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TWELFTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA THIRD SPECIAL SESSION, 2002 C.B.

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12-119 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend Public Law No.

12-12, as amended, by further amending sections 2 and 16, as amended, to reallocate funds appropriated to the Office of the Public Defender for renovation of the Pohnpei Public Defender Office, to provide that such funds appropriated shall not lapse, and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.
Section 2 of Public Law No.

12-12, as amended by 2 Public Law Nos.

12-21 and 12-24, is hereby further amended to read 3 as follows: "Section 2.

Operating expenses of the Executive Branch.

The sum of $14,306,725, 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, 2002, for the operations of the Executive Branch of the National Government during fiscal year 2002.
Of the total funds appropriated under this section, $470,800 shall be deemed to come from the funds available for communications under section 215(b)(2) of the Compact of Free Association.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President $809,876, for the activities set forth in the performance budget pages A1.1 through A1.2 of the budget CBL 12-129 C.B.
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12-119 book.

(2) Department of Foreign Affairs (a) $3,771,123, for the activities set forth in the performance budget pages A2.1 through A2.9 of the budget book.

(b) Conditions on use of JCN funds.
Funds appropriated under this subsection for Joint Committee on Compact Economic Negotiations (JCN) travel ($50,000) and representation expenses ($55,000) shall not be available for obligation or disbursement until: (i) funds appropriated for such purposes under the JCN budget have been exhausted; (ii) JCN has provided a written report to the Committee on External Affairs of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia, through its Chairman, on the use of funds already obligated or disbursed, including a description of such use and an allocation among the outputs for which it was used; and (iii) JCN has provided to said committee, in writing, signed by the JCN chairman and members, a detailed description of the planned use of the funds it is seeking to obligate or have disbursed.
(c) Conditions of use of Washington D.C. Embassy/JCN Representation funds.

$50,000 of the funds appropriated under this subsection for representation 2 of 7 C.B.

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12-119 shall be for meetings between members and staff of the U.S. Congress and members of the FSM Congress; PROVIDED however that up to $20,000 of these funds may be reprogrammed for use by JCN for representation if all section 2(2)(b) representation funds have been exhausted and the requirements contained therein have been met.

(3) Department of Finance and Administration $2,234,306, for the activities set forth in the performance budget pages A3.1 through A3.8 of the budget book.
(4) Department of Economic Affairs $1,373,627, for the activities set forth in the performance budget pages A4.1 through A4.18 of the budget book.

(5) Department of Transportation, Communication and Infrastructure $1,500,773, for the activities set forth in the performance budget pages 5.1 through 5.3 of the budget book.
Of the total funds appropriated under this subsection, $25,000 for a consultant in communications policy shall be deemed to come from funds available under section 215(a)(2) of the Compact of Free Association for telecommunications.

(6) Department of Health, Education and Social Affairs $980,543, for the activities set forth in the 3 of 7 C.B.

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12-119 performance budget pages A6.1 through A6.19 of the budget book.
(7) Department of Justice $3,078,213, for the activities set forth in the performance budget pages A7.1 through A7.6 of the budget book.

Of the total funds appropriated, $519,000 shall be deemed to come from funds available under section 216(a)(1) of the Compact of Free Association for marine surveillance.

(8) FSM Public Defender [$558,264, for the activities set forth in the performance budget pages A8.1 through A8.2 of the budget book.]
The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (a) Activities set forth in the performance budget pages A8.1 through A8.2 of the budget book $ 518,264 (b) Pohnpei Public Defender Office renovation ................................. 40,000" Section 2.

Section 16 of Public Law No.

12-12, as amended by 20 Public Laws Nos.

12-21 and 12-24, is hereby further amended to 21 read as follows: 22 23 24 25 "Section 16.

Allotment and management of funds and lapse date.

(1) General Provisions.


(a) All funds appropriated by this act shall be 4 of 7 C.B.

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12-119 allotted, managed, administered, and accounted for in accordance with applicable law, including, but not limited to, the Financial Management Act of 1979; (b) The allottees 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.

(2) Allottees.
The allottees of the funds appropriated by this act are as follows: (a) section 2 -- the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; (b) section 3 -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (c) section 4 -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia; (d) section 5 -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Public Auditor; (e) section 6 through 13 -- the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia or his designee; EXCEPT THAT for the following subsections of section 6 through 13 of this act, the allottees shall be: 5 of 7 C.B.
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12-119 (i) section 8, subsection (5) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the respective State, or his designee; (ii) section 8, subsection (6)(a) through (6)(d) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Communication and Infrastructure; (iii) section 8, subsection (8)(a) through (8)(d) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the respective State; (iv) section 8, subsection (8)(g) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia, or his designee, until such time as the Constitutional Convention convenes and selects a President and then the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Constitutional Convention.
(v) section 10, subsection (2)(b) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia, or his designee; (vi) section 10, subsection (2)(c) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia; (vii) section 13, subsection (1)(a) through (1)(f) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the 6 of 7 C.B.

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12-119 President of the College of Micronesia-FSM, EXCEPT THAT the allottee of the funds appropriated under subsection (1)(e) of section 13 shall be the Executive Director of the Chuuk State Commission on Improvement Projects; (viii) section 13, subsections (2)(a) through (2)(d) -- the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the respective State.

(ix) section 13, subsection (13) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of Chuuk State.
(3) Lapse date.

The authority of the allottees to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of September 30, 2002, EXCEPT THAT the authority of the allottees to obligate funds appropriated by section 13, subsection (2) for post-secondary educational assistance, and the authority of the allottee to obligate funds appropriated by section 2, subsection (8)(b) shall not lapse."

Section 3.
Section 3.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 20 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 21 becoming law without such approval.

22 23 24 Date: 6/30/02 Introduced by: /s/ Dohsis Halbert_______ 25 Dohsis Halbert 7 of 7 C.B.

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