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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA EIGHTH SPECIAL SESSION, 2023 C.B.

NO.

22-311 A BILL FOR AN ACT To amend sections 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended by Public Laws Nos.


22-169 and 22-181, to appropriate $2,316,061 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, to provide supplemental funding for the operations of the Executive Branch of the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, Grants, Subsidies, and Contributions; and 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.

22-153, as amended 2 by Public Laws Nos.

22-169 and 22-181 is hereby further amended 3 to read as follows: 4 “Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to 5 appropriate the sum of $[105,306,162] 107,622,223 from the General 6 Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year 7 ending September 30, 2023, for the purpose of funding the 8 operations of all branches of the National Government of the 9 Federated States of Micronesia, its agencies, various programs; 10 Grants, Subsidies, and Contributions; and Capital and Human 11 Resources Development.
The National Government’s share of the 12 Amended Compact funds has been reduced to zero; EXCEPT THAT; the 13 National Government will retain the Compact Sector Grant amount 14 for COM-FSM and 10 percent of the Supplemental Education Grant 15 funds as is reflected in the budget for the Department of 16 Education.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 17 follows:” CBL 22-328/PC #22-461 C.B.

NO.

22-311 1 Section 2.

Section 2 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended 2 by Public Laws Nos.


22-169 and 22-181, is hereby further amended 3 to read as follows: 4 “Section 2.

Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch.

5 The sum of $[30,677,746] 31,047,205, or so much thereof as may 6 be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of 7 the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 8 September 30, 2023, for the purpose of funding the operations of 9 the Executive Branch of the National Government during the 10 fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated by this section shall be 11 apportioned as follows: 12 (1) Office of the President.

13 The sum of $[2,574,606] 2,724,606, or so much thereof as may be 14 necessary, for the operations of the Office of the President 15 during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 16 apportioned as follows: Personnel ....................................$ 839,993 Travel ............................. .. [430,410] 580,410 Contractual Services...... ..................... 1,120,000 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligation .............. ........... 176,203 Fixed Assets .................................. 8,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
24 The sum of $[6,845,139] 6,914,598, or so much thereof as may be 25 necessary, for the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs 2 of 23 C.B.

NO.

22-311 1 during the fiscal year 2023.


The sum appropriated herein shall be 2 apportioned as follows: Personnel ....................................$ 2,239,803 Travel ........................... ... [308,914] 354,373 Contractual Services............. ... [3,671,628] 3,695,628 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ....................... 531,344 Fixed Assets ................................. 93,450 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
10 The sum of $[3,489,106] 3,539,106, or so much thereof as may be 11 necessary, for the operations of the Department of Finance and 12 Administration during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated 13 herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 2,542,279 Travel ............................. [294,227] 334,227 Contractual Services........................ 286,300 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ..............[361,300] 371,300 Fixed Assets ............................... 5,000 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
21 The sum of $1,696,016, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 22 the operations of the Department of Resources and Development 23 during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated herein shall be 24 apportioned as follows: 25 Personnel.................................. ... $ 1,054,781 3 of 23 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-311 Travel ............................... ........ $ 213,397 Contractual Services......................... .. 203,839 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ........................ 219,999 Fixed Assets ................................ .. 4,000 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and 7 Infrastructure.
8 The sum of $3,493,686, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 9 the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications 10 and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum 11 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 753,312 Travel .............................. ........ 252,331 Contractual Services......................... 2,306,943 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ...................... 116,100 Fixed Assets PROVIDED THAT, of the $65,000 appropriated herein, $10,000 is to supplement the vehicle for the PMU office ............... 65,000 (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
21 The sum of $1,234,115, or so much thereof as may be 22 necessary, for the operations of the Department of 23 Health and Social Affairs during the fiscal year 2023.

