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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SIXTH REGULAR SESSION, 2021 C.B.

NO.

21-352 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend sections 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Public Law No.

21-185, as amended by Public Law No.


21-210, to appropriate a total of $5,948,555 of supplemental funds from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, to provide additional funding for the operations of the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, for its various Departments, Agencies and Special Programs, to provide additional supplemental funding for Subsidies and Contributions and for Capital Projects, 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.

21-185, as amended by 2 Public Law No.

21-210, is hereby further amended to read as 3 follows: “Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to appropriate the sum of $[64,525,467] 70,474,022 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, 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 the Compact Sector Grant amount for COM-FSM and 10 percent of the Supplemental Education Grant funds as is CBL 21-362/PC #21-484 C.B.

NO.

21-352 1 2 3 4 reflected in the budget for the Department of Education.

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

Section 2 of Public Law No.


21-185 is hereby 5 amended to read as follows: “Section 2.

Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch.


The sum of $[22,664,212] 23,760,944, 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, 2021, for the purpose of funding the operations of the Executive Branch of the National Government during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.
The sum of $[1,588,693] 1,767,018, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the President during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ........................$[632,693] 686,018 Travel ..................................... 78,000 Contractual Services...............[770,000] 870,000 OCE .............................. [105,000] 130,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 3,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
2 of 29 C.B.

NO.

21-352 The sum of $[5,860,851] 5,740,345, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel, PROVIDED THAT, of this amount, $166,000 shall be used to fund the Foreign Services Premium ..................... .
$ [1,962,116] 1,881,194 Travel ..................................... 117,820 Contractual Services........................ 3,213,267 OCE ........................................ 491,192 Fixed Assets ............................... 76,456 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.

The sum of $[2,683,491] 3,014,916, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .....................$ [1,968,891] 2,250,316 Travel ..................................... 86,100 Contractual Services........................ 227,500 OCE .............................. [256,500] 306,500 Fixed Assets ............................... 144,500 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
The sum of $[1,302,771] 1,320,110, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department 3 of 29 C.B.

NO.

21-352 of Resources and Development during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ........................ $[907,314] 924,564 Travel ..................................... 87,545 Contractual Services........................ 60,200 OCE ........................................... 217,999 Fixed Assets ............................... 29,713 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
The sum of $[2,658,400] 2,681,400, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .........................$[635,788] 658,788 Travel ..................................... 69,508 Contractual Services........................ 1,839,604 OCE ........................................ 84,200 Fixed Assets ............................... 29,300 (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
The sum of $[940,501] 991,101, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Health and Social Affairs during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 4 of 29 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-352 follows: Personnel .......................$ [667,468] 697,368 Travel ..................................... 46,265 Contractual Services........................ 130,617 OCE ................................[93,151] 113,851 Fixed Assets ............................... 3,000 (7) Department of Education.

The sum of $[707,538] 724,788, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Education during the fiscal year 2021.
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 ........................$[437,497] 454,747 Travel ..................................... 60,164 Contractual Services........................ 159,226 OCE ........................................ 49,651 Fixed Assets ............................... 1,000 (8) Department of Justice.
The sum of $[4,754,784] 5,603,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................... $[3,397,043] 3,705,759 5 of 29 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-352 Travel ....................................$ 112,440 Contractual Services....................... 611,962 OCE ....................................... 513,643 Fixed Assets .............................. 119,696 (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management.

The sum of $[683,968] 830,980, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of Environment and Emergency Management during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .........................$[545,058] 562,308 Travel ..................................... 49,290 Contractual Services........................ 25,000 OCE ........................................ 47,120 Fixed Assets ............................... 17,500 (10) Office of the Public Defender.

The sum of $990,087, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the Public Defender during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .............................. .. $ 744,801 Travel ..................................... 42,036 Contractual Services........................ 111,350 OCE ........................................ 86,900 6 of 29 C.B.

NO.

21-352 Fixed Assets ...............................$ 5,000 (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.
The sum of $[184,404] 225,804, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ........................$[138,018] 179,418 Travel ..................................... 10,672 Contractual Services........................ 15,425 OCE ........................................ 20,289 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- (12) Office of Veteran’s Affairs.

