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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA THIRD SPECIAL SESSION, 2012 C.B.

NO.

17-117 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend sections 1 and 2 of Public Law No.

15-32, as amended by Public Laws Nos.

15-36, 15-44, 15-57, 15-63, 15-72, 15-78, 16-03, 16-11, 16-33, 16-46, 17-12, 17-21 and 17-33, to change the use and the allottee of certain funds previously appropriated therein for the State of Chuuk, to make a technical amendment, 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.

15-32, as amended 2 by Public Laws Nos.

15-36, 15-44, 15-57, 15-63, 15-72, 15-78, 3 16-03, 16-11, 16-33, 16-46, 17-12, 17-21 and 17-33, is hereby 4 further amended to read as follows: “Section 1.
The sum of $3,780,000, or so much thereof, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, for the purpose of funding public projects and social programs in each State of the Federated States of Micronesia.

The fund shall be apportioned on the basis of $250,000 or less per member of Congress as follows, PROVIDED THAT an increase of $300,000 is for Yap State.
(1) State of Kosrae..................... $ 500,000 (a) High School lunch program and past expenses incurred relating to the implementation of the program .............. 48,000 (b) Bachelor degree program........ $ 80,000 CBL 17-141 C.B.

NO.
NO.

17-117 (c) Lelu Community projects/programs 10,000 (d) Malem Community projects/ programs ................................... 10,000 (e) Utwe Community projects/ programs ................................... 10,000 (f) Tafunsak Community projects/ programs ................................... 10,000 (g) Kosrae Women Association........ 10,000 (h) Promotion and travel for Tourism Office ............................. 10,000 (i) Kosrae State Government subsidy.
100,000 (j) Medical referrals for non-insured and non-employed Kosraeans ..... 20,000 PROVIDED THAT reprogramming of this funding is not allowed (k) Supplemental funding for fuel for Caroline Voyager ...................... -0- (l) Tafunsak multipurpose building renovation ........................ 20,000 (m) Laptop Computers for Schools: (i) Lelu Elementary School..... (ii) Tafunsak Elementary School.
(iii) Malem Elementary School.... (iv) Utwa Elementary School..... (v) Walung Elementary School.. $ 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 2 of 17 C.B.

NO.
17-117 (vi) Sansrik Elementary School.. (vii) SDA School................. (viii) Kosrae High School......... 1,250 1,250 1,250 (n) Kosrae Senior Citizens Meeting Halls (i) Lelu Senior Citizen........ 30,000 (ii) Tafunsak Senior Citizen.... 30,000 (iii) Malem Senior Citizen....... 30,000 (iv) Utwa Senior Citizen........ 30,000 (o) Supplemental funding for a Master’s Degree Program .................. 8,000 (p) Tafunsak Youths’ musical instruments 5,000 (q) KCSO’s subsidy.................. 5,000 (r) National Government debts to ABCOR Construction ......................... 12,000 (s) Kosrae Women Christian Associations (i) Lelu Women Christian Association ................................ 2,000 (ii) Tafunsak Women Christian Association ................................ 2,000 (iii) Malem Women Christian Association ................................ 2,000 (iv) Utwa Women Christian Association ................................ 2,000 (v) Walung Women Christian Association ............................... $ 2,000 3 of 17 C.B.
NO.
17-117 (t) Kosrae Community in Pohnpei State 2,000 (2) State of Yap......................... 800,000 (a) Chamber of Commerce (Matching fund) the funding shall not be expended unless the Chamber of Commerce contributes a 50% of either in kind and/or monetary contribution as it’s matching .............. 50,000 (b) Ruu and Amun villages basketball courts .......................... -0- (c) Lands' Acquisition (Outer Island of Yap) ............................. 50,000 (d) Southern Yap water system equipment purchase ......................... 25,000 (e) Tomil Road repair............... 25,000 (f) Amun bridge..................... 20,000 (g) Water extension, Makiy village.. 9,000 (h) Road improvements, Wanyan village 30,000 (i) Bugol women multipurpose building 45,000 (j) Ngulu dispensary................ 18,000 (k) Falalus and Seliap community centers repairs ............................ 23,000 (l) Qapluul village road repair..... 27,000 (m) Gachpar men’s house............. 50,000 (n) Wottegai Road project........... 10,000 (o) Tugunbinau bridge, Maap........ $ 50,000 4 of 17 C.B.
NO.
17-117 (p) Outer Islands’ agriculture programs and projects (concrete taro patches, purchase of tools and equipment) .. 47,000 (q) Pikelot Island water catchment and shelter ...................... 7,000 (r) Outer Islands’ Transportation needs (boats, two outboard motors for Falalus and Faraulap Islands, POL and charter and provisioning) .................. 102,000 (s) YSPSC subsidy for POL........... 100,000 (t) Boats & motors for Seliap & Tegailap, Woleai .......................... 30,000 (u) Meerur men’s house repair....... 16,000 (v) Completion of Wottegai community center in Qapluul village ........ 20,000 (w) Mariyong Island Community Piggery project ............................ 20,000 (x) Grant to Woleai Atoll Community Account .......................... 6,000 (y) Woleai Airport equipments purchase 7,000 (z) Outboard motor for the Office of the Yap State Governor .................. 13,000 (3) State of Pohnpei..................... 1,000,000 (a) Pohnpei State At-Large (i) Construction and renovation of 5 of 17 C.B.
NO.

