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TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 2017 C.B.

NO.

20-83 A BILL FOR AN ACT To appropriate $76,378,100 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, to provide funding for 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, and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to 2 appropriate the sum of $76,378,100 from the General Fund of the 3 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 4 September 30, 2018, for the purpose of funding the operations of 5 all branches of the National Government of the Federated States of 6 Micronesia, its agencies, various programs, grants, subsidies and 7 contributions and Capital and Human Resources Development.
The 8 National Government’s share of the Amended Compact funds has been 9 reduced to zero; EXCEPT THAT; the National Government will retain 10 10 percent of the Supplemental Education Grant funds as is 11 reflected in the budget for the Department of Education.

The sum 12 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 13 Section 2.

Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch.


The 14 sum of $19,511,929, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 15 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 16 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for 17 the purpose of funding the operations of the Executive Branch of 18 the National Government during the fiscal year 2018.

The sum CBL 19-93 C.B.

NO.

20-83 1 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 2 (1) Office of the President.
3 The sum of $1,290,510 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 4 the operations of the Office of the President during the fiscal 5 year 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 6 follows: Personnel ..................................$ 565,010 Travel ..................................... 200,000 Contractual Services........................ 420,000 OCE ........................................ 100,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 5,500 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
13 The sum of $4,759,587, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 14 the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs during the 15 fiscal year 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 16 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 1,547,749 Travel ..................................... 330,508 Contractual Services........................ 2,461,652 OCE ........................................ 298,672 Fixed Assets ............................... 121,006 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
23 The sum of $2,522,198, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 24 the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration 25 during the fiscal year 2018.

The sum appropriated herein shall be 2 of 30 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-83 1 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 1,825,775 Travel ..................................... 190,401 Contractual Services........................ 273,966 OCE ........................................ 232,056 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- (4) Department of Resources and Development.
8 The sum of $1,387,092, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 9 the operations of the Department of Resources and Development 10 during the fiscal year 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 11 apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................... $ 839,566 Travel ..................................... .. 253,136 Contractual Services........................ .. 91,250 OCE ........................................... 192,640 Fixed Assets ............................... .. 10,500 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and 18 Infrastructure.
19 The sum of $2,396,082, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 20 the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications 21 and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2018.

The sum 22 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 23 24 25 Personnel ................................... $ 524,477 Travel ...................................... .

184,781 Contractual Services......................... .

1,618,579 3 of 30 C.B.

NO.


20-83 1 2 3 OCE ........................................ $ 68,245 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

4 The sum of $776,428, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 5 the operations of the Department of Health and Social Affairs 6 during the fiscal year 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 7 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 421,445 Travel ..................................... 130,215 Contractual Services........................ 108,617 OCE ........................................ 90,151 Fixed Assets ............................... 26,000 (7) Department of Education.
14 The sum of $846,306, or so much thereof as may be 15 necessary, for the operations of the Department of 16 Education during the fiscal year 2018.

Of the total amount 17 of funds appropriated herein, $366,598 shall be deemed to 18 come from funds available under the Supplemental Education 19 Grant.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 20 follows: Personnel .................................. $ 452,166 Travel ..................................... 181,500 Contractual Services........................ 151,023 OCE ........................................ .

56,217 Fixed Assets ............................... 5,400 4 of 30 C.B.

NO.

20-83 1 (8) Department of Justice.


2 The sum of $3,881,204, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 3 the operations of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year 4 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 5 follows: Personnel ................................. $ 2,739,049 Travel .................................... 224,212 Contractual Services....................... 447,700 OCE ....................................... 368,443 Fixed Assets .............................. 101,800 (9) Office of the Public Defender.
12 The sum of $1,044,083, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 13 the operations of the Office of the Public Defender during the 14 fiscal year 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 15 apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 712,321 Travel ..................................... 103,812 Contractual Services........................ 101,050 OCE ........................................ 86,900 Fixed Assets ............................... 40,000 (10) Office of Environment and Emergency Management.
22 The sum of $412,621, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 23 the operations of the Office of Environment and Emergency 24 Management during the fiscal year 2018.

The sum appropriated 25 herein shall be apportioned as follows: 5 of 30 C.B.

NO.

20-83 Personnel .................................. $ 184,855 Travel ..................................... 111,546 Contractual Services........................ OCE ........................................
Fixed Assets ............................... 84,000 32,220 -0- (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.