The sum of $159,908, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office Veteran’s Affairs during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 79,240 Travel ..................................... 12,668 Contractual Services........................ 50,000 OCE ........................................ 18,000 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- (13) Office of Personnel.

The sum of $[148,816] 236,269, or so much thereof as may 7 of 29 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-352 be necessary, for the operations of the Office of Personnel during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .......................$ [134,816] 177,269 Travel ..................................... 3,000 Contractual Services........................ -0- OCE .................................[11,000] 16,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 40,000 Section 3.

Section 6 of Public Law No.


21-185 is hereby 10 amended to read as follows: Section 6.

Operating Expenses of Agencies, Boards, Authorities, and Commission of the National Government.
The sum of $[2,781,993] 2,859,536, 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, 2021, for the operations of the following boards, commissions and agencies during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA).
The sum of $[1,005,359] 1,044,916, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of NORMA for the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be 8 of 29 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-352 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..........................$[669,217] 689,799 Travel...................................... 74,242 Contractual Services.................[186,100] 205,075 OCE......................................... 75,800 Fixed Assets................................ -0- (2) Board of Regents (COM-FSM).

The sum of $120,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Board of Regents, COM-FSM during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel.....................................$ Travel........................................

Contractual Services.......................... -0- -0- -0- OCE........................................... 120,000 Fixed Assets.................................. -0- (3) FSM Banking Board.

The sum of $[179,538] 199,789, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of FSM Banking Board during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .........................$[93,068] 113,319 Travel...................................... 25,418 Contractual Services........................ 32,442 OCE......................................... 25,110 9 of 29 C.B.

NO.

21-352 Fixed Assets................................$ 3,500 (4) FSM Insurance Board.
The sum of $544,995, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of FSM Insurance Board during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 143,660 Travel...................................... 23,676 Contractual Services........................ 347,175 OCE......................................... 28,284 Fixed Assets................................ 2,200 (5) FSM Postal Services.
The sum of $[932,101] 949,836, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the National Postal Services during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel.........................$[546,818] 564,553 Travel...................................... 22,214 Contractual Services........................ 187,119 OCE......................................... 175,950 Fixed Assets................................ -0- Section 4.

Section 7 of Public Law No.


21-185 is hereby 23 amended to read as follows: 24 25 “Section 7.

Special Programs.

The sum of $[426,061] 439,861, or so much thereof as may 10 of 29 C.B.

NO.

21-352 be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, for the following special programs during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) National Election Commission Office.

The sum of $[426,061] 439,861, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of National Election Office during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel.........................$[252,040] 265,840 Travel...................................... 6,905 Contractual Services........................ 59,153 OCE......................................... 82,963 Fixed Assets................................ 25,000 Section 5.

Section 8 of Public Law No.

21-185, as amended by Public Law No.
21-210, is hereby further amended to read as 19 follows: “Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum of $[16,078,515] 20,207,628, 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, 2021, for the following grants, subsidies and contributions during the 11 of 29 C.B.

NO.

21-352 fiscal year 2021.


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 (f) Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning (JCRP) ................. 800,000 (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 (j) SPC Host Grant .................. 20,000 (k) Differential for foreign currency adjustment ................................ -0- 12 of 29 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-352 (l) FSM Day ......................... -0- (m) 2020 Games in Japan – Representation and Participation (FSM Embassy/Tokyo) .......... (n) Prior Year Obligation PIF ....... (o) Guam Consulate Outreach ......... (p) Pacific Island Forum ............ -0- -0- -0- -0- (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 (i) FSM National Government taxes prior year debts to social security ........ -0- (j) Prior Years Obligations for Chuuk Finance Office ....................... -0- (k) Finance prior year obligations for acting capacity ....................... $ (l) FSM Trust Fund Board ............ (m) Tax Compliance Initiative ....... -0- -0- -0- 13 of 29 C.B.
NO.

21-352 (n) FSM Hosting OCE Annual Conference -0- (o) FSM Trust Fund Board Meetings and Investment Conferences ..................... -0- (4) Department of Resources and Development.
(a) Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) ............................. 15,000 (b) Pacific Asian Travel Association (PATA) ......................... 6,000 (c) United Nations Development Program (UNDP) ............................. 30,000 (d) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) 6,800 (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 -0- 14 of 29 C.B.
NO.

