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

NO.

18-176 A BILL FOR AN ACT To appropriate a supplemental budget of $660,641 for fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, by amending sections 1, 2, 8 and 9 of Public Law No.

18-15, as amended by Public Laws Nos.

18-26, 18-41 and 18-54, for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 2 Section 1.

Section 1 of Public Law No.

18-15, as amended by 3 Public Laws Nos.


18-26, 18-41 and 18-54, is hereby further 4 amended to read as follows: “Section 1.

Title.
Title.

The title of this act is as follows: To appropriate the sum of $[57,409,771] 58,070,352 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, 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.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $2,437,568 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the education sector; $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the health sector; $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the infrastructure sector; $-0- shall be deemed to come from CBL 18-182 C.B.

NO.
NO.

18-176 funds available under the Amended Compact from the public sector capacity building; $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the enhanced reporting and accountability sector; and $1,112,158 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows:” Section 2.

Section 2 of Public Law No.

18-15, as amended by 9 Public Laws Nos.


18-41 and 18-54, is hereby amended to read as 10 follows: “Section 2.

Operating expenses of the Executive Branch.


The sum of $[17,705,449] 17,731,145 , 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, 2014, for the purpose of funding the operations of the Executive Branch of the National Government during the fiscal year 2014.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the education sector; $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the health sector; $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the infrastructure sector; $-0- shall be deemed to come 2 of 19 C.B.

NO.
NO.

18-176 from funds available under the Amended Compact from the enhanced reporting and accountability sector; and $312,492 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.

The sum of $[736,064] 768,164, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the President during the fiscal year 2014.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 312,956 Travel .............................[143,324] 167,324 Contractual Services................ ....... 186,000 OCE ................................[85,284] 93,385 Fixed Assets ............................... 8,500 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.

The sum of $4,233,234, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs during the fiscal year 2014.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 1,298,833 Travel ..................................... 265,004 Contractual Services.......... ............. 2,239,565 OCE ........................................ $ 326,832 3 of 19 C.B.

NO.

18-176 Fixed Assets ............................... 103,000 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
The sum of $1,775,198, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration during the fiscal year 2014.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 1,138,698 Travel ...... .............................. 203,922 Contractual Services.............. ......... 175,329 OCE ........................................ 231,500 Fixed Assets ............................... 26,000 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
The sum of $856,179, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Resources and Development during the fiscal year 2014.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 527,160 Travel ..................................... 121,260 Contractual Services........................ 54,307 OCE ........................................ 120,352 Fixed Assets ............................... 33,100 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.

4 of 19 C.B.

NO.
NO.

18-176 The sum of $2,695,785, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2014.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the infrastructure sector.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ............................... $ 744,353 Travel .................................. .
217,913 Contractual Services ..................... 1,534,874 OCE ..................................... 73,645 Fixed Assets ............................. .

125,000 (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

The sum of $819,499, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Health and Social Affairs during the fiscal year 2014.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the health sector.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ............ ....................$ 436,397 Travel ....................... ............. 202,484 Contractual Services............. .......... 72,950 OCE ............................... .......$ 107,668 5 of 19 C.B.

NO.
NO.

18-176 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- (7) Department of Education.

The sum of $1,182,281, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Education during the fiscal year 2014.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the education sector; and $312,492 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ......................... .......$ 405,775 Travel ............................. ....... 147,238 Contractual Services................ ....... 519,752 OCE ................................. ...... 89,333 Fixed Assets ....................... ....... 20,183 (8) Department of Justice.

The sum of $2,954,008, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year 2014.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 2,185,029 Travel .................................... 163,306 Contractual Services....................... 214,103 OCE .......................................$ 266,770 6 of 19 C.B.

NO.

18-176 Fixed Assets .............................. 124,800 (9) Office of the Public Defender.
The sum of $891,094, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the Public Defender during the fiscal year 2014.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 636,693 Travel ..................................... 72,401 Contractual Services........................ 55,350 OCE ........................................ 75,100 Fixed Assets ............................... 51,550 (10) Office of Statistics, Budget, Overseas Development Assistance and Compact Management.
The sum of $1,110,634, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of Statistics, Budget, Official Development Assistance and Compact Management during the fiscal year 2014.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 565,722 Travel ..................................... 122,455 Contractual Services............... ........ 265,117 OCE ........................................ 127,340 Fixed Assets ............................... 30,000 (11) Office of Environment and Emergency Management.

7 of 19 C.B.

NO.
7 of 19 C.B.

NO.

18-176 The sum of $327,421 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of Environment and Emergency Management during the fiscal year 2014.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 169,786 Travel ..................................... 70,735 Contractual Services........................ 65,000 OCE ........................................ 21,900 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- (12) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.
The sum of $123,679, 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 2014.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 94,479 Travel ..................................... 14,200 Contractual Services........................ 5,000 OCE ........................................ 10,000 Fixed Assets ............................... -0-“ Section 3.
Section 8 of Public Law No.

18-15, as amended by 24 Public Laws Nos.

18-26, 18-41 and 18-54, is hereby further 25 amended to read as follows: 8 of 19 C.B.

NO.

