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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FOURTH REGULAR SESSION, 2008 C.B.

NO.

15-124 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend Public Law No.

15-32, as amended, by amending Section 1 thereof, to change the use of certain funds previously appropriated for public projects and social programs for the States of Kosrae, Chuuk and Pohnpei, 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.


15-32, as amended by 2 Public Law No.

15-36, is hereby further amended to read as 3 follows: “Section 1.

The sum of $3,780,000, or so much thereof is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 for the purpose of funding public projects and social programs in each State of the Federated States of Micronesia.
The fund shall be apportioned on the basis of $250,000 or less per member of Congress as follows, PROVIDED THAT an increase of $300,000 is for Yap State.
(1) State of Kosrae .....................$ 500,000 (a) High School lunch program ....... 40,000 (b) [Graduate degrees] Bachelor degree program ............................. 80,000 (c) Lelu Community projects/programs 10,000 (d) Malem Community projects/ programs ..................................$ 10,000 CBL 15-131 C.B.

NO.
NO.

15-124 (e) Utwe Community projects/ programs ................................... 10,000 (f) Tafunsak Community projects/ programs ................................... 10,000 (g) Kosrae Women Association ........ 10,000 (h) Promotion and Travel for Tourism Office ............................. 10,000 (i) Kosrae State Government subsidy .
100,000 (j) Medical referrals for non-insured and non-employed Kosraeans ..... 20,000 PROVIDED THAT reprogramming of this funding is not allowed (k) Supplemental funding for Fuel for Caroline Voyager ...................... 10,000 PROVIDED THAT the funding is used for an east-bound trip to Kosrae State (l) Tafunsak Multipurpose Building Renovation ........................ 20,000 (m) Lap-top Computers for Schools: (i) Lelu Elementary School ..... (ii) Tafunsak Elementary School .
(iii) Malem Elementary School .... (iv) Utwa Elementary School ..... (v) Walung Elementary School ... (vi) Sansrik Elementary School .$ 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 2 of 14 C.B.

NO.
15-124 (vii) SDA school ................. (viii) Kosrae High School ......... 1,250 1,250 (n) Kosrae Senior Citizens Meeting Halls (i) Lelu Senior citizen ........ 30,000 (ii) Tafunsak Senior citizen .... 30,000 (iii) Malem Senior citizen ....... 30,000 (iv) Utwa Senior citizen ........ 30,000 (o) Office of International Epizoaties Annual Membership Fee ........... 8,000 (p) Tafunsak Youths’ musical instruments 5,000 (q) KCSO’s subsidy .................. 5,000 (r) National Government debts to ABCOR Construction ......................... 12,000 (s) Kosrae Women Christian Associations (i) Lelu Women Christian Association ................................ 2,000 (ii) Tafunsak Women Christian Association ................................ 2,000 (iii) Malem Women Christian Association ................................ 2,000 (iv) Utwa Women Christian Association ................................ 2,000 (v) Walung Women Christian Association ................................ 2,000 (2) State of Yap ........................$ 800,000 3 of 14 C.B.
NO.
15-124 (a) Chamber of Commerce (Matching fund) ...................................... 50,000 (b) Ruu and Amun villages basketball courts .......................... 7,000 (c) Lands' Acquisition (Outer Island of Yap .............................. 75,000 (d) Southern Yap water system equipment purchase ......................... 25,000 (e) Tomil Road repair ............... 25,000 (f) Amun bridge ..................... 20,000 (g) Water extension, Makiy village .. 9,000 (h) Road Improvements, Wanyan village 30,000 (i) Bugol women multipurpose building 45,000 (j) Ngulu dispensary ................ 18,000 (k) Falalus and Seliap community centers repairs ............................ 23,000 (l) Qapluul village water, sewer, and power extension projects ............... 27,000 (m) Gachpar Men’s house ............. 50,000 (n) Wottegai road project ........... 10,000 (o) Tugunbinau bridge, Maap ......... 50,000 (p) Outer Islands’ agriculture programs and projects (concrete taro patches, purchase of tools and equipment) .. 40,000 (q) Pikelot Island water 4 of 14 C.B.
NO.
15-124 catchment and shelter .....................$ 7,000 (r) Outer Islands’ Transportation needs (boats, outboard motors, POL) ........ 90,000 (s) YSPSC subsidy for POL ........... 100,000 (t) Woleai Airport Terminal Building 63,000 (u) Meerur men’s house repair ....... 16,000 (v) Completion of Wottegai community center in Qapluul village ........ 20,000 (3) State of Pohnpei ..................... 1,000,000 (a) Pohnpei State At Large (i) Construction and renovation of road, bridges, culverts and road drainages from Palikir to Kolonia ...........[150,000] 120,000 (b) Election District No.
1 (i) 2nd Phase (Baptist School Classroom Construction) .................... 100,000 (ii) EDI operation .............. 10,000 (iii) Kolonia Town Ladies Training Center Renovations ................ 10,000 (iv) Tomara Road Construction ... 60,000 (v) Sapwuafik Community Center Renovations ......................... 10,000 (vi) Peidie Road construction [60,000] 90,000 (c) Election District No.
2 (i) Water Delivery Services ...$ 30,000 5 of 14 C.B.

