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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SECOND SPECIAL SESSION, 2013 PC NO.

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18-28 AN ACT To further amend Public Law No.

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16-68, 16-76, 17-06, 17-10, 17-23, 17-30, 17-32, 17-45, 17-82 and 17-85, by amending sections 5 and 6 thereof, for the purpose of changing the use and allottee of certain funds previously appropriated therein to fund public projects and social programs in the State of Chuuk, and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.

Section 5 of Public Law No.

16-49, as amended 2 by Public Laws Nos.


16-68, 16-76, 17-06, 17-23, 17-30 and 17-32 3 is hereby further amended to read as follows: “Section 5.

Of the sum of $2,215,000 appropriated by this act, $1,080,000 is apportioned for Chuuk State for public projects and social programs.
State of Chuuk ............................ $ 1,080,000 (1) Chuuk at Large....................... 170,000 (a) Low Income Housing subsidy...... 40,000 (b) Students/Youth Land Transportation ............................. 20,000 (c) Fishing Project................. 25,000 (d) Community Centers Improvement... -0- (e) Youth activities and programs... 12,000 (f) Entrepreneurship subsidy........ 10,000 (g) Seawalls, secondary roads, docks and channel dredging and improvement .
15,000 (h) Multipurpose building improvement CBL 18-107 PC NO.

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18-28 and renovation ............................ $ 5,000 (i) Guam/Hawaii Chuukese Associations contributions .............................. (j) Students financial assistance... (k) Leadership travel (State, municipal -0- -0- and traditional leaders) ................... 13,000 (l) Allottee/At-Large administrative support costs (2) Election District No.
1.............. 190,000 (a) Community Centers Improvement... 39,000 (b) Students financial assistance/incentives ...................... 10,000 (c) Petroleum Oil Lubricant (POL)... 20,000 (d) Students land transportation.... 20,000 (e) Women’s activities and projects.
2,161 (f) Water tanks project............. 2,350 (g) Food relief assistance.......... 15,000 (h) Leadership travel (State, municipal and traditional leaders) ......... 17,705 (i) Associations support and subsidies .................................. 4,784 (j) Municipal subsidies, PROVIDED THAT the funding shall not be used for travel: (i) Nema....................... 5,000 (ii) Losap..................... $ 4,000 2 of 8 PC NO.

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18-28 (iii) Pisemwar................... 3,668 (iv) Namoluk.................... 2,003 (v) Ettal...................... -0- (vi) Moch....................... 4,975 (vii) Kuttu...................... -0- (viii) Ta......................... 2,485 (ix) Satowan.................... -0- (x) Oneop...................... 4,000 (xi) Lekinioch.................. 2,114 (k) Municipal inauguration subsidies 5,000 (l) Mortlocks Centenial activities.. 5,000 (m) Mortlocks Goodwill games........ 20,755 (3) Election District No.
2.............. 185,000 (a) Rural/Secondary Roads Development and Improvement ............................ 16,325 (b) Northern Namoneas Social and Economic Development Authority Project Administration ............................. 38,000 (c) Northern Namoneas Leadership Conference ................................. 6,836 (d) Students/Youth Land Transportation ................................ 23,916 (e) Municipal Governments subsidies.
................................ 18,809 (f) Youth Community Development 3 of 8 PC NO.

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18-28 Activities ................................ $ 8,044 (g) Dock Rehabilitation Projects.... -0- (h) Food Security................... 30,000 (i) Leadership/patients/students travel needs ............................... 30,000 (j) Nien Northern Namoneas in Pohnpei 1,000 (k) Sewing project.................. 10,000 (l) Fishing gears and equipment..... 2,070 (4) Election District No.
3.............. 175,000 (a) Fishing Projects................ 26,988 (b) Housing and Community Halls..... 44,187 (c) Land Transportation............. 20,000 (d) Public Facilities Improvement... 8,732 (e) Municipal Governments subsidies.
20,000 (f) Entrepreneurship subsidies...... 10,000 (g) Non-governmental Organizations and Associations contributions ................. -0- (h) Southern Namoneas Leadership Conference ...................................... 10,000 (i) Leadership travel (State, municipal & traditional leaders) ........... 35,093 (5) Election District No.

4.............. 155,000 (a) Fishing Projects................ 35,000 (b) Low Income Housing subsidy...... 30,000 (c) Students Land Transportation... $ 20,000 4 of 8 PC NO.
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18-28 (d) Solar System Project ........... 7,700 (e) Water Conservation Project ..... 7,016 (f) Peewchu Association............. 10,000 (g) Sewing Projects................. 10,000 (h) Youth activities and programs... 10,000 (i) Students financial assistance... 10,000 (j) Medical Referrals and repatriation of remains .................... 7,037 (k) Leadership travel (State, municipal and traditional leadership) ...... 8,247 (6) Election District No.
5.............. 180,000 (a) Fishing project................. 33,000 (b) Coconut oil extraction machines.
13,000 (c) Nomin fishing project .......... 20,000 (d) Associations subsidies/contributions 9,000 (e) Students financial assistance... 9,000 (f) Youth activities and programs... 7,000 (g) Food relief assistance.......... 9,000 (h) Leadership travel (State, municipal and traditional leaders) ................... 15,329 (i) Sewing projects................. 5,000 (j) Transportation needs and reimbursement .......................... 10,000 (k) Charter & POL................... 36,000 (l) Participants expenses to the 5 of 8 PC NO.
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18-28 Inauguration .............................. $ 3,671 (m) Participants expenses to the agriculture workshop/training in Pohnpei ... 10,000 (7) Chuuk State Economic Summit.......... 25,000” Section 2.

Section 6 of Public Law No.

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17-10, 17-45 and 17-85, is hereby amended 7 to read as follows: “Section 6.
Allotment and management of funds and lapse date.

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.

The allottee 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.
The allottee of funds appropriated under sections 2 and 4 of this act shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia or his designee; PROVIDED THAT the allottee of funds appropriated under section 4(1)(b) shall be the Pohnpei Transportation Authority and the allottee of the funds appropriated under section 4(1)(j) shall be the Mayor of Kolonia Town Government.

The allottee of funds appropriated under section 3 of this act shall be the Governor of Yap State.

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18-28 The allottee of funds appropriated under subsections 5(1), 5(3) and 5(7) of this act shall be the Governor of Chuuk State or his designee.

The allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 5(2) of this act shall be the Mortlock Islands Development Authority (MIDA).
The allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 5(4) of this act shall be the Southern Namoneas Development Authority.

The allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 5(5) of this act shall be the Faichuk Development Authority.

The allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 5(6) of this act shall be the Northwest Development Authority.

The funds appropriated by this act shall lapse on September 30, 2014.” Section 3.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 7 of 8 PC NO.
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18-28 1 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 2 becoming law without such approval.

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