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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 2022 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-85 A BILL FOR AN ACT To appropriate $69,582,358 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, 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 $69,582,358 from the General Fund of the 3 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 4 September 30, 2022, 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 the Compact Sector Grant amount for COM-FSM and 10 percent of the 11 Supplemental Education Grant funds as is reflected in the budget 12 for the Department of Education.

The sum appropriated herein 13 shall be apportioned as follows: 14 Section 2.

Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch.


The 15 sum of $26,541,035, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 16 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 17 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, for 18 the purpose of funding the operations of the Executive Branch of CBL 22-89 C.B.

NO.

22-85 1 the National Government during the fiscal year 2022.

The sum 2 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 3 (1) Office of the President.
4 The sum of $2,012,192, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 5 the operations of the Office of the President during the fiscal 6 year 2022.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 7 follows: Personnel ..................................$ 729,392 Travel ..................................... 226,800 Contractual Services........................ 870,000 OCE ........................................ 130,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 56,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
14 The sum of $6,377,531, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 15 the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs during the 16 fiscal year 2022.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 17 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 2,246,458 Travel ..................................... 125,982 Contractual Services........................ 3,391,311 OCE ........................................ 522,780 Fixed Assets ............................... 91,000 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
24 The sum of $3,182,262, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 25 the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration 2 of 32 C.B.

NO.

22-85 1 during the fiscal year 2022.


The sum appropriated herein shall be 2 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 2,450,382 Travel ..................................... 139,280 Contractual Services........................ 241,300 OCE ........................................ 341,300 Fixed Assets ............................... 10,000 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
9 The sum of $1,459,456, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 10 the operations of the Department of Resources and Development 11 during the fiscal year 2022.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 12 apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................... $ 993,842 Travel ..................................... .. 116,137 Contractual Services........................ .. 120,200 OCE ........................................... 219,999 Fixed Assets ............................... .. 9,280 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and 19 Infrastructure.
20 The sum of $3,158,006, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 21 the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications 22 and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2022.

The sum 23 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 24 25 Personnel .................................. $ 758,042 Travel ..................................... .

114,800 3 of 32 C.B.

NO.

22-85 1 2 3 4 Contractual Services........................$ 2,054,764 OCE ........................................ .
118,900 Fixed Assets ............................... .

111,500 (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

5 The sum of $1,097,055, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 6 the operations of the Department of Health and Social Affairs 7 during the fiscal year 2022.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 8 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 768,853 Travel ..................................... 41,639 Contractual Services........................ 124,942 OCE ........................................ 161,621 Fixed Assets ............................... 0 (7) Department of Education.
15 The sum of $785,514, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 16 the operations of the Department of Education during the fiscal 17 year 2022.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, 18 $296,180 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the 19 Supplemental Education Grant.
The sum appropriated herein shall 20 be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 474,931 Travel ..................................... 61,067 Contractual Services........................ 152,069 OCE ........................................ .

66,448 Fixed Assets ............................... .

31,000 4 of 32 C.B.

NO.

22-85 1 (8) Department of Justice.


2 The sum of $5,798,670, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 3 the operations of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year 4 2022.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 5 follows: Personnel ................................. $ 4,015,412 Travel .................................... 101,196 Contractual Services....................... 750,920 OCE ....................................... 818,142 Fixed Assets .............................. .

113,000 (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and 12 Emergency Management.
13 The sum of $773,133, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 14 the operations of the Department of Environment, Climate Change 15 and Emergency Management during the fiscal year 2022.

The sum 16 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 586,978 Travel ..................................... .

Contractual Services........................ .

OCE ........................................ .


Fixed Assets ............................... .

66,434 31,500 52,220 36,000 (10) Office of the Public Defender.

23 The sum of $1,272,127, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 24 the operations of the Office of the Public Defender during the 25 fiscal year 2022.

The sum appropriated herein shall be 5 of 32 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-85 1 apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 971,457 Travel ..................................... .

38,476 Contractual Services........................ .

128,394 OCE ........................................ .

86,900 Fixed Assets ............................... .

