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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SIXTH REGULAR SESSION, 2015 C.B.

NO.

18-261 A BILL FOR AN ACT To appropriate additional funding for the FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute in the amount of $368,550 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, by amending sections 1 and 9 of Public Law No.

18-89, as amended by Public Law No.

18-102, 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.

18-89, as amended by 2 Public Law No.

18-102, is hereby amended to read as follows: “Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to appropriate the sum of $[90,936,665] 91,305,215 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, 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 ten percent (10%) of the Supplemental Education Grant funds as is reflected in the budget for the Department of Education.

The budget shall also include appropriations for COM-FSM from sector grants as well as appropriations from amended Compact carry-over funds.

3 CBL 18-281 C.B.

NO.

18-261 1 Section 2.

Section 9 of Public Law No.


18-89, as amended by 2 Public Law No.

18-102, is hereby amended to read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $[55,515,888] 55,884,423, 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, 2015, for the following capital improvements, development programs, and projects and human resources development.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $1,700,000 will be available from the amended Compact Sector for COM-FSM, $683,346 will be available from the Supplemental Education Grant, and $282,339 will be available from amended Compact carry-over funds.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.
(a) College of Micronesia–FSM .......$ 3,800,000 ($1,700,000 shall come from the Compact Sector Grant) (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute ..................[794,203] 1,162,753 (c) COM-FSM SEG ...................... 683,346 (2) Department of Finance & Administration (a) Financial Advisor ............... (b) Tax Financial Advisor ........... -0- -0- 2 of 7 C.B.

NO.
NO.

18-261 (c) Tax Reform ...................... $ -0- (d) Improvement of Financial Management System ......................... -0- (3) Department of Resources & Development (a) Establishment of FSM Assn.

Chamber of Commerce ..................... .. 67,000 (b) State Trade Fairs enhancing value addition ................................... 110,000 (c) SNLC ............................ 50,000 (d) FSM Agriculture Census .......... (e) FSM Tour Development Framework .
-0- -0- (f) SBDC Capacity Assessment ....... 41,000 (g) National Trade Facilitation Conference (NTFC) .......................... -0- (h) Food Security Production ....... 100,000 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
(a) Outer Island Airport Improvement 2,000,000 (b) Capital Facilities Rehabilitation -0- (c) Sekere, Palikir Road ............ 300,000 (d) Centralizing of Network Infrastructure ............................. 100,000 (e) FSM Capital security fence ...... -0- (f) Weno Road/Xavier Road ........... 150,000 (g) Chuuk Airport ................... 150,000 3 of 7 C.B.

NO.
18-261 (h) Kosrae Circumferential Road ....$ 300,000 (i) Yap International Airport terminal improvement ....................... 300,000 (j) Renovation of the Washington, D.C. embassy building............................ 340,000 (5) Department of Justice (a) FSS Micronesia – Slipping ....... -0- (b) Patrol boat major maintenance project ........................ 125,000 (c) New Radio Communication ......... -0- (d) Satellite phone and usage billings 50,000 (6) Infrastructure Development/IMF (a) Infrastructure Development Projects (b) IMF .............................. -0- -0- (7) President’s Office (a) FSM Trust Fund ................... 30,000,000 (b) Staff upgrading .................. 100,000 (c) Capacity Building Roadmap ........ (d) 2023 Set Aside ................... -0- -0- (e) 2023 Investment Development Fund, not to be disbursed until the framework is developed for appropriation ........................... 5,000,000 (8) Office of SBOC (a) Monitoring & Reconciliation in the FSM States .......................... .. -0- 4 of 7 C.B.
NO.

18-261 (b) Compact Review Committee .......... $ (c) 2014 Development Partners Meeting -0- -0- (d) Implementation of ODA Policy ....... 50,000 (9) National Election.
(a) National Election (voter ID) .... 25,000 (b) Public Education on Constitutional Amendment ...................... -0- (10) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) Health Services Specialty Pathologist 50,000 (b) Environmental/water/food/lab test 78,000 (c) Medical Specialized Team ............ 195,000 (d) Data Validation & Analysis ......... (e) Assistance to States on NCD ... .
(f) Mapping of the Health Community .... (g) Legal Assistance Legislation ........ -0- -0- -0- -0- (h) Accreditation and Standards Development -0- (i) Health Economist .................... -0- (11) Department of Education (a) Accreditation Intervention Project -0- (b) Education Initiatives; PROVIDED THAT, the funds are to be from amended Compact carry-over funds ........................... 282,339 (12) FSM Development Bank.
(a) Private Sector Capital .......... (b) Pacific Island Development Bank .. -0- -0- 5 of 7 C.B.

NO.

18-261 (13) Insurance Board.

(a) Improve and strengthen statutory and regulatory framework ....... ..........$ (b) Consultant Site Evaluation ...... -0- -0- (14) Other Capital and Human Resource Development.
(a) FSMSC Information Technology/ Infrastructure Development ................ 100,000 (b) Chuuk State Supreme Court Renovation ........................... ..... 160,000 (c) Pension Program ................. (d) Legis Regular Projects .......... -0- -0- (e) Office of E.E.M.
: generator and water tank ................................ -0- (f) Kosrae State Priority Infrastructure Projects ................................ 1,500,000 (g) Pohnpei State Priority Infrastructure Projects; PROVIDED THAT, for the next 3 years Pohnpei State shares shall be made available for appropriation by Pohnpei State Legislature for infrastructure improvement and development, that such improvements to include roads, utilities, and other state major infrastructure ............................. 2,750,000 (h) Yap State Priority Infrastructure Projects ................................... 1,500,000 (i) Chuuk State Priority Infrastructure 6 of 7 C.B.
NO.

18-261 1 2 Projects ..................................$ 4,250,000 Section 3.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 3 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 4 becoming law without such approval.

5 6 Date: 1/28/15 Introduced by: /s/ Florencio S. Harper Florencio S. Harper (by request) 7 of 7