Source document: https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1698745380645.pdf (Micronesia, Federated States of)
TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SEVENTH SPECIAL SESSION, 2019 C.B.

NO.

20-300 A BILL FOR AN ACT To amend sections 1, 2, 8 and 9 of Public Law No.

20-131, as amended by Public Laws Nos.


20-154 and 20-159, in order to appropriate $11,277,828 of additional funds from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, to provide additional funding for the operations of the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, various grants, subsidies and contributions and Capital and Human Resources Development, and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.

Section 1 of Public Law No.

20-131, as amended by 2 Public Laws Nos.

20-154 and 20-159, is hereby further amended, to 3 read as follows: “Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to appropriate the sum of $[67,960,911] 79,238,739 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 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 Resources Development.
The National Government’s share of the Amended Compact funds has been reduced to zero; EXCEPT THAT; the National Government will retain the Compact Sector Grant amount for COM-FSM and 10 percent of the Supplemental Education Grant funds as is reflected in the budget for the Department of Education.

CBL 20-320/PC #20-414 C.B.

NO.

20-300 1 2 3 The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows:” Section 2.

Section 2 of Public Law No.

20-131, as amended by 4 Public Law No.


20-154, is hereby further amended, to read as 5 follows: “Section 2.

Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch.


The sum of $[22,810,156] 23,413,299, 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, 2019, for the purpose of funding the operations of the Executive Branch of the National Government during the fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.
The sum of $[1,489,999] 1,724,999, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the President during the fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................$ 592,999 Travel ............................[312,000] 457,000 Contractual Services.............. [460,000] 540,000 OCE ...............................[119,500] 129,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 5,500 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
2 of 22 C.B.

NO.

20-300 The sum of $5,487,647, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 1,754,271 Travel ............................. ....... 392,221 Contractual Services........................ 2,802,788 OCE ................................ ....... 381,959 Fixed Assets ............................... 156,408 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
The sum of $[2,995,654] 3,045,654, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 2,039,754 Travel ..................................... 290,000 Contractual Services.................[227,500] 277,500 OCE ........................................ 277,900 Fixed Assets ............................... 160,500 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
The sum of $1,482,494, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Resources and Development during the fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 3 of 22 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-300 follows: Personnel .................................. $ 907,313 Travel .................................... 286,791 Contractual Services........................ 59,850 OCE ........................................ 184,540 Fixed Assets ............................... 44,000 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
The sum of $[2,571,860] 2,814,995, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 594,172 Travel .............................[191,584] 314,734 Contractual Services..............[1,589,504] 1,695,889 OCE .................................[58,600] 72,200 Fixed Assets ............................... 138,000 (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
The sum of $[891,182] 906,190, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Health and Social Affairs during the fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .......................$ [501,499] 516,507 4 of 22 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-300 Travel ..................................... $ 154,215 Contractual Services........................ 118,617 OCE ........................................ 113,851 Fixed Assets ............................... 3,000 (7) Department of Education.

The sum of $806,701, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Education during the fiscal year 2019.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $350,598 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 429,123 Travel ..................................... 175,001 Contractual Services........................ 159,226 OCE ........................................ 40,151 Fixed Assets ............................... 3,200 (8) Department of Justice.
The sum of $4,926,423, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 3,251,901 Travel .................................... 374,802 Contractual Services....................... 651,977 5 of 22 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-300 OCE .......................................$ 370,443 Fixed Assets ............................. 277,300 (9) Office of the Public Defender.

The sum of $1,112,151, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the Public Defender during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 744,081 Travel ..................................... 140,120 Contractual Services........................ 101,050 OCE ........................................ 86,900 Fixed Assets ............................... 40,000 (10) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management.
The sum of $841,154, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 544,055 Travel ..................................... 183,379 Contractual Services........................ 50,000 OCE ........................................ 47,120 Fixed Assets ............................... 16,600 (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic 6 of 22 C.B.

NO.

20-300 Preservation.