8 The sum of $195,818, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 9 the operations of the Office of National Archives, Culture and 10 Historic Preservation during the fiscal year 2018.
The sum 11 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 123,701 Travel ..................................... 34,503 Contractual Services........................ 10,425 OCE ........................................ 19,892 Fixed Assets ............................... 7,297 Section 3.

Operating Expenses of the Legislative 18 Branch.


The sum of $4,418,803, or so much thereof as may be 19 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 20 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 21 September 30, 2018, for the operations of the Legislative Branch 22 of the National Government during fiscal year 2018.

The sum 23 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 24 (1) Speaker and Members.
25 The sum of $1,968,498, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 6 of 30 C.B.

NO.

20-83 1 the operations of the Office of the Speaker and Members of the 2 Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia during the fiscal 3 year 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 4 follows: Personnel .................................. $ 430,530 Travel ..................................... 663,368 Contractual Services........................ 874,600 OCE ........................................

Fixed Assets ............................... -0- -0- 10 (2) Staff Offices.

11 The sum of $1,960,305, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 12 the operations of the Congress staff offices during the fiscal 13 year 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 14 follows: Personnel .................................. $ 944,275 Travel...................................... 150,000 Contractual Services........................ 470,030 OCE........................................ .

246,000 Fixed Assets................................ 150,000 (3) Congress Delegation Offices.
21 The sum of $490,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 22 the operations of the Congress delegation offices during the 23 fiscal year 2018.

Of the amounts appropriated for contractual 24 services within each Delegation Office, up to a maximum of $25,000 25 per Member, at the Delegation Offices’ discretion, may be used for 7 of 30 C.B.

NO.

20-83 1 Member Representation.


The sum appropriated is apportioned as 2 follows: (a) Kosrae Delegation Office Travel .......................... $ Contractual Services ............. OCE ..............................
Fixed Assets ..................... 10,000 40,000 20,000 -0- TOTAL ........................ 70,000 (b) Pohnpei Delegation Office Travel .......................... 10,000 Contractual Services ............. 100,000 OCE .............................. 30,000 Fixed Assets ..................... -0- TOTAL ........................ 140,000 (c) Chuuk Delegation Office Travel .......................... 10,000 Contractual Services ............. 160,000 OCE ..............................
Fixed Assets ..................... 30,000 10,000 TOTAL ........................ 210,000 (d) Yap Delegation Office Travel .......................... 10,000 Contractual Services ............. 30,000 OCE .............................. 25,000 Fixed Assets ..................... 5,000 8 of 30 C.B.

NO.

20-83 1 2 TOTAL ....................... $ 70,000 Section 4.

Operating Expenses of the National Judicial 3 Branch.
The sum of $1,457,980, or so much thereof as may be 4 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 5 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 6 September 30, 2018, for the operations of the Judicial Branch of 7 the National Government during the fiscal year 2018.
The sum 8 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel...................................$ 905,453 Travel...................................... 161,525 Contractual Services........................ 184,194 OCE......................................... 174,808 Fixed Assets................................ 32,000 Section 5.

Operating Expenses of the National Public 15 Auditor.
The sum of $762,855, or so much thereof as may be 16 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 17 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 18 September 30, 2018, for the operations of the National Office of 19 the Public Auditor.
The sum appropriated by this section shall be 20 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 464,290 Travel...................................... 139,065 Contractual Services........................ 86,000 OCE......................................... 63,500 Fixed Assets................................ 10,000 9 of 30 C.B.

NO.

20-83 1 Section 6.

Operating Expenses of Agencies of the 2 National Government.
The sum of $2,281,056, or so much thereof as 3 may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of 4 the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 5 September 30, 2018, for the operations of the following boards, 6 commissions and agencies during the fiscal year 2018.

The sum 7 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 8 (1) National Oceanic Resource Management Authority 9 (NORMA).
10 The sum of $796,594, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 11 the operations of NORMA for the fiscal year 2018.

The sum 12 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 369,832 Travel...................................... 200,000 Contractual Services........................ 115,750 OCE......................................... 76,012 Fixed Assets................................ 35,000 (2) Board of Regents (COM-FSM).
19 The sum of $115,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 20 the operations of the Board of Regents, COM-FSM during the fiscal 21 year 2018.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 22 follows: 23 24 25 Personnel.....................................$ Travel........................................

