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TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 2023 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

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23-11 AN ACT To further amend Public Law No.

22-180, as amended by Public Laws Nos.


22-187, 22-188, 23-03 and 23-09, by amending sections 4, 5 and 6 thereof, for the purpose of changing the use and allottee of funds previously appropriated therein, to fund public projects and social programs for the people of Pohnpei and Chuuk states, and for other purposes.

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

“Section 4 of Public Law No.

22-180, as amended by Public Law No.


22-188, is hereby further amended to read as follows: “Section 4.

Of the $8,820,000 appropriated under this act, $2,520,000 shall be apportioned for public projects and social programs for the people of Pohnpei State.
state of Pohnpei ......................... $ 2,520,000 (1) At Large......................... .. 630,000 (a) Pohnpei circumferential asphalt road repair (including replacement of broken cross road culverts) ............................ 100,000 (b) Community Roads repair and maintenance ............................... 50,000 (c) Pohnpei Hospital medical wards repair and renovation .................... 100,000 (d) Pohnpei Outer Islands Vessel Operations (salaries and wages for crews) .

75,000 CBL 23-17 P.C.


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23-14, C.D.1 (e) Lohd Road Paving .............. $ 100,000 (f) Pohnpei Public Safety supplies and equipment ............................ 25,000 (g) Congressional Administrative support costs ............................ 25,000 (h) Children Medical Referral Assistance ............................... 25,000 (i) Students financial assistance .. 25,000 (j) Kahmar asphalt road repair (material and labor costs) ................ 30,000 (k) Nansoumwuhmw farm road extension 50,000 (l) Repair and maintenance of Lady Pohnpei ........................... 25,000 (2) Election District No.
1...... ..... 630,000 (a) Nukuoru Women Sewing project ... 10,000 (b) Kolonia Senior Citizens subsidy 10,000 (c) Kepinkep Community Nahs maintenance 10,000 (d) Pohnpei State Environment Protection Agency building construction and maintenance 30,000 (e) Communication internet rental .. 10,000 (f) Soledi upper road project ...... 70,000 (g) Purchase of wheelchairs ........ 15,000 (h) Kousapw Eihr paved road overlay 30,000 (i) Pohnpei Catholic School subsidy 10,000 (j) Pohnpei State EPA parking and 2 of 12 P.C.
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23-14, C.D.1 road paving .............................. $ 15,000 (k) Pohras overlay paving (Iohl) ... 30,000 (l) Sokehs Pah access roads paving .
30,000 (m) Sokehs Powe access roads paving 15,000 (n) Bleachers Kolonia-China Gymnasium 25,000 (o) Pohnpei Port Authority airport chairs 30,000 (p) Open Market Causeway project supplemental ...................... 75,000 (q) Sapwuahfik Municipal Government subsidy ........................ -0- (r) Sekere-Nikehwe road overlay paving 70,000 (s) Lien Alem Care Center support .. 20,000 (t) Land transportation ............ 20,000 (u) Misfit Exercise facility maintenance 10,000 (v) Sokehs ridges cleaning/clearing 20,000 (w) Sapwuafik Community house expansion 25,000 (x) Agriculture access road ........ (y) Sapwohn Community house ........ (z) Pwilinsokon Community house .... -0- -0- -0- (aa) Administrative support costs ... 50,000 (3) Election District No.
2........... .

630,000 (a) Areu (David) road .............. 25,000 (b) Contribution to Lien Alem en Pohnpei activities ........................ 20,000 (c) MERIP .......................... 25,000 3 of 12 P.C.

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23-14, C.D.1 (d) Diadi Madolenihmw ............. $ 35,000 (e) Medical referral ............... 30,000 (f) Nankerpene bridge .............. 55,000 (g) Temwen Civic Center ............ 15,000 (h) Ipwitek road paving ............ 25,000 (i) Kitamw road improvement ........ 50,000 (j) Nanpworonais road paving ....... 35,000 (k) Nan Mand road .................. 100,000 (l) Economic, social and public projects 100,000 (m) Ohwa church road pavement and parking 60,000 (n) Road pavement for mini-circle .. 55,000 (4) Election District No.
3.............. 630,000 (a) Eirke road repair/paving ....... 50,000 (b) Nett Municipal Government public projects ........................... 250,000 (c) Kepin Awak new road ............ 35,000 (d) Nan U drainage ................. 9,000 (e) Nan Welin Rohi Coral Capping ... 18,000 (f) Mwokilloa Municipal Government public projects ........................... 65,000 (g) Pingelap Municipal Government public projects ........................... 65,000 (h) U Luhke road rehabilitation .... 20,000 (i) Nan welin Rohi new road construction 15,000 (j) U Municipal court building ..... 15,000 4 of 12 P.C.
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23-14, C.D.1 1 2 3 (k) Takaieu power ................. $ 20,000 (l) Pohnpwet ....................... 68,000” Section 5 of Public Law No.