The sum of $204,891, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 138,576 Travel ..................................... 35,574 Contractual Services........................ 10,452 OCE ........................................ 20,289 Fixed Assets ............................... -0-“ Section 3.

Section 8 of Public Law No.

20-131, as amended by 13 Public Laws Nos.

20-155 and 20-159, is hereby amended, to read as 14 follows: “Section 8.
Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum of $[15,671,940] 15,712,940, 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, 2019, for the following grants, subsidies and contributions during fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.
(a) Asia Pacific Institute for BroadcastingDevelopment (AIBD) ............ $ 4,500 7 of 22 C.B.

NO.

20-300 (b) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union $ 800 (c) Pacific Island News Association .

350 (d) Asia Pacific Investment ......... 250 (e) Former Presidents’ Allowance .... 50,000 (f) Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning (JCRP) ................. 390,000 (g) Presidential Inauguration ....... 100,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
(a) The Forum Secretariat ........... 57,000 (b) Secretariat for Pacific Community 65,000 (c) ESCAP ........................... 5,000 (d) UN Membership Fee.............. .

50,000 (e) East-West Center ................ 5,000 (f) ACP Cotonou Membership Fees ..... 17,000 (g) SPC Office Rental ............... 29,670 (h) Pacific Island Forum ............ -0- (i) SIS Program.................... .
10,000 (j) IOM Membership Fee .............. 600 (k) SPC Host Grant .................. 20,000 (l) First Regular Session of the Twenty-First Congress – Travel for Honorary Consuls ........................... 50,000 (m) FSM Consulate Guam – Early termination of lease fees .................. 34,343 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.

8 of 22 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-300 (a) CTA-OCO Membership Fee ......... $ 14,024 (b) Maintenance Fee for Financial Management Information System (FMIS).
...... 55,000 (c) PITTA – CTA ..................... 9,000 (d) ADB, IMF and Budget, Finance Policy Consultations ....................... 25,000 (e) Macro Economist Advisor ......... 200,000 (f) Global Forum Membership Fee ..... 26,000 (g) PFTAC Membership Fee ............ 20,000 (h) CTA Conference .................. 35,000 (i) FSM Trust Fund board member travel to initiative investment dialogue .......... 26,000 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
(a) Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDF)...... ....................... 15,000 (b) Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Fee 62,638 (c) Pacific Asian Travel Association (PATA) ......................... 6,000 (d) United Nations Development Program (UNDP) ............................. 30,000 (e) Micronesian Challenge Endowment Fund ............................. 100,000 (f) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) 4,800 (g) Western Forestry Leadership Coalition.
530 (h) Matching to SPC Projects ........ 60,000 9 of 22 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-300 (i) Micronesian Challenge .......... $ 10,000 (j) Micronesian Cruise Association .. 2,500 (k) South Pacific Tourism Organization 8,000 (l) International Animal Health Organization (OIE) ........................ 23,000 (m) IRENA .......................... 250 (n) Micronesia Trade Commission ..... 30,000 (o) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ............................ 1,000 (p) IFAD ............................ 500 (q) Micronesian Islands Forum (MIF) .
15,000 (r) UNIDO Membership Dues ........... 1,000 (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
(a) UNFPA ........................... 3,000 (b) WHO ............................. 4,650 (c) FSM Sport Association ........... -0- (d) PIHOA ........................... 20,000 (e) Territorial Health ............. 4,000 (f) National Board of Nursing and Medical Licensing ...................... 45,000 (g) Red Cross ............... [70,000] 110,000 (h) Vaccine Purchase ................ 50,000 (i) UN Women ........................ 1,000 (j) Drug Quality Testing Project.
... 4,000 (k) National Therapeutics & Standards 10 of 22 C.B.

NO.