Contractual Services.......................... -0- -0- -0- 10 of 30 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-83 1 2 3 OCE...........................................$ $115,000 Fixed Assets.................................. -0- (3) FSM Banking Board.

4 The sum of $210,298, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 5 the operations of the FSM Banking Board during the fiscal year 6 2018.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 7 follows: Personnel ..................................$ Travel......................................
Contractual Services........................ OCE.........................................

Fixed Assets................................ (4) FSM Insurance Board.

88,273 79,772 22,225 20,028 -0- 14 The sum of $302,299, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 15 the operations of the FSM Insurance Board during the fiscal year 16 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 17 follows: Personnel ..................................$ 118,034 Travel......................................

Contractual Services........................ OCE.........................................

Fixed Assets................................ 76,420 85,255 22,590 -0- (5) FSM Postal Services.
24 The sum of $856,865, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 25 the operations of the National Postal Services during the fiscal 11 of 30 C.B.

NO.

20-83 1 year 2018.


The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 2 follows: Personnel...................................$ 513,771 Travel...................................... 65,117 Contractual Services........................ 151,320 OCE......................................... 126,657 Fixed Assets................................ -0- Section 7.

Special Programs.
Special Programs.

9 The sum of $389,544, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 10 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 11 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for 12 the following special programs during the fiscal year 2018.

The 13 sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 14 (1) National Election Office.
15 The sum of $389,544, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 16 the operations of National Election Office during the fiscal year 17 2018.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 18 follows: Personnel...................................$ 235,090 Travel...................................... 17,637 Contractual Services........................ 54,017 OCE......................................... 82,205 Fixed Assets................................ 595 Section 8.
Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum of 25 $11,785,827, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby 12 of 30 C.B.

NO.

20-83 1 appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of 2 Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for the 3 following grants, subsidies and contributions.

The sum 4 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.
(a) Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) .................. $ 4,500 (b) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union ..... 800 (c) Pacific Island News Association ..... 350 10 (d) Asia Pacific Investment ............. 250 11 (e) Former Presidents’ Allowance ........ 50,000 12 (f) Joint Committee on Compact Review 13 and Planning (JCRP) ................. 200,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
(a) The Forum Secretariat ............... 46,000 (b) Secretariat for Pacific Community .. 56,000 (c) ESCAP ............................... 5,000 (d) UN Membership Fee.................... 50,000 (e) East-West Center .................... 5,000 (f) ACP Cotonou Membership Fees ......... 15,000 (g) SPC Office Rental ................... 29,670 (h) Diplomatic Relations between FSM and China (PRC)... ....................... (i) Pacific Island Forum ................ -0- -0- (j) SIS Program.......................... 10,000 13 of 30 C.B.
NO.

20-83 (k) PIF Arrears ........................ $ 98,864 (l) IOM Membership Fees (2012-2017) ..... 500 (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 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
(a) PIDP ............................... 15,000 (b) FAA ............................... 38,918 (c) Coordinating Committee for Offshore Mineral Prospecting .................. -0- (d) Pacific Asian Travel Association (PATA) ............................... 5,000 (e) United Nations Development Program (UNDP) ............................... 30,000 (f) Micronesian Challenge Endowment Fund 50,000 (g) Seaframe ............................ -0- (h) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) .
4,800 14 of 30 C.B.

NO.

20-83 (i) Western Forestry Leadership Coalition.
......................... $ 530 (j) Matching to SPC Projects ............ 60,000 (k) Micronesian Challenge ............... 10,000 (l) Micronesian Cruise Association ...... 2,500 (m) South Pacific Tourism Organization .. 15,000 (n) International Animal Health Organization (OIE) .................. 23,000 (o) SPC Site Rental ..................... -0- (p) IRENA ............................... 250 (q) Micronesia Trade Commission .......... 30,000 (r) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ................................ 1,000 (s) IFAD ................................. 500 (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
(a) UNFPA ............................... 3,000 (b) WHO ................................. 4,000 (c) FSM Sport Association ............... 20,000 (d) PIHOA ............................... 20,000 (e) Territorial Health .................. 4,000 (f) Nurse Licensing ..................... 20,000 (g) Red Cross ........................... 70,000 (h) Vaccine Purchase .................... 50,000 24 (i) UN Women ............................. 1,000 25 (j) Standards Comm.

...................... -0- 15 of 30 C.B.

NO.


