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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL BIL NO.

22-62 P.C.

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22-30 AN ACT To amend sections 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, and 9, of Public Law No.

21-185, as amended by Public Laws Nos.


21-210, 21-221, 21-238 and 22-01, to appropriate $556,536 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, to provide supplemental funding for the operations of the Executive Branch; the Legislative Branch; Agencies, Boards, Authorities, and Commissions; Grants, Subsidies and Contributions; Capital and Human Resources Development, 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 Laws Nos.

21-210, 21-221, 21-238, and 22-01, is hereby 3 further amended to read as follows: “Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to appropriate the sum of $74,887,351 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 reflected in CBL 22-64 P.C.

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22-62 1 2 3 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, as amended by 4 Public Laws Nos.

21-221, 21-238, and 22-01, is hereby further 5 amended to read as follows: “Section 2.

Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch.


The sum of $25,105,251, 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 $2,181,708, 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 ........................ ........ $ 695,708 Travel ............................ ........ 168,000 Contractual Services............... ........ 1,160,000 OCE ............................... ........ 155,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 3,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
2 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 The sum of $6,200,283, 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 ....................... ......... $ 1,999,067 Travel ........................... ......... 177,820 Contractual Services............. .......... 3,455,748 OCE ........................................ 491,192 Fixed Assets ............................... 76,456 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
The sum of $3,060,769, 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 ....................... ......... $ 2,276,169 Travel ..................................... 86,100 Contractual Services........................ 227,500 OCE ............................... ........ 326,500 Fixed Assets ............................... 144,500 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
The sum of $1,338,277, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Resources and Development during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 3 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 follows: Personnel ................................. $ 937,820 Travel ............................. ....... 92,545 Contractual Services........................ 60,200 OCE ........................................... 217,999 Fixed Assets ............................... 29,713 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
The sum of $2,943,493, 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 ........................ ........ $ 665,981 Travel ............................. ....... 74,508 Contractual Services.............. ......... 2,034,004 OCE, of which $55,500 may be used to pay past year obligations ..................... 139,700 Fixed Assets ............................... 29,300 (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
The sum of $1,034,946, 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 follows: 4 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 Personnel ......................... ....... $ 736,213 Travel ............................. ....... 51,265 Contractual Services....................... 130,617 OCE ................................. ...... 113,851 Fixed Assets ............................... 3,000 (7) Department of Education.
The sum of $767,322, 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 .......................... ...... $ 457,445 Travel ............................... ..... 100,000 Contractual Services........................ 159,226 OCE ........................................ 49,651 Fixed Assets ............................... 1,000 (8) Department of Justice.

The sum of $5,191,915, 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 ....................... ......... $ 3,754,174 Travel ............................ ..... .. 127,440 5 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 Contractual Services.......................$ 611,962 OCE ....................................... 513,643 Fixed Assets ...................... ........ 184,696 (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management.
The sum of $712,844, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ......................... ....... $ 568,934 Travel .............................. ...... 54,290 Contractual Services........................ 25,000 OCE ........................................ 47,120 Fixed Assets ............................... 17,500 (10) Office of the Public Defender.

The sum of $999,309, 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 ............................ .... $ 754,023 Travel ..................................... 42,036 Contractual Services........................ 111,350 OCE ........................................ 86,900 Fixed Assets ............................... 5,000 6 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.

The sum of $227,168, 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 ......................... ....... $ 180,782 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 $287,309, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of Personnel 7 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel, of which $49,400 may be used to compensate the retroactive pay for actingship positions within the executive branch................ .................... $ 228,309 Travel ..................................... 3,000 Contractual Services........................ -0- OCE .................................. ..... 16,000 Fixed Assets ............................ .. 40,000” Section 3.

Section 3 of Public Law No.


21-185, as amended by 12 Public Laws Nos.

21-210, 21-238, and 22-01, is hereby further 13 amended to read as follows: “Section 3.

Operating Expenses of the Legislative Branch.


The sum of $9,233,205, 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 Legislative Branch of the National Government during fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Speaker and Members.
The sum of $3,563,150, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the 8 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 Speaker and Members of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia during fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................. $ 603,150 Travel .................................... 225,000 Contractual Services, of which up to $150,000 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 obligation.
........ $ 2,725,000 OCE ........................................ -0- Fixed Assets .......................... .... 10,000 (2) Staff Offices.

The sum of $2,770,055, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Congress staff offices during fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ........................ ........ $ 1,409,055 Travel...................................... 30,000 Contractual Services.................. ..... 762,000 OCE................................... ..... 309,000 Fixed Assets....................... ........ 260,000 (3) Congress Delegation Offices.

The sum of $2,900,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Congress delegation 9 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 offices during the fiscal year 2021.