NO.
NO.

15-124 (ii) Students' Financial Assistance ................................. 15,000 (iii) Secondary Road Improvement ................................ 150,000 (iv) ED2 operation .............. 32,000 (v) Civic Centers .............. 35,000 (vi) Agriculture Fair ........... 3,500 (vii) Enipein Elementary School Teacher Aid ......................... 4,500 (viii) Kitti Fish Market .......... 15,000 (ix) Sports facilities improvement ................................ 15,000 (d) Election District No.
3 (i) ED3 Operation .............. 33,500 (ii) Students and public transportation services .................... 28,000 (iii) Students’ financial assistance ................................. (iv) Youth sports activities .... (v) Agriculture Fair ........... (vi) ED3 Working Group 8,000 7,500 3,000 supplemental ............................... 8,000 (vii) ED3 Water System ........... 10,000 (viii) U public facilities repairs and maintenance ...................$ 50,000 6 of 14 C.B.
NO.
15-124 (ix) Nett public facilities repairs and maintenance .................... 55,000 (x) Mwoakilloa public facilities repairs and maintenance and transportation needs ....................... 20,000 (xi) Pingelap public facilities repairs and maintenance and transportation needs ....................... 25,000 (xii) Mwoakilloa multipurpose house renovation ........................... 2,000 (xiii) Pohnkeimw Secondary Road Paving ................................ 50,000 (4) State of Chuuk ....................... 1,480,000 (a) Chuuk State At Large (i) Public Facilities Repair and improvement ....................[25,000] 30,000 (ii) Youth Activities' programs and projects ..............[27,000] 30,000 (iii) Students' Financial Assistance ........................[10,000] 7,000 (iv) Low Income Housing subsidy .................................... 30,000 (v) Farmers and Students' Land transportations ....................... 20,000 (vi) Leadership exposures 7 of 14 C.B.
NO.
15-124 and travel ................................$ 15,000 (vii) Farmers planting and seedling project ....................[8,000] 11,000 (viii) CSCIP operation ............ 5,000 (ix) Offices Rental and operations F. Commission ................... (x) POL and Charter .....[8,000] 7,000 5,000 (xi) At-Large Office Operation .. 20,000 (xii) Sport facilities constructions (Basketball courts) .......... 15,000 (xiii) Fishing Gears and Equipments ................................. 15,000 (xiv) Seawall and Taro Patches Protection .................[15,000] 10,000 (xv) Multipurpose building repair and renovation ...................... 5,000 (xvi) Feeding program ............ 10,000 (xvii) Medical Referral and Repatriation of remains .................... 10,000 (xviii) OCHAP Community Hall Construction .......................... 5,000 (xix) Contribution and cost sharing with At-Large to ED#5 Operation .... 20,000 (b) Election District No.
1 (i) Students' Financial 8 of 14 C.B.

NO.
15-124 Assistance ................................$ 10,000 (ii) Mortlock Development Commission ................................. 10,000 (iii) Municipal Governments' subsidy a. Nema Municipality ..... b. Losap Municipality .... 7,000 5,500 c. Pis-emwar Municipality 5,000 d. Namoluk Municipality .. e. Ettal Municipality .... f. Moch Municipality ..... g. Kuttu Municipality .... h. Ta Municipality ....... i. Satowan Municipality .. j. Lekinioch Municipality k. Oneop Municipality .... 6,000 5,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 7,000 7,000 6,000 (iv) Community Housing improvement 45,000 (v) Leadership Conference ...... 13,000 (vi) Leadership Travel .......... 10,000 (vii) Youth Musical Instruments .. 8,000 (viii) Youth Centers Subsidies .... 20,000 (ix) Students’ Land Transportation 5,000 (x) Water Tanks and Pumps Project 5,000 (xi) Sea Transportation Assistance 15,000 (xii) Contribution to 9 of 14 C.B.
NO.

