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TWELFTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA THIRD SPECIAL SESSION, 2002 C.B.

NO.

12-116 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend Public Law No.

12-12, as amended, by amending section 13 to reallocate unused funds previously appropriated for MS Caroline Islands drydocking for use in airport projects in Chuuk State Election Districts Nos.

1 and 3 and by amending section 16 to change, the allottee and lapse date, and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.

Section 13 of Public Law No.

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

12-21[ and 12-24], 12-24 and 12-35, is hereby 3 further amended to 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 CBL 12-121 C.B.

NO.
12-116 Micronesia-FSM, including planning and construction of new facilities ........$ 3,067,000 (b) Student assistance for tuition 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: 2 of 9 C.B.

NO.
NO.

12-116 a) Ta Airport Project ...$ 250,000 b) Other public projects .

180,000 (ii) E.D.

No.

2: a) Road improvements ..... 90,000 b) Economic assistance grants 40,000 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 3 of 9 C.B.

NO.

12-116 economic projects .........................$ 60,000 (v) E.D.

No.
No.

5 Houk Airport Project Grant .....................[180,000] 430,000 (vi) State-wide public projects .
100,000 (f) FSM Fisheries and Maritime 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 4 of 9 C.B.

NO.
12-116 students with the highest grade point averages ..................................$ 140,000 (d) Yap State ....................... 161,320 (e) Graduate and Professional School Scholarships--all States .................... 100,000 (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 5 of 9 C.B.

NO.

12-116 1 2 3 (12)] National Visitors Bureau ............$ 512,500 [(13)](12) Chuuk State Multi-purpose Gymnasium 100,000" Section 2.

Section 16 of Public Law No.

12-12, as amended by 4 Public Laws Nos.


12-21 and 12-24, is hereby further amended to 5 read as follows: "Section 16.

Allotment and management of funds and lapse date.

(1) General Provisions.


(a) All funds appropriated by this act shall be allotted, managed, administered, and accounted for in accordance with applicable law, including, but not limited to, the Financial Management Act of 1979; (b) The allottees shall be responsible for ensuring that these funds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are used solely for the purpose specified in this act, and that no obligations are incurred in excess of the sum appropriated.

(2) Allottees.
(2) Allottees.

The allottees of the funds appropriated by this act are as follows: (a) section 2 -- the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; (b) section 3 -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (c) section 4 -- the allottee of these funds shall 6 of 9 C.B.

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12-116 be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia; (d) section 5 -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Public Auditor; (e) section 6 through 13 -- the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia or his designee; EXCEPT THAT for the following subsections of section 6 through 13 of this act, the allottees shall be: (i) section 8, subsection (5) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the respective State, or his designee; (ii) section 8, subsection (6)(a) through (6)(d) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Communication and Infrastructure; (iii) section 8, subsection (8)(a) through (8)(d) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the respective State; (iv) section 8, subsection (8)(g) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia, or his designee, until such time as the Constitutional Convention convenes and selects a President and then the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Constitutional Convention.
7 of 9 C.B.

NO.
12-116 (v) section 10, subsection (2)(b) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia, or his designee; (vi) section 10, subsection (2)(c) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia; (vii) section 13, subsection (1)(a) through (1)([f]d) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM, EXCEPT THAT the allottee of the funds appropriated under subsection (1)(e) of section 13 shall be the Executive Director of the Chuuk State Commission on Improvement Projects; (viii) section 13, subsections (2)(a) through (2)(d) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the respective State.
(ix) section 13, subsections (1)(e)(i) and (1)(e)(v) - the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the FSM.

(3) Lapse date.

The authority of the allottees to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of September 30, 2002, EXCEPT THAT the authority of the allottees to obligate funds appropriated by section 13, subsections (1) and (2) [for post-secondary educational assistance] shall not lapse."

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NO.

12-116 1 Section 3.


This act shall become law upon approval by the 2 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 3 becoming law without such approval.

4 5 6 Date: 6/26/02________ Introduced by: /s/ Henry Asugar________ Henry Asugar of 9