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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 2014 C.B.

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18-111 A BILL FOR AN ACT To amend section 210 of title 55 of the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia, as amended, to restrict the need for Congress approval to grants above $100,000, to give committees of Congress the power to approve foreign grants, and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.
Section 210 of title 55, as amended, is 2 hereby amended as follows: “Section 210.

Foreign Assistance Fund.

(1) Definitions.


(a) “Agreement” shall refer to any arrangement, understanding, covenant, compact, transaction or other agreement, in any form, entered into by and between an official of the National Government, or the National Government’s designee, and a foreign governmental entity, for the receipt or acceptance of financial assistance or aid, on behalf of any National or State governmental entity.
(b) “Foreign financial assistance” shall refer to currency, money, accounts or notes receivable, offered as aid or assistance to the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, other than foreign aid or assistance received from the United States of America pursuant to, or authorized by, the provisions of the Compact CBL 18-115 C.B.

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18-111 of Free Association between the Federated States of Micronesia and the United States of America.

(c) Foreign in-kind assistance” shall refer to any and all foreign assistance in the form of goods, services, or other modes of assistance not covered under subsection (1)(b) hereof.

(2) Approval by Congress.


The President shall submit any agreement for the acceptance or receipt of foreign financial assistance over $100,000 to the Congress no later than the first regular or special session of Congress convened immediately subsequent to the execution of such agreement, for approval by resolution.
(a) No such agreement shall be valid, and no funds may be received pursuant to such agreement, unless and until either Congress approve the agreement by resolution, or when Congress is not in session, the relevant committee having jurisdiction over the grant approve the agreement by committee report within forty days (40) of the grant’s submission to Congress.
(b) Should the Congress or the relevant committees not approve such agreement by resolution or by communication under subsection (2a) before the adjournment of the first regular session following 2 of 5 C.B.

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18-111 the President’s submission of the agreement to Congress, that agreement shall be deemed disapproved.

(3) Foreign Assistance Fund.


There is hereby established within the National Treasury of the Federated States of Micronesia a Foreign Assistance Fund which shall initially consist of all unobligated balances of foreign assistance funds from the preceding fiscal year, and all foreign assistance funds designated for the National Government and made available beginning October 1, 1996.
Thereafter, the Department of Finance shall receive, maintain a complete record of, and where applicable, deposit all foreign financial assistance as defined in subsection (1) of this section into the Fund, pursuant to the Financial Management Act of 1979.
(a) The President or the President’s designee shall notify the Congress of the receipt of foreign financial assistance, the amount thereof in U.S. dollars, and, where applicable, the deposit of such assistance into the Fund, no later than the first session of Congress, be it regular or special, convened subsequent to such receipt.

(b) Where the foreign financial assistance received is denominated in the form of goods or 3 of 5 C.B.

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18-111 services, the President or the President’s designee shall notify the Congress of the value thereof in U.S. dollars, and the destination where such goods have been delivered, or location where such services have been rendered, no later than the first session of the Congress convened subsequent to such receipt.

(4) Development of Fund — Duties of the Department of Finance.
The Division of Investment Management of the Department of Finance shall, upon approval of the President and in cooperation with the Department of External Affairs, actively seek foreign assistance funding, foster productive use of foreign assistance, and produce reports on the acquisition, use, expenditure of, and fiscal obligations attendant upon, foreign assistance available to or received by the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia.

(5) Reports.
(5) Reports.

No later than April 1 of each year, the President shall submit to the Congress a report on the status of the Foreign Assistance Fund, which report shall include: (a) a complete and accurate accounting of all foreign financial assistance received; (b) a complete and accurate record of the manner in which the foreign financial assistance was 4 of 5 C.B.

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18-111 distributed as among and between the States and the National Government; and (c) whether such distribution comports with the provisions of article XII, section 1(b) of the Constitution.

Section 2.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 6 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its becoming law without such approval.

Date: 1/9/14 Introduced by: /s/ Joseph J. Ursuemal Joseph J. Urusemal of 5