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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FOURTH REGULAR SESSION, 2016 C.R.

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19-216 A RESOLUTION Requesting the President of the Federated States of Micronesia to consider establishing a Federated States of Micronesia consulate office on the West Coast of the United States.
1 WHEREAS, the Government of the Federated States of 2 Micronesia currently does not have any consulate offices in the 3 Continental United States; and 4 WHEREAS, the largest contingent of the Federated States of 5 Micronesia citizens living in the United States mainland reside 6 on the West Coast of United States; and 7 WHEREAS, many citizen living on the West Coast of the 8 United States in the states of Oregon, California, and 9 Washington are unable to be properly served by the FSM Embassy 10 in Washington D.C. due to the time difference and distance; and 11 WHEREAS, the complexity of living in the United States as 12 a foreign national is becoming increasing difficult to navigate 13 without assistance; and 14 WHEREAS, the establishment of a consulate office on the 15 West Coast of the United States would provide a great service 16 to those FSM citizens living in the western states, while 17 alleviating the workload on the FSM Embassy in Washington D.C.; 18 now, therefore, 19 BE IT RESOLVED by the Nineteenth Congress of the Federated 20 States of Micronesia, Fourth Regular Session, 2016, that CBL 19-225 C.R.
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19-216 1 Congress hereby requests that the President considers 2 establishing a Federated States of Micronesia consulate office 3 on the west coast of the United States; and 4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this 5 resolution be transmitted to the President of the Federated 6 States of Micronesia, and the Secretary of the Department of 7 Foreign Affairs.
8 9 Date: 05/12/16 Introduced by: /s/ Isaac V. Figir Isaac V. Figir /s/ Wesley W. Simina Wesley W. Simina 2 of 2