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TWELFTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 2001 C.B.

NO.
12-24 A BILL FOR AN ACT To appropriate the sum of $40,945,190 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, for the purpose of funding the operations of all branches of the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, its agencies, various programs, subsidies, grants and contributions; to establish a budget for compact sections 211, 214(b), 215(a)(2), 216(a)(1), 216(a)(2), 216(a)(3), and 221(b); to establish a development budget and appropriate funds available therefor; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 2 Section 1.

Definitions.

(1) "Budget book" means the document entitled Federated 3 States of Micronesia National Government Fiscal Year 2002 Proposed 4 Budget transmitted by the President to the Speaker of the Congress 5 of the Federated States of Micronesia on May 18, 2001.

6 (2) "Activity" means that set of activities set forth in 7 the performance budget pages of the budget book for each 8 department, office or agency.
An activity is a general policy 9 objective, the achievement of which can be measured.

An activity 10 is part of a strategic goal and will result in a certain amount or 11 number of outputs or units of work.

12 (3) "Performance budget pages" means those pages in the 13 budget book that set forth the strategic goals, activities, 14 objectives and outputs for each department or agency.

15 Section 2.

Operating expenses of the Executive Branch.


The 16 sum of $14,677,719, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 17 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States CBL 12-1 C.B.

NO.

12-24 1 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, for 2 the operations of the Executive Branch of the National Government 3 during fiscal year 2002.
The sum appropriated by this section 4 shall be apportioned as follows: 5 (1) Office of the President 6 $916,870 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 7 pages A1.1 through A1.2 of the budget book.

8 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs 9 $3,520,008, for the activities set forth in the performance budget 10 pages A2.1 through A2.9 of the budget book.
11 (3) Department of Finance and Administration 12 $2,584,594, for the activities set forth in the performance budget 13 pages A3.1 through A3.8 of the budget book.

14 (4) Department of Economic Affairs 15 $1,373,626 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 16 pages A4.1 through A4.18 of the budget book.

17 (5) Department of Transportation, Communication and 18 Infrastructure 19 $1,575,262 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 20 pages 5.1 through 5.3 of the budget book.
21 (6) Department of Health, Education and Social Affairs 22 $985,908 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 23 pages A6.1 through A6.19 of the budget book.

24 (7) Department of Justice 25 $3,148,844 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 2 of 16 C.B.

NO.

12-24 1 pages A7.1 through A7.6 of the budget book.
Of the total funds 2 appropriated, $519,000 shall be deemed to come from funds 3 available under section 216(a)(1) of the Compact of Free 4 Association for marine surveillance.

5 (8) FSM Public Defender 6 $572,607 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 7 pages A8.1 through A8.2 of the budget book.

8 Section 3.

Operating expenses of the Legislative Branch.


9 The sum of $3,382,613, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 10 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 11 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, for 12 the operations of the Legislative Branch of the National 13 Government during fiscal year 2002 in order to achieve the 14 activities set forth in the performance budget pages B.1 through 15 B.3 of the budget book.

16 Section 4.
16 Section 4.

Operating expenses of the National Judiciary.

17 The sum of $985,376, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 18 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 19 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, for 20 the operations of the Judiciary Branch of the National Government 21 during fiscal year 2002 in order to achieve the activities set 22 forth in the performance budget pages C.1 through C.3 of the 23 budget book.

24 Section 5.
24 Section 5.

Operating expenses of the Public Auditor.

The 25 sum of $508,997, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby 3 of 16 C.B.

NO.

12-24 1 appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of 2 Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, for the 3 operations of the Office of the FSM Public Auditor during fiscal 4 year 2002 in order to achieve the activities set forth in the 5 performance budget pages D.1 through D.2 of the budget book.

6 Section 6.
6 Section 6.

Operating expenses of agencies of the National 7 Government.

The sum of $1,898,682, or so much thereof as may be 8 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 9 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 10 September 30, 2002, for the operations of the following boards, 11 commissions and agencies during fiscal year 2002.
The sum 12 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 13 (1) Micronesian Fisheries Authority 14 $502,345 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 15 pages E1.1 through E1.6 of the budget book.

16 (2) Board of Regents-COM-FSM 17 $84,460 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 18 pages E2.1 through E2.2 of the budget book.
19 (3) FSM Coconut Development Authority 20 $149,336 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 21 pages E3.1 through E3.2 of the budget book.

22 (4) FSM Banking Board 23 $147,212 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 24 pages E4.1 through E4.2 of the budget book.

