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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SIXTH REGULAR SESSION, 2023 C.B.

NO.

22-268, C.D.1 A BILL FOR AN ACT To amend sections 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 12 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended by Public Law No.


22-169, to appropriate $[21,590,000] 25,026,973 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 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; 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 Law No.

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

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to 5 appropriate the sum of $[79,112,189] [100,702,189] 104,139,162 6 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for 7 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, for the purpose of 8 funding the operations of all branches of the National Government 9 of the Federated States of Micronesia, its agencies, various 10 programs; Grants, Subsidies, and Contributions; and Capital and 11 Human Resources Development.
The National Government’s share of 12 the Amended Compact funds has been reduced to zero; EXCEPT THAT; 13 the National Government will retain the Compact Sector Grant 14 amount for COM-FSM and 10 percent of the Supplemental Education 15 Grant funds as is reflected in the budget for the Department of 16 Education.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 17 follows:” CBL 22-285 C.B.

NO.

22-268, C.D.1 1 Section 2.

Section 2 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended 2 by Public Law No.


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

Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch.

5 The sum of $[30,543,293] [30,593,293] 30,671,746, or so much 6 thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the 7 General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the 8 fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, for the purpose of 9 funding the operations of the Executive Branch of the National 10 Government during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated by 11 this section shall be apportioned as follows: 12 (1) Office of the President.

13 The sum of $[2,474,606] [2,524,606] 2,574,606, or so much thereof 14 as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the 15 President during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated herein 16 shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ....................................$ 839,993 Travel ............................. ........... 430,410 Contractual Services......[1,020,000 1,070,000] 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, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 25 the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs during the 2 of 29 C.B.

NO.

22-268, C.D.1 1 fiscal year 2023.


The sum appropriated herein shall be 2 apportioned as follows: Personnel ....................................$ 2,239,803 Travel ........................... ............ 308,914 Contractual Services............. .............. 3,671,628 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 $3,489,106, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 11 the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration 12 during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 13 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 2,542,279 Travel ............................. ......... 294,227 Contractual Services........................ 286,300 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ...................... 361,300 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 29 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-268, C.D.1 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 $[3,469,230] 3,493,686, or so much thereof as may be 9 necessary, for the operations of the Department of Transportation, 10 Communications and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2023.
11 The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 753,312 Travel .............................. [227,875] 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 Health and 23 Social Affairs during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum 24 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 25 Personnel ..................................$ 800,814 4 of 29 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-268, C.D.1 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.

7 The sum of $[939,647] 949,644, or so much thereof as may be 8 necessary, for the operations of the Department of Education 9 during the fiscal year 2023.
Of the total amount of funds 10 appropriated herein, $[356,573] 366,570 shall be deemed to come 11 from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant.
The 12 sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 478,760 Travel .............................. ........ 171,810 Contractual Services.................[221,229] 231,226 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ....................... 67,848 Fixed Assets ................................. -0- (8) Department of Justice.
20 The sum of $7,404,928, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 21 the operations of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year 22 2023.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 23 follows: 24 25 Personnel ................................. $ 4,695,064 Travel ............................. ........ 369,743 5 of 29 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-268, C.D.1 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 9 Emergency Management.
10 The sum of $970,920, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 11 the operations of the Department of Environment, Climate Change 12 and Emergency Management during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum 13 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.


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

The sum appropriated herein shall be 24 apportioned as follows: 25 Personnel .................................. $ 980,625 6 of 29 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-268, C.D.1 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.
8 The sum of $280,423, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 9 the operations of the Office of National Archives, Culture and 10 Historic Preservation during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum 11 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.

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

$ 79,240 Travel .....................................

Contractual Services........................ 11,401 50,000 7 of 29 C.B.

NO.

22-268, C.D.1 1 2 3 4 OCE, which may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ......................$ 18,000 Fixed Assets ................................ -0- (13) Office of Personnel.
5 The sum of $215,161, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 6 the operations of the Office of Personnel during the fiscal year 7 2023.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 8 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 3 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended by 16 Public Law No.

22-169, is hereby further amended to read as 17 follows: 18 19 “Section 3.