22-180, as amended by Public 4 Laws Nos.

22-187, 22-188, 23-03 and 23-09, is hereby further 5 amended to read as follows: “Section 5.
Of the $8,820,000 appropriated under this act, $3,780,000 shall be apportioned for public projects and social programs for the people of Chuuk State.
state of Chuuk.............. ............. $ 3,780,000 (1) At Large...................... ......... 630,000 (a) Administrative Support Costs (prior obligations for salaries, benefits and others) .................................. 30,000 (b) Contributions to State, Municipal or Community Activities, Events and Programs (including prior obligation) ................ 100,000 (c) Fishing projects .................... 85,000 (d) Housing renovations ................ 100,000 19 (e) Land transportations ................ 95,000 (f) Water projects ...................... 30,000 (g) Patients/Students/Leaders travel needs 85,000 (h) Contributions to FSM Associations, Organizations & Groups within and outside the FSM 25,000 (i) Children’s playground needs ......... -0- (j) Municipal Constitutional Conventions 30,000 5 of 12 P.C.
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23-14, C.D.1 (k) Roads beautification/Seawalls improvement $ 15,000 (l) Northern Namoneas legislature delegation fund .............................. 35,000 (2) Election District No.
1... ............... 630,000 (a) Mortlock Municipal Governments subsidy 90,000 (b) Solar System ....................... 50,000 (c) Housing renovation and maintenance .. 70,000 (d) Multipurpose buildings/construction/ renovation ................................... 70,000 (e) Mortlock Islands Development Authority’s vessels operation ............................ 60,000 (f) Chuuk Legislature Mortlock delegation representation funds ......................... 40,000 (g) Municipal road improvements ......... 50,000 (h) Professional fees and prior obligations 10,000 (i) Fishing projects .................... 90,000 (j) Travel needs ........................ 60,000 (k) Travel for Inauguration and other Special Occasions ................................... 40,000 (3) Election District No.
2.... .............. 610,000 (a) ED#2 Administrative support costs ... 30,000 (b) Students financial assistance ....... 30,000 (c) Housing renovation/rehabilitation ... 150,000 (d) Contributions to Associations abroad 30,000 (e) Human repatriation related costs .... 10,000 6 of 12 P.C.

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23-14, C.D.1 (f) Humanitarian assistance/ food relief program ......................... $ 90,000 (g) Municipal Governments subsidy, of which 10,000 is for Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Weno Municipal Government representation fund 40,000 (h) Fishing project ..................... 30,000 (i) Land transportation ................. 50,000 (j) Heavy equipment purchase/road maintenance 100,000 (k) Weno Constitution Day/Goodwill games 10,000 10 (l) Weno Election ....................... 10,000 11 (m) Travel needs ........................ 30,000 (4) Election District No.
3.............. .... 690,000 (a) Water projects ...................... 10,000 (b) Solar project ....................... 28,000 (c) Sewing project ...................... 20,000 (d) Land acquisition for Uman Municipality 10,000 (e) Community events, activities and programs 20,000 (f) Contributions to Associations, Non-Government Organizations and chartered groups 50,000 (g) Humanitarian assistance/aid ......... 60,000 (h) Housing renovations ................ 62,000 (i) Students financial assistance ....... 20,000 (j) Travel needs ........................ 40,000 (k) Non-insured patients’ assistance/ medicines/embalmment related costs ........ 10,000 7 of 12 P.C.
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23-14, C.D.1 (l) POL/Chartered/Freight .............. $ 30,000 (m) Fishing projects .................... 250,000 (n) Meeting Hall repair/improvement ..... 25,000 (o) SNDA operation ...................... 30,000 (p) Land transportation ................. 25,000 (5) Election District No.
4............ ...... 610,000 (a) Students financial assistance ....... 30,000 (b) Youths activities and programs ...... 20,000 (c) Sewing project ...................... 40,000 (d) Fishing project ..................... 90,000 (e) Low income housing .................. 80,000 (f) Nikumi road improvement ............. -0- (g) Land transportation ................. 40,000 (h) Leadership/Patients travel needs .... 40,000 (i) Repatriation of human remains ....... 20,000 (j) FDA administrative support cost ..... 30,000 (k) Food relief/food security program ... 65,000 (l) Fason road improvement .............. -0- (m) Leadership travel needs ............. 130,000 (n) Solar freezers ...................... 25,000 (6) Election District No.
5............ ...... 610,000 (a) Community and Municipal activities/events/programs ................... 50,000 (b) Low income/community multipurpose housing renovation/rehabilitation ............ 50,000 8 of 12 P.C.

