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TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FOURTH REGULAR SESSION, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-186, C.D.1 P.C.

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20-83 AN ACT To amend sections 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 12 of Public Law No.

20-42, as amended by Public Laws Nos.


20-54, 20-64 and 20-67, in order to appropriate $1,445,693 of additional funds from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, to deappropriate $20,000 of funds from a particular line item, to clarify the intended use of funds for a particular line item, to designate certain allotees for multiple line items, 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.

20-42, as amended by 2 Public Law No.

20-54, is hereby further amended to read as 3 follows: “Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to appropriate the sum of $83,554,726 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, 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 10 percent of the Supplemental Education Grant funds as is reflected in the budget for the Department of Education.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows:” CBL 20-209 P.C.

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Section 2 of Public Law No.


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20-67, is hereby amended to read as follows: “Section 2.

Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch.


The sum of $20,324,410 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, 2018, for the purpose of funding the operations of the Executive Branch of the National Government during the fiscal year 2018.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.
The sum of $1,488,010 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the President during the fiscal year 2018.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 565,010 Travel ................................... 297,500 Contractual Services.................. ..... 510,000 OCE ....................................... 110,000 Fixed Assets ............................. 5,500 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
The sum of $4,877,034, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs during the fiscal year 2018.

The sum 2 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................$ 1,558,196 Travel ................................... .
337,508 Contractual Services...................... 2,561,652 OCE ...................................... 298,672 Fixed Assets ............................. 121,006 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.

The sum of $2,664,698, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration during the fiscal year 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ........................... ..... $ 1,895,775 Travel ................................... 262,901 Contractual Services..................... .

273,966 OCE ...................................... .

232,056 Fixed Assets ............................. -0- (4) Department of Resources and Development.
The sum of $782,674, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Resources and Development during the fiscal year 2018.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................. $ 839,566 Travel .................................... 253,136 3 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 Contractual Services.......................$ 91,250 OCE ....................................... 192,640 Fixed Assets .............................. 10,500 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
The sum of $2,624,612 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2018.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 525,862 Travel .................................... 192,281 Contractual Services ..................... .

1,818,579 OCE ....................................... 68,245 Fixed Assets ............................. .
19,645 (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

The sum of $782,674, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Health and Social Affairs during the fiscal year 2018.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 427,691 Travel .................................... 130,215 Contractual Services....................... 108,617 OCE ....................................... 90,151 4 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 Fixed Assets ..............................$ 26,000 (7) Department of Education.

The sum of $846,306, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Education during the fiscal year 2018.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $366,598 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 452,166 Travel ................................... 181,500 Contractual Services...................... 151,023 OCE ....................................... 56,217 Fixed Assets .............................. 5,400 (8) Department of Justice.

The sum of $3,988,962, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 2,739,049 Travel .................................... 254,212 Contractual Services................ .... .. 525,458 OCE ....................................... 368,443 Fixed Assets ............................ .

101,800 (9) Office of the Public Defender.

5 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 The sum of $1,056,583, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the Public Defender during the fiscal year 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 712,321 Travel .................................... 116,312 Contractual Services....................... 101,050 OCE ..................................... .

86,900 Fixed Assets .............................. 40,000 (10) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management.
The sum of $412,621, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management during the fiscal year 2018.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 184,855 Travel .................................... 111,546 Contractual Services....................... 84,000 OCE ....................................... 32,220 Fixed Assets .............................. -0- (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.

The sum of $195,818, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of National 6 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation during the fiscal year 2018.

The sum 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.
Section 3 of Public Law No.

20-42, as amended by 10 Public Law No.

20-67, is hereby further amended to read as 11 follows: Section 3.

Operating Expenses of the Legislative Branch.


The sum of $6,255,285, 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, 2018, for the operations of the Legislative Branch of the National Government during fiscal year 2018.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Speaker and Members.
The sum of $3,064,498, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the Speaker and Members of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia during fiscal year 2018.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 7 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 Personnel ................................. $ 430,530 Travel ............................. ....... 943,368 Contractual Services....................... 1,690,600 OCE .......................................