Operating Expenses of the Legislative Branch.


The sum of $[9,465,413] [9,815,413] 10,585,413 or so 20 much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the 21 General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal 22 year ending September 30, 2023, for the operations of the 23 Legislative Branch of the National Government during fiscal year 24 2023.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned 25 as follows: 8 of 29 C.B.

NO.

22-268, C.D.1 1 (1) Speaker and Members.


2 The sum of $[4,523,491] 4,773,491, or so much thereof as may be 3 necessary, for the operations of the Office of the Speaker and 4 Members of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia 5 during fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 6 apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 840,650 Travel .............................. ........ 858,241 Contractual Services, of which up to $[200,000] 350,000 may be used to assist Members and staff with current and prior year medical costs, and up to $20,000 may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations...[2,789,600] 3,039,600 OCE ......................................... -0- Fixed Assets ............................ .... 35,000 (2) Staff Offices.
17 The sum of $[3,371,922] 3,541,922, or so much thereof as may 18 be necessary, for the operations of the Congress staff 19 offices during fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated herein 20 shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 1,620,922 Travel.............................. [200,000] 300,000 Contractual Services, of which up to $25,000 may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations.

........................ [922,000] 992,000 9 of 29 C.B.
NO.

22-268, C.D.1 1 2 3 4 OCE, of which up to $20,000 may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations .. ... $ 319,000 Fixed Assets.......................... ....... 310,000 (3) Congress Delegation Offices.

5 The sum of $[1,570,000] [1,920,000] 2,270,000 or so much thereof 6 as may be necessary, for the operations of the Congress delegation 7 offices during the fiscal year 2023.
Of the amounts appropriated 8 for contractual services within each Delegation Office, up to a 9 maximum of $[100,000] [125,000] 150,000 per Member, at the 10 Delegation Offices’ discretion, may be used for Representation 11 including prior years reimbursable expenses and other obligations.

12 Any unexpended Representation funds shall lapse into the FSM Trust 13 Fund state sub-account of the respective state or states, which 14 had remaining unexpended Representation funds.
The sum 15 appropriated is apportioned as follows: (a) Kosrae Delegation Office Travel .......................... $ -0- Contractual Services [200,000][250,000] 300,000 OCE .............................. 25,000 Fixed Assets ...................... -0- TOTAL ........... [225,000][275,000] 325,000 (b) Pohnpei Delegation Office Travel ........................... 3,000 Contractual Services [400,000][500,000] 600,000 OCE ............................... 42,000 10 of 29 C.B.

NO.
22-268, C.D.1 Fixed Assets ..................... $ -0- TOTAL .......... [445,000][545,000] 645,000 (c) Chuuk Delegation Office Travel ........................... -0- Contractual Services[610,000][760,000] 910,000 OCE ............................... 45,000 Fixed Assets ...................... 10,000 TOTAL ........... [665,000][815,000] 965,000 (d) Yap Delegation Office Travel ........................... 13,000 Contractual Services $ [195,000][245,000] 295,000 OCE ............................... 22,000 Fixed Assets ...................... 5,000 TOTAL .......... [235,000][285,000] 335,000” Section 4.
Section 8 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended by 16 Public Law No.

22-169, is hereby further amended to read as 17 follows: 18 “Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

19 The sum of $[18,702,161] [31,792,161] 32,986,161, or so much 20 thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the 21 General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal 22 year ending September 30, 2023, for the following grants, 23 subsidies and contributions during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum 24 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 25 (1) Office of the President.

11 of 29 C.B.

NO.
22-268, C.D.1 1 (a) Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting 2 Development (AIBD) .................................. $ 4,500 3 4 (b) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union ...... 800 (c) Pacific Island News Association ...... 350 5 (d) Asia Pacific Investment .............. 250 6 (e) Former Presidents’ Allowance......... 50,000 7 (f) Joint Committee on Compact Review and 8 Planning (JCRP) .................................... 1,343,963 (g) Presidential Inauguration ............ 50,000 (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 21 (K) UN Multi-Country Office Lease ........ 30,960 22 23 24 25 (l) Opening ceremony of Embassy in Tokyo .
40,000 (3) Department of Finance and Administration (a) CTA-OCO Membership Fee ............... 10,000 (b) Maintenance Fee for Financial 12 of 29 C.B.