18-176 “Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.


The sum of $[12,723,198] 12,896,198 , 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, 2014 for the following grants, subsidies and contributions during fiscal year 2014.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the education sector.
The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.

(a) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Dev.

(AIBD) $ 4,500 (b) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) 800 (c) Pacific Island News Assn.

(PINA) 350 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.

(a) Pacific Is.

Forum Secretariat.


.. 46,000 (b) Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) ...........................$ 56,000 (c) UN Membership Fee ............... 70,000 (d) UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) ........... (e) East West Center ................ 5,000 5,000 (f) Cotonou Membership Fee .......... 12,000 (g) 25th Anniversary FSM-Japan ......$ 25,000 9 of 19 C.B.

NO.
NO.

18-176 (h) Compact of Free Association Historical Project.

........................ 150,000 (i) SPC Office Rental ............... 45,000 (j) IOM/MRC ......................... 190,000 (k) Micronesian Presidents Summit – July 2014 ......................... 10,000 (l) Citizens Outreach and Awareness Program .................................... 53,000 (m) Lawyer to understudy DC Legal Counsel James Stoval ....................... 50,000 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
(a) OCO Membership Fee .............. 9,000 (b) Maintenance Fee for FMIS ........ 55,000 (4) Department of Resources and Development.

(a) Pacific Islands Development Program 15,000 (b) Forum Fisheries ................. 38,918 (c) UNDP ............................ 30,000 (d) South Pacific Applied Geoscience Comm.

(SOPAC) ................... 15,000 (e) Pacific Asia Travel Association .

5,000 (f) Micronesian Challenge Endowment .


50,000 (g) Western Forestry Leadership Coalition 530 (h) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) 4,800 (i) Matching for SPC Projects ....... 60,000 (j) Micronesian Challenge ..........$ 10,000 10 of 19 C.B.

NO.
NO.

18-176 (k) Micronesian Cruise Assoc ........ 2,500 (l) International Animal Health Organization (OIE) ......................... 23,000 (m) SPC Site Rental ................. 10,000 (n) IRENA ........................... 250 (o) Micronesia Trade Cmte ........... 30,000 (p) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ............................ 1,000 (q) FSM performers to the Confolens festival ......................... 75,000 (r) Tourism /air services promotion .
10,000 (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

(a) UN Fund for Population Activity (UNFPA) 3,000 (b) World Health Organization (WHO) .
4,000 (c) National Board of Nursing & Med Licensing ............................ 20,000 (d) Pacific Islands Health Officers Association (PIHOA) ........................ 10,000 (e) FSM Amateur Sports Association .. 20,000 (f) Association of Territorial Health Organization ........................ 7,000 (g) FSM Red Cross ................... 70,000 (h) UNICEF (vaccines) ............... 20,000 (6) Department of Education.

(a) Aid for Non-Public School.


.....$ 500,000 11 of 19 C.B.

NO.
NO.

18-176 (b) Financial Assistance to FSM students attending CMI ..................... 25,000 (c) Financial Assistance to FSM students attending PCC ..................... 50,000 (d) National scholarship ............ 1,000,000 (e) National Close-Up ............... 70,000 (f) National Merit Scholarship ...... 200,000 (g) COM Board annual meeting ........ 5,000 (h) School Accreditation Program.. .. 20,733 (i) Teacher Certification Project.
.. 110,339 (7) Department of Transportation, Communication and Infrastructure.

(a) Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) 11,000 (b) International Telecommunications Union (ITU) ................................ 20,847 (c) International Civil Aviation Organization ............................... 28,050 (d) FSM Capital Energy/Utilities .... 600,000 (e) Micronesian Shipping Comm.
...... 50,000 (f) Caroline Island Air Engine and Propeller Overhaul.. ................... 145,000 (g) Voyager Drydocking.. ............ 1,263,000 (8) Department of Justice.

(a) DOJ Fuel Subsidy ................ 500,000 (b) DOJ Trafficking in Persons (TIP) 12 of 19 C.B.

NO.
NO.

18-176 prosecution/training ......................$ 75,000 (c) Kosrae Joint Law Enforcement .... 25,000 (d) Pohnpei Joint Law Enforcement ... 50,000 (e) Chuuk Joint Law Enforcement ..... 50,000 (f) Yap Joint Law Enforcement.

..... 25,000 (9) Office of S.B.O.C.


(a) Asia Pacific Investment ......... 250 (10) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (a) Update FSM Code ................. 100,000 (b) IPU Conference ................ 20,000 (c) Climate Change Conferences ...... 20,000 (d) Confolens Festival .............. 50,000 (11) Office of E.E.M.
(a) SPREP ........................... 10,184 (b) UNEP ............................ (c) SPREP/Noumea Convention ......... (d) Waigani Convention .............. (e) UN Convention to Combat Desertification ............................ (f) UN Framework Convention (UNFCC) .

760 1,764 1,190 120 250 (g) Earth Day Activities ............ 15,000 (h) 3rd Annual EPA Directors’ Meeting 20,000 (12) Office of NACHP.
(a) UNESCO .......................... (b) NCSHPO .........................$ 4,000 2,760 13 of 19 C.B.

