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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIFTH REGULAR SESSION, 2022 C.B.

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22-237 A BILL FOR AN ACT To amend sections 9 and 12 of Public Law No.

19-118, as amended by Public Laws Nos.

19-125, 19- 131, 19-135, 19-146, 19-160, 20-01, 20-14, 20-23, 20-74 and 20-129, in order to change the use and allottee of funds previously appropriated therein for the purpose of funding capital and human resources development 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.

19-118, as amended by 2 Public Laws Nos.

19-125, 19-131, 19-135, 19-146, 19-160, 20-01, 3 20-14, 20-23 and 20-74, is hereby further amended to read as 4 follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $40,606,363, which includes $556,074 in SEG funding that was previously omitted, 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, 2017, for the following capital improvements, development programs, and projects and human resources development.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $1,802,096 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the Supplemental Education Grant and $9,545,500 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from Compact Sector CBL 22-247 C.B.

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22-237 Grants.
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22-237 Grants.

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 (FMI)........................... 833,915 (c) College of Micronesia-FSM SEG Funding................................... 689,948 (d) COM-FSM Infrastructure Improvement............................... 8,545,500 (2) Department of Finance and Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease and Maintenance to include a rehab warehouse building for storage ....................... 100,000 (b) PCD Awareness Initiative ........ 15,000 (c) Staff Upgrade................... -0- (3) Department of Resources and Development (a) FSM Association of Chamber of Commerce/Support to COC.................... 67,000 (b) State Trade Fairs Enhancing Value Addition ............................. -0- (c) R&D SNLC ........................ 50,000 (d) FSM Tourism Development Framework -0- (e) National Trade Facilitation Committee .................................. -0- 2 of 11 C.B.
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22-237 (f) Food Security Production ....... $ -0- (g) Secretariat/Hosting Conference, Equipment/Materials ........................ -0- (h) Implement National Tourism Policy/Tourism Investment Plan ............. -0- (i) Assistance to states for Tourism Investment Plan Implementation to be divided as follows:.................................. .

2,000,000 (i) Yap State.................. 500,000 a. Yap Tourism Destination Project.................................... 120,000 b.
Other Tourism Projects in Accordance with Yap Tourism Plan; PROVIDED THAT, no funds may be used for travel or operation of Tourism Office.
............................ 380,000 (ii) Kosrae State ............... 500,000 (iii) Pohnpei State .............. 500,000 (iv) Chuuk State ....... [500,000] 0 (j) Phase II Foreign Investment Review -0- (k) Fortieth Session of the Governing Council of International Fund for Agriculture Development .................... 8,827 (l) National Coastal Fisheries Monitoring Team: Ongoing Monitoring Program, Assess Impacts of CEAFM 3 of 11 C.B.

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22-237 Program and Climate Change ................ $ 13,736 (m) Civil Organization & NGOs...... .
-0- (n) Chamber of Commerce: Chuuk State 50,000 (o) Chamber of Commerce: Kosrae State 50,000 (p) Chamber of Commerce: Pohnpei State 50,000 (q) Chamber of Commerce: Yap State.. 50,000 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure (a) Operation and Dry-Docking of Caroline Voyager and Navigator ............. 1,200,000 (b) Capital Improvement Project: Chuuk- Weno Secondary Road and Heavy Equipment Purchase.
........................ 300,000 (c) Capital Improvement Project: Kosrae- Walung Water Channel ............... 300,000 (d) Capital Improvement Project: Pohnpei: Capital Road Improvement .......... 300,000 (e) Capital Improvement Project: Yap – Preparation for the 2018 Micro Games ................................ 300,000 (f) Outer Island Airport ............ 1,000,000 (g) FSM National Government Computer Network .................................... 277,420 (h) ICT/World Bank Program Open Access Entity .............................. 500,000 4 of 11 C.B.
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22-237 (i) Interim Payment to Contractor for Weno, Chuuk Road Project .................. $ 447,000 (j) PMU Operations .................. 200,000 (k) Concessional loan to support OAE initial operations and emergency fund in case of fiber optic cutting ............ 500,000 (5) Department of Justice (a) Slipping of FSS Independence .... 750,000 (b) Satellite Phone and Usage Billings -0- (c) Patrol Boats Major Maintenance Project...................... .............. 125,000 (d) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation.................. 100,000 (6) Office of Environment & Emergency Management (a) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Management............................. -0- (7) President’s Office (a) FSM Trust Fund .................. 14,500,000 (b) National Staff Upgrading ........ (c) FSM Economic Develop.
Project ... -0- -0- (d) Implementation of ODA Policy .... 50,000 (e) 2016 Development Partners Meeting -0- (f) Compact Review Committee ........ 50,000 (g) Printing of Ballots for Constitutional Question .................... 8,390 5 of 11 C.B.

