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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

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22-83 AN ACT To further amend section 9 of Public Law No.

20-131, as amended by Public Laws Nos.

20-154, 20-159, 20-172, 20-187, 21-03, 21-10, 21-38, 21-81 and 22-55, to change the language in the funding previously appropriated to fund Enhancing Tourism for the state of Chuuk, 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.

20-131, as 2 amended by Public Laws Nos.

20-154, 20-159, 20-172, 20-187, 3 21-03, 21-10, 21-38, 21-81 and 22-55, is hereby further 4 amended to read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $40,543,837, 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, $1,256,025 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 ..... $ 4,050,000 CBL 22-134 P.C.

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22-129 (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- (e) COM—FSM Endowment Fund ......... 316,000 (f) Outstanding tuition of current and former students with a balance of over $50 and minimum GPA of 2.0 ........... 300,000 (2) Department of Finance and Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease and Maintenance 40,000 (b) PCD Awareness and Training ..... 15,000 (c) Municipal Accounting System .... 50,000 (d) FSM Trust Fund Board Members and Secretariat Operational Funding Support ........................... -0- (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 2 of 9 P.C.
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22-129 Capacity of National/State Private Sector Organizations in the FSM ................. $ 42,319 (e) 2018/19 Household Income and Expenditure Survey ........................ 155,000 (f) 2020 CPH ....................... 1,516,315 (g) Kosrae – subsidy to the Office of the Governor of 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 Visitors 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; PROVIDED THAT purchase of fixed assets needed to implement the identified projects under this line item is allowed 200,000 (5) CWC ........................ 20,000 (j) Enhancing Tourism: Yap – to be apportioned as follows: ................ 500,000 3 of 9 P.C.
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22-129 (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 .................... -0- (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- (c) FSM National Government Computer Network 277,420 (d) New Warehouse Building ......... 200,000 (e) Airport needs .................. 230,000 (f) Chief Mailo Supplemental dry-docking & repair and other needs ...... 600,000 (g) FSMTCC (OAE – IRU) ............ 500,000 (h) Telin invoices ................. 340,000 (i) FSM Contribution – China Aid Projects .................................. 500,000 (j) To supplement back-up generator 244,000 (k) Palikir Capital Complex Road Improvement ............................... 300,000 (l) Micronesian Navigator (damage repair & generator ........................ 157,000 4 of 9 P.C.
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22-129 (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 (d) DECCEM—Contract GIS Survey services—Kosrae, Chuuk & Yap .............. 180,000 (7) President’s Office (a) FSM Trust Fund ................. 10,000,000 (8) National Election Commission Office (a) Voter ID Card and New Voter Registration Project ................... 242,322 (9) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) Histo Pathologist .............. 58,000 (b) Food/Water lab ................. 58,000 (c) Medical Team ................... (d) Doctors: Foundation Project ... -0- -0- 5 of 9 P.C.
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22-129 (e) MOE—BHWP Med .................. $ 22,200 (f) Electronic Health Record System.
150,000 (g) Rheumatic Heart Program ........ 110,000 (h) Private Room Facilities at Pohnpei Hospital .......................... 450,000 (i) Support to Yap State for Dengue Outbreak and State of Health Crisis ....... 300,000 (10) Department of Education (a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ...... 566,077 (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 (b) Down-payment for the purchase of facility to house FSM Embassy in Tokyo, Japan .............................. 4,500,000 (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 Regulatory Authority 6 of 9 P.C.
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22-129 (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 .... 100,000 (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 Haven Charter .......... 50,000 (3) Weno Road & heavy Equipment purchase .................................. 200,000 (f) Capitol Improvement Projects: Yap – to fund construction of a library and science lab at Yap Catholic High School 300,000 (g) Land Acquisition – Guam ........ 1,500,000 (h) Dialysis Machine – Pohnpei State 7 of 9 P.C.
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22-129 Hospital ................................. $ 300,000 (i) FSM National Women’s Council ... 50,000 (j) Palikir Water System project ... 653,000 (k) TC&I Repair of Caroline Voyager 500,000 (l) TC&I Dry-docking of Chief Mailo 1,221,650 (m) Additional National Continental Shelf Claim formulation and negotiation Pursuant To UNCLOS ........................ 150,000 (n) Faichuk Post Office ............ 100,000 (o) Paperless Trail, Inc. .......... 300,000 (p) FSM Youth Summits – Guam ....... 35,000 (q) 2019 Constitutional Convention Election and Convening Expenses ........... 500,000 (r) Contribution to the Yap Subaccount of the FSM Trust Fund ..................... 450,000” 8 of 9 P.C.
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22-129 1 Section 2.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 2 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its becoming law without such approval.

3 February 17th, 2022 /s/ David W. Panuelo David W. Panuelo President Federated States of Micronesia 9 of 9