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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 2016 P.C.

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19-61 AN ACT To appropriate a supplemental budget in the amount of $1,906,232 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, by amending sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 12 of Public Law No.

19-32, as amended by Public Law No.

19-45, 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.

19-32, as amended by 2 Public Law No.

19-45, is hereby further amended to read as 3 follows: “Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is as follows: To appropriate the sum of $77,448,555 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, 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 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 follows:” CBL 19-143 P.C.

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19-61 1 Section 2.

Section 2 of Public Law No.


19-32 is hereby 2 amended to read as follows: “Section 2.

Operating expenses of the Executive Branch.


The sum of $19,285,699, 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, 2016, for the purpose of funding the operations of the Executive Branch of the National Government during the fiscal year 2016.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.
The sum of $1,312,494, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the President during the fiscal year 2016.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 468,640 Travel ................................ ... 255,354 Contractual Services................... ... 476,000 OCE ........................................ 110,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 2,500 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
The sum of $4,594,168, or so much thereof as may 2 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs during the fiscal year 2016.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 1,340,092 Travel ................................ ... 284,899 Contractual Services................. ..... 2,558,645 OCE ........................................ 324,632 Fixed Assets ............................... 85,900 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
The sum of $2,566,833, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration during the fiscal year 2016.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 1,718,842 Travel ................................ ... 215,401 Contractual Services................... ... 348,966 OCE ........................................ 273,124 Fixed Assets ............................... 10,500 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
The sum of $1,291,214, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Resources and Development during the fiscal year 2016.

The sum appropriated 3 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................ $ 831,535 Travel ..................................... 170,202 Contractual Services........................ 78,157 OCE ........................................ 180,320 Fixed Assets ............................... 31,000 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
The sum of $3,132,879, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2016.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 773,443 Travel ..................................... 237,355 Contractual Services.............. ........ 2,040,136 OCE ........................................ 73,645 Fixed Assets ............................... 8,300 (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
The sum of $779,949, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Health and Social Affairs during the fiscal year 2016.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 4 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 Personnel ..................................$ 440,848 Travel ..................................... 130,316 Contractual Services........................ 108,617 OCE ........................................ 100,168 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- (7) Department of Education.
The sum of $849,723, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Education during the fiscal year 2016.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $366,598 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 441,204 Travel ..................................... 154,793 Contractual Services................. ..... 168,393 OCE ........................................ 77,833 Fixed Assets ............................... 7,500 (8) Department of Justice.

The sum of $3,330,571, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year 2016.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 5 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 Personnel .................................$ 2,351,938 Travel .................................... 158,548 Contractual Services....................... 309,160 OCE ....................................... 329,125 Fixed Assets ............................. 181,800 (9) Office of the Public Defender.
The sum of $918,421, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the Public Defender during the fiscal year 2016.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 663,970 Travel ..................................... 72,812 Contractual Services........................ 73,239 OCE ........................................ 77,900 Fixed Assets ............................... 30,500 (10) Office of Environment and Emergency Management.
The sum of $312,441, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of Environment and Emergency Management during the fiscal year 2016.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 181,465 Travel ..................................... 90,066 6 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 Contractual Services........................$ 18,450 OCE ........................................ 22,460 Fixed Assets .............................. .

-0- (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.

The sum of $197,006, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation during the fiscal year 2016.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 117,176 Travel ..................................... 34,503 Contractual Services........................ 10,425 OCE ........................................ 22,102 Fixed Assets ............................... 12,800” Section 3.

Section 3 of Public Law No.

19-32 is hereby 18 amended to read as follows: “Section 3.

Operating Expenses of the Legislative Branch.


The sum of $4,937,568, 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, 2016, for the operations of the Legislative Branch of the 7 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 National Government during the fiscal year 2016.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Speaker and Members.

The sum of $2,419,511, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the Speaker and Members of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia during the fiscal year 2016.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 430,530 Travel ............................... .... 692,381 Contractual Services........... .......... .

1,296,600 OCE ........................................