46,900 (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.
9 The sum of $260,857, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 10 the operations of the Office of National Archives, Culture and 11 Historic Preservation during the fiscal year 2022.

The sum 12 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 215,538 Travel ..................................... .

9,605 Contractual Services........................ .

15,425 OCE ........................................ .
20,289 Fixed Assets ............................... .

-0- (12) Office of Veteran’s Affairs.

19 The sum of $158,641, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 20 the operations of the Office Veteran’s Affairs during the fiscal 21 year 2022.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 22 follows: 23 24 25 Personnel .................................. $ 79,240 Travel ..................................... .

11,401 Contractual Services........................ .

50,000 6 of 32 C.B.

NO.


22-85 1 2 3 OCE ........................................ $ 18,000 Fixed Assets ............................... .

-0- (13) Office of Personnel.

4 The sum of $205,591, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 5 the operations of the Office of Personnel during the fiscal year 6 2022.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 7 follows: Personnel .................................. $ 185,161 Travel ..................................... .
3,930 Contractual Services........................ .

-0- OCE ........................................ .

11,500 Fixed Assets ............................... .

5,000 Section 3.

Operating Expenses of the Legislative 14 Branch.


The sum of $6,586,366, or so much thereof as may be 15 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 16 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 17 September 30, 2022, for the operations of the Legislative Branch 18 of the National Government during fiscal year 2022.

The sum 19 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 20 (1) Speaker and Members.
21 The sum of $3,425,181, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 22 the operations of the Office of the Speaker and Members of the 23 Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia during fiscal year 24 2022.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 25 follows: 7 of 32 C.B.

NO.

22-85 Personnel .................................. $ 840,650 Travel ..................................... .
169,531 Contractual Services, of which up to $100,000 may be used to assist Members and staff with current and prior year medical costs, and up to $20,000 may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations........... 2,415,000 OCE ........................................ .

Fixed Assets ............................... .

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

11 The sum of $2,661,185, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 12 the operations of the Congress staff offices during fiscal year 13 2022.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 14 follows: Personnel .................................. $ 1,613,185 Travel...................................... .

27,000 Contractual Services........................ .

602,000 OCE........................................ .. 259,000 Fixed Assets................................ .

160,000 (3) Congress Delegation Offices.


21 The sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 22 the operations of the Congress delegation offices during the 23 fiscal year 2022.

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 8 of 32 C.B.

NO.

22-85 1 Representation including prior years reimbursable expenses and 2 other obligations.
Any unexpended Representation funds shall lapse 3 into the FSM Trust Fund state sub-account of the respective state 4 or states, which had remaining unexpended Representation funds.

5 The sum appropriated is apportioned as follows: (a) Kosrae Delegation Office Travel ......................... $ Contractual Services ............. OCE ..............................
Fixed Assets ..................... -0- 50,000 20,000 -0- TOTAL ............................ 70,000 (b) Pohnpei Delegation Office Travel .......................... 3,000 Contractual Services ............. 100,000 OCE .............................. 37,000 Fixed Assets ..................... -0- TOTAL ............................ 140,000 (c) Chuuk Delegation Office Travel .......................... -0- Contractual Services ............. 160,000 OCE ..............................
Fixed Assets ..................... 40,000 10,000 TOTAL ............................ 210,000 (d) Yap Delegation Office Travel .......................... 13,000 9 of 32 C.B.

NO.

22-85 Contractual Services ............ $ 45,000 OCE .............................. 17,000 Fixed Assets ..................... 5,000 TOTAL ............................ 80,000 Section 4.

Operating Expenses of the National Judicial 6 Branch.
The sum of $2,075,602, or so much thereof as may be 7 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 8 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 9 September 30, 2022, for the operations of the Judicial Branch of 10 the National Government during the fiscal year 2022.
The sum 11 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel...................................$ 1,343,038 Travel...................................... 50,214 Contractual Services........................ 394,300 OCE......................................... 228,050 Fixed Assets................................ 60,000 Section 5.

Operating Expenses of the National Public 18 Auditor.
The sum of $1,056,485, 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, 2022, for the operations of the National Office of 22 the Public Auditor during the fiscal year 2022.