17-117 roads, bridges, culverts and road drainages from Palikir to Kolonia ................... $ -0- (b) Election District No.
1 (i) 2nd Phase (Baptist School classroom construction) .................... 100,000 (ii) EDI operation.............. 30,000 (iii) Kolonia Town Ladies Training Center renovations ................ 10,000 (iv) Tomara Road construction... 60,000 (v) Sapwuafik Community Center Renovations ......................... 6,050 (vi) Peidie Road paving......... 72,000 (vii) Completion of Ipwal Road... 18,000 (viii) Sekere retaining wall...... 10,000 (ix) Soledi Road construction... 3,950 (c) Election District No.
2 (i) Water Delivery Services.... 40,000 (ii) Students' Financial Assistance ................................. 15,000 (iii) Secondary Road Improvement ................................ 100,000 (iv) ED2 operation.............. 49,000 (v) Civic Centers.............. 30,000 (vi) Agriculture Fair........... 3,500 (vii) Enipein Elementary 6 of 17 C.B.

NO.
17-117 School Teacher’s Aide ..................... $ 2,000 (viii) Kitti Fish Market.......... -0- (ix) Sports facilities improvement ................................ 1,500 (x) Outboard Motor for Kitti Police ............................... 3,370 (xi) Madolenihmw Municipal Government subsidy ......................... 10,000 (xii) Kitti/Madolenihmw Outreach program ........................... 10,000 (xiii) Grant writer assistance.... 2,807 (xiv) Pohnpei Coconut Processing Plant repair ............................... 6,675 (xv) Nanmand Lumber Milling (Pwihno) ........................... 3,500 (xvi) ED #2 Municipal management workshop ................................... (xvii) Salapwuk Teacher’s Aide.... (xviii) NMS cook................... (xix) Madolenihmw Cold Storage... (xx) Lukop/Wone ECE............. (xxi) Temwen and Nanmadol water 3,000 4,000 -0- 4,000 4,552 system supply .............................. 60,000 (xxii) Mand Community Nahs........ 7,096 (d) Election District No.
3 7 of 17 C.B.