Fixed Assets ............................... -0- -0- (2) Staff Offices.

The sum of $1,948,057, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Congress staff offices during fiscal year 2016.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 944,275 Travel.............................. ...... 135,252 Contractual Services................. ..... 490,030 OCE; PROVIDED THAT, up to $10,000 may be used to 8 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 pay expenses incurred during the previous fiscal year ........................................$ 187,000 Fixed Assets........................... ... 191,500 (3) Congress Delegation Offices.

The sum of $570,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Congress delegation offices during the fiscal year 2016.
Of the amounts appropriated for contractual services within each Delegation Office, up to a maximum of $35,000 per Member; PROVIDED, Yap and Pohnpei delegations shall remain at $25,000 at the Delegation Offices’ discretion, may be used for Member Representation.

The sum appropriated is apportioned as follows: (a) Kosrae Delegation Office Travel ............................... $ Contractual Services .................. OCE ..................................
Fixed Assets .......................... 5,000 65,000 20,000 -0- TOTAL ................................. 90,000 (b) Pohnpei Delegation Office Travel ................................ 10,000 Contractual Services .................. 100,000 OCE .................................. 30,000 Fixed Assets ........................... -0- 9 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 TOTAL ................................ $ 140,000 (c) Chuuk Delegation Office Travel ................................ 10,000 Contractual Services .................. 220,000 OCE .................................
Fixed Assets .......................... 30,000 10,000 TOTAL ................................. 270,000 (d) Yap Delegation Office Travel ................................ 10,000 Contractual Services .................. 30,000 OCE ................................. 25,000 Fixed Assets ........................... 5,000 TOTAL ................................. 70,000” Section 4.

Section 4 of Public Law No.

19-32 is hereby 15 amended to read as follows: “Section 4.
Operating Expenses of the National Judicial Branch.

The sum of $1,399,415, 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, 2016, for the operations of the Judicial Branch of the National Government during the fiscal year 2016.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 10 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 Personnel............................. ... $ 794,024 Travel...................................... 157,791 Contractual Services................... ... 220,694 OCE......................................... 190,806 Fixed Assets................................ 36,100” Section 5.

Section 8 of Public Law No.

19-32, as amended 7 by Public Law No.


19-45, is hereby further amended to read as 8 follows: “Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum of $11,483,916, 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, 2016 for the following grants, subsidies and contributions during the fiscal year 2016.
The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.

(a) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Dev.

(AIBD) $ 4,500 (b) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) 800 (c) Pacific Island News Assn.

(PINA) 350 (d) 2023 Action Plan Implementation ............................ -0- (e) Asia Pacific Investment ........ 250 (f) Former 11 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 Presidents’allowance ..................... $ 50,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.

(a) Pacific Is.

Forum Secretariat.

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46,000 (b) Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) .................................... 56,000 (c) UN Membership Fee .............. 70,000 (d) UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) .......... 5,000 (e) East West Center ............... 5,000 (f) Cotonou Membership Fee ......... 15,000 (g) SPC Office Rental .............. 45,000 (h) FSM-China Diplomatic Relations .
25,000 (i) Pacific Island Forum ........... 500,000 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.

(a) OCO Membership Fee ............. 14,024 (b) Maintenance Fee for FMIS ....... 55,000 (c) FSM Group Life ................. 25,000 (4) Department of Resources and Development.

(a) Pacific Islands Development Program 15,000 (b) Forum Fisheries ................ 38,918 (c) UNDP ........................... 30,000 (d) South Pacific Applied Geoscience Comm.
(SOPAC) ............................ $ 15,000 (e) Pacific Asia Travel Association 5,000 (f) Micronesian Challenge Endowment 50,000 12 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 (g) Western Forestry Leadership Coalition $ 530 (h) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) 4,800 (i) Matching for SPC Projects ...... 60,000 (j) Micronesian Challenge .......... 10,000 (k) Micronesian Cruise Assoc ....... 2,500 (l) International Animal Health Organization (OIE) .......................... 23,000 (m) IRENA .......................... 250 (n) Micronesia Trade Cmte .......... 30,000 (o) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ............................. 1,000 (p) South Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO) ..................................... 54,000 (q) International Fund for Agriculture Development ................................. 500 (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
(a) UN Fund for Population Activity (UNFPA) .................................... 3,000 (b) World Health Organization (WHO) 4,000 (c) National Board of Nursing & Med Licensing .............................. 20,000 (d) Pacific Islands Health Officers Association (PIHOA) ......................... 20,000 (e) FSM Amateur Sports Association .