20-300 Committee ................................. $ 17,000 (l) Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) .
10,000 (m) FSM Vector Surveillance & Control Project ............................ 70,000 (n) Prior year obligations for maternal & child health program staff moved to state offices .................... 4,766 (o) Supplemental Psychiatrist need to assist existing Department of HS&A activities and support DOJ activities under HT victims/witnesses ................. 10,000 (6)Department of Education.
(a) Aid to Non-Public Schools ....... 600,000 (b) Aid to CMI Students ............. 40,000 (c) Aid to PCC Students ............. 150,000 (d) National Scholarship ............ 2,250,000 (e) National Close-Up ............... 75,000 (f) Merit Scholarship ............... 275,000 (g) Aid to FSM Students in Japan .... 100,000 (h) Caroline College & Pastoral Institute ......................... 50,000 (i) Faithwalk Christian College ..... 50,000 (7) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
(a) Asia Pacific Telecommunity ...... 11,000 11 of 22 C.B.

NO.
20-300 (b) International Telecommunication Union ................................... $ 20,867 (c) ICAO ............................ 28,050 (d) FSM Capital Energy .............. 600,000 (e) Micronesian Shipping Commission (MSC) 25,000 (f) Fuel and Provisions for Caroline Voyager and Navigator ...................... 1,345,830 (g) Prior years obligations for contractual services ....................... 13,500 (h) Ship crews: current and prior years overtime obligations ................. 50,000 (8) Department of Justice.
(a) States Joint Law Enforcement: Kosrae.

30,000 (b) States Joint Law Enforcement: Pohnpei 50,000 (c) States Joint Law Enforcement: Chuuk 100,000 (d) States Joint Law Enforcement: Yap 30,000 (e) Police Academy .................. 200,000 (f) Settlement on Civil Action Nos.
2013-036, 2017-027, and 2017-029 ........... 21,198 (g) Fuel Subsidy .................... 100,000 (h) Contract for Mr. Jim Stovall for legal support for JCRP ..................... 160,000 (i) National & State Anti Human Trafficking Conference ..................... 60,000 (j) National Police Contractual for NP 12 of 22 C.B.

NO.
20-300 Office Lease in Kosrae .................... $ 15,000 (k) National Police furniture for NP Office – Kosrae ............................ 10,000 (l) National Police OCE for NP Office – Kosrae ............................ 7,000 (m) Immigration and Labor: current and prior years overtime obligations ........... 10,000 (9) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (a) IPU Conferences ................. 250,000 (b) Climate Change Conferences ...... 50,000 (c) ACP ............................. 30,000 (d) APPU ............................ -0- (e) APPF ............................ 50,000 (f) Staff Upgrade ................... 25,000 (g) World Bank-IMF Annual Meeting ... 50,000 (h) MRA Conference in Japan ......... 30,000 (i) Fisheries Meetings .............. 30,000 (j) IPU Annual Dues ................. 12,500 (k) COFA Alliance National Network (CANN) 25,000 (l) Travel to Investment Advisor (Wilshire) ............................... 70,000 (m) Compact Historical Project ...... 150,000 (n) Twenty-First Congress – Inauguration 50,000 (10) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management 13 of 22 C.B.
NO.
20-300 (a) UNEP ........................... $ (b) UNFCCC .......................... (c) UNCCD ........................... 835 325 195 (d) SPREP Membership ................ 10,768 (e) Waigani Convention .............. 1,190 (f) SPREP-Noumea Convention ......... 1,764 (g) Earth Day Activities ............ 15,000 (h) 6th Bi-Annual Environment Conference 20,000 (i) FSM FEMA Disaster Matching ...... (j) Basel Convention ................ (k) Kyoto Protocol .................. -0- 197 484 (l) WMO Membership .................. 15,000 (m) FSM Disaster Fund Matching (DAFF) 200,000 (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation (a) UNESCO .......................... 4,000 (b) NCSHPO .......................... 2,760 (c) PARBICA ......................... (d) PIALA ........................... (e) WHC ............................. (f) Library Fee ..................... 100 100 54 50 (12) Other Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.
(a) COM Board Meeting .............. .

5,000 (b) COM-FSM Treaty Obligation ....... 25,000 (c) FSM Social Security Administration 1,000,000 14 of 22 C.B.