Fixed Assets .............................. -0- -0- (2) Staff Offices.
The sum of $2,210,787, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Congress staff offices during fiscal year 2018.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................. $ 964,757 Travel..................................... 260,000 Contractual Services....................... 555,030 OCE........................................ 281,000 Fixed Assets............................... 150,000 (3) Congress Delegation Offices.
The sum of $980,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Congress delegation offices during the fiscal year 2018.

Of the amounts appropriated for contractual services within each Delegation Office, up to a maximum of $60,000 per Member, at the Delegation Offices’ discretion, may be used for Member Representation.

The sum appropriated is apportioned as follows: (a) Kosrae Delegation Office 8 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 Travel ........................ $ 10,000 Contractual Service ............. 110,000 OCE ............................. 20,000 Fixed Assets .................... -0- TOTAL ........................... 140,000 (b) Pohnpei Delegation Office Travel ......................... 10,000 Contractual Services ............ 240,000 OCE ............................. 30,000 Fixed Assets .................... -0- TOTAL ........................... 280,000 (c) Chuuk Delegation Office Travel ......................... 10,000 Contractual Services ............ 370,000 OCE ............................. 30,000 Fixed Assets .................... 10,000 TOTAL ........................... 420,000 (d) Yap Delegation Office Travel ......................... 30,000 Contractual Services ............ 80,000 OCE ............................. 25,000 Fixed Assets .................... 5,000 TOTAL ........................... 140,000” Section 4.
Section 8 of Public Law No.

20-42, as amended by 25 Public Laws Nos.

20-54 and 20-67, is hereby further amended to 9 of 29 P.C.

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Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.


The sum of $13,683,417 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, 2018, for the following grants, subsidies and contributions.

The sum 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 (d) Asia Pacific Investment ......... 250 (e) Former Presidents’ Allowance .... 50,000 (g) Joint Committee on Compact Review 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 10 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 (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 (k) PIF Arrears ..................... 98,864 (l) IOM Membership Fees (2012-2017) .
500 (m) Set-up and operations of a Consulate on the West Coast of the United States .......................... 333,000 (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 11 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 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 (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 12 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 (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 (i) UN Women ....................... 1,000 (j) Standards Comm.

................ -0- (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 (g) Contribution to support Coordination of Micro Games ................ 75,000 (h) Aid for COM-FSM to administer for FSM student assistance at Sofia University and Temple University-Japan ................ 100,000 (i) COM-FSM Endowment Fund Contribution 100,000 (j) Aid for FSM Students in China ... 35,000 (k) Aid for FSM Students in Fiji .... 35,000 (7) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
13 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 (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 (f) Fuel and Provisions for Caroline Voyager and Navigator ...................... 1,345,830 (g) Caroline Islands Air (CIA) Subsidy: fuel, parts and insurance .................. 210,000 (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 (f) Settlement on Judgment .......... -0- (g) Fuel Subsidy .................... 100,000 (h) Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons .......................... -0- (i) World Intellectual Property Organization ............................... 33,966 (j) CTBT ............................ -0- (k) Contract for Mr. Jim Stovall for legal support for JCRP ..................... 160,000 (9) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia 14 of 29 P.C.
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20-186, C.D.1 (a) IPU Conferences ................ $ 100,000 (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 -0- (i) FSM-Cuba Parliamentary Relations (j) FSM-Japan Parliamentary Relations -0- -0- (k) FSM-France Parliamentary Relations -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).
25,000 (p) Travel to Investment Advisor (Wilshire) ................................ 50,000 (q) UN Ocean Conference ............. -0- (r) Compact Historical Project ...... 150,000 (s) Trip to Vietnam: Congressional meetings/travel .......................... 50,000 (10) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) UNEP ............................ (b) UNFCCC .......................... 835 325 15 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 (c) UNCCD .......................... $ 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- 755 409 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 (g) Prior UNESCO Fees ............... 84,000 (12) Other Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.
(a) COM Board Meeting ............. .

