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TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SIXTH REGULAR SESSION, 2019 P.C.

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20-282, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 PUBLIC LAW NO.

20-159 AN ACT To amend sections 1, 2, 6, 8, 9 and 12 of Public Law No.

20-131, as amended by Public Law No.


20-154, in order to appropriate $1,703,641 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 Law No.

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

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to appropriate the sum of $67,960,911 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.

The sum CBL 20-301/PC #20-393 P.C.

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20-159 1 2 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows:” Section 2.
Section 2 of Public Law No.

20-131, as amended by 3 Public Law No.

20-154, is hereby further amended to read as 4 follows: “Section 2.

Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch.


The sum of $22,810,156, 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, 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 Contractual Services.............. ........ 460,000 OCE ........................................ 119,500 Fixed Assets ............................... 5,500 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
The sum of $5,487,647, or so much thereof as may be 2 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 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 $2,995,654, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 2,039,754 Travel ..................................... 290,000 Contractual Services........................ 227,500 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 follows: 3 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 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 $2,571,860, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 594,172 Travel ..................................... 191,584 Contractual Services........................ 1,589,504 OCE ........................................ 58,600 Fixed Assets ............................... 138,000 (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
The sum of $891,182, 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 Travel ..................................... 154,215 4 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 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 OCE ....................................... 370,443 5 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 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 Preservation.

6 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 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 6 of Public Law No.

20-131 is hereby 12 amended to read as follows: “Section 6.
Operating Expenses of Agencies of the National Government.

The sum of $2,821,213 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 operations of the following boards, commissions and agencies during the fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA).
The sum of $868,212, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of NORMA for the fiscal 7 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ...................... ......... $ 396,464 Travel........................... ......... 195,698 Contractual Services............... ....... 202,750 OCE........................................ 73,300 Fixed Assets............................... -0- (2) Board of Regents (COM-FSM).

The sum of $115,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Board of Regents, COM-FSM during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel.....................................$ Travel........................................

Contractual Services.......................... -0- -0- -0- OCE........................................... 115,000 Fixed Assets.................................. -0- (3) FSM Banking Board.

The sum of $220,552, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of FSM Banking Board during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 93,068 Travel...................................... 84,726 Contractual Services........................ 22,225 8 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 OCE.........................................$ 19,033 Fixed Assets................................ 1,500 (4) FSM Insurance Board.

The sum of $633,270, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of FSM Insurance Board during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 119,805 Travel...................................... 76,420 Contractual Services........................ 414,255 OCE......................................... 20,790 Fixed Assets................................ 2,000 (5) FSM Postal Services.

The sum of $984,179, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the National Postal Services during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel...................................$ 533,861 Travel............................... ..... 70,542 Contractual Services........................ 207,119 OCE......................................... 151,657 Fixed Assets................................ 21,000” Section 4.

Section 8 of Public Law No.

20-131, as amended by 24 Public Law No.

20-154, is hereby further amended to read as 25 follows: 9 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 “Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum of $15,671,940, 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 (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 10 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 (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.
(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 11 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 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 (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 (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
(a) UNFPA .......................... 3,000 (b) WHO ............................ 4,650 12 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 (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 (h) Vaccine Purchase ............... 50,000 (i) UN Women ....................... 1,000 (j) Drug Quality Testing Project.
.. 4,000 (k) National Therapeutics & Standards 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 13 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 (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 (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 14 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 (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 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 15 of 27 P.C.
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20-159 (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 (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 16 of 27 P.C.
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20-159 (a) UNESCO ........................ $ 4,000 (b) NCSHPO ......................... 2,760 (c) PARBICA ........................ (d) PIALA .......................... (e) WHC ............................ 100 100 54 (f) Library Fee .................... 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 (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 17 of 27 P.C.
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20-159 (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 5.
Section 9 of Public Law No.

20-131, as amended 10 by Public Law No.

20-154, is hereby further amended to read as 11 follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $17,393,187, 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.

18 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 (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 (b) PCD Awareness and Training ..... 15,000 (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 – 19 of 27 P.C.
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20-159 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 (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 (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- 20 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 (c) FSM National Government Computer Network ......................... $ 277,420 (d) New Warehouse Building ......... 200,000 (e) Airport needs .................. 220,000 (f) Chief Mailo Supplemental dry-docking & repair ...................... 450,000 (5) Department of Justice (a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation ................ 100,000 (b) Victim Shelter and Services .... 100,000 (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 (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 21 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 (c) Medical Team .................. $ -0- (d) Doctors: Foundation Project .... -0- (e) MOE-BHWP Med ................... 22,200 (f) Electronic Health Record System 100,000 (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 (11) Department of Foreign Affairs (a) FSM Embassy in Suva, Fiji Residence 300,000 (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 22 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 (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 (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) Capital Improvement Projects: Yap – to fund construction of a library and science lab at Yap Catholic High School ... 300,000 (g) Land Acquisition – Guam ........ -0- (h) Dialysis Machine – Pohnpei State Hospital ............................ 140,000 (i) FSM National Women’s Council ... 50,000” Section 6.
Section 12 of Public Law No.

20-131 23 is hereby amended to read as follows: 24 25 “Section 12.

Allotment and Management of Funds and Lapse Dates.

23 of 27 P.C.

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20-159 (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 purposes specified in this act, and that no obligations are incurred in excess of the sums appropriated.

(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 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 of the Federated States of Micronesia; 24 of 27 P.C.
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20-159 (e) Sections 6 through 9 - the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for the following subsections of sections 8 through 9 of this act: (i) Sections 8(1)(f) and 8(8)(h) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chair of the Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning; (ii) Section 8(8)(c) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; (iii) Section 8(9) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (iv) Section 8(12)(a) – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; (v) Section 8(12)(e) through (h) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the respective State Supreme Court; (vi) Section 8(12)(q) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chair of the Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning; (vii) Section 9(1) – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; 25 of 27 P.C.
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20-402 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-282, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 PUBLIC LAW NO.
20-159 (viii) Section 9(3)(g) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (ix) Section 9(3)(h) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; (x) Section 9(3)(i) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; (xi) Section 9(3)(j) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; (xii) Section 9(14) – the allottee of these funds shall be Telecommunication Regulation Authority; (xiii) Section 9(15)(a)(1) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (xiv) Section 9(15)(a)(2) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; (xv) Section 9(15)(a)(3) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; (xvi) Section 9(15)(a)(4) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; (xvii) Section 9(15)(d) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; 26 of 27 P.C.
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20-402 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-282, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 PUBLIC LAW NO.

20-159 (xviii) Section 9(15)(e)(1) and (3) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; (xix) Section 9(15)(e)(2) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia.

(3) Lapse date.
(3) Lapse date.

The authority of the allottees to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of September 30, 2019; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the funds appropriated under section 9 of this act shall not lapse.” Section 7.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 13 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 14 becoming law without such approval.
January 31, 2019 /s/ Peter M. Christian Peter M. Christian President Federated States of Micronesia 27 of 27