20-83 (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 (d) National Scholarship ................ 2,000,000 (e) National Close-Up ................... 75,000 (f) Merit Scholarship ................... 275,000 (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 15 (f) Fuel and Provisions for Caroline Voyager and Navigator ............... 1,345,830 (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 (d) States Joint Law Enforcement: Yap ... 30,000 (e) Police Academy ...................... 200,000 23 (f) Settlement on Judgment .............. -0- 24 (g) Fuel Subsidy ........................ 100,000 25 (h) Organization for Prohibition of 16 of 30 C.B.

NO.
20-83 Chemical Weapons ................... $ -0- (i) World Intellectual Property Organization ....................... 33,966 (j) CTBT ................................ -0- (9) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (a) IPU Conferences ..................... -0- (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 (h) FSM-Israel Parliamentary Relations .. (i) FSM-Cuba Parliamentary Relations .... (j) FSM-Japan Parliamentary Relations ... (k) FSM-France Parliamentary Relations .. -0- -0- -0- -0- (l) MRA Conference in Japan ............. 30,000 (m) Fisheries Meetings .................. 30,000 (n) IPU Annual Dues ..................... 12,500 (o) COFA Alliance National Network (CANN).
-0- (p) Travel to Investment Advisor (Wilshire) ........................... (q) UN Ocean Conference ................. -0- -0- (r) Compact Historical Project .......... 150,000 (10) Office of Environment & Emergency Management 17 of 30 C.B.

NO.
20-83 (a) UNEP ............................... $ (b) UNFCCC .............................. (c) UNCCD ............................... 835 325 195 (d) SPREP ............................... 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 .......... 200,000 (j) Basel Convention .................... 501 (k) Build Resilience to Disaster and Climate Risk in the Outer Islands ............................. (l) Prior Year Obligations .............. (m) Kyoto Protocol ...................... (n) WMO Membership (Current Fee & Prior -0- -0- 409 Obligations) ....................... 250,000 (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Preservation (a) UNESCO .............................. 4,000 (b) NCSHPO .............................. 2,760 (c) PARBICA ............................. (d) PIALA ............................... (e) WHC ................................. (f) Library Fee ......................... 100 100 54 50 18 of 30 C.B.
NO.

20-83 (g) Prior UNESCO Fees .................. $ 84,000 (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 .............. 475,384 (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 .......................... 250,000 (j) NORMA – WCPFC Tuna Commission Fee ... 108,505 (k) Trade Fairs ......................... -0- (l) Independence Day Activities ......... 50,000 (m) MLFC Loan Payment ................... 260,000 (n) Single Audit Fee (FY 2018) .......... 460,000 (o) Staff Housing ....................... 510,000 (p) Recruitment and Repatriation ........ 223,218 21 Section 9.
Capital and Human Resources Development.

22 The sum of $35,770,106, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 23 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 24 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for 25 the following capital improvements, development programs, and 19 of 30 C.B.

NO.

20-83 1 projects and human resources development.


Of the total amount of 2 funds appropriated herein, $1,246,022 shall be deemed to come from 3 funds available under the Amended Compact from the Supplemental 4 Education Grant and $5,252,250 shall be deemed to come from funds 5 available under the Amended Compact from Compact Sector Grants.

6 The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as 7 follows: (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.
(a) College of Micronesia–FSM ..... $ 3,800,000 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute (FMI) ................. 833,915 (c) College of Micronesia-FSM SEG Funding ....................... 689,948 (d) COM-FSM Build.
Infrastructure Project ....................... 4,252,250 (2) Department of Finance and Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease and Maintenance .................. 100,000 (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) State Trade Fairs Enhancing Value Addition ................. -0- (c) R&D SNLC ....................... 60,000 20 of 30 C.B.
NO.

20-83 (d) FSM Tourism Development Framework ..................... $ 100,000 (e) Food Security Production ....... 300,000 (f) Assistance to States for Tourism Investment Plan Implementation -0- (g) Fortieth Session of the Governing Council of International Fund for Agriculture Dev.
(IFAD) ........ 8,827 (h) National Coastal Fisheries Monitoring Team: Ongoing Monitoring Program, Assess Impacts of CEAFM Program and Climate Change ............. 16,325 (i) Chamber of Commerce: Chuuk State -0- (j) Chamber of Commerce: Kosrae State .......................... -0- (k) Chamber of Commerce: Pohnpei State .......................... (l) Chamber of Commerce: Yap State .
(m) Strengthening Organizational -0- -0- Planning, Management & Accountability Capacity of National/State Private Sector Organizations in the FSM ....... 42,319 (n) National Trade & Investment Portal ........................ 51,250 21 of 30 C.B.