5,000 16 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 (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 (q) Office of the National Public Auditor: Prior Year Obligations ............ 3,452 (r) FSM Postal Services: Prior Year Obligations for Utilities and Fuel ......... 4,683 (s) MiCare: Medical claims from FY14 Audit ..................................... 45,000 (t) MiCare: Subsidy for off-island medical claims ............................. 150,000 17 of 29 P.C.
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20-186, C.D.1 (u) National Election Office: outstanding arrears to CPUC and others ............... $ 700 (v) Subsidy for Micro Games to State Government of Kosrae ...................... 100,000 (w) Subsidy for Micro Games to State Government of Pohnpei ..................... 100,000 (x) Subsidy for Micro Games to State Government of Chuuk ....................... 100,000 (y) Subsidy for Micro Games to State Government of Yap, for food and athlete expenses .......................... 100,000 (z) Subsidy for PMA for medical referral and fuel for search and rescue expenses .... 20,000” Section 5.
Section 9 of Public Law No.

20-42, as amended by 15 Public Laws Nos.

20-54 and 20-64, is hereby further amended to 16 read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $38,400,179, 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, 2018, for the following capital improvements, development programs, and projects and human resources development.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $1,246,022 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from 18 of 29 P.C.

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20-186, C.D.1 the Supplemental Education Grant and $5,252,250 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from Compact Sector Grants.

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 (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 (d) FSM Tourism Development Framework ................................ 100,000 19 of 29 P.C.
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20-186, C.D.1 (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 -0- (l) Chamber of Commerce: Yap State .. -0- (m) Strengthening Organizational Planning, Management & Accountability Capacity of National/State Private Sector Organizations in the FSM .................. 42,319 (n) National Trade & Investment Portal 51,250 (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 20 of 29 P.C.
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20-186, C.D.1 (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 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 21 of 29 P.C.
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20-186, C.D.1 (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- (l) Dry-Docking of Vessel (H1) ...... 1,200,000 (m) Prior Year Obligation for work performed on emergency relating to Pingda7 350,000 (n) Ammonia Removal Services from Pingda7 ............................... 30,000 (o) AIP Lapsed Fund for Chuuk Rehabilitation Runway ..................... 320,073 (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 (e) Fuel for patrol boats for assistance in Yap State .................... 40,000 (6) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Management .......................... -0- (b) Hosting of Global Environment 22 of 29 P.C.
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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 .................. 5,000,000 (b) Implementation of ODA Policy .... (c) Compact Review Committee ........ -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 .................... (h) Empower Youth ................... (i) National Surveillance ........... -0- -0- -0- 23 of 29 P.C.
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20-186, C.D.1 (j) Drug Testing ................... $ (k) National NGO .................... -0- -0- (l) Women’s Conference .............. 90,000 (m) Support for purchase of children’s medication and prevention of rheumatic heart disease .................... 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- (c) Recruitment of a Captive Insurance Compliance Advisor .... 100,000 (12) Department of Foreign Affairs (a) Acting Capacity Role ............ 36,000 (b) FSM Embassy in Suva, Fiji Residence ................................ 200,000 (13) NORMA 24 of 29 P.C.
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20-186, C.D.1 (a) Hosting of PNA Leadership Summit.$ -0- (b) Capital & Human Resources Development Programs in 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, of which $50,000 shall be for the Conservation Society in Chuuk, $50,000 shall be for the Conservation Society in Yap, $50,000 shall be for the Conservation Society in Kosrae, and $50,000 shall be for the Conservation Society in Pohnpei ............ 200,000 (b) Payments for Yap-Chuuk Telecommunications Cable Project, of which $1,000,000 25 of 29 P.C.
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20-186, C.D.1 shall be used for civil works .. $ 12,000,000 (c) State Priority Infrastructure Projects: Kosrae: ......................... -0- (d) State Priority Infrastructure Projects: Pohnpei ......................... -0- (e) State Priority Infrastructure Projects: Chuuk ........................... -0- (f) State Priority Infrastructure Projects: Yap, to be apportioned as follows: .................... 1,500,000 (1) Airport terminal improvement ................................ 380,000 (2) Improvement of Yap Commercial Dock ........................... 400,000 (3) Other Priority Infrastructure Projects .................. 651,300 (4) Faith Christian Academy Construction Supplemental .................. 40,000 (5) Abluul, Outer Island Community Bathrooms Construction ..................... 25,000 (6) Lay Village Community Coastal Road Project ....................... 3,700” Section 6.
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20-42, as amended 24 by Public Laws Nos.

