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TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SIXTH REGULAR SESSION, 2019 C.B.

NO.

20-275 AN ACT To amend sections 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9 of Public Law No.
20-131, to appropriate $3,358,000 of additional funds from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, to provide funding for the operations of the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, various programs, 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.


20-131 is hereby 2 amended to read as follows: “Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to appropriate the sum of [$64,819,927] $68,177,927 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 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 the Compact Sector Grant amount for COM-FSM and 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 CBL 20-294 C.B.

NO.

20-275 1 2 apportioned as follows:” Section 2.

Section 2 of Public Law No.


20-131 is hereby 3 amended to read as follows: “Section 2.

Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch.


The sum of [$22,721,204] $22,761,204, 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, 2019, for the purpose of funding the operations of the Executive Branch of the National Government during the fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.
The sum of [$1,449,999] $1,489,999, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the President during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................$ 592,999 Travel ..................................... 312,000 Contractual Services...............[420,000] 460,000 OCE ........................................ 119,500 Fixed Assets ............................... 5,500 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.

The sum of $5,438,695, or so much thereof as may be 2 of 22 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-275 necessary, for the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs during the fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 1,754,271 Travel ..................................... 377,221 Contractual Services........................ 2,802,788 OCE ........................................ 348,007 Fixed Assets ............................... 156,408 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
The sum of $2,995,654, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 2,039,754 Travel ..................................... 290,000 Contractual Services........................ 227,500 OCE ........................................ 277,900 Fixed Assets ............................... 160,500 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
The sum of $1,482,494, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Resources and Development during the fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 3 of 22 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-275 Personnel ............................ ... $ 907,313 Travel ..................................... 86,791 Contractual Services........................ 59,850 OCE ........................................ 184,540 Fixed Assets ............................... 44,000 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
The sum of $2,571,860, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 594,172 Travel ..................................... 191,584 Contractual Services........................ 1,589,504 OCE ........................................ 58,600 Fixed Assets ............................... 138,000 (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
The sum of $891,182, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Health and Social Affairs during the fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 501,499 Travel ..................................... 154,215 4 of 22 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-275 Contractual Services........................$ 118,617 OCE ........................................ 113,851 Fixed Assets ............................... 3,000 (7) Department of Education.

The sum of $806,701, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Education during the fiscal year 2019.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $350,598 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 429,123 Travel ..................................... 175,001 Contractual Services........................ 159,226 OCE ........................................ 40,151 Fixed Assets ............................... 3,200 (8) Department of Justice.

The sum of $4,926,423, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 3,251,901 Travel .................................... 374,802 Contractual Services....................... 651,977 OCE ....................................... 370,443 5 of 22 C.B.

NO.

20-275 Fixed Assets .............................$ 277,300 (9) Office of the Public Defender.
The sum of $1,112,151, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the Public Defender during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 744,081 Travel ..................................... 140,120 Contractual Services........................ 101,050 OCE ........................................ 86,900 Fixed Assets ............................... 40,000 (10) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management.
The sum of $841,154, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of Environment and Emergency Management during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 544,055 Travel ..................................... 183,379 Contractual Services........................ 50,000 OCE ........................................ 47,120 Fixed Assets ............................... 16,600 (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.

6 of 22 C.B.

NO.
6 of 22 C.B.

NO.

20-275 The sum of $204,891, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation during the fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 138,576 Travel ..................................... 35,574 Contractual Services........................ 10,452 OCE ........................................ 20,289 Fixed Assets ............................... -0-“ Section 3.

Section 3 of Public Law No.

20-131 is hereby 12 amended to read as follows: “Section 3.

Operating Expenses of the Legislative Branch.


The sum of [$5,956,360] $6,409,360, 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, 2019, for the operations of the Legislative Branch of the National Government during fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Speaker and Members.
The sum of [$2,915,650] $2,965,650, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the Speaker and Members of the Congress of the 7 of 22 C.B.

NO.

20-275 Federated States of Micronesia during fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 438,150 Travel ..................................... 853,000 Contractual Services, of which up to $50,000 may be used to assist Members and staff with medical costs and up to $20,000 may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations.......................[1,624,500] 1,674,500 OCE ........................................

