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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SIXTH REGULAR SESSION, 2015 C.B.

No.

18-258 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend Public Law No.

18-70, as amended by Public Law No.

18-98 by amending sections 4, 5 and 6 thereof, to change the use and allottee of funds previously appropriated for public projects and social programs for the States of Pohnpei and Chuuk, and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.
Section 4 of Public Law No.

18-70, as amended by 2 Public Law No.

18-98, is hereby further amended to read as follows: “Section 4.

Of the sum of $5,100,000 appropriated by this act, $1,450,000 is apportioned for public projects and social programs in the State of Pohnpei.
State of Pohnpei ..........................$ 1,450,000 (1) At-Large ............................. 400,000 (a) Hosting of Micro Games .......... 174,965 (b) Nanmand, Salapwuk road improvement 40,035 (c) Eirike road pave overlay ........ 30,000 (d) U Road improvement .............. 30,000 (e) Madolenihmw road improvement .... 30,000 (f) Kolonia road improvement ........ 20,000 (g) Road equipment & purchase ....... 60,000 (h) Outer Islands water catchment improvement ...................... 15,000 (2) Election District No.
1 .............. 350,000 (a) Tomwara loop .................... 50,000 (b) Vehicle purchase ...............$ 15,000 CBL 18-274 C.B.

No.

18-258 (c) Kapinga bridge .................. 40,000 (d) Nukuoro farming rehabilitation .. 20,000 (e) Election District No.
1 subsidy ..........................[190,000] 130,000 (f) Sapwuafik water system ......... 25,000 (g) Medical Debt Retirement ........ 10,000 (h) Palikir Elementary School awards .................................... 15,000 (i) St. Paul Elementary School subsidy .................................... 5,000 (j) COM-FSM students outstanding debts, PROVIDED THAT, the funds shall be used for those who are considered “First Time Debtors” at COM-FSM ................................. 40,000 (3) Election District No.
2 .............. 350,000 (a) Nintok (Rehntu) road relocation ................................ 40,000 (b) Nanmwoat (Epwitek) road upgrade .

5,000 (c) Salapwuk School road paving ..... 50,000 (d) Areu Pah road paving ............ 25,000 (e) Nan Rohi (Pehleng) road upgrade .
5,000 (f) Koapinmwoamwi road paving ....... 25,000 (g) Nan Madol access road upgrade ... 10,000 (h) Pahnsapw (Section 4) road upgrade 10,000 (i) Women activities/programs ......$ 7,500 2 of 11 C.B.

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18-258 (j) Youth activities/programs ....... 7,500 (k) Agriculture Fair ................ 10,000 (l) Purchase of coral materials ..... 7,500 (m) Paies bridge (Kitti) ............ 10,000 (n) Woau Kutoar road ................ 10,000 (o) Soakoaroan (Pehleng) road upgrade 10,000 (p) Lohd road paving ................ 20,000 (q) Soamwoai (Section 1) water system 10,000 (r) Dioan (Kitti) water system ...... 5,000 (s) Purchase of pvc pipes ........... 10,000 (t) Water well drilling ............. 10,000 (u) Mwudokalap power line ........... 10,000 (v) Alekot power supplement ........ 7,500 (w) Nan Pwoaren Ais (Madolenihmw) road upgrade ............................... 10,000 (x) Students’ financial assistance .
10,000 (y) Administrative support services (ED#2) ............................ 10,000 (z) Outreach and advocacy program ... 15,000 (4) Election District No.

3 .............. 350,000 (a) Youth Sports Facilities renovation, sports Activities & equipment/supplies ......................... 30,000 (b) School supplies ................. 30,000 (c) Students support fund ..........$ 10,000 3 of 11 C.B.