15-124 ED #1 Associations ........................$ 12,000 (xiii) Payment for Printing services 3,500 (xiv) ED #1 Multipurpose building Renovations Supplements .................... 11,000 (xv) ED #1 Operation ............ 11,000 (xvi) Administrative Supports costs for Delegation ....................... 5,000 (c) Election District No.
2 (i) Basketball Court ........... 20,000 (ii) Meeting Halls (a) Neoram, Nepukos ....... 10,000 (b) Faichu, Eor ........... (c) Faramas, Sapuk ........ (d) Neinifach, Mwan ....... 6,000 4,000 5,000 (iii) Public/School/Bus Operation .................................. 50,000 (iv) Road Construction ..[40,000] -0- (v) Repatriation of human remains 6,000 (vi) Kokumy cultural celebration 4,000 (vii) CSCIP ...................... 10,000 (viii) NNDA operation ............. 25,000 (ix) Housing Assistance ......... 15,000 (x) Fishing Projects ........... 20,000 (xi) Medical supplies & equipments 15,000 (xii) Weno Municipal Election ..$ 25,000 10 of 14 C.B.
NO.

15-124 (xiii) Weno Municipal Government subsidy .................................... 5,000 (xiv) Fonoton Municipal Government subsidy .................................... 5,000 (xv) Pis-Paneu Municipal Government subsidy .................................... 5,000 (d) Election District No.

3 (i) Election District No.
3 Operation ............................ 25,000 (ii) Housing and Community Halls 45,500 (iii) Fishing Projects ........... 15,000 (iv) Fiberglass Boats repair .... 5,000 (v) Medical Assistance and supplies ................................... 2,500 (vi) Sport Tournaments Facilities/Supplies ........................ 10,000 (vii) Feeding Program ............ 10,000 (viii) Crafting and Sewing projects ................................... 7,000 (ix) Market/Local Produces ...... 10,000 (x) Project Management ......... 12,500 (xi) CSCIP operation ............ 5,000 (xii) Subsidy for Entrepreneurships and business start up ...................... 10,000 (xiii) Nukuno Christian School 11 of 14 C.B.
NO.

15-124 Solar panels/Computers ....................$ 10,000 (xiv) Leadership Travel .......... 15,000 (xv) Youth rehabilitation programs 9,000 (xvi) Mayors leadership conference 5,000 (xvii) Land Transportation ........ 12,500 (xviii) Municipal Governments’ subsidies .................................. 41,000 (e) Election District No.
4 (i) Students' Financial Assistance ................................. 10,000 (ii) Youth activities and programs ................................... 10,000 (iii) Leadership exposure and travel ................................. 15,000 (iv) FDA operations ............. 20,000 (v) CSCIP operation ............ 5,000 (vi) Udot municipal subsidy ..... 10,000 (vii) Low income housing grant ... 40,000 (viii) Iongkumi Fishing Project ... 40,000 (ix) Fiber boats repair ......... 10,000 (x) Food relief ................ 10,000 (xi) Land Transportation ........ 20,000 (xii) Tonelsom Legal fee ......... 10,000 (xiii) ED #4 Office operation ..... 30,000 (xiv) Famachaw farming project ..$ 10,000 12 of 14 C.B.
NO.

15-124 (xv) Medical Referrals & Repatriation of remains .................... 10,000 (f) Election District No.
5 (i) POL & Charter .............. 35,000 (ii) Food Relief ................ 20,000 (iii) Office Space Rental, Office supplies and equipment, communication and utilities .................................. 10,000 (iv) Students' Financial Assistance ................................. 10,000 (v) Medical Referral, Pharmaceuticals and Repatriation of Remains ................................. 20,000 (vi) CSCIP ...................... 5,000 (vii) Administrative support related costs as Redefined and authorized under Public Law No.
15-18 ................. -0- (viii) Project Management ......... 20,000 (ix) On the job Training subsidy .................................... 10,000 (x) Land Acquisition for the people of Halls, Weito and Pattiw Islands .. 100,000 PROVIDED THAT the allottee of this specific funding shall deposit the funds into the Special Funds within the General Fund of the 13 of 14 C.B.

NO.

15-124 1 2 3 4 Federated States of Micronesia for Chuuk Election District No.

5 established pursuant to Public Law No.

13-83.


Section 2.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 5 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 6 becoming law without such approval.

7 8 Date: 5/19/08 Introduced by: /s/ Paliknoa K. Welly Paliknoa K. Welly of 14