NO.

22-268, C.D.1 1 Management Information System (FMIS).
............... $ 55,000 2 3 (c) PITTA – CTA .......................... 5,000 (d) ADB, IMF and Budget, Finance 4 Policy Consultations ................................. 25,000 (e) Macro Economist Advisor .............. 200,000 (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 14 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 13 of 29 C.B.
NO.
22-268, C.D.1 1 2 3 (m) IFAD ................................ $ 500 (n) UNIDO Membership ..................... 1,000 (o) Micronesia Association of Sustainable 4 Agriculture......................................... 50,000 5 (p) Micronesia Island Forum ............. 132,000 6 (q) Micronesia Challenge Endowment Fund.. 100,000 7 (r) International Coconut Community (annual 8 and prior years fees)............................... 18,000 (s) 2nd FSM Expo (Kosrae) ................ 100,000 (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
(a) UNFPA ................................ 3,000 (b) WHO .................................. 4,790 (c) PIHOA ............................... 20,000 (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 18 (h) UN/FSM Women (CEDAW) ................ 1,000 19 (i) Drug Quality Testing Project.

....... 3,000 (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 14 of 29 C.B.

NO.
NO.

22-268, C.D.1 (f) Merit Scholarship ................... $ 275,000 (g) Aid to FSM Students in Japan ......... 100,000 (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) ICHO arrears ................. ....... 174,000 (8) Department of Justice.
(a) States Joint Law Enforcement: Kosrae.

125,000 (b) States Joint Law Enforcement: Pohnpei 250,000 15 of 29 C.B.

NO.
22-268, C.D.1 (c) States Joint Law Enforcement: Chuuk, of which $75,000 shall be used for Weno Municipal 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 9 (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 (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 16 of 29 C.B.
NO.
22-268, C.D.1 1 2 3 4 (i) Basel Convention .................... $ (j) Kyoto Protocol ....................... 197 484 (k) WMO Membership ....................... 15,000 (l) Disaster Assistance Emergency 5 Relief Fund (DAEF)- Matching ......................... 200,000 6 (m) Disaster Relief Fund ................. 100,000 7 (n) Stockholm Convention Membership ...... 550 8 (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.. ..... ....................... [140,000] 100,000 (12) Other Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

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

5,000 17 of 29 C.B.

NO.
22-268, C.D.1 (b) COM-FSM Treaty Obligation ........... $ 25,000 (c) FSM Social Security Administration ........... [1,000,000] 3,000,000 (d) State Judiciaries: Kosrae ........... 75,000 (e) State Judiciaries: Pohnpei ........... 100,000 (f) State Judiciaries: Chuuk .... [150,000] 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 (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 18 of 29 C.B.
NO.
22-268, C.D.1 Washington D.C. (A&P) .......... .. $ [1,000,000] 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” Section 5.

Section 9 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended by 14 Public Law No.

22-169, is hereby further amended to read as 15 follows: 16 “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


17 The sum of $[12,963,955][21,063,955] 22,452,475, or so much 18 thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the 19 General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal 20 year ending September 30, 2023, for the following capital 21 improvements, development programs, and projects and human 22 resources development.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated 23 herein, $[1,256,019] 1,534,539 shall be deemed to come from funds 24 available under the Supplemental Education Grant and $1,000,000 25 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Compact 19 of 29 C.B.

NO.