NO.
20-300 (d) FSM National Government Employee’s Health Insurance Plan ..................... $ -0- (e) State Judiciaries: Kosrae ....... 40,000 (f) State Judiciaries: Pohnpei ...... 60,000 (g) State Judiciaries: Chuuk ........ 110,000 (h) State Judiciaries: Yap .......... 40,000 (i) Micronesian Legal Services Corporation (MLSC) ....................... 250,000 (j) NORMA – WCPFC Tuna Commission Fee 257,284 (k) Independence Day Activities ..... 50,000 (l) MLFC Loan Payment ............... 260,000 (m) Single Audit Fee (FY 2018) ...... 460,000 (n) Staff Housing ................... 585,000 (o) Recruitment and Repatriation .... 223,218 (p) 2019 General Election ........... 350,000 (q) Legal and Advocacy Services in Washington D.C. (A&P) ...................... 2,000,000 (r) MiCare arrears .................. 150,000 (s) Caroline Island Air: Subsidy .... 200,000 (t) Postal Services-prior year grievance for Mr. Ramirez ............................ 1,500 (u) NORMA-Contribution to FSM Transparency In Tuna Technology (T3) for electronic monitoring 50,000” Section 4.
Section 9 of Public Law No.

20-131, as amended 25 by Public Law No.

20-154 and 20-159, is hereby further amended, to 15 of 22 C.B.

NO.

20-300 1 read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $[17,393,187] 28,026,872, 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, 2019, for the following capital improvements, development programs, and projects and human resources development.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $1,256,025 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant and $1,000,000 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Compact Sector Grants.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.
(a) College of Micronesia–FSM ..... $ 4,050,000 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute (FMI) ........................... 875,611 (c) College of Micronesia-FSM SEG Funding .............................. 689,948 (d) COM-FSM Building Infrastructure Project ............................... -0- (e) COM-FSM Endowment Fund ......... 316,000 (2) Department of Finance and Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease and Maintenance 40,000 16 of 22 C.B.

NO.
20-300 (b) PCD Awareness and Training .... $ 15,000 (c) To support FSM Finance conference in Pohnpei ............................... 25,000 (d) Division of Treasury-prior year obligations: Yap Field Office Utilities ... 50,000 (3) Department of Resources and Development (a) FSM Association of Chamber of Commerce/Support to COC ................... 67,000 (b) R&D SNLC ........................ 60,000 (c) National Coastal Fisheries Monitoring Team ........................... 16,325 (d) Strengthening Organizational Planning, Management & Accountability Capacity of National/State Private Sector Organizations in the FSM ................... 42,319 (e) 2018/19 Household Income and Expenditure Survey ......................... 155,000 (f) 2020 CPH ........................ 1,516,315 (g) Enhancing Tourism: Kosrae – subsidy to the Office of the Governor of the state of Kosrae; PROVIDED THAT, no funds shall be used for travel expenses ... 500,000 (h) Enhancing Tourism: Pohnpei - ... 750,000 (i) Enhancing Tourism: Chuuk – to be apportioned as follows: .................... 750,000 17 of 22 C.B.
NO.
20-300 (1) Chuuk Visitor’s Bureau ..... $ 230,000 (2) Environmental Protection Agency – Solid Waste Program ........................ 200,000 (3) Department of Agriculture – Forestry & Conservation .................... 100,000 (4) Department of Marine Resources – Watershed Protection & Invasive Species Plan 200,000 (5) CWC ......................... 20,000 (j) Enhancing Tourism: Yap – to be apportioned as follows: .................... 500,000 (1) Yap Chamber of Commerce ..... 50,000 (2) Airport Improvement - for the purchase and installation of X-ray screening equipment and baggage carousel at airport .. 450,000 (k) Seabed Mining ................... 200,000 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure (a) Operation and Dry-Docking of Caroline Voyager and Navigator ....................... 1,500,000 (b) Outer Island Airports ........... -0- (c) FSM National Government Computer Network ........................... 277,420 (d) New Warehouse Building .......... 200,000 (e) Airport needs ................... 220,000 (f) Chief Mailo Supplemental 18 of 22 C.B.
NO.