Of the amounts appropriated for contractual services within each Delegation Office, up to a maximum of $195,000 per Member, at the Delegation Offices’ discretion, may be used for Representation including prior years reimbursable expenses and other obligations.
The sum appropriated is apportioned as follows: (a) Kosrae Delegation Office Travel ................................. .
$ -0- Contractual Services ....................... 390,000 OCE ........................................ 30,000 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- TOTAL ................................ 420,000 (b) Pohnpei Delegation Office Travel .................................... 3,000 Contractual Services ....................... 780,000 OCE ........................................ 47,000 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- TOTAL ................................ 830,000 (c) Chuuk Delegation Office Travel .................................... -0- Contractual Services ....................... 1,180,000 OCE ........................................ 40,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 10,000 TOTAL ................................ 1,230,000 10 of 33 P.C.
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22-62 (d) Yap Delegation Office Travel ................................... $ 3,000 Contractual Services ....................... 385,000 OCE ........................................ 27,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 5,000 TOTAL ................................ 420,000” Section 4.

Section 6 of Public Law No.


21-185, as amended by 8 22-01, is hereby further amended to read as follows: “Section 6.

Operating Expenses of Agencies, Boards, Authorities, and Commissions of the National Government.
The sum of $2,898,437, 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 $1,051,183, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of NORMA for the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................. ............... $ 696,066 Travel............................... ... ... 74,242 11 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 Contractual Services................ .. ....$ 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 $200,618, 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 ................... ............. $ 114,148 Travel...................................... 25,418 Contractual Services........................ 32,442 OCE......................................... 25,110 Fixed Assets................................ 3,500 (4) FSM Insurance Board.

The sum of $546,095, or so much thereof as may be 12 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 necessary, for the operations of FSM Insurance Board during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ....................... ........ $144,760 Travel...................................... 23,676 Contractual Services........................ 347,175 OCE......................................... 28,284 Fixed Assets................................ 2,200 (5) FSM Postal Services.

The sum of $980,541, 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...................... .......... $ 572,258 Travel, may be used for prior years obligations............................. ... 45,214 Contractual Services........................ 187,119 OCE......................................... 175,950 Fixed Assets................................ -0-“ Section 5.

Section 8 of Public Law No.

21-185, as amended by 21 Public Laws Nos.


21-210, 21-221, 21-238, and 22-01, is hereby 22 further amended to read as follows: 23 24 25 “Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum of $18,714,316, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund 13 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, for the following grants, subsidies and contributions during the 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 14 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 (k) Differential for foreign currency adjustment ................................ $ (l) FSM Day ......................... (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- -0- -0- (q) Office Rental for UNMCO ......... 13,500 (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 15 of 33 P.C.
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22-62 capacity acting ........................... $ (l) FSM Trust Fund Board ............ (m) Tax Compliance Initiative ....... (n) FSM Hosting OCE Annual Conference (o) FSM Trust Fund Board Meetings and -0- -0- -0- -0- 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 16 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 (o) Micronesia Island Forum Membership Fee ............................ $ 15,000 (p) Hosting Micronesian Island Forum (q) Pacific Festival ................ -0- -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 -0- -0- -0- (n) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) ............................ -0- 17 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 (o) Response to measles and coronavirus $ -0- (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 ....... 175,000 (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- 18 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 (h) Purchase of a small vessels to be allocated as follows: .................... $ 775,000 (i) 350,000 for Pohnpei vessel (ii) 350,000 for Kosrae vessel and/or Emergency infrastructure repair (iii) 75,000 subsidy for the operations of the Lady Minto (8) Department of Justice.

