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TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FOURTH REGULAR SESSION, 2018 C.B.

NO.

20-181 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend section 9 of Public Law No.

20-42, as amended by Public Laws Nos.

20-54, 20-64, and 20-67, to change the use of certain funds previously appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.

Section 9 of Public Law No.

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

20-54, 20-64 and 20-67, is hereby further amended 3 to read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $38,400,179, 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 Supplemental Education Grant and $5,252,250 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the amended Compact Sector Grants.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.
CBL 20-198/PC#20-214 ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ C.B.

NO.

20-181 (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 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 2 of 8 ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-181 (i) Chamber of Commerce: Chuuk State ....$ -0- (j) Chamber of Commerce: Kosrae State ... -0- (k) Chamber of Commerce: Pohnpei State .. -0- (l) Chamber of Commerce: Yap State....... -0- (m) Strengthening Organizational Planning, Management & Accountability Capacity of National/State 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 .

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-0- (q) Development of a Comprehensive Intellectual Property Rights Regime .......... -0- (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 3 of 8 ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ C.B.
NO.
20-181 (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 .......... (g) Rehabilitation for all National -0- -0- 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 Vessel (H1) ...... 1,200,000 (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 (5) Department of Justice 4 of 8 ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ C.B.
NO.
20-181 (a) Satellite Phone and Usage Billings $ -0- (b) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation ..... 125,000 (c) Conduct Mediation in PII Case ... 53,000 (d) Victim Shelter and Services ..... 100,000 (e) Fuel for patrol boats for assistance in Yap State ...................... 40,000 (6) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Management ............................. -0- (b) Hosting of [Global Environment Facil.
Constituency Meetings] Green Climate Fund Regional Dialoque ......... 40,000 (c) Fourth Disaster Risk Management Environment Conference ....................... 20,000 (d) Fifteen Thousand Gallon Water Cathcm.
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 .................. 5,000,000 (b) Implementation of ODA Policy .... (c) Compact Review Committee ........ -0- -0- (8) National Election Commission Office 5 of 8 ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ C.B.

NO.
20-181 (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 (a) Improve and Strengthen the Country’s Insurance Statutory and Regulatory Framework .. -0- 6 of 8 ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ C.B.

NO.
20-181 (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 (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 (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 7 of 8 ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ C.B.

NO.
20-181 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 (3) Other Priority .
Infrastructure Projects 720,000” Section 2.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 19 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 20 becoming law without such approval.

21 22 Date: 5/12/18 Introduced by: /s/ for Joseph J. Urusemal 23 24 25 Florencio S. Harper (by request) 8 of 8