21-352 (q) Pacific Festival ................ -0- (r) Micronesia Association of Sustainable Agriculture .................... 50,000 (s) Micronesia Island Forum ........ -0- (t) Micronesia Challenge Endowment Fund 100,000 (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 (f) FSM Red Cross ................... 70,000 (g) UNICEF (Vaccine & TB Drugs) ..... 50,000 (h) UN/FSM Women (CEDAW) ............ 1,000 (i) Drug Quality Testing Project.
... 3,000 (j) National Therapeutics & Standards Committee ........................ 35,000 (k) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) .. (l) FSM Youth Summit ................ (m) TB & Leprosy – Free Chuuk Project (n) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) ........................... $ (o) Response to measles and coronavirus (p) Physical Activities and Sports -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- Development ................................ 40,000 15 of 29 C.B.
NO.

21-352 (6) Department of Education.
(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 ............... 300,000 (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 .... 35,000 (k) Aid to FSM Students in Fiji ..... 35,000 (l) Xavier High School -Chuuk ....... 75,000 (7) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
(a) Asia Pacific Telecommunity ..... 11,000 (b) International Telecommunication Union 20,867 (c) ICAO ............................ 28,050 (d) FSM Capital Energy .............. 600,000 (e) Micronesian Shipping Commission .

25,000 (f) Fuel and Provisions for Caroline Voyager and Navigator ..................... $ 1,345,830 (g) MS Navigator Repair and Services -0- (8) Department of Justice.

(a) States Joint Law Enforcement: Kosrae.


75,000 16 of 29 C.B.

NO.
21-352 (b) States Joint Law Enforcement: Pohnpei 200,000 (c) States Joint Law Enforcement: Chuuk, of which $75,000 shall be used for Weno Municipal Police ........................... 200,000 (d) States Joint Law Enforcement: Yap 75,000 (e) Police Academy .................. 100,000 (f) Fuel Subsidy .................... 550,000 (g) WIPO ............................ (h) Patrol Boat – Replenish ......... (i) Reimbursement – Yap Investigation (j) Interpol-Membership & Activities (k) Security for MIF ................ -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- (l) Ammunitions for side arm & long rifles 25,000 (m) Organizations for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) .................... 7,962 (n) Comprehensive Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Organization (CTBT) ........................ 13,708 (o) Retroactive salary (2013-2016) for Captain of Police .......................... -0- (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) UNEP ........................... $ (b) UNFCCC .......................... (c) UNCCD ........................... 835 325 195 (d) SPREP Membership ................ 10,768 17 of 29 C.B.
NO.
21-352 (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 Relief Fund (DAEF)- Matching ............ [0] 200,000 (m) Disaster Relief Fund ......... [0] 100,000 (10) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation (a) UNESCO .......................... 4,000 (b) NCSHPO .......................... 2,760 (c) PARBICA ......................... (d) PIALA ........................... (e) WHC ............................. (f) Library Fee ..................... 100 100 54 50 (11) Office of the National Public Auditor (a) APIPA – Staff Development and Membership Fee ............................. -0- (b) PASAI – Staff Development and Membership Fee ............................ $ -0- (c) 2020 Conference – Staff Development and Membership Fee ......................... -0- 18 of 29 C.B.
NO.
21-352 (d) Membership Fee in APPIPA & PASAI for all FSM OPAs (National and State) .......... -0- (12) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (a) IPU Conferences ................. -0- (b) Climate Change Conferences ...... 50,000 (c) ACP ............................. (d) APPF ............................ -0- -0- (e) Staff Upgrade ................... 25,000 (f) World Bank-IMF Annual Meeting ... -0- (g) MRA Conference in Japan ......... 30,000 (h) Fisheries Meetings .............. 30,000 (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 (m) National Olympic Committee – Olympic Qualifiers and Assistance for Jennifer Chieng -0- (n) Micronesia Productions .......... 70,000 (o) Prior and Current Year Member & Staff Housing .............................. 62,000 (13) 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 ....... 40,000 19 of 29 C.B.