24 The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned 25 as follows: 4 of 23 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-311 Personnel ..................................$ 800,814 Travel .............................. ....... 107,863 Contractual Services........................ 127,282 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ...................... 198,156 Fixed Assets ................................ -0- (7) Department of Education.
8 The sum of $949,644, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 9 the operations of the Department of Education during the fiscal 10 year 2023.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, 11 $366,570 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the 12 Supplemental Education Grant.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 13 apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 478,760 Travel .............................. ........ 171,810 Contractual Services................. ........ 231,226 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ....................... 67,848 Fixed Assets ................................. -0- (8) Department of Justice.
21 The sum of $7,404,928, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 22 the operations of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year 23 2023.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 24 follows: 25 Personnel ................................. .

4,695,064 5 of 23 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-311 Travel ............................. ....... $ 369,743 Contractual Services, which may be used to pay for prior year salaries of police officers and other staff or for other prior year contract obligations.......... ......... 994,579 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ............ ......... 937,442 Fixed Assets ....................... ........ 408,000 (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and 10 Emergency Management.
11 The sum of $970,920, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 12 the operations of the Department of Environment, Climate Change 13 and Emergency Management during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum 14 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 586,899 Travel ............................... ....... 167,293 Contractual Services......................... 131,500 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ..................... .

52,228 Fixed Assets ............................... .

33,000 (10) Office of the Public Defender.


22 The sum of $1,365,361, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 23 the operations of the Office of the Public Defender during the 24 fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated herein shall be 25 apportioned as follows: 6 of 23 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-311 Personnel .................................. $ 980,625 Travel .............................. ........ 115,542 Contractual Services......................... 140,394 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ..................... .

86,900 Fixed Assets ................................ 41,900 (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.
9 The sum of $280,423, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 10 the operations of the Office of National Archives, Culture and 11 Historic Preservation during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum 12 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. .
$ 215,538 Travel ............................... ....... 29,171 Contractual Services......................... 15,425 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ..................... .

20,289 Fixed Assets ................................ -0- (12) Office of Veteran’s Affairs.

20 The sum of $158,641, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 21 the operations of the Office Veteran’s Affairs during the fiscal 22 year 2023.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 23 follows: 24 25 Personnel .................................. .

$ 79,240 Travel ..................................... 11,401 7 of 23 C.B.

NO.

22-311 Contractual Services........................ $ 50,000 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ...................... 18,000 Fixed Assets ................................ -0- (13) Office of Personnel.
6 The sum of $215,161, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 7 the operations of the Office of Personnel during the fiscal year 8 2023.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 9 follows: Personnel .................................. .
$ 185,161 Travel ............................... ....... 16,800 Contractual Services........................ 1,700 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ...................... 11,500 Fixed Assets ............................... -0-“ Section 3.

Section 5 of Public Law No.

22-153 is hereby 17 amended to read as follows: Section 5.

Operating Expenses of the National Public Auditor.


The sum of $[1,056,485] 1,142,931, 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, 2023, for the operations of the National Office of the Public Auditor during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 8 of 23 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-311 Personnel ...........................$[780,535] 866,981 Travel...................................... 62,550 Contractual Services........................ 126,000 OCE......................................... 67,400 Fixed Assets................................ 20,000” Section 4.

Section 8 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended by 7 Public Laws Nos.

22-169 and 22-181, is hereby further amended to 8 read as follows: “Section 8.
Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum of $[33,253,161] 35,042,908, 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, 2023, for the following grants, subsidies and contributions during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.
(a) Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting 19 Development (AIBD) .................................. $ 4,500 20 21 (b) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union ...... 800 (c) Pacific Island News Association ...... 350 22 (d) Asia Pacific Investment .............. 250 23 (e) Former Presidents’ Allowance [50,000] 54,000 24 (f) Joint Committee on Compact Review and 25 Planning (JCRP) .................................... 1,343,963 9 of 23 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-311 (g) Presidential Inauguration .. $ [50,000] 397,854 (h) Retroactive pay ...................... 1,765 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.