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18-258 (d) Medical referral support ........ 15,000 (e) Senior citizen support ......... 5,000 (f) Mwoakilloa Municipal Government subsidy ......................... 15,000 (g) ED#3 Community water projects ... 25,000 (h) Renewal energy/solar equipment supplies from Remote communities ........... 20,000 (i) ED#3 office subsidy ............. 30,000 (j) ED#3 road pavement .............. 55,000 (k) Parem school office ............. 20,000 (l) Pingelap Municipal Government subsidy ......................... 15,000 (m) Nett Municipal Government subsidy 15,000 (n) U Municipal Government subsidy .. 15,000 (o) Road maintenance & beautification 50,000” Section 2.
Section 5 of Public Law No.

18-70, as amended by 17 Public Law No.

18-98, is hereby further amended to read as 18 follows: “Section 5.

Of the sum of $5,100,000 appropriated by this act, $2,150,000 is apportioned for public projects and social programs in the State of Chuuk.
State of Chuuk ............................. 2,150,000 (1) At-Large ............................. 400,000 (a) Community infrastructure & housing renovation ........................$ 70,000 4 of 11 C.B.

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18-258 (b) Contributions to State, Municipal and community activities/events/programs ....... 50,000 (c) Tonoas Goodwill Games 2014 ...... 10,000 (d) Municipal offices construction/renovation .................... 30,000 (e) Women home economic projects .... 20,000 (f) POL/Freight/Charters ............ 30,000 (g) Allottee’s administrative support services ........................... 25,000 (h) Fishing projects ................ 45,000 (i) Leadership/patients/students travel & COAP .............................. 38,000 (j) Youth activities/programs/ equipment .................................. 15,000 (k) Students’financial assistance ... 15,000 (l) Mortlock Goodwill Games 2014 .... 5,000 (m) 2014 Weno Goodwill Games obligations 7,000 (n) Land transportation ............. 40,000 (2) Election District No.
1 .............. 350,000 (a) Lien Pwikial, Lien Pwakii, Nomeisepi & Kilo I subsidy ................. 40,000 (b) Cooperative Associations, Non-governmental organizations contributions & subsidy .................... 45,000 (c) Mortlock leadership subsidy ....$ 25,000 5 of 11 C.B.

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18-258 (d) Home, housing & multipurpose building improvement and renovation ........ 100,000 (e) Students financial assistance ... 20,000 (f) Food security, relief and poverty alleviation project programs ....... 50,000 (g) Mortlocks Goodwill Games and Mortlocks substate center projects ......... 25,000 (h) MIDA ............................ 25,000 (i) Repatriation of remains/ medical referral ........................... 10,000 (j) Mortlocks Mayors Association .... 10,000 (3) Election District No.
2 .............. 350,000 (a) Housing & Community Hall rehabilitation ............................. 50,000 (b) Fishing projects ................ 30,000 (c) Students’ financial assistance .. 20,000 (d) Food Security ................... 30,000 (e) Administrative cost/office rental for Election District No.
2 ................ 20,000 (f) Office of the Governor subsidy .. 10,000 (g) Municipal subsidy ............... 34,000 (h) Public markets renovation ....... -0- (i) Human repatriation .............. 10,000 (j) Water system projects ........... 5,000 (k) Road improvement/heavy 6 of 11 C.B.

No.
No.

18-258 equipment purchase ........................$ 70,000 (l) Land transportation need ........ 30,000 (m) Weno election subsidy ........... (n) Chuuk Women Council ............. 7,000 5,000 (o) Leadership/patients/students travel need ................................ 19,000 (p) Youth activities/program ........ 10,000 (4) Election District No.
3 .............. 350,000 (a) Food Security, relief and poverty alleviation program ........................ 50,000 (b) Fishing Project ................. 100,000 (c) Municipal subsidy ............... 50,000 (d) Leadership travel (Traditional, Local and State and National Governments) .. 30,000 (e) Human repatriation .............. 10,000 (f) Alternative energy and/or solar project .............................. 10,000 (g) Community housing repair/improvement 50,000 (h) Purchase of vehicle for Election District No.
3 ............................. 20,000 (i) Constituents outreach and advocacy program ..................... 20,000 (j) Administrative support service for SNDA ................................... 10,000 (5) Election District No.