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23-14, C.D.1 (c) Students financial assistance ...... $ 20,000 (d) Solar street lights ................. 45,000 (e) Food relief program ................. 50,000 (f) Land transportation ................. 40,000 (g) Solar freezers ...................... 45,000 (h) Election District 5 Office administrative support costs ................. 20,000 (i) PMA prior obligation (Northwest School supplies & freight costs) .................... -0- (j) Fishing projects .................... 50,000 (k) POL/Freight/Charters ................ 80,000 (l) Musical instruments ................. 45,000 (m) Patients/Students/Leaders travel needs 25,000 (n) Solar power system .................. 45,000 (o) Leadership summit ................... (p) Fiber Glass boat repair ............. -0- -0- (q) Northwest Leadership travel needs ... 45,000” Section 3.
Section 6 of Public Law No.

22-180, as amended by 19 Public Law No.

22-188, is hereby further amended to read as 20 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 9 of 12 P.C.

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23-14, C.D.1 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 State or his designee.
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 allottee of funds appropriated under section 3(1) of this act shall be the Governor of Kosrae State or his designee; the allottee of funds appropriated under section 3(2) of this act shall be the Mayor of Lelu Town Government or his designee; the allottee of funds appropriated under subsections 4(1)(b), 4(1)(k), 4(1)(l), 4(2)(a), 4(2)(b), 4(2)(c), 4(2)(d), 4(2)(e), 4(2)(g), 4(2)(h), 4(2)(n), 4(2)(p), 4(2)(s), 4(2)(t), 4(2)(u), 4(2)(v) and 4(2)(aa) of this act shall be the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure or his designee; the allottee of funds appropriated under subsections 4(1)(a), 4(1)(j), 4(2)(f), 4(2)(j), 4(2)(k), 4(2)(l), 4(2)(m), 4(2)(r), 4(2)(x), 4(3)(m) and 4(2)(n) of this act shall be the Pohnpei Transportation Authority (PTA); the allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 4(2)(i) of this act shall be the Secretary of the Department of Education or 10 of 12 P.C.
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23-14, C.D.1 her designee; the allottee of funds appropriated under subsection 4(2)(o) of this act shall be the Pohnpei Port Authority (PPA); the allottee of funds appropriated under subsections 4(2)(w), 4(2)(q) and 4(2)(z) of this act shall be the Mayor of Sapwuahfik Municipal Government or his designee; the allottee of the funds appropriated under subsections 5(1) and 5(6) of this act shall be the Governor of Chuuk State or his designee; the allottee of the funds appropriated under subsection 5(2) of this act shall be the Mortlocks Island Development Authority (MIDA); the allottee of the funds appropriated under subsection 5(3) of this act shall be the Mayor of Weno Municipal Government or his designee; the allottee of the funds appropriated under subsection 5(4) of this act shall be the Southern Namoneas Development Authority; the allottee of the funds appropriated under subsection 5(5) of this act shall be the Faichuk Development Authority.
The authority of the allottee to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse on September 30, 2025.” 11 of 12 P.C.

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This act shall become law upon approval by the President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its becoming law without such approval.
July 18, 2023 /s/ Wesley W. Simina Wesley W. Simina President Federated States of Micronesia of 12