20-64 and 20-67, is hereby further amended 25 to read as follows: 26 of 29 P.C.

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Allotment and Management of Funds and Lapse 2 Dates.

3 4 (1) General provisions.


(a) All funds appropriated by this act shall be 5 allotted, managed, administered and accounted for in accordance 6 with applicable law, including, but not limited to, the Financial 7 Management Act of 1979.

8 (b) The allottees shall be responsible for ensuring 9 that these funds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are used 10 solely for the purposes specified in this act, and that no 11 obligations are incurred in excess of the sums appropriated.

12 (2) Allottees.
The allottees of the funds appropriated by 13 this act are as follows: 14 (a) Section 2 - the allottee of these funds shall be the 15 President of the Federated States of Micronesia; 16 (b) Section 3 - the allottee of these funds shall be the 17 Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; 18 (c) Section 4 – the allottee of these funds shall be the 19 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of 20 Micronesia; 21 (d) Section 5 – the allottee of these funds shall be the 22 Public Auditor of the Federated States of Micronesia; 23 (e) Sections 6 through 9 - the allottee of these funds 24 shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; 25 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for the following subsections of sections 27 of 29 P.C.
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20-186, C.D.1 1 8 through 9 of this act: 2 (i) Section 8(1)(g) – the allottee of these funds shall 3 be the Chair of the Joint Committee on Compact Review and 4 Planning; 5 (ii) Section 8(9) – the allottee of these funds shall 6 be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of 7 Micronesia; 8 (iii) Section 8(12)(a) – the allottee of these funds 9 shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; 10 (iv) Section 8(12)(e) through (h) - the allottee of 11 these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the respective State 12 Supreme Court; 13 (v) Section 9(1) – the allottee of these funds shall be 14 the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; 15 (vi) Section 9(16)(a) – the allottee of these funds 16 shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; 17 EXCEPT THAT, for the share of funds from this line item for the 18 Conservation Society in Chuuk, the allottee shall be the Governor 19 of the State of Chuuk, AND, for the share of funds from this line 20 item for the Conservation Society in Yap, the allottee shall be 21 the Governor of the State of Yap, AND, for the share of funds from 22 this line item for the Conservation Society in Kosrae, the 23 allottee shall be the Kosrae Civil Society; 24 (vii) Section 9(16)(f) – the allottee of these funds 25 shall be the Governor of the State of Yap; 28 of 29 P.C.
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20-186, C.D.1 1 (viii) Section 8(12)(v) through (y) – the allottee of 2 these funds shall be the Governor of the respective State.

3 (ix) Section 8(6)(j) – the allottee of funds 4 shall be the FSM Embassy, Beijing, China; 5 (x) Section 8(6)(k) – the allottee of these 6 funds shall be the FSM Embassy, Suva, Fiji; 7 (xi) Section 8(12)(z) – the allottee of these 8 funds shall be the Governor of the State of Yap.

9 (3) Lapse date.
9 (3) Lapse date.

The authority of the allottees to obligate 10 funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of September 30, 11 2018; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the funds appropriated under section 12 9 of this act shall not lapse.” 13 Section 7.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 14 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 15 becoming law without such approval.
May 24 , 2018 /s/ Peter M. Christian Peter M. Christian President Federated States of Micronesia 29 of 29