NO.
20-83 (o) R&D Conference ................ $ 80,000 (p) Implementation of Nagoya Protocol ....................... -0- (q) Development of a Comprehensive Intellectual Property Rights Regime ......................... -0- (r) Computing Facility Upgrade ..... 38,270 (s) 2018-2019 HIES ................. 261,347 (t) 2020 CPH ....................... 18,331 (u) Enhancing Private Sector Competitiveness: Production of High Quality Import Substitutes and Value Added ................ 50,000 (v) Enhancing Private Sector Competitiveness: Supporting Business and Products/Services Upgrading ...................... -0- (w) Enhancing Private Sector Competitiveness: Marketing and Promoting FSM Products Overseas and Integration into Regional/ Global Supply Chains ........... 22,000 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure (a) Operation and Dry-Docking of Caroline 22 of 30 C.B.
NO.
20-83 Voyager and Navigator .......... $ 1,500,000 (b) Capital Improvement Projects ... -0- (c) Outer Island Airports .......... 2,500,000 (d) FSM National Government Computer Network ........................ 100,000 (e) FSM Capital Complex (2 Story Office Building) ............... (f) New Warehouse Building ......... (g) Rehabilitation for all National -0- -0- Government Buildings .......... 150,000 (h) New Backup Generator ........... 80,000 (i) Outstanding Inaugural Stage .... (j) Y12 Aircraft Operation Project .
-0- -0- (k) Funding for Road, Seaport and Airport Improvement ........... -0- (5) Department of Justice (a) Satellite Phone and Usage Billings -0- (b) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation ................. 125,000 (c) Conduct Mediation in PII Case .. 53,000 (d) Victim Shelter and Services .... 100,000 (6) Office of Environment & Emergency Management (a) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Management .............. -0- 23 of 30 C.B.
NO.

20-83 (b) Hosting of Global Environment Facil.

Constituency Meetings .

$ 40,000 (c) Fourth Disaster Risk Management Environment Conference ......... 20,000 (d) Fifteen Thousand Gallon Water Cathcm.
........................ 4,250 (e) Implement the FSM National Disaster Response Plan ........ 30,000 (f) Backup Generator ............... 40,000 (7) President’s Office (a) FSM Trust Fund .................. (b) Implementation of ODA Policy ... (c) Compact Review Committee ....... -0- -0- -0- (8) National Election Commission Office (a) Voter ID Card and New Voter Registration Project ........... 50,000 (9) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) Health Services Special Pathologist ...................... 58,000 (b) Food/Water Lab .................. 78,000 (c) Medical Team .................... 195,000 (d) Health Sector Arrears Project .. (e) Food Safety Office: Chuuk ...... -0- -0- (f) Doctors: Foundation Project .... 127,500 (g) MOE-BHWP Med ................... -0- 24 of 30 C.B.
NO.

20-83 (h) Empower Youth ................. $ (i) National Surveillance .......... (j) Drug Testing ................... (k) National NGO ................... -0- -0- -0- -0- (l) Women’s Conference ............. 90,000 (10) Department of Education (a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ....... 556,074 (b) School Accreditation ............ 100,000 (c) Teacher Certification Project ... 168,000 (d) Development Quality.
............ 82,500 (11) Insurance Board (a) Improve and Strengthen the Country’s Insurance Statutory and Regulatory Framework ....................... -0- (b) In-House Consultation/ On Site Examination and Investigation of Affairs of Captive Insurance ..... -0- (12) Department of Foreign Affairs (a) Acting Capacity Role ............ 36,000 (b) FSM Embassy in Suva, Fiji Residence ........................ 200,000 (13) NORMA (a) Hosting of PNA Leadership Summit.
-0- (b) Capital & Human Resources Development Programs in 25 of 30 C.B.