22-268, C.D.1 1 Sector Grants.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be 2 apportioned as follows: 3 4 (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.
(a) College of Micronesia–FSM ..... $ 4,000,000 5 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute (FMI) .............................. 965,735 (c) College of Micronesia-FSM SEG Funding ......................... [689,948] 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 (c) Support to Municipal Government Financial Management Improvement ............. 50,000 20 of 29 C.B.
NO.
22-268, C.D.1 (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 (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 [of Caroline Voyager and Navigator] expenses and arrears ............ [-0-][1,500,000] 2,300,000 (b) FSM National Government Facility Improvements and Renovations ................. 115,685 (c) FSM National Government Computer Network ..................................... 100,000 (6) Department of Justice 21 of 29 C.B.
NO.
22-268, C.D.1 (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 (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 (c) Electronic Record System ......... 35,000 (d) Youth in Sports ................. 50,000 (e) Hispathology and diagnostic 22 of 29 C.B.
NO.
22-268, C.D.1 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) [556,074] 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 14 (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 ............... .
50,000 (b) Chuuk State Supreme Court parking [lot fencing] lot, fencing, and maintenance... 200,000 (c) National Voter Register........... 64,000 (d) TC&I Utwe Water project settlement 260,000 23 of 29 C.B.

NO.
22-268, C.D.1 (e) Diplomatic Mission Geneva $[-0-] 300,000 (f) FSM ConCon Public Education & Awareness.................................... 200,000 (g) Capitol road improvement Nanpohnmal to Sekere.................[300,000] 400,000 (h) Road improvement and heavy equipment, Yap ............................ 100,000 (i) Road improvement, Weno, Chuuk ... 100,000 (j) State subsidies: (i) [Fuel] 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 (q) H2 Habilmohol – fuel subsidy ..... 100,000 (r) Kosrae Solar Project ............. 200,000 (s) Construction of a postal service 24 of 29 C.B.
NO.
22-268, C.D.1 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” Section 6.
Section 12 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended by 12 Public Law No.

22-169, is hereby further amended to read as 13 follows: 14 “Section 12.

Allotment and Management of Funds and Lapse 15 Dates.

16 17 (1) General provisions.

(a) All funds appropriated by this act shall be 18 allotted, managed, administered and accounted for in accordance 19 with applicable law, including, but not limited to, the 20 Financial Management Act of 1979.
21 (b) The allottees shall be responsible for ensuring 22 that these funds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are 23 used solely for the purposes specified in this act, and that no 24 obligations are incurred in excess of the sums appropriated.

25 (2) Allottees.

The allottees of the funds appropriated 25 of 29 C.B.

NO.
22-268, C.D.1 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 shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for the following subsections of sections 8 through 9 of this act: (i) Sections 8(1)(f) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chair of the Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning; (ii) Section 8(8)(a) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (iii) Section 8(8)(b) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; (iv) Section 8(8)(c) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; (v) Section 8(8)(d) – the allottee of these 26 of 29 C.B.
NO.
22-268, C.D.1 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; (vi) Section 8(8)(l) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (vii) Section 8(11) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (viii) Section 8(12)(a) – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; (ix) Section 8(12)(d) through (g) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the respective State Supreme Court; (x) Section 8(12)(h) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia; (xi) Section 9(1) – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; (xii) Sections 9(4)(c) and (g) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (xiii) Sections 9(4)(d) and (h) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; (xiv) Sections 9(4)(e) and (i) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; (xv) Sections 9(4)(f) and (j) – the allottee of 27 of 29 C.B.
NO.
22-268, C.D.1 these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; (xvi) Section 9(12)(g), (l), (m) and (o) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure; (xvii) Section 9(12)(h) and (n) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; (xviii) Section 9(12)(i) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Mayor of Weno; (xix) Section 9(12)(k) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (xx) Sections 9(12)(j) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Public Utility Corporations of the respective states; (xxi) Section 9(12)(q) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; (xxii) Section 9(12)(r) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (xxiii) Section 8(12)(bb) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (xxiv) Section 9(12)(v) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (xxv) Section 9(12)(w) - the allottee of these funds 28 of 29 C.B.
NO.

22-268, C.D.1 shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; (xxvi) Section 9(12)(x) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; (xxvii) Section 9(12)(y) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap.

(3) Lapse date.
(3) Lapse date.

The authority of the allottees to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of September 30, 2023; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the funds appropriated under section 9 of this act shall not lapse.” 10 Section 7.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 11 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 12 becoming law without such approval.

13 14 Date: __________ Introduced by: _______________________ Isaac V. Figir 29 of 29