NO.
21-352 (e) State Judiciaries: Pohnpei ...... 60,000 (f) State Judiciaries: Chuuk ........ 110,000 (g) State Judiciaries: Yap .......... 40,000 (h) National Law Day ................ 50,000 (i) Micronesian Legal Services Corporation (MLSC) ....................... 250,000 (j) NORMA – Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) 63,000 (k) NORMA – WCPFC Tuna Commission Fee 318,397 (l) Independence Day Activities ..... 50,000 (m) MLFC Loan Payment ............... 260,000 (n) Single Audit Fee (FY 2019) ...... 460,000 (o) Staff Housing ................... 660,000 (p) Recruitment and Repatriation .... 223,218 (q) Legal and Advocacy Services in Washington D.C. (A&P) ...................... -0- (r) Pacific Missionary Aviation Service 100,000 (s) Caroline Air Subsidy for insurance and fuel ......................... 310,000 (t) National Olympic Committee – Coaches & Qualifying ....................... -0- (u) Saint Ceilia Catholic School – school buses and class room renovations .......... $ -0- (v) MiCare Subsidy .................. 500,000 (w) Contribution to Tourism Sector Mitigation Fund ............................ -0- 20 of 29 C.B.
NO.
21-352 (x) FSM National Government Employee Health Insurance Plan ...................... -0- (y) General Election 2021 ........... 497,607 (z) Department of Finance-Administration settlement of sales tax issues ............. 4,541 (aa) Department of Finance-prior years outstanding billing for Treasury & CTA Field offices .............................. 15,000 (bb) Office of Public Defender prior years obligations .......................... 3,545 (cc) TC&I-FMI Lease in Yap ........... 105,000 (dd) TC&I-ADB Reimbursement .......... 183,250 (ee) TC&I-AIP Matching for Yap airport 3,350,000 (ff) TC&I-prior year outstanding obligation incurred from past years to on island vendor ........................ 5,000 (gg) TC&I-non deducted wage and salary tax ............................. 33,805 (hh) Department of Health-prior year obligation incurred from past years to island vendor .. (ii) DOJ-court judgement/settlement .. 5,000 5,000 (jj) MiCare ......................... $ 80,000 Section 6.
Section 9 of Public Law No.

21-185, as amended by 24 Public Law No.

21-210, is hereby further amended to read as 25 follows: 21 of 29 C.B.

NO.

21-352 “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $[14,108,696] 14,740,063 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, 2021, 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 Supplemental Education Grant and $1,000,000 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the 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) ............................ 875,611 (c) College of Micronesia-FSM SEG Funding ................................ 689,948 (d) COM-FSM Endowment Fund .......... 285,000 (e) COM-FSM Building Infrastructure Project .................... $ -0- (2) Department of Finance and Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease and Maintenance 40,000 (b) PCD Awareness and Training ...... -0- 22 of 29 C.B.
NO.
21-352 (3) Department of Resources and Development (a) R&D SNLC ........................ -0- (b) Enhancing Fisheries: Kosrae ..... 100,000 (c) Enhancing Fisheries: Pohnpei .... 100,000 (d) Enhancing Fisheries: Chuuk ...... 100,000 (e) Enhancing Fisheries: Yap ........ (f) R&D Conference .................. (g) Foreign Investment Data Management System .......................... (h) Expo 2020 Dubai UAE ............. -0- -0- -0- -0- (i) Intellectual Property Rights Regime 117,000 (j) Development of Coastal Fisheries Policy for FSM ............................. 150,000 (k) Development & Operation Framework to Implement the National Seabed Mining Act .......................... 200,000 (l) Tourism Conference .............. -0- (m) Tourism Budget & Planning with the States ............................ (n) Tourism Public Awareness ........ (o) Little Fire Ants (Eradication, -0- -0- Control, & Prevention) .................... $ 166,440 (p) State Strategic Action Plan for the FSM ................................ 60,990 (q) Renewable Energy Development Plan -0- 23 of 29 C.B.
NO.
21-352 (r) National Social Indicators Survey 661,713 (s) Localization of Sustainable Development Goals in the FSM ............... 320,812 (t) FSM Association of Chamber of Commerce/Support to COC .................... 67,000 (u) National Coastal Fisheries Monitoring Team ............................ (v) Computing Facility Upgrade ...... (w) Strengthening National/Private Sector Organizations in the FSM ................... (x) 2020 CPH ........................ (4) Department of Transportation, Communications -0- -0- -0- -0- and Infrastructure (a) Operation and Dry-Docking of Caroline Voyager and Navigator .......... 1,000,000 (b) FSM National Government Computer Network ........................... 277,420 (c) AIP Matching Fund ............... -0- (d) Relocation of power and telephone lines in PNI ............................... -0- (e) FSM National Government Facility Improvements and Renovations .............. $ 592,715 (f) Outer Island Airport ............ (g) New Warehouse Building .......... -0- -0- (h) Airport Needs ................... 200,000 24 of 29 C.B.
NO.
21-352 (i) MV Hapilmohol-1 parts, repair of engine, and replacement ................. 350,000 (5) Department of Justice (a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation ................ 125,000 (b) Victim Shelter and Services ..... 100,000 (c) Boat Maintenance ................ 150,000 (d) Slipping of the FSS Independence 750,000 (e) DOJ Satellite Phone Billing ..... 10,000 (f) HT Annual Conference ............ 50,000 (g) Victim Shelter in Chuuk ......... 50,000 (h) Build Anti-Trafficking Shelters in Pohnpei, Yap, and Kosrae ................ 150,000 (i) Purchase four patrol boats ...... -0- (j) COVID-19 Law Enforcement & Emergency Response ......................... 375,033 (6) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) National & State Table Top Exercise .............................. 30,000 (b) Outer Island Trip Assessment – Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management .
$ 80,000 (c) National Joint Platform for Environment & Risk Resilience .............. -0- (d) International Day for Disaster 25 of 29 C.B.