Fixed Assets ............................... -0- -0- (2) Staff Offices.
The sum of [$2,200,710] $2,323,710, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Congress staff offices during fiscal year 2019.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .......................$[1,119,710] 1,192,710 Travel..............................[150,000] 200,000 Contractual Services........................ 485,000 OCE........................................ 346,000 Fixed Assets................................ 100,000 (3) Congress Delegation Offices.
The sum of [$840,000] $1,120,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Congress 8 of 22 C.B.

NO.

20-275 delegation offices during the fiscal year 2019.

Of the amounts appropriated for contractual services within each Delegation Office, up to a maximum of [$50,000] $70,000 per Member, at the Delegation Offices’ discretion, may be used for Representation.
The sum appropriated is apportioned as follows: (a) Kosrae Delegation Office Travel .......................... $ 20,000 Contractual Services… ..... [80,000] 120,000 OCE ............................... 20,000 Fixed Assets ...................... -0- TOTAL .................... [120,000] 160,000 (b) Pohnpei Delegation Office Travel ........................... -0- Contractual Services .... [220,000] 300,000 OCE ............................... 20,000 Fixed Assets ...................... -0- TOTAL .................... [240,000] 320,000 (c) Chuuk Delegation Office Travel ........................... -0- Contractual Services ..... [320,000] 440,000 OCE ...............................
Fixed Assets ...................... 30,000 10,000 TOTAL .................... [360,000] 480,000 (d) Yap Delegation Office 9 of 22 C.B.

NO.

20-275 Travel .......................... $ 20,000 Contractual Services ..... [70,000] 110,000 OCE ............................... 25,000 Fixed Assets ...................... 5,000 TOTAL .................... [120,000] 160,000” Section 4.

Section 8 of Public Law No.


20-131 is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: “Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum of [$14,267,831] $14,767,831, 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, 2019, for the following grants, subsidies and contributions during fiscal year 2019.
The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.

(a)Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) .................. $ 4,500 (b) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union 800 (c) Pacific Island News Association 350 (d) Asia Pacific Investment ...... 250 (e) Former Presidents’ Allowance .
50,000 (f) Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning (JCRP) .................. 390,000 10 of 22 C.B.

NO.

20-275 (g) Presidential Inauguration .... $ 100,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
(a) The Forum Secretariat ......... 57,000 (b) Secretariat for 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 ............. 29,670 (h) Pacific Island Forum .......... -0- (i) SIS Program.................... 10,000 (j) IOM Membership Fee ............ 600 (k) SPC Host Grant ................ 20,000 (l) First Regular Session of the Twenty-First Congress – Travel for Honorary Consuls .............................. 50,000 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
(a) CTA-OCO Membership Fee ........ 14,024 (b) Maintenance Fee for Financial Management Information System (FMIS).

55,000 (c) PITTA – CTA ................... 9,000 (d) ADB, IMF and Budget, Finance Policy Consultations ................. 25,000 (e) Macro Economist Advisor ....... 200,000 (f) Global Forum Membership Fee ... 26,000 11 of 22 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-275 (g) PFTAC Membership Fee ......... $ 20,000 (h) CTA Conference ................ 35,000 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
(a) Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDF)...... ................. 15,000 (b) Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Fee 62,638 (c) Pacific Asian Travel Association (PATA) ............................... 6,000 (d) United Nations Development Program (UNDP) ............................... 30,000 (e) Micronesian Challenge Endowment Fund ............................... 100,000 (f) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) 4,800 (g) Western Forestry Leadership Coalition.
530 (h) Matching to SPC Projects 60,000 (i) Micronesian Challenge ......... 10,000 (j) Micronesian Cruise Association$ 2,500 (k) South Pacific Tourism Organization 8,000 (l) International Animal Health Organization (OIE) .................. 23,000 (m) IRENA ........................ 250 (n) Micronesia Trade Commission ... 30,000 (o) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ................................ 1,000 (p) IFAD .......................... 500 12 of 22 C.B.
NO.

20-275 (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

(a) UNFPA ........................ $ 3,000 (b) WHO ........................... 4,650 (c) FSM Sport Association ......... -0- (d) PIHOA ........................ 20,000 (e) Territorial Health ........... 4,000 (f) Nurse Licensing .............. 20,000 (g) Red Cross .................... 70,000 (h) Vaccine Purchase ............. 50,000 (i) UN Women ..................... 1,000 (j) Drug Quality Testing Project.