The sum 23 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 24 25 Personnel ..................................$ 780,535 Travel...................................... 62,550 10 of 32 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-85 1 2 3 4 Contractual Services........................ $ 126,000 OCE......................................... 67,400 Fixed Assets................................ 20,000 Section 6.

Operating Expenses of Agencies of the 5 National Government.
The sum of $3,172,693, or so much thereof as 6 may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of 7 the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 8 September 30, 2022, for the operations of the following boards, 9 commissions and agencies during the fiscal year 2022.

The sum 10 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 11 (1) National Oceanic Resource Management Authority 12 (NORMA).
13 The sum of $1,219,159, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 14 the operations of NORMA for the fiscal year 2022.

The sum 15 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 820,685 Travel...................................... .

111,363 Contractual Services........................ .

200,741 OCE......................................... .

86,370 Fixed Assets................................ .

-0- (2) Board of Regents (COM-FSM).


22 The sum of $120,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 23 the operations of the Board of Regents, COM-FSM during the fiscal 24 year 2022.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 25 follows: 11 of 32 C.B.

NO.

22-85 Personnel.....................................$ Travel........................................
Contractual Services.......................... -0- -0- -0- OCE........................................... 120,000 Fixed Assets.................................. -0- (3) FSM Banking Board.

7 The sum of $208,877, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 8 the operations of FSM Banking Board during the fiscal year 2022.

9 The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 115,263 Travel......................................
Contractual Services........................ OCE.........................................

Fixed Assets................................ 22,877 41,128 25,110 4,500 (4) FSM Insurance Board.

16 The sum of $551,842, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 17 the operations of FSM Insurance Board during the fiscal year 2022.
18 The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 151,355 Travel...................................... 21,308 Contractual Services........................ 347,175 OCE......................................... 32,004 Fixed Assets................................ -0- (5) FSM Postal Services.

25 The sum of $1,072,814, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 12 of 32 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-85 1 the operations of the National Postal Services during the fiscal 2 year 2022.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 3 follows: Personnel...................................$ 609,752 Travel...................................... 19,993 Contractual Services........................ 187,119 OCE......................................... 175,950 Fixed Assets................................ 80,000 Section 7.

Special Programs.
Special Programs.

10 The sum of $492,564, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 11 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 12 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, for 13 the following special programs during the fiscal year 2022.

The 14 sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 15 (1) National Election Commission Office.
16 The sum of $492,564, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 17 the operations of National Election Office during the fiscal year 18 2022.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 19 follows: Personnel...................................$ 338,678 Travel...................................... 6,215 Contractual Services........................ 64,708 OCE......................................... 82,963 Fixed Assets................................ -0- Section 8.
Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

13 of 32 C.B.

NO.

22-85 1 The sum of $16,241,109, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 2 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 3 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, for 4 the following grants, subsidies and contributions during the 5 fiscal year 2022.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be 6 apportioned as follows: 7 8 (1) Office of the President.
(a) Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting 9 Development (AIBD) ................................. $ 4,500 10 11 (b) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union ..... 800 (c) Pacific Island News Association ..... 350 12 (d) Asia Pacific Investment ............. 250 13 (e) Former Presidents’ Allowance ........ 50,000 14 (f) Joint Committee on Compact Review 15 and Planning (JCRP) ................................. 1,078,937 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
(a) Pacific Island Forum Secretariat .... 57,000 (b) Secretariat of the Pacific Community 65,000 (c) ESCAP ............................... 5,000 (d) UN Membership Fee.................... 50,000 (e) East-West Center .................... 5,000 (f) ACP Cotonou Membership Fees ......... 17,000 (g) SPC Office Rental ................... 29,670 (h) SIS Program.......................... 10,000 (i) IOM Membership Fee .................. 600 14 of 32 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-85 1 2 (j) SPC Host Grant ..................... $ 20,000 (k) Differential for foreign currency 3 adjustment .......................................... 4 5 (l) FSM Day ............................. (m) Pacific Island Forum ................ -0- -0- -0- 6 (n) Oregon Consulate New Office Needs ... 100,000 7 8 9 (3) Department of Finance and Administration (a) CTA-OCO Membership Fee .............. 10,000 (b) Maintenance Fee for Financial 10 Management Information System (FMIS).
............... 55,000 11 12 (c) PITTA – CTA ......................... 5,000 (d) ADB, IMF and Budget, Finance 13 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 (i) FSM Trust Fund Board ................ 50,000 (j) Tax Compliance Initiative ........... 25,000 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
(a) Pacific Islands Development 22 Program (PIDP) .................................... 15,000 23 24 25 (b) Pacific Asian Travel Association (PATA) 6,000 (c) United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 30,000 (d) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) .

