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

NO.

15-40 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 1,2, and 8 thereof, for the purpose of appropriating [$321,913] $401,954 in supplemental funding from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, to provide for the operations of the Executive Branch, national agencies, various programs, grants, subsidies, and contributions, 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] $36,792,674.62 from the General Fund of1 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 16 further amended to read as follows: 17 "Section 1.

An annual budget in the amount of CBL 14-282 C.B.

NO.

15-40 [$36,390,720.62] $36,792,674.62 from for the fiscal year 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] $36,792,674.62 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 14 Public Laws Nos.

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

Operating expenses of the Executive Branch.


The sum of [$15,175,372] $15,205,372 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.
2 of 15 C.B.

NO.

15-40 [$615,517] $625,517, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the President for the fiscal year 2007.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 267,341 Travel ..................................... 98,176 Contractual Services ....................... 145,000 OCE ................................[80,000] 190,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 25,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.

[$2,964,306] $284,306, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs for the fiscal year 2007.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 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 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 3 of 15 C.B.

NO.
NO.

15-40 herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 1,298,426 Travel ..................................... 246,775 Contractual Services ....................... 652,088 OCE ........................................ 331,834 Fixed Assets ............................... 41,200 (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 Travel ..................................... 69,169 Contractual Services ....................... 112,275 OCE ........................................ 138,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 22,000 (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: 4 of 15 C.B.

NO.
NO.

15-40 Personnel .................................$ 436,846 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, 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 5 of 15 C.B.

NO.

15-40 Travel ..................................... 259,211 Contractual Services ....................... 186,387 OCE ........................................ 813,062 Fixed Assets ............................... 4,700 (7) Department of Justice.
$2,739,589, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 2007.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel............. ....................$ 1,844,130 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 (8) 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 6 of 15 C.B.

NO.

15-40 Contractual Services ....................... 52,044 OCE ........................................ 47,350 Fixed Assets ............................... 8,850 (9) Office of Compact Management.
$822,047, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of Compact Management for the fiscal year 2007.

Of the total funds appropriated herein, $300,000 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the amended Compact carryover from fiscal year 2005 and shall be used for foreign consultant fees, provided that, these funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with the amended Compact.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 97,247 Travel ..................................... 70,000 Contractual Services ....................... 602,800 OCE ........................................ 34,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 18,000" 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 25 read as follows: 7 of 15 C.B.

NO.

15-40 "Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum of $[5,099,750.62] 5,471,704.62 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 (h) Activities in honor of the FSM’s 20th Independence Anniversary ........ 0 (2) Department of Finance and Administration.
(a) ACP Membership Fees ............$ 40,000 8 of 15 C.B.

NO.

15-40 (b) OCO Membership Fee .............. 2,000 (c) Maintenance fee for Financial Management Information System .............. 60,000 (d) FMIS Project .................... 211,954 (provided that this amount shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact for public sector capacity building grant.)

(3) Department of Economic Affairs.


(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 9 of 15 C.B.

NO.
15-40 Speech Contest ............................$ –0- (m) FA/TCP Matching ................. 34,500 (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 10 of 15 C.B.

NO.
15-40 (i) FSM Amateur Sports Association .. 20,000 (j) College of Micronesia Board (COM) 5,000 (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 11 of 15 C.B.
NO.

15-40 amended Compact ...........................$ 45,068 (p) $57,000 for Division of Health 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 12 of 15 C.B.
NO.

15-40 funds shall not be allotted or obligated until such time as formal approval has been obtained in accordance with 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 13 of 15 C.B.

NO.
15-40 (e) COM Treaty Obligations .......... 25,000 (f) Micronesian Legal Services 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 $25,000 shall go to Yap State .............. 150,000 (h) Tuna Commission Membership ...... 16,000 (i) Disaster Assistance Emergency Fund (DAEF) Matching ....................... 200,000 (k) Maritime Boundary Delimitation .. 43,500 (l) Yap Judiciary subsidy to be used solely to fund scholarships for citizens of Yap who are studying law ................... 10,000 (m) Passport Revolving Fund ......... 233,607.62 (n) State of Kosrae, PROVIDED THAT the amount appropriated herein shall take the form of a loan, the terms of which have been agreed between the President and the Governor of Kosrae, to help the State recover from its current financial crisis....... .............................. 1,500,000 (o) July 2007 Presidential Inauguration ............................... 74,000 (p) July 2007 Presidential Inauguration – 14 of 15 C.B.
NO.
15-40 Congress funding to be divided as follows: (i) Kosrae Delegation .........$ (ii) Yap Delegation ............. 5,000 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 (t) MLFC Loan Payment ............... 90,000 (u) FSM Athletes to SP Games ........ 70,000" Section 5.
This act shall become law upon approval by the 16 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 17 becoming law without such approval.

18 19 Date: 7/05/07 Introduced by: /s/ Resio S. Moses Joe N. Suka (by request) 15 of 15