20-300 dry-docking & repair ...................... $ 450,000 (g) Services provided by Lyons from prior year ................................ 576,776 (h) Prior years shipping cost ....... 13,832 (i) Shipping for ground service equipment to Yap and Kosrae ................ 26,133 (i) Chief Mailo Supplemental Dry- Docking and repair ......................... 50,000 (j) Prior year obligations – FY2015 .

45,237 (k) FSM allocated cost to support China aid projects for Madolenihmw & Kamar .
500,000 (5) Department of Justice (a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation ................. 100,000 (b) Victim Shelter and Services ..... 100,000 (c) Security cost for the upcoming MIF in Chuuk ............................... 40,000 (d) PII Litigation .................. 500,000 (6) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) Fourth Disaster Risk Management Environment Conference .................... 30,000 (b) National & State Table Top Exercise 30,000 (c) Outer Island Trip Assessment – Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management .. 80,000 19 of 22 C.B.
NO.
20-300 (7) President’s Office (a) FSM Trust Fund .................. $ -0- (8) National Election Commission Office (a) Voter ID Card and New Voter Registration Project ...................... 242,322 (9) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) Histo pathologist ................ 58,000 (b) Food/Water Lab ................... 58,000 (c) Medical Team .................... -0- (d) Doctors: Foundation Project [-0-] 150,000 (e) MOE-BHWP Med .................... 22,200 (f) Electronic Health Record System ..................... [100,000] 200,000 (g) Rheumatic Heart Program ......... 110,000 (10) Department of Education (a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ........ 566,077 (b) School Accreditation ............. 200,000 (c) Teacher Certification Project .... 168,000 (d) Development Quality .............. 82,650 (e) Outstanding obligations incurred from Micro Games activities (Hilltop Hotel) .
35,513 (f) Financial Assistance to operate PATS ................................ 2,820,694 (11) Department of Foreign Affairs (a) FSM Embassy in Suva, Fiji Residence 300,000 20 of 22 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-300 (b) FSM Embassy in Japan Office Facility ............................ $ 3,000,000 (c) Outstanding contract obligations from FY16 and FY17 for James Stovall ........ 160,000 (12) NORMA (a) Commemoration of World Tuna Day 2019 25,000 (b) FFC Meetings.
.................... 80,000 (13) National Postal Services (a) Postal Management and Financial Services .......................... 210,000 (14) Telecommunication Regulation Authority (a) Subsidy: Startup Needs of TRA .... 150,000 (15) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Conservation Society in each state to be apportioned as follows: ........ 200,000 (1) Kosrae ...................... 50,000 (2) Pohnpei ..................... 50,000 (3) Chuuk ....................... 50,000 (4) Yap ......................... 50,000 (b) Pohnpei State Supreme Court Renovation ................................. 100,000 (c) Capital Improvement Projects: Kosrae – for 3G coverage ................... 300,000 (d) Capital Improvement Projects: Pohnpei .......................... 300,000 21 of 22 C.B.
NO.
20-300 (e) Capital Improvement Projects: Chuuk – to be apportioned as Follows: ..... $ 300,000 (1) Mida’s Vessels ............. 50,000 (2) Sea Haven Charter .......... 50,000 (3) Weno Road & heavy Equipment purchase ......................... 200,000 (f) Capitol Improvement Projects: Yap – to fund construction of a library and science lab at Yap Catholic High School .... 300,000 (g) Land Acquisition – Guam ..... [0] 1,500,000 (h) Dialysis Machine – Pohnpei State Hospital ............................. 140,000 (i) FSM National Women’s Council .... 50,000 (j) Telin invoices .................. 340,000” 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: 3/11/19 Introduced by: /s/ Florencio S. Harper Florencio S. Harper (by request) 22 of 22