20,000 (f) Association of Territorial 13 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 Health Organization ........................ $ 7,000 (g) FSM Red Cross .................. 70,000 (h) UNICEP (vaccines) .............. 50,000 (i) UN Women ....................... 1,000 (6) Department of Education.

(a) Aid for Non-Public Schools.


.... 600,000 (b) Financial Assistance to FSM students attending CMI ............................. 40,000 (c) Financial Assistance to FSM students attending PCC ............................. 150,000 (d) National Scholarship; PROVIDED THAT, the funds are prioritized according to designated areas of priority study which include: law, medicine, accounting/economics/business, and engineering.
Incoming freshmen majoring in liberal arts (including pre-law and pre-med) must maintain a G.P.A.

of 2.0 .................. 2,000,000 (e) National Close-Up .............. 75,000 (f) National Merit Scholarship ..... 150,000 (g) COM Board annual meeting ...... .

5,000 (h) Caroline College and Pastoral Institute (CCPI) ................. 50,000 (i) Faithwalk Christian College ... 50,000 (j) COM-FSM – unpaid tuition to SDSU 316,000 14 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 (7) Department of Transportation, Communication and Infrastructure.

(a) Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) $ 11,000 (b) International Telecommunications Union (ITU) ................... 104,163 (c) International Civil Aviation Organization ................... 28,050 (d) FSM Capital Energy/Utilities .. 700,000 (e) Micronesian Shipping Comm.
.... 25,000 (8) Department of Justice.

(a) DOJ Fuel Subsidy .............. 200,000 (b) Kosrae Joint Law Enforcement .. 30,000 (c) Pohnpei Joint Law Enforcement .

50,000 (d) Chuuk Joint Law Enforcement ... 50,000 (e) Yap Joint Law Enforcement.
... 30,000 (f) Chuuk Health Care Plan Court Judgment ............................ 80,777 (9) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (a) IPU Conference ................ 50,000 (b) Climate Change Conferences .... 30,000 (c) APPU/APPF ..................... 30,400 (d) Staff Upgrade/Law of the Sea Training .................................. 50,000 (e) World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting .

50,000 15 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 (f) FSM/Israel Parliamentarian Friendship Link ............................ $ 100,000 (g) MLC Conference ................ 60,000 (h) FSM/Japan Parliamentarian Friendship Link ............................. 50,000 (i) China Parliamentarian Visit ... 18,800 (j) FSM Congress/Cuban National Assembly Parliamentary Relations ..................... 50,000 (k) National Olympic Committee – Assistance for Jennifer Chieng .............. 25,000 (l) FSM-French Parliamentarian Friendship Link ............................. 46,800 (m) ACP ........................... 50,000 (n) Fisheries Meetings (WCPFC, PNA, NORMA Bilateral Access Consultations, U.S. Treaty Negotiations, and others) ................... 70,000 (o) MRA Conference in Japan ....... 20,000 (p) Contribution to IPU, of which up to $12,500 may be used to pay overdue membership fees ...................................... 112,500 (q) IPU annual dues ............... 10,000 (r) IPU Assembly in Zambia ........ 50,000 (s) Crans Montana Forum in Morocco 50,000 (t) Wilshire Investment Conference & meetings with constituents in the U.S ....... 50,000 16 of 26 P.C.
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19-61 (10) Office of E.E.M.
(a) SPREP ........................ $ 10,184 (b) UNEP .......................... (c) SPREP/Noumea Convention ....... (d) Waigani Convention ............ (e) UN Convention to Combat Desertification ............................. (f) UN Framework Convention (UNFCC) 760 1,764 1,190 120 250 (g) Earth Day Activities ........... 15,000 (h) EPA Director’s Meeting ......... 20,000 (i) 5th Bi-Annual Environmental Conference ................................. 20,000 (j) Disaster Assistance Emergency Fund (DAEF) Matching ........................ 200,000 (11) Office of NACHP (a) UNESCO ........................ 4,000 (b) NCSHPO ........................ 2,760 (c) PARBICA ....................... (d) PIALA ......................... (e) WHC Membership Fee ............ 100 100 54 (12) Other Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.
(a) Kosrae Judiciary Subsidy ...... 35,000 (b) Pohnpei Judiciary Subsidy.

