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TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 2023 C.B.

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23-04 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend section 9 of Public Law No.

21-42, as amended by Public Laws Nos.

21-55, 21-77, 21-116, 21-147, 21-171, 21-183, 22-156 and 22-203, to change the use of funds previously appropriated therein, and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.

Section 9 of Public Law No.

21-42, as amended by 2 Public Laws Nos.


21-55, 21-77, 21-116, 21-147, 21-171, 21-183, 3 22-156 and 22-203, is hereby further amended to read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.

The sum of $19,695,326, 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, 2020, for the following capital improvements, development programs, and projects and human resources development.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $1,000,000 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the amended Compact from education sector; and $1,246,022 shall be deemed to come from funds available under Supplemental Education Grant.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.
(a) College of Micronesia—FSM ...... $ 4,050,000 CBL 23-03 C.B.

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23-04 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute (FMI) ........................... $ 575,611 (c) College of Micronesia—FSM SEG Funding .................................... 689,948 (d) COM-FSM Endowment Fund .......... 300,000 (2) Department of Finance & Administration.
(a) FSM Warehouse lease & maintenance 40,000 (b) PCD Awareness & Training ........ 15,000 (3) Department of Resources & Development.
(a) R&D SNLC ........................ 100,000 (b) Enhancing Tourism: Kosrae subsidy to the Office of the Governor of the States of Kosrae; PROVIDED THAT, no funds shall be used for travel expenses ................ 250,000 (c) Enhancing Tourism: Pohnpei ...... 500,000 (d) Enhancing Tourism: Chuuk – to be apportioned as follows: (1) Chuuk Visitor’s Bureau ..... 120,000 (2) Environmental Protection Agency – Solid Waste Program ............... 120,000 (3) Department of Agriculture – Forestry & Conservation .................... 100,000 (4) Fisheries .............. 100,000 (5) Chuuk Women’s Council (CWC) 30,000 (6) Chuuk Comprehensive 2 of 7 C.B.
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23-04 Cancer Program vehicle .................... $ 30,000 (e) Enhancing Tourism: Yap-to be used for Yap Stone Money Banks and Paths, Yap Historical Sites, maintaining various existing significant traditional sites; PROVIDED THAT, no funds shall be used for travel expenses; and PROVIDED THAT no single expenditure exceeds $10,000; FURTHER PROVIDED THAT, funds shall not be used to develop new sites ....................... 250,000 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure (a) Operation and Dry-Docking of Caroline Voyager and Navigator.... ......... 1,500,000 (b) FSM National Government Computer Network .................................... 277,420 (c) AIP Matching Fund ............... 961,667 (d) Relocation of power and telephone lines in Pohnpei – Madolenihmw ............. 50,000 (5) Department of Justice.
(a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign and Investigation ................. 125,000 (b) Victims Shelter & Services ...... 100,000 (c) Boat maintenance ................ 125,000 (6) Department of Environment, Climate 3 of 7 C.B.

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23-04 Change and Emergency Management.
(a) National & State Table Top Exercise $ -0- (b) Outer Island Trip Assessment— Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management .. -0- (c) National Joint Platform for Environment & Risk Resilience .............. 20,000 (d) International Day for Disaster Reduction ................................. 12,000 (e) Training & Maintenance for Radio Communication .............................. 14,000 (f) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Management Systems in FSM .................. -0- (7) National Election.
(a) National Election (Voter ID Card Project) .............................. -0- (8) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
(a) MOE—BHWP ........................ 22,200 (b) Electronic Record System ........ 50,000 (c) Rheumatic Heart Program ......... 120,000 (d) Medical Specialist Team ......... 195,000 (e) National Women Council .......... 50,000 (f) Vector Surveillance & Control Program .................................... 50,000 (g) Histopathology laboratory ....... 1,000 (h) FSM Food safety laboratory ...... 40,000 4 of 7 C.B.

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23-04 (9) Department of Education.
(a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ...... $ 556,074 (b) School Accreditation ............ 50,000 (c) Teacher Certification Project ... 23,000 (d) Literacy intervention for FSM Leaders of Tomorrow (LIFT) ................. 181,170 (e) Development of Science Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) ................... 150,000 (f) Quality Development ............. 15,000 (g) NMCT administration ............. 30,000 (10) NORMA (a) Commemoration of World Tuna Day 2020 25,000 (b) FFC Meetings .................... 80,000 (11) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Capital Improvement Projects .... -0- (b) Design and Construction of Veterans Memorial .......................... 150,000 (c) Conservation Society in each state to be apportioned as follows: (1) Kosrae ................. 50,000 (2) Pohnpei ................ 50,000 (3) Chuuk .................. 50,000 (4) Yap .................... 50,000 (d) 2020 Constitutional Convention 5 of 7 C.B.
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23-04 Convening and Expenses .................... $ 1,026,236 (e) Purchase/down payment for facility house of the FSM Embassy in Japan .......... 1,500,000 (f) Chuuk state purchase a field trip vessel .................................... 800,000 (g) Pohnpei State purchase of field trip vessel and operation costs ................. 300,000 (h) Hazardous pay to health care workers in the Federated States of Micronesia, foreign service personnel in infected countries, and other national government employees regardless of employment status who qualify for hazard pay due to the coronavirus outbreak ................................... 250,000 (i) Purchase and delivery of an outer island airplane/Isotainer and fuel cart/operation 250,000 (j) Assistance to FSM residents stranded in Hawaii and Guam due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions ............... 300,000 (k) Assistance to FSM students who are unable to return home due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions ............... 100,000 (l) Payment to the University of Guam for FSM students room and board while unable to return to the FSM due to 6 of 7 C.B.
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23-04 travel restrictions ....................... $ 50,000 (m) Contribution to Consulate in Guam for COVID-19 response activities ........... 25,000 (n) Renovations of the Congress Chamber 150,000 (o) Land negotiations for the National Government ........................ 2,500,000” Section 2.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 8 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 9 becoming law without such approval.
10 11 Date: 5/15/23 Introduced by: /s/ Victor V. Gouland Victor V. Gouland of 7