(a) Pacific Island Forum Secretariat ..... 57,000 (b) Secretariat of the Pacific Community .
65,000 (c) ESCAP ................................ 5,000 (d) UN Membership Fee.................... 50,000 (e) East-West Center ..................... 5,000 (f) ACP Cotonou Membership Fees .......... 17,000 (g) SPC Office Rental .................... 47,070 (h) SIS Program.......................... 10,000 (i) IOM Membership Fee ................... 600 (j) SPC Host Grant ....................... 20,000 14 (K) UN Multi-Country Office Lease ........ 30,960 (l) Opening ceremony of Embassy in Tokyo .
40,000 (m) Consultancy Services Contract ........ 32,000 (n) UNFPA prior years obligation ......... 9,000 (3) Department of Finance and Administration (a) CTA-OCO Membership Fee ............... 10,000 (b) Maintenance Fee for Financial 21 Management Information System (FMIS).
................ 55,000 22 23 (c) PITTA – CTA .......................... 5,000 (d) ADB, IMF and Budget, Finance 24 Policy Consultations ................................. 25,000 25 (e) Macro Economist Advisor .............. 200,000 10 of 23 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-311 (f) Global Forum Membership Fee ......... $ 26,000 (g) PFTAC Membership Fee ................. 20,000 (h) CTA Conference ....................... 35,000 (i) Tax Compliance Initiative ............ 25,000 (j) FSM Trust Fund Board ................. 50,000 (j) Finance Conference ................... 75,000 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
(a) Pacific Islands Development 9 Program (PIDP) ..................................... 15,000 (b) Pacific Asian Travel Association (PATA) 6,000 (c) United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 30,000 (d) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) .. 6,800 (e) Western Forestry Leadership Coalition 530 (f) Matching to SPC Projects ............. 60,000 (g) Micronesian Challenge ................ 10,000 (h) Micronesian Cruise Association ....... 2,500 (i) South Pacific Tourism Organization ... 8,000 (j) IRENA ............................... 250 (k) Micronesia Trade Commission .......... 30,000 (l) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 1,000 (m) IFAD ................................. 500 (n) UNIDO Membership ..................... 1,000 (o) Micronesia Association of Sustainable 24 Agriculture......................................... 50,000 25 (p) Micronesia Island Forum ............. 232,000 11 of 23 C.B.
NO.

22-311 1 (q) Micronesia Challenge Endowment Fund.

$ 100,000 2 (r) International Coconut Community (annual 3 and prior years fees)............................... 18,000 (s) 2nd FSM Expo (Kosrae) ....... [100,000] 300,000 (t) Trade Policy Review ................. 35,000 (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
(a) UNFPA ................................ 3,000 (b) WHO .................................. 4,790 (c) PIHOA ....................... [20,000] 40,000 (d) Association of Territorial Health ... 4,000 (e) Nursing and Medical Licensing ....... 60,000 (f) FSM Red Cross ....................... 70,000 (g) UNICEF (Vaccine & TB Drugs) ......... 50,000 14 (h) UN/FSM Women (CEDAW) ................ 1,000 15 (i) Drug Quality Testing Project.
....... 3,000 16 (j) Administer programs and services for 17 children in FSM .................................... 20,000 (6) Department of Education.
(a) Aid to Non-Public Schools ........... 1,000,000 (b) Aid to CMI Students ................. 30,000 (c) Aid to PCC Students .................. 50,000 (d) National Scholarship ................. 3,000,000 (e) National Close-Up .................... 75,000 (f) Merit Scholarship .................... 275,000 (g) Aid to FSM Students in Japan ......... 100,000 12 of 23 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-311 (h) Aid to FSM Students in China ........ $ 50,000 (i) Aid to FSM Students in Fiji .......... 50,000 (j) Caroline College & Pastoral Institute.

200,000 (k) Faithwalk Christian College ......... .