4,000 (6) Department of Education.
(a) Aid to Non-Public Schools .... 600,000 (b) Aid to CMI Students .......... 40,000 (c) Aid to PCC Students ........... 150,000 (d) National Scholarship .......... 2,250,000 (e) National Close-Up ............. 75,000 (f) Merit Scholarship ............. 275,000 (g) Aid to FSM Students in Japan .. 100,000 (h) ... Caroline College & Pastoral Institute ............................ 50,000 (i) Faithwalk Christian College ... 50,000 (7) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
(a) Asia Pacific Telecommunity ... 11,000 13 of 22 C.B.

NO.

20-275 (b) International Telecommunication Union ............................... $ 20,867 (c) ICAO .......................... 28,050 (d) FSM Capital Energy ............ 600,000 (e) Micronesian Shipping Commission (MSC) ................................ 25,000 (f) Fuel and Provisions for Caroline Voyager and Navigator ................ 1,345,830 (8) Department of Justice.
(a) States Joint Law Enforcement: Kosrae.30,000 (b) States Joint Law Enforcement: Pohnpei50,000 (c) States Joint Law Enforcement: Chuuk 100,000 (d) States Joint Law Enforcement: Yap 30,000 (e) Police Academy ................ 200,000 (f) Settlement on Civil Action Nos.
2013-036, 2017-027, and 2017-029 ..... 21,198 (g) Fuel Subsidy .................. 100,000 (h) Contract for Mr. Jim Stovall for legal support for JCRP ............... 160,000 (9) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (a) IPU Conferences ...... [100,000] 250,000 (b) Climate Change Conferences .... 50,000 (c) ACP ........................... 30,000 (d) APPU .......................... -0- 14 of 22 C.B.

NO.
NO.

20-275 (e) APPF ......................... $ 50,000 (f) Staff Upgrade ................. 25,000 (g) World Bank-IMF Annual Meeting .
50,000 (h) MRA Conference in Japan ....... 30,000 (i) Fisheries Meetings ............ 30,000 (j) IPU Annual Dues ............... 12,500 (k) COFA Alliance National Network (CANN) ............................... 25,000 (l) .. Travel to Investment Advisor (Wilshire) ........................... 70,000 (m) Compact Historical Project .... 150,000 (n) Twenty-First Congress – Inauguration 50,000 (10) 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) 6th Bi-Annual Environment Conference 20,000 (i) FSM FEMA Disaster Matching ..... (j) Basel Convention ............... (k) Kyoto Protocol ................. -0- 197 484 15 of 22 C.B.
NO.

20-275 (l) WMO Membership ................ $ 15,000 (11) 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 (12) Other Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

(a) COM Board Meeting ............ .
5,000 (b) COM-FSM Treaty Obligation ...... 25,000 (c) FSM Social Security Administration 1,000,000 (d) FSM National Government Employee’s Health Insurance Plan ............... -0- (e) State Judiciaries: Kosrae ..... 40,000 (f) State Judiciaries: Pohnpei ..... 60,000 (g) State Judiciaries: Chuuk ....... 110,000 (h) State Judiciaries: Yap ......... 40,000 (i) Micronesian Legal Services Corporation (MLSC) .................. 250,000 (j) NORMA – WCPFC Tuna Commission Fee 257,284 (k) Independence Day Activities .... 50,000 (l) MLFC Loan Payment .............. 260,000 (m) Single Audit Fee (FY 2018) ..... 460,000 16 of 22 C.B.
NO.

20-275 (n) Staff Housing ................. $ 510,000 (o) Recruitment and Repatriation ... 223,218 (p) 2019 General Election .......... 350,000 (q) Legal and Advocacy Services in Washington D.C. (A&P) ................ 2,000,000 (r) MiCare arrears ................. 150,000” Section 5.

Section 9 of Public Law No.

20-131 is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of [$16,297,764] $18,662,764, 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, 2019, 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 Supplemental Education Grant and [$1,000,000] $1,615,000 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Compact Sector Grants.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 25 (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.

17 of 22 C.B.

