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

No.

23-03 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend sections 9 and 12 of Public Law No.

22-42, as amended by Public Laws Nos.


22-60, 22-80, 22-103 and 22-141, to modify the use of Capital and Human Resources Development funding and change the allottee of such funds previously appropriated therein to fund the operations of the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia for fiscal year September 30, 2022; 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.

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


22-80 and 22-141, is hereby further amended to 3 read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.

The sum of $16,083,505 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 CBL 23-04 C.B.
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23-03 (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) 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 2 of 12 C.B.
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23-03 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 (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 3 of 12 C.B.
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23-03 (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 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] (i) Pohnpei roads maintenance and Improvement ................................ 300,000 (ii) Yap roads maintenance and improvement ................................ 300,000 (iii) Weno road for purchase of material and heavy equipment ........................ 300,000 (iv) Kosrae state matching for the Kosrae’s Compact Infrastructure Maintenance Fund .... 300,000 (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 4 of 12 C.B.
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23-03 (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- (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- 5 of 12 C.B.
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23-03 (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 (d) Medical Specialist Team ......... 195,00 (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- 6 of 12 C.B.
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23-03 (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 (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 7 of 12 C.B.

No.
No.

23-03 (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- (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, 8 of 12 C.B.

No.
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23-03 Fuel, Personnel and Other Operational Expenses $150,000 (r) National Government Outstanding Payment to Energy Power System of Australia (EPSA) ........................... 27,000” Section 6.

Section 12 of Public Law No.

22-42, as amended by 6 Public Laws Nos.

22-103 and 22-141, is hereby further amended to 7 read as follows: “Section 12.

Allotment and Management of Funds and Lapse Dates.

(1) General provisions.


(a) All funds appropriated by this act shall be 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 purposes specified in this act, and that no obligations are incurred in excess of the sums appropriated.

(2) Allottees.
(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; 9 of 12 C.B.

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23-03 (b) Section 3 and section 8(12)(w) - 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 of the Federated States of Micronesia; (e) Sections 6 through 9 - the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for the following subsections of sections 8 through 9 of this act: (i) Sections 8(1)(f) and 8(13)(q) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chair of the Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning; (ii) Section 8(8)(a) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (iii) Section 8(8)(b) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; (iv) Section 8(8)(c) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk, except the for the $75,000 for the Weno Municipal Police, whom the allottee shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; 10 of 12 C.B.
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23-03 (v) Section 8(8)(d) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; (vi) Section 8(11) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (vii) Section 8(12)(a) – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; (viii) Section 8(12)(d) through (g) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the respective State Supreme Court; (ix) Section 8(12)(h) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia; (x) Section 9(1) – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; (xi) Section 9(3)(b) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (xii) Section 9(3)(b) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (xiv) Section 9(3)(c) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; (xv) Section 9(3)(d) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; 11 of 12 C.B.
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23-03 (xvi) Section 9(3)(e) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; (xvii) Section 9(11)(b) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; and (xviii) (Section 9(11)(d) – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Constitutional Convention; (xix) Section 9(8)(o) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Secretary of the Department of Health[.
]; (xx) Section 9(4)(d)(iii) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Mayor of Weno Municipal Government.

(3) Lapse date.

The authority of the allottees to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of September 30, 2022; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the funds appropriated under section 9 of this act shall not lapse.” Section 3.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 21 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 22 becoming law without such approval.
23 24 Date: 5/15/23 Introduced by: /s/ Victor V. Gouland Victor V. Gouland 25 12 of 12