200,000 (l) Xavier High School – Chuuk ........... 75,000 (m) Yap Catholic High School ............. 75,000 (7) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
(a) Asia Pacific Telecommunity .......... 6,075 (b) International Telecommunication Union 25,867 (c) ICAO ................................. 45,075 (d) FSM Capital Energy ................... 705,145 (e) Micronesian Shipping Commission ...... 25,000 (f) Fuel and Provisions for Caroline Voyager and Navigator ........................... 1,345,830 (g) FSM National Government Computer Network Bandwidth Contract.................. 181,920 (h) Arrears due to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 2018 ......... ....... 20,000 (i) ICAO arrears ................. ....... 174,000 (8) Department of Justice.
(a) States Joint Law Enforcement: Kosrae.

125,000 (b) States Joint Law Enforcement: Pohnpei 250,000 (c) States Joint Law Enforcement: Chuuk, of which $75,000 shall be used for Weno Municipal 13 of 23 C.B.

NO.
22-311 Police ....................................... $ 300,000 (d) States Joint Law Enforcement: Yap .... 125,000 (e) Police Academy ....................... 200,000 (f) Fuel Subsidy ......................... 550,000 (g) WIPO ................................. -0- (h) Interpol-Membership & Activities ..... 15,000 7 (i) Ammunitions for side arm & long rifles 25,000 (j) Organizations for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) ......................... 7,962 (k) Comprehensive Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Organization (CTBT) ............................. 13,708 (l) Police fuel subsidy: Kosrae .......... 10,000 (m) Police fuel subsidy: Yap ............. 10,000 (n) Labor division training funds ........ 21,910 (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) UNEP ................................. (b) UNFCCC ............................... (c) UNCCD ................................ 835 325 195 (d) SPREP Membership ..................... 10,768 (e) Waigani Convention ................... 1,190 (f) SPREP-Noumea Convention .............. 1,764 (g) Earth Day Activities .................. 15,000 (h) 7th Bi-Annual Environment Conference .. 20,000 (i) Basel Convention ..................... 197 14 of 23 C.B.
NO.
22-311 (j) Kyoto Protocol ...................... $ 484 (k) WMO Membership ....................... 15,000 (l) Disaster Assistance Emergency Relief Fund (DAEF)- Matching ................... 200,000 (m) Disaster Relief Fund ................. 100,000 6 (n) Stockholm Convention Membership ...... 550 7 (o) COP27 Travel ......................... 100,000 (10) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation (a) UNESCO ............................... 4,000 (b) NCSHPO ............................... 2,760 (c) PARBICA .............................. (d) PIALA ................................ (e) WHC .................................. (f) Library Fee .......................... 100 100 54 50 (11) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (a) Staff Upgrade ........................ 25,000 (b) IPU Annual Dues ...................... 12,500 (c) COFA Alliance National Network (CANN).
25,000 (d) Compact Historical Project ........... 25,000 (e) Opening Ceremony of Embassy in Tokyo.. ..... ................................ 100,000 (f) IPU ................................. 100,000 (12) Other Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

(a) COM board meeting .................. .

5,000 15 of 23 C.B.