6,800 15 of 32 C.B.

NO.

22-85 (e) Western Forestry Leadership Coalition.
$ 530 (f) Matching to SPC Projects ............ 60,000 (g) Micronesian Challenge ............... 10,000 (h) Micronesian Cruise Association ...... 2,500 (i) South Pacific Tourism Organization .. 8,000 (j) IRENA .............................. 250 (k) Micronesia Trade Commission ......... 30,000 (l) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 1,000 (m) IFAD ................................ 500 (n) UNIDO Membership .................... 1,000 (o) Micronesia Island Forum Membership Fee 15,000 (p) Hosting Micronesian Island Forum .... (q) Pacific Festival .................... -0- -0- (r) Micronesia Association of Sustainable 15 Agriculture ........................................ 50,000 16 (s) Micronesia Island Forum ............ 15,000 17 (t) Micronesia Challenge Endowment Fund .
100,000 18 (u) International Coconut 19 Community (annual and prior years fees) ............ 18,000 (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

(a) UNFPA ............................... 3,000 (b) WHO ................................. 4,780 (c) PIHOA ............................... 20,000 (d) Association of Territorial Health ... 4,000 (e) Nursing and Medical Licensing ....... 60,000 16 of 32 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-85 1 2 (f) FSM Red Cross ...................... $ 70,000 (g) UNICEF (Vaccine & TB Drugs) ......... 50,000 3 (h) UN/FSM Women (CEDAW) ................ 1,000 4 (i) Drug Quality Testing Project.
....... 3,000 5 (j) National Therapeutics & Standards 6 Committee ........................................... 35,000 7 8 9 10 (k) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) ...... (l) FSM Youth Summit .................... (m) TB & Leprosy – Free Chuuk Project ... (n) Convention on the Rights of 11 the Child (CRC) .................................... (o) Response to measles and coronavirus .

(6) Department of Education.
-0- -0- -0- -0- -0- (a) Aid to Non-Public Schools ........... 1,000,000 (b) Aid to CMI Students ................. 40,000 (c) Aid to PCC Students ................. 100,000 (d) National Scholarship ................ 3,000,000 (e) National Close-Up ................... 75,000 (f) Merit Scholarship ................... 275,000 (g) Aid to FSM Students in Japan ........ 100,000 (h) Caroline College & Pastoral Institute 200,000 (i) Faithwalk Christian College ......... 200,000 (j) Aid to FSM Students in China ........ 50,000 (k) Aid to FSM Students in Fiji ......... 35,000 (l) Xavier High School -Chuuk ........... 75,000 17 of 32 C.B.
NO.