25 (5) FSM Postal Services 4 of 16 C.B.

NO.

12-24 1 $640,329 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 2 pages E5.1 through E5.3 of the budget book.
3 (6) FSM National Fisheries Corporation 4 $375,000 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 5 page E6.1 of the budget book.

6 Section 7.

Special programs.

The sum of $2,269,262, or so 7 much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the 8 General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal 9 year ending September 30, 2002, for the following special programs 10 during fiscal year 2002.
The sum appropriated by this section 11 shall be apportioned as follows: 12 (1) FSM Aquaculture Center 13 $129,717 for the outputs set forth in the performance budget pages 14 F1.1 through F1.2 of the budget book.

15 (2) Joint Committee on Compact Economic Negotiations (JCN) 16 $1,149,800 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 17 pages F2.1 through F2.2 of the budget book.
18 (3) National Government Early Retirement Loan Repayment 19 Fund 20 $282,309 for the repayment of the Asian Development Bank financed 21 early retirement loan.

22 (4) FSM National Government Employee Retirement Plan 23 $300,000 for the purpose of providing the initial capital for a 24 retirement plan for the employees of the FSM National Government.

25 (5) Office of the National Election Director 5 of 16 C.B.

NO.
NO.

12-24 1 $307,436 for the purpose of funding the operations of the Office 2 of the National Election Director, including the national election 3 offices in each of the four states.

4 (6) FSM Capital Complex Computer Network System 5 $100,000 for the activities set forth in the performance budget 6 page F6.1 of the budget book.

7 Section 8.

Grants, subsidies and contributions.


The sum of 8 $2,466,641, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby 9 appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of 10 Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, for the 11 following grants, subsidies and contributions during fiscal year 12 2002.
The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned 13 as follows: 14 15 16 17 (1) Office of the President (a) Pacific Islands News Association ....$ (b) Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union ...... 200 800 (c) Asia Pacific Institute of 18 Broadcasting ......................................... 3,000 19 20 21 22 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs (a) Forum Secretariat .................... 35,000 (b) The Pacific Community ................ 30,000 (c) South Pacific Regional 23 Environmental Program (SPREP) ........................ 7,375 24 (d) United Nations Economic and 25 Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) ..$ 5,000 6 of 16 C.B.
NO.

12-24 1 2 3 4 (e) UN membership fees ................... 100,000 (f) East West Center ..................... 10,000 (3) Department of Economic Affairs (a) Pacific Island Development 5 Program .............................................. 15,000 6 7 8 (b) Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) ......... 21,000 (c) UN Development Program ............... 3,000 (d) Coord.
Commission for Offshore 9 Mineral Prospecting (CCOMP) .......................... 8,000 (e) Plant Protection Program ............. 60,000 (f) Pacific Asian Travel Association ..... 5,000 (g) FSM Giant Clam Culture ............... 11,440 (h) FSM Coastal Fisheries Consortium ..... 11,702 (i) National Plant Protection and 15 Quarantine Communication ............................. 29,700 16 17 (j) OPIC Loan Repayment .................. 250,000 (4) Department of Health, Education and 18 Social Affairs 19 (a) UN Fund for Population Activity 20 (UNFPA) .............................................. 3,000 21 22 (b) Aid to non-public schools ............ 400,000 (c) Financial assistance for 23 students studying at CMI and PCC, PROVIDED that the 24 program of study is not available at COM National 25 or State campuses .................................... $ 7 of 16 C.B.
NO.
12-24 1 2 3 4 (d) President Graduate Scholarship ....... 100,000 (e) World Health Organization (WHO) ...... 41,385 (f) National Board of Nursing ............ 38,000 (g) Pacific Islands Health Officers 5 Association (PIHOA) .................................. 20,000 6 7 8 9 (h) National Close-Up Local Program ...... 63,850 (i) FSM Amateur Sports Association ....... 35,000 (j) COM Board Annual Meeting ............. 5,000 (k) Association of Territorial Health 10 Organization ......................................... 2,000 11 (5) Department of Justice; PROVIDED that, no 12 funds appropriated for Joint Law Enforcement purposes 13 may be used for travel or to purchase vehicles (a) Kosrae Joint Law Enforcement ......... 50,000 (b) Pohnpei Joint Law Enforcement ........ 120,000 (c) Chuuk Joint Law Enforcement .......... 140,000 (d) Yap Joint Law Enforcement ............ 70,000 (6) Department of Transportation, 19 Communication and Infrastructure 20 21 (a) Asia Pacific Telecommunity ........... 9,000 (b) International Telecommunication 22 Union ................................................ 57,639 23 (c) International Civil Aviation 24 Organization ......................................... 28,050 25 (d) Micronesian Shipping Commission .....$ 10,000 8 of 16 C.B.
NO.
12-24 (e) Maritime Academy Scholarship ......... 20,000 (7) Coconut Development Authority (a) Copra Subsidy ........................ 100,000 (b) Asia Pacific Coconut Community ....... 20,500 (8) Other grants, subsidies and 6 contributions (a) Kosrae Judiciary ..................... 45,000 (b) Pohnpei Judiciary .................... 70,000 (c) Chuuk Judiciary ...................... 70,000 (d) Yap Judiciary ........................ 50,000 (e) COM Treaty Obligation ................ 25,000 (f) Micronesian Legal Services 13 Corporation .......................................... 150,000 14 Section 9.
Energy budget.

