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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIFTH REGULAR SESSION, 2022 C.B.

NO.

22-242 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend sections 1 and 9 of Public Law No.

22-42, as amended by Public Laws Nos.

22-60, 22-80, 22-103 and 22-141, to appropriate $1,584,106 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, to provide additional funding for Capital and Human Resources Development; 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.

22-42, as amended by 2 Public Laws Nos.

22-60, 22-80, 22-103 and 22-141, is hereby 3 further amended to read as follows: “Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to appropriate the sum of $[79,526,238] 81,110,344 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, 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 the Compact Sector Grant amount for COM-FSM and 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 CBL 22-251/PC #22-324 C.B.

NO.

22-242 1 2 follows:” Section 2.

Section 9 of Public Law No.

22-42, as amended 3 by Public Law No.


22-80, is hereby further amended to read as 4 follows: Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $[16,083,505] 17,667,611 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, 2022, for the following capital improvements, development programs, and projects and human resources development.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $1,542,202 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant and $1,000,000 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Compact Sector Grants.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.
(a) College of Micronesia–FSM ...... $ 4,000,000 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute (FMI) ............................ 919,392 (c) College of Micronesia-FSM SEG Funding ............................... 689,948 (d) COM-FSM Endowment Fund .......... 500,000 (e) COM-FSM Public Health Initiative 250,000 2 of 10 C.B.

NO.
22-242 (2) Department of Finance and Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease and Maintenance $ -0- (b) PCD Awareness and Training ...... 35,000 (c) Tax Reform Commission ........... -0- (d) CIU – World Bank & ADB Funded Projects -0- (e) Strengthening financial management for municipal governments ...................... 50,000 (3) Department of Resources and Development (a) R&D SNLC ........................ 75,000 (b) Enhancing Fisheries: Kosrae ..... (c) Enhancing Fisheries: Pohnpei .... (d) Enhancing Fisheries: Chuuk ...... -0- -0- -0- (e) Enhancing Fisheries: Yap ........ -0- (f) R&D Conference .................. 73,000 (g) Foreign Investment Data Management System ........................ 69,500 (h) Expo 2020 Dubai UAE ............. -0- (i) Intellectual Property Rights Regime -0- (j) Development of Coastal Fisheries Policy for FSM ................... -0- (k) Development & Operation Framework to Implement the National Seabed Mining Act ... -0- (l) Tourism Conference .............. 80,000 (m) Tourism Budget & Planning with the States ........................... 450,000 3 of 10 C.B.
NO.
22-242 (n) Tourism Public Awareness ....... $ 75,000 (o) Little Fire Ants (Eradication, Control, & Prevention) ..................... -0- (p) State Strategic Action Plan for the FSM -0- (q) Renewable Energy Development Plan (r) National Social Indicators Survey -0- -0- (s) Localization of Sustainable Development Goals in the FSM ............... -0- (t) FSM Association of Chamber of Commerce/Support to COC .................... 67,000 (u) National Coastal Fisheries Monitoring Team ............................ (v) Computing Facility Upgrade ...... (w) Strengthening National/Private Sector -0- -0- Organizations in the FSM ................... -0- (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure (a) Operation and Dry-Docking of Caroline Voyager and Navigator ..................... 1,000,000 (b) FSM National Government Computer Network ......................... 100,000 (c) AIP Matching Fund ............... -0- (d) States Roads Maintenance & Improvement, to be divided equally between the four states with Chuuk’s portion specifically designated for Weno Road for 4 of 10 C.B.
NO.
22-242 purchase of material and heavy equipment; PROVIDED THAT, the $300,000 apportioned for the state of Kosrae may be used as matching for the State of Kosrae’s Compact Infrastructure Maintenance Fund .......... $ 1,200,000 (e) FSM National Government Facility Improvements and Renovations .............. 592,715 (f) Outer Island Airport ............ (g) New Warehouse Building .......... (h) Airport Needs ................... -0- -0- -0- (i) Capital Road improvement ........ 300,000 (5) Department of Justice (a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation ................ 125,000 (b) Victim Shelter and Services ..... 100,000 (c) Boat Maintenance ................ 150,000 (d) Slipping of the FSS Independence -0- (e) DOJ Satellite Phone Billing ..... 10,000 (f) HT Annual Conference ............ 50,000 (g) Victim Shelter in Chuuk ......... -0- (h) Build Anti-Trafficking Shelters in Pohnpei, Yap, and Kosrae ................ -0- (i) Purchase four patrol boats ...... -0- (j) COVID-19 Law Enforcement & Emergency Response ........................ (k) Law Reform Initiatives ......... -0- -0- 5 of 10 C.B.
NO.
22-242 (6) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) National & State Table Top Exercise ............................. $ 30,000 (b) Outer Island Trip Assessment – Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management .......... 80,000 (c) National Joint Platform for Environment & Risk Resilience ............................ -0- (d) International Day for Disaster Reduction ......................... 12,000 (e) Training & Maintenance for Radio Communications ............................ -0- (f) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Management Systems in FSM ................. -0- (g) Fourth Disaster Risk Management Environment Conference ..................... 40,000 (h) Digital Atlas Dev.
for the four states and outer islands ................... 255,000 (7) National Election Commission Office (a) Voter ID Card and New Voter Registration Project ....................... 50,000 (8) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) MOE-BHWP Med .................... 22,200 (b) Electronic Record System ........ 35,000 (c) Rheumatic Heart Program ......... 120,000 6 of 10 C.B.