NO.
20-275 (a) College of Micronesia–FSM ... $ 4,050,000 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute (FMI) ..................... 875,611 (c) College of Micronesia-FSM SEG Funding ......................... 689,948 (d) COM-FSM Building Infrastructure Project ....................... [-0-] 615,000 (e) COM-FSM Endowment Fund ....... 316,000 (2) Department of Finance and Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease and Maintenance 40,000 (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) R&D SNLC ...................... 60,000 (c) National Coastal Fisheries Monitoring Team ..................... 16,325 (d) Strengthening Organizational Planning, Management & Accountability Capacity of National/State Private Sector Organizations in the FSM .............................. 42,319 (e) Computing Facility Upgrade .... 155,000 (f) 2020 CPH ...................... 1,516,315 (g) Enhancing Tourism: Kosrae – subsidy to the Office of the Governor of 18 of 22 C.B.
NO.
20-275 the state of Kosrae; PROVIDED THAT, no funds shall be used for travel expenses $ 500,000 (h) Enhancing Tourism: Pohnpei - .. 750,000 (i) Enhancing Tourism: Chuuk – to be apportioned as follows: .............. 750,000 (1) Chuuk Visitor’s Bureau ...... 230,000 (2) Environmental Protection Agency – Solid Waste Program .................. 200,000 (3) Department of Agriculture – Forestry & Conservation ......... 100,000 (4) Department of Marine Resources – Watershed Protection & Invasive Species Plan ................................ 200,000 (5) CWC ........................ 20,000 (j) Enhancing Tourism: Yap – to be apportioned as follows: .............. 500,000 (1) Yap Chamber of Commerce ..... 50,000 (2) Airport Improvement - for the purchase and installation of X-ray screening equipment and baggage carousel at airport 450,000 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure (a)Operation and Dry-Docking of Caroline Voyager and Navigator ................. 1,500,000 (b) Outer Island Airports ......... -0- 19 of 22 C.B.
NO.
20-275 (c) FSM National Government Computer Network .................... $ 100,000 (d) New Warehouse Building ........ 200,000 (e) Airport needs ................. 220,000 (5) Department of Justice (a)Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation ........... 100,000 (b) Victim Shelter and Services ... 100,000 (6) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) Fourth Disaster Risk Management Environment Conference .............. 30,000 (b) National & State Table Top Exercise 30,000 (c) Outer Island Trip Assessment – Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management 80,000 (7) President’s Office (a) FSM Trust Fund ................. -0- (8) National Election Commission Office (a) Voter ID Card and New Voter Registration Project ................ 242,322 (9) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) Health Services Special Pathologist -0- (b) Food/Water Lab ................. 58,000 (c) Medical Team ................... -0- (d) Doctors: Foundation Project ... -0- 20 of C.B.
NO.

20-275 (e) MOE-BHWP Med ................. $ 22,200 (10) Department of Education (a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ...... 556,074 (b) School Accreditation ........... 200,000 (c) Teacher Certification Project .. 168,000 (d) Development Quality.

........... 82,650 (11) Department of Foreign Affairs (a) FSM Embassy in Suva, Fiji Residence 300,000 (12) NORMA (a) Commemoration of World Tuna Day 2019 25,000 (b) FFC Meetings.
.................. 80,000 (13) National Postal Services (a) Postal Management and Financial Services .................... 210,000 (14) Telecommunication Regulation Authority (a) Subsidy: Startup Needs of TRA .. 150,000 (15) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Conservation Society in each state to be apportioned as follows: .. 200,000 (1) Kosrae ....................... 50,000 (2) Pohnpei ...................... 50,000 (3) Chuuk ........................ 50,000 (4) Yap .......................... 50,000 (b) Pohnpei State Supreme Court Renovation ............................ 100,000 21 of 22 C.B.
NO.
20-275 (c) Capital Improvement Projects: Kosrae – for 3G coverage ............ $ 300,000 (d) Capital Improvement Projects: Pohnpei ............................. 300,000 (e) Capital Improvement Projects: Chuuk – to be apportioned as Follows: 300,000 (1) Mida’s Vessels .............. 50,000 (2) Sea Heaven Charter .......... 50,000 (3) Weno Road & heavy Equipment purchase ................... 200,000 (f) Capital Improvement Projects: Yap – to fund construction of a library and science lab at Yap Catholic High School 300,000 (g) Land Acquisition – Guam ........ 1,750,000” Section 6.
This act shall become law upon approval by the President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 17 becoming law without such approval.

18 19 Date: 1/15/19 Introduced by: /s/ Isaac V. Figir Isaac V. Figir of 22