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TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIFTH SPECIAL SESSION, 2018 C.B.

NO.

20-223 A BILL FOR AN ACT To amend sections 1, 8 and 9 of Public Law No.

20-42, as amended by Public Laws Nos.

20-54, 20-64, 20-67, 20-83 and 20-94, in order to appropriate $330,000 of additional funds from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, 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.

20-42, as amended by 2 Public Laws Nos.

20-54, 20-67 and 20-83, is hereby further amended 3 to read as follows: “Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to appropriate the sum of [$93,404,022] $93,734,022 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, as amended by CBL 20-243 C.B.

NO.

20-223 1 Public Laws Nos.


20-54, 20-67 and 20-83 is hereby further amended 2 to read as follows: “Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum of [$13,683,417] $13,813,417 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 .

350 (d) Asia Pacific Investment ......... 250 (e) Former Presidents’ Allowance .... 50,000 (g) Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning (JCRP) ........ [200,000] 330,000 (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 2 of 19 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-223 (f) ACP Cotonou Membership Fees .... $ 15,000 (g) SPC Office Rental ............... 29,670 (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 3 of 19 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-223 (c) Coordinating Committee for Offshore Mineral Prospecting ....................... $ -0- (d) Pacific Asian Travel 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 4 of 19 C.B.

NO.

20-223 (b) WHO ............................ $ 4,000 (c) FSM Sport Association ........... 20,000 (d) PIHOA .......................... 20,000 (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 (g) Contribution to support Coordination of Micro Games ................ 75,000 (h) Aid for COM-FSM to administer for FSM student assistance at Sofia University and Temple University-Japan ................ 100,000 (i) COM-FSM Endowment Fund Contribution 100,000 (j) Aid for FSM Students in China ... 35,000 (k) Aid for FSM Students in Fiji .... 35,000 (7) Department of Transportation, Communications 5 of 19 C.B.
NO.

20-223 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 (g) Caroline Islands Air (CIA) Subsidy: fuel, parts and insurance .................. 210,000 (8) Department of Justice.
(a) States Joint Law Enforcement: Kosrae.
30,000 (b) States Joint Law Enforcement: Pohnpei 50,000 (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- (k) Contract for Mr. Jim Stovall for legal support for JCRP ..................... 160,000 6 of 19 C.B.
NO.
20-223 (9) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (a) IPU Conferences ................ $ 100,000 (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 (o) COFA Alliance National Network (CANN).
25,000 (p) Travel to Investment Advisor (Wilshire) ................................ 50,000 (q) UN Ocean Conference ............. -0- (r) Compact Historical Project ...... 150,000 (s) Trip to Vietnam: Congressional meetings/travel .......................... 50,000 (10) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) UNEP ............................ 835 7 of 19 C.B.

NO.
20-223 (b) UNFCCC ......................... $ (c) UNCCD ........................... 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 Fee & Prior -0- 755 409 Obligations) ............................... 250,000 (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Preservation .............................. (a) UNESCO .......................... 4,000 (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.
8 of 19 C.B.

NO.
20-223 (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 (q) Office of the National Public Auditor: Prior Year Obligations ............ 3,452 (r) FSM Postal Services: Prior Year Obligations for Utilities and Fuel ......... 4,683 (s) MiCare: Medical claims from FY14 Audit ..................................... 45,000 (t) MiCare: Subsidy for off-island 9 of 19 C.B.
NO.
20-223 medical claims ........................... $ 150,000 (u) National Election Office: outstanding arrears to CPUC and others ................ 700 (v) Subsidy for Micro Games to State Government of Kosrae ...................... 100,000 (w) Subsidy for Micro Games to State Government of Pohnpei ..................... 100,000 (x) Subsidy for Micro Games to State Government of Chuuk ....................... 100,000 (y) Subsidy for Micro Games to State Government of Yap, for food and athlete expenses .......................... 100,000” Section 3.
Section 9 of Public Law No.

