Source document: https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1697808913711.pdf (Micronesia, Federated States of)
TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SECOND SPECIAL SESSION, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, P.C.

NO.

20-149 C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.

20-54 AN ACT To amend sections 1, 8 and 9 of Public Law No.
20-42 by appropriating $9,333,000 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, to provide funding for the set-up and operations costs of a consulate on the West Coast of the United States, for the FSM Trust Fund, and for the Telecommunications cable project; to make a technical correction, and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1 of Public Law No.
20-42 as hereby amended to read 2 as follows: “Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to appropriate the sum of $77,236,100 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: Section 2.

Section 8 of Public Law No.

20-42 is hereby 18 amended to read as follows: CBL 20-111 P.C.

NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.


20-54 “Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum of $12,143,827, 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 .. (d) Asia Pacific Investment ........ 350 250 (e) Former Presidents’ Allowance ... 50,000 (f)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 (g) SPC Office Rental .............. 29,670 2 of 16 P.C.

NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.


20-54 (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 Mineral Prospecting ....................... -0- (d) Pacific Asian Travel 3 of 16 P.C.

NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.


20-54 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 (c) FSM Sport Association .......... 20,000 (d) PIHOA .......................... 20,000 4 of 16 P.C.

NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.


20-54 (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 (7) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
(a) Asia Pacific Telecommunity ..... 11,000 (b) International Telecommunication Union 20,867 (c) ICAO ........................... 28,050 (d) FSM Capital Energy ............. 600,000 (e) Micronesian Shipping Commission (MSC) 25,000 (f) Fuel and Provisions for Caroline Voyager and Navigator ...................... 1,345,830 (8) Department of Justice.

(a) States Joint Law Enforcement: Kosrae.

30,000 (b) States Joint Law Enforcement: Pohnpei 50,000 5 of 16 P.C.

NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.


20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.
20-54 (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- (9) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (a) IPU Conferences ................ -0- (b) Climate Change Conferences ..... 50,000 (c) ACP ............................ 30,000 (d) APPU ........................... -0- (e) APPF ........................... 50,000 (f) Staff Upgrade .................. 25,000 (g) World Bank-IMF Annual Meeting .. 50,000 (h) FSM-Israel Parliamentary Relations -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 6 of 16 P.C.
NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.
20-54 (o) COFA Alliance National Network (CANN).$25,000 (p) Travel to Investment Advisor (Wilshire) ............................... (q) UN Ocean Conference ............ -0- -0- (r) Compact Historical Project ..... 150,000 (10) Office of Environment & Emergency Management (a) UNEP ........................... (b) UNFCCC ......................... (c) UNCCD .......................... 835 325 195 (d) SPREP .......................... 10,768 (e) Waigani Convention ............. 1,190 (f) SPREP-Noumea Convention ........ 1,764 (g) Earth Day Activities 15,000 (h) 6th Bi-Annual Environment Conference 20,000 (i) FSM FEMA Disaster Matching ..... 200,000 (j) Basel Convention ............... 501 (k) Build Resilience to Disaster and Climate Risk in the Outer Islands ...... (l) Prior Year Obligations ......... (m) Kyoto Protocol ................. (n) WMO Membership (Current -0- -0- 409 Fee & Prior Obligations) ................... 250,000 (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Preservation ................... (a) UNESCO ......................... 4,000 7 of 16 P.C.
NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.

20-54 (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 (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” 8 of 16 P.C.
NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.

20-54 1 Section 3.

Section 9 of Public Law No.

20-42 is hereby 2 amended to read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $36,270,106, 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 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 9 of 16 P.C.

NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.
20-54 (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 (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- 10 of 16 P.C.

NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.
20-54 (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 (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 Overseasand Integration into Regional/Global Supply Chains .............. 22,000 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure 11 of 16 P.C.
NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.
20-54 (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 (h) New Backup Generator ........... 80,000 (i) Outstanding Inaugural Stage .... (j) Y12 Aircraft Operation Project .
-0- -0- (k) Funding for Road, Seaport and Airport Improvement ....................... -0- (5) Department of Justice (a) Satellite Phone and Usage Billings -0- (b) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation .. 125,000 (c) Conduct Mediation in PII Case .. 53,000 (d) Victim Shelter and Services .... 100,000 (6) Office of Environment & Emergency Management (a) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Management .......................... -0- 12 of 16 P.C.

NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.


20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.

20-54 (b) Hosting of Global Environment Facil.

Constituency Meetings ............. $ 40,000 (c) Fourth Disaster Risk Management Environment Conference ..................... 20,000 (d) Fifteen Thousand Gallon Water Cathcm.
.............................. 4,250 (e) Implement the FSM National Disaster Response Plan .................... 30,000 (f) Backup Generator ............... 40,000 (7) President’s Office (a) FSM Trust Fund .................. 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 .................. -0- -0- 13 of 16 P.C.
NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.

20-54 (i) National Surveillance ......... $ (j) Drug Testing ................... (k) National NGO ................... -0- -0- -0- (l) Women’s Conference ............. 90,000 (10) Department of Education (a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ....... 556,074 (b) School Accreditation ............ 100,000 (c) Teacher Certification Project ... 168,000 (d) Development Quality.
............ 82,500 (11) Insurance Board (a) Improve and Strengthen the Country’s Insurance Statutory and Regulatory Framework ....................... -0- (b) In-House Consultation/ On Site Examination and Investigation of Affairs of Captive Insurance ..... -0- (12) Department of Foreign Affairs (a) Acting Capacity Role ............ 36,000 (b) FSM Embassy in Suva, Fiji Residence 200,000 (13) NORMA (a) Hosting of PNA Leadership Summit.
-0- (b) Capital & Human Resources Development Programs in Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) ............... 55,000 (c) Commemoration of World Tuna 14 of 16 P.C.

NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.
20-54 Day 2018 ........................ $ 15,000 (14) National Postal Services (a) Postal Management and Financial Services 210,000 (15) Office of the Public Defender (a) Case Management and Reporting System -0- (b) Know Your Rights Awareness Program -0- (16) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Conservation Society in Each State 200,000 (b) Payments for Yap-Chuuk Telecommunications Cable Project, of which $1,000,000 shall be 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 .......................... 720,000” 15 of 16 P.C.
NO.

20-149 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

20-103, C.D.1, C.D.2 PUBLIC LAW NO.

20-54 1 Section 4.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 2 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 3 becoming law without such approval.

4 November 06 , 2017 /s/ Peter M. Christian Peter M. Christian President Federated States of Micronesia 16 of 16