22-85 (m) Yap Catholic High School ........... $ 75,000 (7) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
(a) Asia Pacific Telecommunity .......... 6,075 (b) International Telecommunication Union 25,867 (c) ICAO ................................ 203,293 (d) FSM Capital Energy .................. 600,000 (e) Micronesian Shipping Commission ..... 25,000 9 (f) Fuel and Provisions for Caroline 10 Voyager and Navigator ............................... 1,345,830 11 12 (g) MS Navigator Repair and Services .... -0- (h) FSM National Government Computer 13 Network Bandwidth Contract ................... ...... 177,420 14 15 16 17 (8) Department of Justice.
(a) States Joint Law Enforcement: Kosrae.
100,000 (b) States Joint Law Enforcement: Pohnpei 225,000 (c) States Joint Law Enforcement: Chuuk, of 18 which $75,000 shall be used for Weno Municipal Police 275,000 (d) States Joint Law Enforcement: Yap ... 100,000 (e) Police Academy ...................... 100,000 (f) Fuel Subsidy ........................ 550,000 (g) WIPO ................................ (h) Patrol Boat – Replenish ............. (i) Reimbursement – Yap Investigation ... -0- -0- -0- (j) Interpol-Membership & Activities .... 30,000 18 of 32 C.B.
NO.
22-85 1 (k) Security for MIF ................... $ -0- 2 (l) Ammunitions for side arm & long rifles 25,000 3 (m) Organizations for the Prohibition of 4 Chemical Weapons (OPCW) ............................. 7,962 5 (n) Comprehensive Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty 6 Organization (CTBT) ................................. 13,708 7 (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and 8 Emergency Management (a) UNEP ................................ (b) UNFCCC .............................. (c) UNCCD ............................... 835 325 195 (d) SPREP Membership .................... 10,768 (e) Waigani Convention .................. 1,190 (f) SPREP-Noumea Convention ............. 1,764 (g) Earth Day Activities ................. 15,000 (h) 7th Bi-Annual Environment Conference .
20,000 (i) Basel Convention .................... (j) Kyoto Protocol ...................... 197 484 (k) WMO Membership ...................... 15,000 (l) Disaster Assistance Emergency 21 Relief Fund (DAEF)- Matching ........................ 200,000 22 (m) Disaster Relief Fund ................ 100,000 23 (n) Stockholm Convention Membership ..... 24 (o) Travel to Climate Change Conference .

550 -0- 25 (10) Office of National Archives, Culture and 19 of 32 C.B.

NO.
22-85 Historic Preservation (a) UNESCO ............................. $ 4,000 (b) NCSHPO .............................. 2,760 (c) PARBICA ............................. (d) PIALA ............................... (e) WHC ................................. 100 100 54 (f) Library Fee ......................... 50 (11) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (a) IPU Conferences ..................... (b) Climate Change Conferences .......... (c) ACP ................................. (d) APPF ................................ -0- -0- -0- -0- (e) Staff Upgrade ....................... 25,000 (f) World Bank-IMF Annual Meeting ....... (g) MRA Conference in Japan ............. -0- -0- (h) Fisheries Meetings .................. -0- (i) IPU Annual Dues ..................... 12,500 (j) COFA Alliance National Network (CANN).
25,000 (k) Travel to Investment Advisor (Wilshire) -0- (l) Compact Historical Project .......... 25,000 (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) State Judiciaries: Kosrae ........... 50,000 20 of 32 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-85 (e) State Judiciaries: Pohnpei ......... $ 70,000 (f) State Judiciaries: Chuuk ............ 120,000 (g) State Judiciaries: Yap .............. 50,000 (h) National Law Day .................... 100,000 (i) Micronesian Legal Services 6 Corporation (MLSC) ................................. 250,000 7 8 (j) NORMA – Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) .
63,000 (k) NORMA – WCPFC Tuna Commission Fee ... 318,397 9 (l) PNA Membership Fee .................. 10,000 (m) Independence Day Activities ......... 50,000 (n) MLFC Loan Payment ................... 260,000 (o) Single Audit Fee (FY 2019) .......... 460,000 (p) Staff Housing ....................... 750,000 (q) Recruitment and Repatriation ........ 223,218 (r) Legal and Advocacy Services in 16 Washington D.C. (A&P) ............................... -0- 17 18 (s) Pacific Missionary Aviation Service .
100,000 (t) Caroline Air Subsidy for insurance 19 and fuel ........................................ 200,000 20 21 (u) MiCare Subsidy ...................... -0- (v) Contribution to Tourism Sector 22 Mitigation Fund .................................... -0- 23 (w) President’s Day ..................... 75,000 24 Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.

25 The sum of $13,416,505 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 21 of 32 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-85 1 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 2 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, for 3 the following capital improvements, development programs, and 4 projects and human resources development.