The sum of $308,154, or so much 15 thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the 16 General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal 17 year ending September 30, 2002, to pay utility bills for National 18 Government offices, operate and maintain standby generators, and 19 establish energy conservation programs.

The funds appropriated 20 under this section shall be deemed to come from funds available 21 under section 214(b) of the Compact of Free Association.
22 Section 10.

Operating expenses of the Telecommunications 23 Corporation.

The sum of $924,000, or so much thereof as may be 24 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 25 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 9 of 16 C.B.

NO.

12-24 1 September 30, 2002, for the operations of FSM Telecommunications 2 Corporation and other telecommunications projects.
The funds 3 appropriated under this section shall be deemed to come from funds 4 available under section 215(a)(2) of the Compact of Free 5 Association.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be 6 apportioned as follows: 7 (1) Grant to FSM Telecommunications for the 8 operation of Earth Stations .........................$ 924,000 9 Section 11.

Compact section 216(a)(2) programs.


10 The sum of $116,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 11 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 12 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, for 13 health and medical referral and other Compact section 216(a)(2) 14 programs and projects.

The funds appropriated under this section 15 shall be deemed to come from funds available under section 16 216(a)(2) of the Compact of Free Association.
The sum 17 appropriated under this section shall be apportioned as follows: 18 19 20 (1) Visiting Team of Health Specialists ......$ 68,000 (2) Enhancement of Local Capacity ............. 48,000 Section 12.

Compact section 221(b) programs.

21 The sum of $308,188, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 22 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 23 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, for 24 health and education programs.
The funds appropriated under this 25 section shall be deemed to come from funds available under section 10 of 16 C.B.

NO.

12-24 1 221(b) of the Compact of Free Association.
The sum appropriated 2 by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 3 4 (1) Health service programs (a) Health Planning and Workforce 5 Development .........................................$ 10,600 (b) Health and Vital Statistics .......... 23,105 (c) Tuberculosis Prevention .............. (d) Leprosy Prevention and Control ....... 8,001 8,000 (e) Family Health/Planning ............... 11,900 (f) Immunization Program ................. (g) Maternal and Child Health ............ 5,000 5,000 (h) Substance Abuse Prevention ........... 14,000 (i) AIDS Prevention and Control .......... (j) Tobacco Prevention and Control ....... 6,100 3,500 (k) Nutrition Services Program ........... 16,150 (l) Diabetes Prevention and Control ...... 15,000 (2) Education programs (a) National Standardization ............. 66,468 (b) Education Ties Economic Growth ....... 24,579 (c) College Admission Counseling ......... 33,436 (d) National Education Standards ......... 18,477 (e) Civic Education and FSM History ...... 38,872 Section 13.
Capital and Human Resource Development.

24 The sum of $13,099,558, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 25 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 11 of 16 C.B.

NO.

