymnasium furnishing ................................. 60,000 (d) COM-Faculty office furnishing ... 40,000 (e) Chuuk State Congressional Projects: (i) E.D.

No.

1 public projects... 180,000 (ii) E.D.

No.


2: a) Road improvements ..... 90,000 b) Economic assistance grants 40,000 3 of 7 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

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12-35 c) Social assistance grants 20,000 d) Student assistance grants 10,000 e) Northern Namoneas Development Authority operations ......................$ 20,000 (iii) E.D.

No.
No.

3: a) Educational grant assistance.................................... 50,000 b) Other social and economic project grants................................ 110,000 c) Legal fees ............ 20,000 (iv) E.D.

No.
No.

4: a) Japan-Micronesia Friendship Association ..................... 40,000 b) Project coordinator's office for Tolensom Development Authority .. 40,000 c) Post-secondary student assistance grants .......................... 10,000 d) Legal fees ............ 10,000 e) Repair of Neuut bridge 20,000 f) Other public social and economic projects .......................... 60,000 (v) E.D.

No.

5 Houk Airport Project Grant .............................. 180,000 (vi) State-wide public projects .
100,000 (f) FSM Fisheries and Maritime 4 of 7 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

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12-35 Institute .................................. 663,000 (2) Post-secondary educational assistance to be deemed as deriving from section 216(a)(3) of the Compact of Free Association: (a) Kosrae State ...................$ 126,661 (b) Pohnpei State ................... 288,003 (c) Chuuk State Scholarships, PROVIDED that the selection committee is required to provide to the State Scholarship Coordinator, copies of all documents which would provide details of the applicants, their grade point average, the courses studied and the institution attended, as well as names of those applicants who are selected to receive a scholarship and the amount proposed.
This requirement must be satisfied prior to the release of scholarship funds to the students selected.

(i) General assistance ......... 271,716 (ii) Scholarships for student's with the highest grade point averages ................................... 140,000 (d) Yap State ....................... 161,320 (e) Graduate and Professional School Scholarships–all States .................... 100,000 5 of 7 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.
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12-35 (3) National Staff Upgrading ............. -0- (4) FSM Capitol complex renovation ......$ 200,000 (5) Micronesian Entrepreneur Development Center ..................................... 60,000 (6) FSM Development Bank - Development Loan Program ............................... 1,000,000 (7) Pohnpei sports facilities improvement -0- (8) Yap sports facilities completion ..... 620,000 (9) FSM Trust Fund, PROVIDED that these funds shall be placed in the FSM Trust Fund until such time as an 'S' Account within the FSM Trust Fund is established by law, at which time the funds will be transferred to this account.
If no 'S' Account is established by law, the funds shall remain in the FSM Trust Fund until such time as they are appropriated by law .. 2,015,000 (10) FSM Consul General Guam residence construction ............................... 190,000 (11) Ms. Caroline Islands dry-docking ..... 500,000 (12) National Visitors Bureau ............. 512,500 (13) Chuuk State Multi-purpose Gymnasium .. 100,000" 6 of 7 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

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12-35 1 2 Section 2.


This act shall become law upon approval by the 3 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 4 becoming law without such approval.

5 June 26__________________, 2002 Redley Killion for____________ Leo A. Falcam President Federated States of Micronesia 7 of 7 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

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