Of the total amount of 5 funds appropriated herein, $1,542,202 shall be deemed to come from 6 funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant and 7 $1,000,000 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the 8 Compact Sector Grants.
The sum appropriated by this section shall 9 be apportioned as follows: 10 11 (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.
(a) College of Micronesia–FSM ..... $ 4,000,000 12 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime 13 Institute (FMI) ..................................... 919,392 14 (c) College of Micronesia-FSM 15 SEG Funding ........................................ 689,948 16 17 (d) COM-FSM Endowment Fund ....... 285,000 (e) COM-FSM Public Health 18 Initiative ................................... 250,000 (2) Department of Finance and Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease and Maintenance -0- (b) PCD Awareness and Training ..... 35,000 (c) Tax Reform Commission ........... -0- (d) CIU – World Bank & ADB 24 Funded Projects .................................... -0- 25 (3) Department of Resources and Development 22 of 32 C.B.
NO.
22-85 (a) R&D SNLC ...................... $ 75,000 (b) Enhancing Fisheries: Kosrae .... (c) Enhancing Fisheries: Pohnpei ... (d) Enhancing Fisheries: Chuuk ..... (e) Enhancing Fisheries: Yap ....... -0- -0- -0- -0- (f) R&D Conference ................. 73,000 (g) Foreign Investment Data 8 Management System .................................. 69,500 9 (h) Expo 2020 Dubai UAE ............. 10 (i) Intellectual Property Rights Regime 11 (j) Development of Coastal Fisheries -0- -0- 12 Policy for FSM .................................... -0- 13 (k) Development & Operation Framework to 14 Implement the National Seabed Mining Act ........... -0- 15 (l) Tourism Conference .............. 80,000 16 (m) Tourism Budget & Planning 17 with the States .................................... 450,000 18 (n) Tourism Public Awareness ........ 75,000 19 (o) Little Fire Ants (Eradication, 20 Control, & Prevention) ............................. -0- 21 (p) State Strategic Action Plan 22 for the FSM .................................... 23 (q) Renewable Energy Development Plan 24 (r) National Social Indicators Survey -0- -0- -0- 25 (s) Localization of Sustainable 23 of 32 C.B.
NO.
22-85 1 Development Goals in the FSM ...................... $ -0- 2 (t) FSM Association of Chamber of 3 Commerce/Support to COC ............................ 67,000 4 (u) National Coastal Fisheries 5 Monitoring Team .................................... 6 7 (v) Computing Facility Upgrade ...... (w) Strengthening National/Private Sector -0- -0- 8 Organizations in the FSM ........................... -0- 9 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications 10 and Infrastructure 11 (a) Operation and Dry-Docking 12 of Caroline Voyager and Navigator ................... 1,000,000 13 (b) FSM National Government Computer 14 Network ............................................ 100,000 15 (c) AIP Matching Fund ................ -0- 16 (d) States Roads Maintenance & Improvement, 17 to be divide equally between the four states with Chuuk’s 18 portion specifically designated for Weno Road ....... 1,200,000 19 (e) FSM National Government Facility 20 Improvements and Renovations ........................ 592,715 21 (f) Outer Island Airport ............. 22 (g) New Warehouse Building ........... 23 (h) Airport Needs .................... -0- -0- -0- 24 25 (5) Department of Justice (a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, 24 of 32 C.B.
NO.
22-85 1 Campaign, and Investigation ......................... $ 125,000 (b) Victim Shelter and Services .... 100,000 (c) Boat Maintenance ............... 150,000 (d) Slipping of the FSS Independence -0- (e) DOJ Satellite Phone Billing .... 10,000 (f) HT Annual Conference ........... 50,000 (g) Victim Shelter in Chuuk ........ -0- (h) Build Anti-Trafficking Shelters 9 in Pohnpei, Yap, and Kosrae ......................... 10 (i) Purchase four patrol boats ...... 11 (j) COVID-19 Law Enforcement & 12 Emergency Response .................................. 13 14 (k) Law Reform Initiatives ......... (6) Department of Environment, Climate Change -0- -0- -0- -0- 15 and Emergency Management 16 17 (a) National & State Table Top Exercise 30,000 (b) Outer Island Trip Assessment – 18 Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management ........... 80,000 19 (c) National Joint Platform for 20 Environment & Risk Resilience ....................... -0- 21 (d) International Day for Disaster 22 Reduction ........................................... 12,000 23 (e) Training & Maintenance for Radio 24 Communications ...................................... -0- 25 (f) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste 25 of 32 C.B.
NO.