NO.
22-311 (b) COM-FSM Treaty Obligation ........... $ 25,000 (c) FSM Social Security Administration ...................... 3,000,000 (d) State Judiciaries: Kosrae ........... 75,000 (e) State Judiciaries: Pohnpei ........... 100,000 (f) State Judiciaries: Chuuk ............. 170,000 (g) State Judiciaries: Yap ............... 75,000 (h) National Law Day ..................... 100,000 (i) Micronesian Legal Services Corporation (MLSC) .............................. 250,000 (j) NORMA – Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) .. 63,000 (k) NORMA – WCPFC Tuna Commission Membership Fee.......... .................................. 434,201 14 (l) PNA Membership Fee ................... 10,000 (m) Independence Day Activities .......... 50,000 (n) MLFC Loan Payment .................... 260,000 (o) Single Audit Fee .......... [460,000] 520,627 (p) Staff Housing, including 100,000 for the Office of Personnel ....................... 850,000 (q) Recruitment and Repatriation ......... 223,218 (r) Caroline Air Subsidy for insurance, operation and fuel.... ......................... 255,000 (s) President’s Day ...................... -0- (t) General Election (2023) .............. 400,000 (u) Legal and Advocacy Services in 16 of 23 C.B.
NO.
22-311 Washington D.C. (A&P) .......... .............. $ 2,000,000 (v) DOFA – Prior year obligations ....... 7,000 (w) Legal fees owed to INS/Bargain Center 5,390 (x) Legal fees owed to Genesis .......... 5,244 (y) Hosting of 2023 Oceania Customs Organization’s Annual conference .............. 47,000 (z) National election prior year obligation 5,760 (aa) Supplement for MCO Office space .... 48,031 (bb) FAS Organization in Guam ............ 50,000 (cc) PII Settlement ...................... 6,000,000 (dd) FSM National Government salary increases pursuant to Public Law No.
22-170 4,900,000 (ee) FSMTCC-OAE .......................... 500,000 (ff) DOJ prior year obligations .......... 13,591 (gg) 2023 special election ............... 600,000” Section 5.

Section 9 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended by 17 Public Laws Nos.

22-169 and 22-181, is hereby further amended to 18 read as follows: 19 “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


20 The sum of $[23,002,475] 23,172,884, or so much thereof as may be 21 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 22 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 23 September 30, 2023, for the following capital improvements, 24 development programs, and projects and human resources 25 development.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, 17 of 23 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-311 1 $1,534,539 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the 2 Supplemental Education Grant and $1,000,000 shall be deemed to 3 come from funds available under the Compact Sector Grants.

The 4 sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 5 6 (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.
(a) College of Micronesia–FSM ..... $ 4,000,000 7 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute (FMI) .............................. 965,735 (c) College of Micronesia-FSM SEG Funding .................................. 878,978 (d) COM-FSM Endowment Fund ........ 500,000 (e) COM-Public Health initiative .. 488,798 (f) Assistance to boarding students, COM-FSM main campus Pohnpei (i) Chuukese students ......... 100,000 (ii) Yapese students ........... 75,000 (iii) Kosraen students .......... 50,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs (a) Acting Pay: UN Mission ......... 98,394 (b) Acting Pay: Fiji ............... 19,395 (c) Acting Pay: D.C. Embassy ....... 16,764 (d) Acting Pay: Guam .............. 19,000 (3) Department of Finance and Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease and Maintenance -0- (b) PCD Awareness and Training ...... 35,000 18 of 23 C.B.
NO.
22-311 (c) Support to Municipal Government Financial Management Improvement ............ $ 50,000 (d) Tax Reform Commission ........... 100,000 (e) Housing for local staff assigned to financial organizations for short term training (IMF, WB, ADB, GCF) ......................... 72,000 (f) PCD Awareness and Training ...... 12,409 (4) Department of Resources and Development (a) R&D SNLC ......................... 75,000 (b) FSM Chamber of Commerce .......... 50,000 (c) Chamber of Commerce: Kosrae ...... 20,000 (d) Chamber of Commerce: Pohnpei ..... 30,000 (e) Chamber of Commerce: Chuuk ....... 30,000 (f) Chamber of Commerce: Yap ......... 20,000 (g) Conservation Society: Kosrae ..... 25,000 (h) Conservation Society: Pohnpei .... 40,000 (i) Conservation Society: Chuuk ...... 40,000 (j) Conservation Society: Yap ........ 25,000 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure (a) Operation and Dry-Docking expenses and arrears ................... 2,300,000 (b) FSM National Government Facility Improvements and Renovations ................. 115,685 (c) FSM National Government Computer 19 of 23 C.B.
NO.
22-311 Network .................................... $ 100,000 (6) Department of Justice (a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation ................... 125,000 (b) Victim Shelter and Services ..... 125,000 (c) Boat Maintenance ................ 200,000 (d) DOJ Satellite Phone Billing ..... 10,000 (e) INTERPOS activities ............. 8,000 (7) 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 ................ 40,000 (d) International Day for Disaster Reduction .................................... 12,000 (e) Disaster Risk Management Conference...... ............................. 40,000 (8) National Election Commission Office (a) Voter ID Card and New Voter Registration Project ......................... 50,000 (9) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) Medical Specialist Team .......... 120,000 (b) MOE-BHWP Med ..................... 22,200 20 of 23 C.B.
NO.
22-311 (c) Electronic Record System ........ $ 35,000 (d) Youth in Sports ................. 50,000 (e) Hispathology and diagnostic improvement ................................. 16,000 (f) Implementation, FSM Pharmaceutical Act ........................................ 24,010 (g) Competent Authority, compliance process for fisheries exportation ........... 115,990 (h) medical professional recruitment 33,500 (10) Department of Education (a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ........ 655,561 (b) School Accreditation ............. (c) Teacher Certification Project .... -0- -0- (d) Vernacular Language Arts (VLA) Curriculum Standards and Benchmarks Training .. 75,170 (e) CTE Teacher Training ............. 56,910 17 (11) NORMA (a) Hosting WPCFC, TTC, & SC ......... 10,000 (b) Internship for students in the area of fisheries management .................. 5,000 (c) T3 Monitoring .................... 150,000 (d) Commemorate World Tuna Day ...... 70,000 (12) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Donor Roundtable ............... .
100,000 (b) Chuuk State Supreme Court parking 21 of 23 C.B.