NO.

18-176 (c) PARBICA ......................... (d) PIALA ........................... (e) WHC Membership Fee .............. 100 100 54 (13) Coconut Development Authority.

(a) Copra subsidy ................... 100,000 (b) Asia Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) 14,500 (14) Other Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.
(a) Kosrae Judiciary Subsidy ........ 35,000 (b) Pohnpei Judiciary Subsidy.
...... 55,000 (c) Chuuk Judiciary Subsidy ......... 55,000 (d) Yap Judiciary Subsidy ........... 35,000 (e) COM Treaty Obligations .......... 25,000 (f) Micronesian Legal Services Corporation ....................... 250,000 (g) Disaster Assistance Emergency Fund (DAEF) Matching ....................... 200,000 (h) MiCare .......................... 100,000 (i) MLFC Loan Payment ............... 200,000 (j) FY12 Single Audit ............... 329,250 (k) Former Presidents’ allowance .... 53,700 (l) FSM Social Security ............. 1,000,000 (m) Staff Housing ................... 510,000 (n) Recruitment and repatriation .... 233,218 (o) Satisfy Judgment Lee v. FSM ..... 55,000 (p) WCPFC Membership Fee (NORMA) ...$ 71,000 14 of 19 C.B.
NO.

18-176 (q) National Election – Unpaid services 6,213 (r) Disaster response to grounded ship on Pohnpei reef ....................... 2,000,000 (s) CSCIP prior obligation (rental/ lease agreements and others) ............... 15,000 (t) Outstanding obligations of the DOJ 16,168” Section 4.

Section 9 of Public Law No.

18-15, as amended by 8 Public Law No.

18-41, is hereby amended to read as follows: “Section 9.
Capital and Human Resources Development.

The sum of $[19,845,792] 20,301,333 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, 2014, for the following capital improvements, development programs, and projects and human resources development.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $2,437,568 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the education sector; $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the health sector; $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from public capacity building sector; $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the infrastructure sector; $-0- shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the enhanced reporting and 15 of 19 C.B.
NO.

18-176 accountability sector; and $799,666 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.

(a) College of Micronesia–FSM.


.....$ 3,800,000 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute 755,110 (c) COM-FSM SEG ..................... 683,346 (2) Department of Finance & Administration (a) Financial Advisor ............... 103,650 (b) Tax Financial Advisor ........... 53,800 (c) Tax Reform Project .............. 144,000 (3) Department of Resources & Development (a) Establishment of FSM Assn.
Chamber of Commerce ............................... 67,000 (b) State Trade Fairs enhancing value addition ............................. 50,000 (c) SNLC ............................ 50,000 (d) FSM Agriculture Census .......... 50,000 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
(a) Outer Island Airport Improvement to be divided as follows: .......... ....... 1,000,000 (i) Ta airport improvement ....... ......$ 300,000 16 of 19 C.B.

NO.
18-176 (ii) Woleai airport improvement ........ ....... 700,000 (b) Congress Chamber Repair......... 150,000 (c) Capital Rehabilitation .......... 321,175 (5) Department of Justice (a) FSS Micronesia – Slipping ....... 750,000 (b) Patrol boat major maintenance project .................................... 125,000 (6) Infrastructure Development/IMF (a) Infrastructure Development Projects ................................... (b) IMF ............................. -0- -0- (7) President’s Office (a) FSM Trust Fund .................. 7,000,000 (b) Staff upgrading ................. 100,000 (8) Office of SBOC (a) Monitoring & Reconciliation in the FSM States .......................... 32,500 (9) National Election.
(a) National Election (voter ID) .... 25,000 (10) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) Health Services Specialty Pathologist ................................ 50,000 (b) Environmental/water/food/ lab test ..................................$ 78,000 17 of 19 C.B.

NO.

18-176 (c) Medical Specialized Team ........ 195,000 (d) Data Validation & Analysis ...... (e) Assistance to States on NCD ..... -0- -0- (f) Capital Suites & Apt.
Rent ..... 21,000 (11) Department of Education (a) Accreditation Intervention Project 148,521 (b) Data Verification Project .37,568 (12) FSM Development Bank.

(a) Private Sector Capital .......... -0- (13) Insurance Board.

(a) Improve and strengthen statutory and regulatory framework ................... 100,000 (14) Coconut Development Authority.
(a) Hosting of 50th APCC Session ..... 22,000 (15) FSM Postal Services (a) Kosrae Building ................. 75,000 (16) Video Project ........................ 30,900 (17) FSMTC ................................ 3,200,000 (18) AIP Matching ......................... 327,222 (19) Continental Shelf/Maritime Boundary Task Force ................................. 300,000 (20) 2023 Planning Committee .............. 84,709 (21) 2014 Micronesian Games ............... 282,518 (22) FSM National Women’s Conference ...... 88,314” Section 8.
This act shall become law upon approval by the 18 of 19 C.B.

NO.

18-176 1 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 2 becoming law without such approval.

3 4 Date: 5/26/14 Introduced by: /s/ Florencio S. Harper Florencio S. Harper (by request) 19 of 19