NO.
20-83 Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) .............. $ 55,000 (c) Commemoration of World Tuna Day 2018 ......................... 15,000 (14) National Postal Services (a) Postal Management and Financial Services ......................... 210,000 (15) Office of the Public Defender (a) Case Management and Reporting System ........................... -0- (b) Know Your Rights Awareness Program .......................... -0- (16) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Conservation Society in Each State ............................ 200,000 (b) Payments for Yap-Chuuk Telecommunications Cable Project .......................... 8,000,000 (c) State Priority Infrastructure Projects: Kosrae: ................ 1,500,000 (d) State Priority Infrastructure Projects: Pohnpei ................ 3,000,000 (e) State Priority Infrastructure Projects: Chuuk .................. 4,000,000 (f) State Priority Infrastructure 26 of 30 C.B.
NO.

20-83 1 2 Projects: Yap ................... $ 1,500,000 Section 10.

Employment Ceilings.
The maximum number of 3 positions for each branch and agency of the National Government 4 of the Federated States of Micronesia for fiscal year 2018 shall 5 be as follows: (1) Executive Branch ...................... 485 (2) Legislative Branch ................... (3) Judicial Branch ..................... (4) Public Auditor ....................... (5) Agencies: (a) National Oceanic Resource Management Authority................ (b) FSM Banking Board.................... (c) FSM Insurance Board ................. (d) National Postal Services............. (6) Special Programs: (a) National Election Commission 63 35 21 21 4 5 40 Office............................... 13 Section 11.
Reprogramming.

Reprogramming of funds into or 20 from the personnel budget line item shall not be permitted.

The 21 President, Speaker, Chief Justice and Public Auditor may 22 reprogram up to 10% percent to or from the funds appropriated in 23 sections 2 (Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch), 3 24 (Operating Expenses of the Legislative Branch), 4 (Operating 25 Expenses of the National Judicial Branch), and 5 (Operating 27 of 30 C.B.

NO.

20-83 1 Expenses of the National Public Auditor).


Reprogramming of 2 funds within a department, office or agency shall be effected by 3 the head of such department, office or agency by specifying in 4 writing to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and 5 Administration of the FSM National Government, the accounts for 6 which funding is either increased or decreased.
Reprogramming 7 other than as specified herein is not permitted, and more 8 specifically, reprogramming into or out of any line item 9 contained in section 8 (Grants, Subsidies and Contributions) or 10 section 9 (Capital and Human Resources Development) is not 11 permitted.

The President shall report to Congress within one 12 month of the last day of each financial quarter all amounts 13 reprogrammed inter or intra a department, office or agency.

14 Section 12.
14 Section 12.

Allotment and Management of Funds and Lapse 15 Dates.

16 17 (1) General provisions.

(a) All funds appropriated by this act shall be 18 allotted, managed, administered and accounted for in accordance 19 with applicable law, including, but not limited to, the 20 Financial Management Act of 1979.
21 (b) The allottees shall be responsible for ensuring 22 that these funds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are 23 used solely for the purposes specified in this act, and that no 24 obligations are incurred in excess of the sums appropriated.

25 (2) Allottees.

The allottees of the funds appropriated 28 of 30 C.B.

NO.
20-83 1 by this act are as follows: 2 (a) Section 2 - the allottee of these funds shall be 3 the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; 4 (b) Section 3 - the allottee of these funds shall be 5 the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; 6 (c) Section 4 – the allottee of these funds shall be 7 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of 8 Micronesia; 9 (d) Section 5 – the allottee of these funds shall be 10 the Public Auditor of the Federated States of Micronesia; 11 (e) Sections 6 through 9 - the allottee of these 12 funds shall be the President of the Federated States of 13 Micronesia; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for the following subsections 14 of sections 8 through 9 of this act: 15 (i) Section 8(1)(g) – the allottee of these funds 16 shall be the Chair of the Joint Committee on Compact Review and 17 Planning; 18 (ii) Section 8(9) – the allottee of these funds 19 shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of 20 Micronesia; 21 (iii) Section 8(12)(a) – the allottee of these 22 funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; 23 (iv) Section 8(12)(e) through (h) - the allottee 24 of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the respective State 25 Supreme Court; 29 of 30 C.B.
NO.

20-83 1 (v) Section 9(1) – the allottee of these funds 2 shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM.

3 (3) Lapse date.

The authority of the allottees 4 to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of 5 September 30, 2018; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the funds appropriated 6 under section 9 of this act shall not lapse.

7 Section 13.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 8 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 9 becoming law without such approval.
10 11 Date: 9/23/17 Introduced by: /s/ Florencio S. Harper Florencio S. Harper 30 of 30