4 .............$ 350,000 7 of C.B.

No.
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18-258 (a) Fishing Project subsidy ......... 60,000 (b) Low Income Housing subsidy ...... 40,000 (c) Humanitarian assistance subsidy .
50,000 (d) Youth activities and programs subsidy 30,000 (e) Medical referral and repatriation of human remains subsidy ................... 20,000 (f) Administrative cost for Faichuk Development Authority ...................... 20,000 (g) Fishing markets subsidy ......... 10,000 (h) Sewing Project subsidy .......... 20,000 (i) Municipal governments subsidy ... 80,000 (j) Students financial assistance ... 20,000 (6) Election District No.
5 .............. 350,000 (a) Fishing equipment and/or supplies 171,000 (b) [Computer labs for two high schools (Pattiw & Halls Islands) ........... 60,000] Low income housing renovation, water well project and purchase of water well pumps ... 40,000 (c) Houk operation/projects ......... 10,000 (d) Post Secondary financial grants for school year 2015, PROVIDED THAT students GPA is not less than 2.5 ................... 20,000 (e) Contractual services for Hall Islands Junior High School (one cook and four housemothers/fathers) .....................$ 15,000 8 of 11 C.B.
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18-258 (f) Polowat youth activities ........ (g) Houk youth activities ........... (h) Tamatam Women Store ............. 5,000 5,000 5,000 (i) Prior obligation for boat charters 13,000 (j) Seedling projects for farmers ... 5,000 (k) Water tanks ..................... 20,000 (l) Northwest Islands Development Authority operation, database and internet setup 10,000 (m) Contractual services [for grant writer] 3,000 10 (n) Northwest Island Development Authority 11 boat operation and related expenses ..........[8,000] 28,000” 12 Section 3.
Section 6 of Public Law No.

18-70, as amended by 13 Public Law No.

18-98, is hereby further amended to read as 14 follows: “Section 6.

Allotment and management of funds and lapse date.

All funds appropriated by this act shall be allotted, managed, administered and accounted for in accordance with applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the Financial Management Act of 1979.
The allottee shall be responsible for ensuring that these funds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are used solely for the purpose specified in this act, and that no obligations are incurred in excess of the sum appropriated.

The allottee of the funds appropriated under section 2 of this act shall be the Governor of Yap 9 of 11 C.B.

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18-258 State EXCEPT THAT the funds appropriated under subsection 2(i) shall be the President of COM-FSM.
The allottee of funds appropriated under sections 3 and 4 of this act shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia or his designee EXCEPT THAT the funds appropriated under subsections a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, s, t, u, v, w, x and ag, ah and aj of section 3 this act shall be the Mayor of Lelu Town Government or his designee [and]; the funds appropriated under subsections a, b, c, d, e, f and g of section 4(1) and section 4[(2)](3)(p) of this act shall the Pohnpei Transportation Authority, and the funds appropriated under subsection 4(3)(t) shall be the Luhkenmoanlap of Kitti.
The allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 4(1)(h) shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia of his designee.

The allottee of funds appropriate under subsection 4(2)(g) of this act shall be the Administrator of the MiCare program.

The allottee of funds appropriated under subsections 5(1) and 5(3) of this act shall be the Governor of Chuuk State or his designee.
The allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 5(2) of this act shall be the Mortlock Islands Development Authority.

The allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 5(4) of this act shall be the Southern Namoneas Development 10 of 11 C.B.

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18-258 Authority.

The allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 5(5) of this act shall be the Faichuk Development Authority.
The allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 5(6) of this act shall be the General Manager of the Northwest Island Development Authority.

The authority of the allottee to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse on September 30, 2015.” 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: 1/26/15 Introduced by: /s/ Dohsis Halbert Dohsis Halbert of 11