NO.
21-352 Reduction ................................ -0- (e) Training & Maintenance for Radio Communications ............................. -0- (f) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Management Systems in FSM .................. 165,000 (g) Fourth Disaster Risk Management Environment Conference ..................... -0- (7) National Election Commission Office (a) Voter ID Card and New Voter 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 to Improve Health Security ................. 50,000 26 of 29 C.B.
NO.
21-352 (n) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) .. -0- (9) Department of Education (a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ....... 556,074 (b) School Accreditation ............ 250,000 (c) Teacher Certification Project ... 168,000 (d) Literacy Intervention for FSM Leaders of Tomorrow (LIFT) ................. -0- (e) Development of Science Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) ................... (f) Development Quality ............. (g) NMCT Administration ............. (h) Assessment & Research to -0- -0- -0- revive NMCT ................................ 112,740 (10) NORMA (a) Commemoration of World Tuna Day 2021 40,000 (b) FFC Meetings.
................... -0- (c) Hosting WPCFC, TTC, & SC ........ 10,000 (d) Internship for students in the area of fisheries management ............... 5,000 (e) T3 Monitoring ................... 100,000 (11) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Capital Improvement Projects ... $ -0- (b) Design and Construction of Veterans Memorial .......................... (c) Conservation Society ............ -0- -0- 27 of 29 C.B.

NO.

21-352 (d) 2020 Constitutional Convention .
-0- (e) Purchase/down payment for FSM Embassy in Japan ........................... -0- (f) Chuuk State Purchase of a Field Trip vessel ................................ -0- (g) Pohnpei State Purchase of Field Trip Vessel and Operation ...................... (h) Enhancing Tourism ............... (i) Purchase and delivery of an -0- -0- outer island airplane ...................... -0- (j Assistance to FSM residents stranded in Hawaii & Guam due to COVID-19 .. -0- (k) Assistance to FSM students unable to return home due to COVID-19 ...... -0- (l) Payment to U of Guam for FSM students room & board due to COVID-19 ...... -0- (m) Contribution to the Guam Consulate for COVID-19 response activities ........... -0- (n) Renovations to the Congress Chamber -0- (o) Funding for new Portland Consulate Office and associated security system requirements ....................... $ 631,367“ Section 7.
This act shall become law upon approval by the 28 of 29 C.B.

NO.

21-352 1 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 2 becoming law without such approval.

3 4 Date: 1/13/21 Introduced by: /s/ Florencio S. Harper Florencio S. Harper (by request) 29 of 29