22-85 1 Management Systems in FSM .......................... $ -0- 2 (g) Fourth Disaster Risk Management 3 Environment Conference .............................. 40,000 4 (h) Digital Atlas Dev.
for the four 5 states and outer islands ............................ 255,000 6 7 (7) National Election Commission Office (a) Voter ID Card and New Voter 8 Registration Project ................................ 50,000 (8) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) MOE-BHWP Med .................... 22,200 (b) Electronic Record System ........ 35,000 (c) Rheumatic Heart Program ......... 120,000 (d) Medical Specialist Team ......... 195,000 (e) National Women Council ......... -0- (f) Vector Surveillance & Control Program 50,000 (g) Histopathology Laboratory ...... (h) FSM Food Safety Laboratory ..... -0- -0- (i) Pathologist .................... 105,000 (j) Food/Water Testing Lab ......... -0- (k) Youth in Sports ................ 50,000 (l) Doctors: Foundation Project .... -0- (m) Implementing IHR Core Capacity 23 to Improve Health Security .......................... 50,000 24 25 (n) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) .
-0- (9) Department of Education 26 of 32 C.B.

NO.
22-85 1 2 3 4 (a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ...... $ 556,074 (b) School Accreditation ............ 431,877 (c) Teacher Certification Project ... 205,273 (d) Literacy Intervention for FSM 5 Leaders of Tomorrow (LIFT) ........................... -0- 6 (e) Printing and Shipment of Science 7 Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) ..................... 75,000 8 (f) Expansion and Development of 9 SLO Language Arts .................................... 232,214 10 11 (g) CELEP ........................... 50,000 (h) Assessment & Research to 12 revive NMCT ..................................... 140,312 13 (10) NORMA 14 15 16 17 (a) Commemoration of World Tuna Day 2022 70,000 (b) FFC Meetings.
................... -0- (c) Hosting WPCFC, TTC, & SC ........ 10,000 (d) Internship for students in the 18 area of fisheries management ......................... 5,000 19 20 21 22 (e) T3 Monitoring ................... 150,000 (11) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Capital Improvement Projects ... -0- (b) Design and Construction of 23 Veterans Memorial ................................... 24 25 (c) Conservation Society ........... (d) 2020 Constitutional Convention -0- -0- -0- 27 of 32 C.B.
NO.

22-85 1 2 (e) Enhancing Tourism ............. $ -0- (f) Purchase and delivery of an 3 outer island airplane ............................... -0- 4 (g) Assistance to FSM residents 5 stranded in Hawaii & Guam due to COVID-19 ........... -0- 6 (h) Assistance to FSM students 7 unable to return home due to COVID-19 ............... -0- 8 (i) Contribution to the Guam Consulate 9 for COVID-19 response activities .................... -0- 10 Section 10.

Employment Ceilings.
The maximum number of 11 positions for each branch and agency of the National Government 12 of the Federated States of Micronesia for fiscal year 2022 shall 13 be as follows: (1) Executive Branch ...................... .. 650 (2) Legislative Branch ................... ... (3) Judicial Branch ..................... .... (4) Public Auditor ....................... ... (5) Agencies: (a) National Oceanic Resource 20 Management Authority................ ............... (b) FSM Banking Board.................... (c) FSM Insurance Board ................. (d) National Postal Services............. (6) Special Programs: (a) National Election Commission 28 of 32 69 41 24 29 4 6 41 C.B.
NO.

22-85 1 Office............................... ............... 14 2 Section 11.

Reprogramming.