NO.
22-311 lot, fencing, and maintenance... ............ $ 200,000 (c) National Voter Register........... 64,000 (d) TC&I Utwe Water project settlement 260,000 (e) Diplomatic Mission Geneva ....... 300,000 (f) FSM ConCon Public Education & Awareness.................................... 200,000 (g) Capitol road improvement Nanpohnmal to Sekere......................... 400,000 (h) Road improvement and heavy equipment, Yap ............................ 100,000 (i) Road improvement, Weno, Chuuk ... 100,000 (j) State subsidies: (i) Generator Parts, Yap state, YSPSC ............................ 250,000 (ii) Fuel Chuuk state, CPUC .... 300,000 (iii) Power line extension, Pohnpei state, PUC ........................... 100,000 (iv) Fuel Kosrae state, KPUA ................................. -0- (k) Chuuk Narik Mataw ship............ 100,000 (l) Pohnpei Lady Pohnpei ship......... 117,385 (m) Lady Minto ship................... 95,000 (n) PMA subsidy....................... 100,000 (o) Open market Pohnpei causeway 350,000 (p) Case tracking system (CTS)........ 25,000 22 of 23 C.B.
NO.
22-311 (q) H2 Habilmohol – fuel subsidy .... $ 100,000 (r) Kosrae Solar Project ............. 200,000 (s) Construction of a postal service building in Tonoas, Chuuk ................... 50,000 (t) Establish Diplomatic Mission in Australia ........................ 500,000 (u) Purchase property in Honolulu for Hawaii FSM Consulate Office ................. 5,000,000 (v) Airport Subsidy: Kosrae State .... 250,000 (w) Airport Subsidy: Pohnpei State ... 250,000 (x) Airport Subsidy: Chuuk State ..... 250,000 (y) Airport Subsidy for Outer Islands: Yap State ................................... 250,000 (z) Repair and refurbishment of HI and Chief Mailo ................................. 500,000 (aa) SDP update ...................... 150,000” Section 6.
This act shall become law upon approval by the 18 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its becoming 19 law without such approval.

20 21 Date: 5/6/23 Introduced by: /s/ Florencio S. Harper 22 23 24 25 Florencio S. Harper (by request) 23 of 23