12-24 1 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, for 2 capital improvement, development programs and projects and human 3 resource development.
Of the total funds appropriated under this 4 section, $2,981,107 shall be deemed to come from the capital 5 account funds available under section 211 of the Compact of the 6 Free Association, and 1,287,700 from the funds available under 7 section 216(a)(3) of the Compact of the Free Association.
The sum 8 appropriated under this section shall be apportioned as follows: 9 10 (1) College of Micronesia-FSM (a) Operations of the College of 11 Micronesia-FSM, including planning and 12 construction of new facilities ......................$ 3,000,000 13 (b) Student assistance for tuition and 14 housing to be deemed as deriving from section 216(a)(3) 15 of the Compact of Free Association ................... 300,000 16 (c) COM-FSM Multi-purpose gymnasium 17 furnishing ........................................... 60,000 18 19 (d) COM-Faculty office furnishing ........ 40,000 (e) COM-FSM Chuuk campus phase I 20 construction ......................................... 1,000,000 21 (f) FSM Fisheries and Maritime 22 Institute ............................................ 829,358 23 (2) Post-secondary Educational Assistance 24 to be deemed as deriving from section 216(a)(3) of 25 the Compact of Free Association: 12 of 16 C.B.
NO.
12-24 (a) Kosrae State ........................$ 126,700 (b) Pohnpei State ........................ 288,000 (c) Chuuk State .......................... 411,700 (d) Yap State ............................ 161,300 (3) National Staff Upgrading .................. 100,000 (4) FSM Capital Complex Renovation ............ 300,000 (5) Micronesian Entrepreneur Development 8 Center ............................................... 60,000 9 (6) FSM Development Bank - Development Loan 10 Program .............................................. 1,500,000 11 12 13 14 (7) Pohnpei Sports Facilities Improvement ..... 900,000 (8) Yap Sports Facilities Completion .......... 620,000 (9) FSM Trust Fund - (Account "S") ............ 2,200,000 (10) FSM Consul General Guam Residence 15 Construction ......................................... 190,000 16 17 18 (11) Ms. Caroline Islands Dry-docking .......... 500,000 (12) National Visitors Bureau .................. 512,500 Section 14.
Employment ceilings.

The maximum number of 19 positions for each branch of the National Government shall be as 20 follows: (1) Executive Branch .......................... 424 (2) Legislative Branch ........................ (3) Judiciary Branch .......................... (4) Public Auditor ............................ 58 26 15 (5) Agencies 13 of 16 C.B.

NO.
NO.

12-24 11 4 26 3 4 5 15 (a) Micronesian Fisheries Authority ...... (b) Coconut Development Authority ........ (c) National Postal Service .............. (d) FSM Banking Board .................... (6) Special Programs (a) FSM Aquaculture Center ............... (b) Joint Committee on Compact Economic 8 Negotiations ......................................... (c) Office of National Election Director .

9 10 Section 15.

Reprogramming.


Reprogramming shall be effected 11 by specifying the activities for which funding is either increased 12 or decreased.

The President may reprogram up to ten percent to 13 and from the funds appropriated to each department and office in 14 section 2 (Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch).

15 Section 16.

Allotment and management of funds and lapse 16 date.

17 18 (1) General Provisions.


(a) All funds appropriated by this act shall be 19 allotted, managed, administered, and accounted for in accordance 20 with applicable law, including, but not limited to, the Financial 21 Management Act of 1979; 22 (b) The allottees shall be responsible for ensuring 23 that these funds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are used 24 solely for the purpose specified in this act, and that no 25 obligations are incurred in excess of the sum appropriated.

14 of 16 C.B.

NO.
14 of 16 C.B.

NO.

12-24 1 (2) Allottees.
The allottees of the funds appropriated by 2 this act are as follows: 3 (a) section 2 – the allottee of these funds shall be 4 the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; 5 (b) section 3 – the allottee of these funds shall be 6 the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; 7 (c) section 4 – the allottee of these funds shall be 8 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of 9 Micronesia; 10 (d) section 5 – the allottee of these funds shall be 11 the Public Auditor; 12 (e) section 6 through 13 – the allottee of these funds 13 shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia or 14 his designee; EXCEPT THAT for the following subsections of section 15 6 through 13 of this act, the allottees shall be: 16 (i) section 8, subsection (5) – the allottee of 17 these funds shall be the Governor of the respective State, or his 18 designee; 19 (ii) section 8, subsection (8)(a) through (8)(d) – 20 the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the 21 respective State; 22 (iii) section 13, subsection (1)(a) through (1)(f) 23 – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the 24 College of Micronesia-FSM; 25 (iv) section 13, subsections (2)(a) through (2)(d) 15 of 16 C.B.
NO.

12-24 1 – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the 2 respective State.

3 (3) Lapse date.

The authority of the allottees to obligate 4 funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of September 30, 5 2002.

6 Section 17.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 7 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 8 becoming law without such approval.

9 10 11 Date: Introduced by: Joseph J. Urusemal (by request) of 16