Reprogramming of funds into or 3 from the personnel budget line item shall not be permitted.
The 4 President, Speaker, Chief Justice and Public Auditor may reprogram 5 up to 10% percent to or from the funds appropriated in sections 2 6 (Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch), 3 (Operating 7 Expenses of the Legislative Branch), 4 (Operating Expenses of the 8 National Judicial Branch), and 5 (Operating Expenses of the 9 National Public Auditor).
Reprogramming of funds within a 10 department, office or agency shall be effected by the head of such 11 department, office or agency by specifying in writing to the 12 Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration of the 13 FSM National Government, the accounts for which funding is either 14 increased or decreased.
Reprogramming other than as specified 15 herein is not permitted, and more specifically, reprogramming into 16 or out of any line item contained in section 8 (Grants, Subsidies 17 and Contributions) or section 9 (Capital and Human Resources 18 Development) is not permitted.

The President shall report to 19 Congress within one month of the last day of each financial 20 quarter all amounts reprogrammed inter or intra a department, 21 office or agency.

22 Section 12.
22 Section 12.

Allotment and Management of Funds and Lapse 23 Dates.

24 25 (1) General provisions.

(a) All funds appropriated by this act shall be 29 of 32 C.B.

NO.

22-85 1 allotted, managed, administered and accounted for in accordance 2 with applicable law, including, but not limited to, the 3 Financial Management Act of 1979.
4 (b) The allottees shall be responsible for ensuring 5 that these funds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are 6 used solely for the purposes specified in this act, and that no 7 obligations are incurred in excess of the sums appropriated.

8 9 10 (2) Allottees.
The allottees of the funds appropriated by this act are as follows: (a) Section 2 - the allottee of these funds shall be 11 the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; 12 (b) Section 3 - the allottee of these funds shall be 13 the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; 14 (c) Section 4 – the allottee of these funds shall be 15 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of 16 Micronesia; 17 (d) Section 5 – the allottee of these funds shall be 18 the Public Auditor of the Federated States of Micronesia; 19 (e) Sections 6 through 9 - the allottee of these 20 funds shall be the President of the Federated States of 21 Micronesia; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for the following subsections 22 of sections 8 through 9 of this act: 23 (i) Sections 8(1)(f) and 8(13)(q) – the allottee 24 of these funds shall be the Chair of the Joint Committee on 25 Compact Review and Planning; 30 of 32 C.B.
NO.
22-85 1 (ii) Section 8(8)(a) – the allottee of these 2 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; 3 (iii) Section 8(8)(b) – the allottee of these 4 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; 5 (iv) Section 8(8)(c) – the allottee of these 6 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk, except the for 7 the $75,000 for the Weno Municipal Police, whom the allottee shall 8 be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; 9 (v) Section 8(8)(d) – the allottee of these funds 10 shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; 11 (vi) Section 8(11) – the allottee of these funds 12 shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of 13 Micronesia; 14 (vii) Section 8(12)(a) – the allottee of these 15 funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; 16 (viii) Section 8(12)(d) through (g) - the 17 allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the 18 respective State Supreme Court; 19 (ix) Section 8(12)(h) - the allottee of these 20 funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the 21 Federated States of Micronesia; 22 (x) Section 9(1) – the allottee of these funds 23 shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; 24 (xi) Section 9(3)(b) – the allottee of these 25 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; 31 of 32 C.B.
NO.
22-85 1 (xiiii) Section 9(3)(b) – the allottee of these 2 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; 3 (xiv) Section 9(3)(c) – the allottee of these 4 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; 5 (xv) Section 9(3)(d) – the allottee of these 6 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; 7 (xvi) Section 9(3)(e) – the allottee of these 8 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; 9 (xvii) Section 9(11)(b) – the allottee of these 10 funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States 11 of Micronesia; and 12 (xviii) Section 9(11)(d) – the allottee of these 13 funds shall be the President of the Constitutional Convention.
14 (3) Lapse date.

The authority of the allottees 15 to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of 16 September 30, 2022; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the funds appropriated 17 under section 9 of this act shall not lapse.

18 Section 13.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 19 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 20 becoming law without such approval.

21 22 Date: 9/20/21 Introduced by: /s/ Isaac V. Figir Isaac V. Figir 23 24 25 32 of 32