NO.
22-242 (d) Medical Specialist Team ........ $ 195,000 (e) National Women Council .......... -0- (f) Vector Surveillance & Control Program 50,000 (g) Histopathology Laboratory ....... (h) FSM Food Safety Laboratory ...... -0- -0- (i) Pathologist ..................... 105,000 (j) Food/Water Testing Lab .......... -0- (k) Youth in Sports ................. 50,000 (l) Doctors: Foundation Project ..... -0- (m) Implementing IHR Core Capacity to Improve Health Security ................. 50,000 (n) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) .. -0- (o) Emergency Fund in Immediate Response to Inland COVID-19 Contamination, PROVIDED THAT the funds shall be used only for health services provided in response to COVID-19 infection, treatment and testing ...................... 1,000,000 (9) Department of Education (a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ....... 556,074 (b) School Accreditation ............ 431,877 (c) Teacher Certification Project ... 205,273 (d) Literacy Intervention for FSM Leaders of Tomorrow (LIFT) ............. -0- (e) Printing and Shipment of Science Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) ................... 75,000 7 of 10 C.B.
NO.

22-242 (f) Expansion and Development of SLO Language Arts ......................... $ 232,214 (g) CELEP ........................... 50,000 (h) Assessment & Research to revive NMCT 140,312 (10) NORMA (a) Commemoration of World Tuna Day 2022 70,000 (b) FFC Meetings.
................... -0- (c) Hosting WPCFC, TTC, & SC ........ 10,000 (d) Internship for students in the area of fisheries management ............... 5,000 (e) T3 Monitoring ................... 150,000 (11) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Capital Improvement Projects .... -0- (b) Design and Construction of Veterans Memorial .......................... (c) Conservation Society ............ (d) 2020 Constitutional Convention .
(e) Enhancing Tourism ............... (f) Purchase and delivery of an -0- -0- -0- -0- outer island airplane ...................... -0- (g) Assistance to FSM residents stranded in Hawaii & Guam due to COVID-19 .............. -0- (h) Assistance to FSM students unable to return home due to COVID-19 ............. -0- 8 of 10 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-242 (i) Contribution to the Guam Consulate for COVID-19 response activities .............. $ -0- (j) New Executive Building for DHSA & NDOE -0- (k) FSM Quarantine Facility in Guam .
500,000 (l) 4th FSM Constitutional Convention 85,000 (m) Litigation expenses for major crimprosecution in Yap ..................... 100,000 (n) Telecommunication Tower for Sapwuafik Outer Island .................... 120,000 (o) National Contribution to the Funeral of Late FSM President Nena ....... 20,000 (p) Guam Quarantine Facility Arrears 100,000 (q) Caroline Air Subsidy for Insurance, Fuel, Personnel and Other Operational Expenses 150,000 (r) National Government Outstanding Payment to Energy Power System of Australia (EPSA) ........................... 27,000 (s) Public Education & Awareness on Constitutional Amendments adopted by the 4th FSM ConCon .............................. 550,000 (t) Proposed FSM Embassy in Geneva .. 484,318 (u) Open Access Entity .............. 400,000 (v) UN MCO Current & Prior lease .... 15,189 (w) Prior years dues for FAO & IRENA (w) Prior years dues for FAO & IRENA 7,537 7,537 9 of 10 C.B.
NO.

22-242 (x) Prior years obligation for the FSM Insurance Board ........................... $ 2,062 (y) Continental Shelf project ....... 50,000 (z) Prior year shortfall for Portland Consulate Office ........................... 75,000” Section 3.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 7 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its becoming 8 law without such approval.
9 10 Date: 9/12/22 Introduced by: /s/ Florencio S. Harper Florencio S. Harper (by request) 10 of 10