20-42, as amended by 14 Public Laws Nos.

20-54, 20-64, 20-67, 20-83 and 20-94, is hereby 15 further amended to read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of [$46,950,179] 47,150,179, 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 10 of 19 C.B.

NO.

20-223 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 (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 11 of 19 C.B.
NO.

20-223 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 ............................. (l) Chamber of Commerce: Yap State .. (m) Strengthening Organizational Planning, Management & Accountability Capacity of National/State -0- -0- 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- 12 of 19 C.B.
NO.

20-223 (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 Overseas and Integration into Regional/ Global Supply Chains ....................... 22,000 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure (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 .......... -0- -0- 13 of 19 C.B.
NO.

20-223 (g) Rehabilitation for all National 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- (l) Dry-Docking of Vessels (H1 and Chief Mailo) ............................... 2,500,000 (m) Prior Year Obligation for work performed on emergency relating .
to Pingda7 350,000 (n) Ammonia Removal Services from Pingda7 ................................... 30,000 (o) AIP Lapsed Fund for Chuuk Rehabilitation Runway ..................... 320,073 (p) Fuel for Caroline Voyager and Navigator .............................. 50,000 (5) Department of Justice (a) Satellite Phone and Usage Billings -0- (b) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation .......................... 125,000 (c) Conduct Mediation, litigation and further related proceedings in PII Case ............................. [53,000] 203,000 14 of 19 C.B.
NO.
20-223 (d) Victim Shelter and Services .... $ 100,000 (e) Fuel for patrol boats for assistance in Yap State .................... 40,000 (f) Security arrangements and services for the Micro Games, of which $50,000 shall be used for the delegation from the state of Chuuk .................... 200,000 (6) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Management ........................... -0- (b) Green Climate Fund Regional Dialogue .......................... 40,000 (c) Fourth Disaster Risk Management Environment Conference .................... 20,000 (d) Fifteen Thousand Gallon Water Catchment ............................ 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....... ............ 12,000,000 (b) Implementation of ODA Policy .... (c) Compact Review Committee ........ -0- -0- (8) National Election Commission Office 15 of 19 C.B.
NO.
20-223 (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 ................... (i) National Surveillance ........... (j) Drug Testing .................... (k) National NGO .................... -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- (l) Women’s Conference .............. 90,000 (m) Support for purchase of children’s medication and prevention of rheumatic heart disease .................................... 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 16 of 19 C.B.

NO.
20-223 (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- (c) Recruitment of a Captive Insurance Compliance Advisor ................ 100,000 (12) Department of Foreign Affairs (a) Acting Capacity Role ............. 36,000 (b) FSM Embassy in Suva, Fiji Residence ................................. 200,000 (c) Preparation for anniversary of diplomatic relations with Japan ............. 50,000 (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 Day 2018 ............................. 15,000 (14) National Postal Services (a) Postal Management and Financial Services ................................ 210,000 (15) Office of the Public Defender 17 of 19 C.B.
NO.
20-223 (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, of which $50,000 shall be for the Conservation Society in Chuuk, $50,000 shall be for the Conservation Society in Yap, $50,000 shall be for the Conservation Society in Kosrae, and $50,000 shall be for the Conservation Society in Pohnpei ......... 200,000 (b) Payments for Yap-Chuuk Telecommunications Cable Project, of which 1,000,000 shall be used 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 18 of 19 C.B.
NO.

20-223 (3) Other Priority Infrastructure Projects .................... $ 651,300 (4) Faith Christian Academy Construction Supplemental ................... 40,000 (5) Abluul, Outer Island Community Bathrooms Construction ............ 25,000 (6) Lay Village Community Coastal Road Project ................................ 3,700” Section 4.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 10 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 11 becoming law without such approval.
12 13 Date: 8/3/18 Introduced by: /s/ Paliknoa K. Welly Paliknoa K. Welly of 19