NO.
17-117 (i) ED #3 Operation........... $ 68,566 (ii) Students and public transportation services .................... 28,000 (iii) Students’ financial assistance ................................. (iv) Youth sports activities.... (v) Agriculture Fair........... (vi) ED #3 Working Group 7,524 6,056 3,000 supplemental ............................... 7,526 (vii) ED #3 Water System......... 10,000 (viii) U public facilities repairs and maintenance .................... 49,917 (ix) Nett public facilities repairs and maintenance .................... 52,557 (x) Mwoakilloa public facilities repairs and maintenance and transportation needs ....................... 20,000 (xi) Pingelap public facilities repairs and maintenance and transportation needs ....................... 25,000 (xii) Mwoakilloa multipurpose house renovation ........................... 1,854 (xiii) Pohnkeimw Secondary Road paving ................................ 50,000 (4) State of Chuuk...................... $ 1,480,000 8 of 17 C.B.
NO.
17-117 (a) Chuuk State At-Large (i) Public Facilities repair and improvement ............................ 30,000 (ii) Youth Activities' programs and projects ...................... 32,000 (iii) Students' Financial Assistance ................................ 7,000 (iv) Low Income Housing subsidy .................................... 30,000 (v) Farmers and Students' land transportations ....................... 17,000 (vi) Leadership exposures and travel ................................. 15,000 (vii) Farmers planting tools and seedling project ........................... 14,800 (viii) CSCIP operation............ 5,000 (ix) Offices Rental and Operations Commission ...................... 7,000 (x) POL and Charter............ 13,200 (xi) At-Large Office Operation ................................. 20,000 (xii) Sports facilities construction (basketball courts) ........... 11,000 (xiii) Fishing gear and equipment ................................. $ 25,000 9 of 17 C.B.
NO.
17-117 (xiv) Seawall and Taro Patchs Protection .......................... 10,000 (xv) Multipurpose building repair and renovation ...................... 5,000 (xvi) Feeding program............ 10,000 (xvii) Medical referral and repatriation of remains .................... 10,000 (xviii) OCHAP Community Hall Construction .......................... 5,000 (xix) Tonoas Municipal Government inauguration activities .................... 1,000 (xx) Udot Municipal Government inauguration activities .................... 1,000 (xxi) Kuttu Municipal Government inauguration activities .................... 1,000 (b) Election District No.
1 (i) Students' Financial Assistance -0- (ii) Mortlock Development Commission outstanding debts (past and present) ................................... 8,119 (iii) Municipal Governments' subsidy a. Ta Municipality....... 3,000 (iv) Community Housing improvement/ freight or charter ......................... 45,000 (v) Leadership Conference..... $ 15,000 10 of 17 C.B.

NO.
17-117 (vi) Leadership travel.......... 10,000 (vii) Youth musical instruments.. -0- (viii) Housing Improvement........ 21,881 (ix) Transportation needs....... (x) CSCIP...................... 5,851 4,149 (xi) Sea transportation assistance ........................... 7,200 (xii) Mortlock Development Community operation ........................ 22,800 (xiii) Pou (Weno) Community Center Improvement ............................... -0- (xiv) Health and Sanitary project 11,000 (xv) ED #1 Operation............ 11,000 (xvi) Administrative Support costs for Delegation ....................... (xvii) Food Relief Assistance..... -0- -0- (xviii) Solar system project....... 85,000 (c) Election District No.
2 (i) Basketball court........... 7,000 (ii) Meeting Halls (a) Neoram, Nepukos....... 10,000 (b) Faichu, Eor........... (c) Faramas, Sapuk........ (d) Neinifach, Mwan....... 6,000 4,000 5,000 (iii) Public/School/Bus 11 of 17 C.B.

NO.
17-117 Operation ................................. $ 35,000 (iv) Road Construction.......... -0- (v) Repatriation of human remains 6,000 (vi) Kokumy cultural celebration 4,000 (vii) CSCIP...................... 10,000 (viii) NNDA operation............. 25,000 (ix) Housing Assistance......... 15,000 (x) Fishing projects........... 20,000 (xi) Medical supplies & equipments -0- (xii) Leadership travel & exposure 10,000 (xiii) Public facilities repair and improvement ..................... 33,000 (xiv) Purchase of Heavy equipment and heavy equipment parts .................. 40,000 (d) Election District No.
3 (i) Election District No.

3 Operation ............................ 25,000 (ii) Housing and Community Halls 45,500 (iii) Fishing projects........... 15,000 (iv) Fiberglass boats repair.... 5,000 (v) Municipal inauguration activities ................................. 4,500 (vi) Sport Tournaments facilities/supplies ........................ 3,000 (vii) Feeding Program........... $ 10,000 12 of 17 C.B.