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22-237 (8) National Election (a) Voter ID Card and New Voter Registration Project ...................... $ 50,000 (9) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) Health Services Special Pathologist ................................ 58,000 (b) Environment: Food & Water Lab Testing........................... ......... 78,000 (c) Medical Specialist Team ......... 195,000 (d) Health data management .......... 208,500 (e) Chuuk Food Safety Office [50,000] 0 (f) Doctors: Foundation Project ..... 127,500 (g) MOE-BHWP Med .................... 20,000 (10) Department of Education (a) National Dept.
of Education- 3 Initiatives Projects ....................... 404,792 (b) Data collection & reporting (SEG Initiative) ........................... 556,074 (c) Teacher and Principal Academies (SEG Initiative) ........................... 556,074 (d) Aid to COM-FSM Students ......... 260,000 (11) Insurance Board (a) Improve and Strengthen the Country’s Insurance Statutory and Regulatory Framework ....................... 50,000 6 of 11 C.B.

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22-237 (b) In-House Consultant/ On Site Examination and Investigation of Affairs of Captive Insurance.
..................... $ -0- (12) Other Capital and Human Resource Development (a) FSM Mission Repair and Maintenance -0- (b) State Judiciaries: Renovation of Chuuk State Supreme Court .................. 75,000 (c) Upgrade: FSM internet to fiber optic................................... ... -0- (d) Congress Committee Room renovations................. ............... 105,687 (e) NORMA – Conference for Tuna Commission (2018) ..................... 80,000 (f) MiCare – partial outstanding arrears owed to the Medical City .......... 500,000 (g) Chuuk’s COVID-19 Infrastructures, quarantine sites, and test and treatment centers needs, including Chuuk Community Health Centers 500,000 (h) Chuuk Goodwill Games 2022 ....... 50,000” Section 2.
Section 12 of Public Law No.

19-118, as amended by 21 Public Law Nos.

19-125, 19-135, 20-01, 20-46 and 20-129, is hereby 22 further amended to read as follows: 23 “Section 12.

Allotment and Management of Funds and Lapse 24 Dates.

25 (1) General provisions.

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22-237 (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 purpose 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 these funds 8 of 11 C.B.
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22-237 shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the following subsections of sections 8 through 9 of this act: (i) Section 8(1)(g)(ii) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chair of the Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning (JCRP); (ii) Section 8(6)(g) – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia - FSM; (iii) Section 8(6)(h) through (i) and Section 8(8)(c) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of Chuuk State[.
]; (iv) Section 8(9)(a) through (x) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (v) Section 8(12)(a) through (d) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the respective State Supreme Court; (vi) Section 8(12)(o) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the respective States; (vii) Section 8(12)(p) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the State of 9 of 11 C.B.

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22-237 Yap; (viii) Section 9(1)(a) through (c) – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; (ix) Section 9(3)(i)(i) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the State of Yap; (x) Section 9(3)(i)(iv), Section 9(12)(g) and Section 9(12)(h) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the State of Chuuk; (xi) Section 9(4)(b) through (e) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the respective States; (xii) Section 9(12)(b) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Chuuk State Supreme Court; (xiii) Section 9(12)(d) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia.
(3) Lapse date.

The authority of the allottee to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of September 30, 2017, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the funds appropriated under section 8(1)(g) and section 9 of this act shall not lapse and the funds appropriated under Section 8(12)(p) shall 10 of 11 C.B.

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22-237 1 2 not lapse until September 30, 2018.” Section 3.
This act shall become law upon approval by the 3 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 4 becoming law without such approval.

5 6 Date: 9/7/22 Introduced by: /s/ Wesley W. Simina Wesley W. Simina of 11