.... 55,000 (c) Chuuk Judiciary Subsidy ....... 55,000 17 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 (d) Yap Judiciary Subsidy ........ $ 35,000 (e) COM Treaty Obligations ........ 25,000 (f) Micronesian Legal Services Corporation .............................. 250,000 (g) MiCare ........................ 80,000 (h) MLFC Loan Payment ............. 200,000 (i) Single Audit .................. 445,000 (j) FSM Social Security ........... 2,000,000 (k) Staff Housing .................. 510,000 (l) Recruitment and repatriation .. 223,218 (m) WCPFC Membership .............. 108,504 (n) UN Mission Legal Counsel Travel 15,000” Section 6.
Section 9 of Public Law No.

19-32 is hereby 14 amended to read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.

The sum of $37,162,148, 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, 2016, for the following capital improvements, development programs, and projects and human resources development.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $689,598 shall be deemed to come from funds available 18 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 under the Amended Compact from the Supplemental Education Grant.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.

(a) College of Micronesia–FSM.


.... $ 3,800,000 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute 833,915 (c) COM-FSM SEG ................... 683,948 (2) Department of Finance & Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease & Maintenance 100,000 (b) PCD Awareness Initiative ....... 15,000 (3) Department of Resources & Development (a) FSM Assn.

Chamber of Commerce .
67,000 (b) State Trade Fairs enhancing value addition ............................ 40,000 (c) SNLC ........................... 50,000 (d) FSM Agriculture Census ......... (e) SBDC Capacity Assessment ....... -0- -0- (f) National Trade Facilitation Conference (NTFC) ......................... 75,000 (g) Food Security Production ....... 100,000 (h) Secretariat/Hosting conference, equipment, materials ...................... 10,000 (i) Foreign Investment Review ..... -0- (j) Implement National Tourism Policy 35,000 (k) Trade Advisory Service ......... -0- 19 of 26 P.C.
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19-61 (l) Tourism Advisory Service ...... $ -0- (m) Assistance to States for Tourism Investment Plan Implementation ............ 1,951,201 (n) Phase II Foreign Investment Review 18,278 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
(a) Outer Island Airport Improvement 1,500,000 (b) Capital Facilities Rehabilitation 500,000 (c) Sekere-Palikir Road, Bridge, and Pavement Drainage ..................... 300,000 (d) Operation & Drydocking Boats ... 2,500,000 (e) Caroline Island Air ............ 150,000 (f) Chuuk Air Service Agreement 250,000 (g) Equipment replacement for Voyager 211,100 (h) Radar Replacement .............. 78,700 16 (i) AIP Matching Funds ............. 1,860,075 17 18 19 (5) Department of Justice (a) Patrol boat major maintenance project ................................. 125,000 20 (b) Hosting of PILON Meeting 20,000 (c) Humanitarian assistance to detained foreign nationals in the state of Yap ... 25,000 (d)Anti-trafficking in persons & anti- human smuggling ........................ 30,000 (6) Office of Environment & Emergency 20 of 26 P.C.
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19-61 Management (a) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Mng .............................. $ 125,000 (7) President’s Office (a) FSM Trust Fund .................. 10,000,000 (b) Staff upgrading ................ 100,000 (c) 2023 Investment Development Fund -0- (d) Implementation of ODA Policy .. 50,000 (e) 2016 Development Partners Meeting 75,000 (f) Compact Review Committee ....... 50,000 (g) Purchase of land in Guam for relocation of the Consulate Office ........ 2,000,000 (8) National Election.
(a) National Election (voter ID) ... 50,000 (9) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) Health Services Specialty Pathologist 50,000 (b) Environmental/water/food/lab test 78,000 (c) Medical Specialized Team ....... 195,000 (d) Health Network ................. -0- (10) Department of Education (a) NDOE Projects .................. 395,000 (11) Insurance Board.