NO.
17-117 (viii) Crafting and sewing projects ................................... 7,000 (ix) Market/local produce....... 10,000 (x) Project Management......... 12,500 (xi) CSCIP operation............ 5,000 (xii) Subsidy for entrepreneurships and business start up .... 10,000 (xiii) Nukuno Christian School solar panels/computers ..................... 10,000 (xiv) Leadership Travel.......... 15,000 (xv) Youth rehabilitation programs 9,000 (xvi) Mayors Leadership Conference 5,000 (xvii) Land transportation........ 12,500 (xviii) Municipal Governments’ subsidies .................................. 46,000 (e) Election District No.
4 (i) Students' Financial Assistance ................................. 10,000 (ii) Youth activities and programs ................................... 10,000 (iii) Leadership exposure and travel ................................. 15,000 (iv) FDA operations............. 20,000 (v) CSCIP operation............ 5,000 (vi) Udot Municipal subsidy.... $ 10,000 13 of 17 C.B.

NO.
NO.

17-117 (vii) Low income housing grant... 40,000 (viii) Iongkumi fishing project... 40,000 (ix) Fiberglass boats repair.... 10,000 (x) Food relief................ 10,000 (xi) Land transportation........ 20,000 (xii) Polle Municipal subsidy.... 10,000 (xiii) ED #4 office operation..... 30,000 (xiv) Famachaw farming project... 10,000 (xv) Medical referrals & repatriation of remains .................... 10,000 (f) Election District No.
5 (i) POL & Charter.............. 59,000 (ii) Food Relief................ 13,846 (iii) Rental office space, office supplies and equipment, communication and utilities .................................. 5,000 (iv) Students' Financial Assistance ................................. -0- (v) Medical referral, pharmaceuticals and repatriation of remains .................................... 14,426 (vi) CSCIP...................... 5,000 (vii) Operations (ED #5) ........ 26,728 (viii) Project Management......... 20,000 (ix) On the job training subsidy $ -0- 14 of 17 C.B.
NO.

17-117 (x) Land Acquisition for the people of Halls, Weito and Pattiw Islands .. 71,000 PROVIDED THAT the allottee of this specific funding shall deposit the funds into the Special Funds within the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for Chuuk Election District No.

5 established pursuant to Public Law No.

13-83.

(xi) Land filling in Weno [10,000] 0 (xii) Transportation needs [5,000] 15,000” Section 2.

Section 2 of Public Law No.


15-32, as amended, 12 by Public Laws Nos.

15-36, 15-57, 15-63 and 17-21, is hereby 13 further amended to read as follows: “Section 2.

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 laws, including, but not limited to the Financial Management Acts of each of the States, the Financial Management Act of 1979 and the amended Compact of Free Association between the United States Government and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia and its related agreements.
The allottee shall be responsible for ensuring that these funds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are used solely for the purpose 15 of 17 C.B.

NO.

17-117 specified in this act, and that no obligations are incurred in excess of the sum appropriated.
The allottee of the funds appropriated under subsections (4)(a), (d), (e) and (f) of section 1 of this act shall be the Chuuk State Commission on Improvement Project EXCEPT THAT the allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 1(4)(f)(xii) of section 1 of this act shall be the Governor of Chuuk State or his designee.

The allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 4(b) shall be the Mortlock Islands Development Authority (MIDA).
The allottee of funds appropriated under subsections 1 and 3 of section 1 of this act shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia or his designee, EXCEPT THAT the allottee of the funds appropriated under subsection (1)(1) of section 1 of this act shall be the Mayor of Tafunsak Municipal Government.

The allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 4(c) of section 1 of this act shall be the Executive Director of the Northern Namoneas Social and Economic Development Authority.
The allottee of funds appropriated under subsection (2) of section 1 of this act shall be the Governor of the State of Yap.

The funds appropriated by this act shall lapse on September 30, 2013.” Section 3.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 16 of 17 C.B.

NO.

17-117 1 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 2 becoming law without such approval.

3 4 Date: 3/21/12 Introduced by: /s/ Tony H. Otto Tony H. Otto of 17