(a) States Joint Law Enforcement: Kosrae.
75,000 (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 ......... -0- -0- (i) Reimbursement – Yap Investigation.
-0- (j) Interpol-Membership & Activities 30,000 (k) Security for MIF ................ -0- (l) Ammunitions for side arm & Long rifles ................................ 25,000 (m) Organizations for the Prohibition 19 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), including past arrears $7,962 (n) Comprehensive Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Organization (CTBT) including past arrears .
13,708 (o) Retroactive salary (2013-2016) for Captain of Police .......................... -0- (p) Travel funding for Criminal Cases in Yap ....................... ....... 100,000 (q) Funding for COVID-19 related expenses, PROVIDED the Department of Justice submits proof that all forms of COVID-19 foreign assistance is either unavailable for that need or has been exhausted, to be apportioned as follows: (i) Contracts for emergency Officers for COVID-19 ............. ....... 320,000 (ii) Travel for law enforcement due to COVID-19 ................... ....... 80,000 (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) UNEP ............................ (b) UNFCCC .......................... 835 325 (c) UNCCD ........................... 195 (d) SPREP Membership ................ 10,768 (e) Waigani Convention .............. 1,190 (f) SPREP-Noumea Convention ......... 1,764 (g) Earth Day Activities ............ 15,000 20 of 33 P.C.
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22-62 (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 ............... 200,000 (m) Disaster Relief Fund ............ 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- (d) Membership Fee in APPIPA & PASAI for all FSM OPAs (National and State) .......... -0- (12) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia 21 of 33 P.C.
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22-62 (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 ......... (h) Fisheries Meetings .............. -0- -0- -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 (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 .............................. -0- (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 (e) State Judiciaries: Pohnpei ...... 60,000 (f) State Judiciaries: Chuuk ........ 110,000 22 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 (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, provided that up to $5,000 may be used for prior years housing arrears ............................ 750,000 (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 fuel, and other purposes ................... 410,000 (t) National Olympic Committee – Coaches & Qualifying ....................... -0- (u) Saint Cecilia Catholic School – school buses and class room renovations ........... -0- (v) MiCare Subsidy .................. 500,000 (w) Contribution to Tourism Sector Mitigation Fund ............................ -0- 23 of 33 P.C.
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22-62 (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 ............. 4,521 (aa) Department of Finance & Administration prior years outstanding billing for Treasury & CTA field offices.... 15,000 (bb) Office of Public Defenders 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 ................................ -0- (ff) TC&I prior years outstanding debt to on-island vendors .................. 3,000 (gg) TC&I non-deducted wage and salary tax ............................. 33,805 (hh) Department of Health and Social Affairs– prior year obligation incurred to on-island vendor ........................ 5,992 (ii) DOJ – Court judgement/settlement 5,000 (jj) MiCare ..................... 80,000 (kk) Subsidy to FSMTCC ......... 500,000 (ll) Dept.
of Health Prior years 24 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 Outstanding contract obligations .......... $ 3,000 (mm) Dept.
of Health prior outstanding vendors payment obligations .... 33,000 (nn) National Election prior years outstanding obligations .............. 1,247 (oo) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure prior year obligations ..................... 2,941 (pp) FSM Association of Guam .... 25,000 (qq) We Are Oceania Organization in Hawaii ................................ 25,000” Section 6.

Section 9 of Public Law No.

21-185, as amended by 13 Public Laws Nos.


21-210, 21-221 21-238, and 22-01 is hereby 14 further amended to read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $16,073,088 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.

25 of 33 P.C.

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22-62 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- (c) Tax Reform Commission .......... 100,000 (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- 26 of 33 P.C.
NO.

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22-62 (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- (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 -0- -0- Sector Organizations in the FSM ............ -0- 27 of 33 P.C.
NO.

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22-62 (x) 2020 CPH ....................... $ -0- (y) Chamber of Commerce: Chuuk State 25,000 (z) Chamber of Commerce: Pohnpei State 25,000 (aa) Chamber of Commerce: Kosrae State 25,000 (bb) Chamber of Commerce: Yap State .
25,000 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications 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 for Chuuk ......... 200,000 (i) MV Hapilmohol-1 parts, repair of engine, and replacement ................. 350,000 (j) Delivery of newly built vessel from China to Yap .......................... 119,014 (5) Department of Justice (a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, 28 of 33 P.C.
NO.

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22-62 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 ......... 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 Reduction ................................ -0- (e) Training & Maintenance for Radio Communications ............................. -0- (f) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste 29 of 33 P.C.
NO.

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22-62 Management Systems in FSM ................. $ 165,000 (g) Fourth Disaster Risk Management Environment Conference ..................... -0- (h) FY 2020 Disaster Assistance Emergency Relief Fund (DAEF)- Matching ............... 200,000 (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 (n) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) -0- 30 of 33 P.C.

NO.

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22-62 (o) Stranded citizens, quarantine facility, and COVID-19 related activities .
$ 200,000 (9) Department of Education (a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ... 565,085 (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 ......... -0- -0- (g) NMCT Administration ......... -0- (h) Assessment & Research to 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 .......................... -0- 31 of 33 P.C.

NO.

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22-62 (c) Conservation Society ........... $ (d) 2020 Constitutional Convention .
-0- -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, of which $33,000 shall be used to pay outstanding debts owed to the Santa Fe Hotel ........... 100,000 (k) Assistance to FSM students unable to return home due to COVID-19 ...... -0- (l) Payment to University 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 ......................... 120,000 (o) Funding for Portland Consulate Office and associated security system requirements 631,367 32 of 33 P.C.
NO.

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22-62 (p) Assistance to COVID-19 Unfunded Programs in Chuuk ......................... $ 150,000 (q) Assistance to COVID-19 Unfunded Programs in Yap ............................ 120,000 (r) Assistance to COVID-19 Unfunded Programs in Kosrae ......................... 80,000 (s) Boat purchase for Moch .......... 600,000 (t) Department of Foreign Affairs Home Office Renovation ..................... 185,000“ 10 Section 7.
This act shall become law upon approval by the 11 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 12 becoming law without such approval.

13 August 10 , 2021 /s/ David W. Panuelo David W. Panuelo President Federated States of Micronesia 33 of 33