(a) Improve and strengthen statutory and regulatory framework .................. 29,409 (b) Consultant Site Evaluation .......... 99,220 21 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 (12) Other Capital and Human Resource Development.
(a) Chuuk State Priority Infrastructure Project apportioned as follows: (i) 4G network upgrade for main island of Chuuk and mobile extension to the outer islands of Chuuk .................. $ 1,500,000 (ii) Other Chuuk State Priority Infrastructure Projects ................... 2,750,000 (b) Pohnpei State Priority Infrastructure Projects ................... -0- (c) Kosrae State Priority Infrastructure Projects ................... 1,500,000 (d) Yap State Priority Infrastructure Projects; PROVIDED THAT, the allottee submits both a plan outlining the use of the funds and a report detailing the use of the Priority Infrastructure Project funds appropriated in FY15 ...................... 1,750,000 (e) FSM Foreign Mission Repair & Maintenance ........................... 300,000 (f) Renovation of the Supreme Court in Kosrae & Chief Justice of Kosrae Travel to Samoa ........................... 75,000 (g) Renovation of Chuuk State 22 of 26 P.C.
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19-61 Supreme Court ............................ $ 100,000 (h) Typhoon Shutters for FSM Supreme Court in Yap ...................... 30,000 (i) Renovation of the Chuuk Delegation Office ......................... 50,000 (j) Foreign Affairs-FSM Contribution for SPC Hosting ......................... 228,000 (k) NACH-Pacific Island Festival of Arts – Pohnpei ........................... 50,000 (l) NACH-Pacific Island Festival of Arts – Yap ............................... 50,000 (m) NACH-Pacific Island Festival of Arts – Kosrae ............................ 50,000 (n) NACH-Pacific Island Festival of Arts – Chuuk ............................. 50,000 (o) Postal Service prior-obligation .
8,302 (p) Upgrade FSM Congress Internet to Fiber Optic .................................... 25,000 (q) Pacific Assoc.

of Supreme Audit Institutions Meeting ...................... 20,000” Section 7.

Section 12 of Public Law No.

19-32, as 22 amended by Public Law No.

19-45, is hereby further amended 23 to read as follows: 24 25 “Section 12.

Allotment and management of funds and lapse dates.

23 of 26 P.C.

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19-61 (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.
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 of the Federated States of Micronesia; (e) Sections 6 through 9 - the allottee of 24 of 26 P.C.
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19-61 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) Section 8(6)(g) – the allottee shall be the President of the College of Micronesia – FSM; (ii) Section 8(6)(h) through (i) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the State of Chuuk; (iii) All subsections under Section 8(9) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (iv) Section 8(12)(a) through (d) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the respective State Supreme Court; (v) Section 8(12)(n) – the allotte of thee funds shall be the Speaker of Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (vi) Section 9(1)(a) through (c) - the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; (vii) Section 9(12)(a)(ii) – the allottee of these funds shall be Governor of Chuuk State; (viii) Section 9(12)(b)-(d) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the respective states.
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19-275 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

19-127, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 PUBLIC LAW NO.
19-61 (ix) Section 9(12)(f) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Kosrae State Supreme Court; (x) Section 9(12)(g) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Chuuk State Supreme Court; (xi) Section 9(12)(h) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Yap Supreme Court; (xii) Section 9(12)(i) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chairman of the Chuuk Delegation to the FSM Congress.” Section 8.
This act shall become law upon approval by the 14 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 15 becoming law without such approval.

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