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TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 2017 C.B.

No.

20-65 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend Public Law No.

15-32, as amended by Public Laws Nos.


15-36, 15-44, 15-57, 15-63, 15-72, 15-78, 16-03, 16-11, 16-33, 16-46, 17-12, 17-21, 17-33, 17-40, 18-17, 18-67, 18-85, 18-104, 19-17, 19-100 and 19-157, by amending section 1 thereof, for the purpose of changing the use of certain funds previously appropriated therein to fund public projects and social programs for the people of Chuuk State, 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 2 by Public Laws Nos.

15-36, 15-44, 15-57, 15-63, 15-72, 15-78, 3 16-03, 16-11, 16-33, 16-46, 17-12, 17-21, 17-33, 17-40, 18-67, 4 18-104, 19-17, 19-100 and 19-157, is hereby further amended to 5 read as 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 for the people 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 and past expenses incurred relating to the CBL 20-70 C.B.

No.
No.

20-65 implementation of the program ............. $ 48,000 (b) Bachelor Degree Program ......... 80,000 (c) Lelu Community projects/programs 10,000 (d) Malem Community projects/programs 10,000 (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; PROVIDED THAT, reprogramming of this funding is not allowed .................................. 20,000 (k) Supplemental funding for fuel for Caroline Voyager ...................... -0- (l) Tafunsak multipurpose building renovation ........................ 20,000 (m) Outboard motors/fishing gears/POL 8,950 (n) Kosrae Senior Citizens Meeting Halls (i) Lelu Senior Citizen ........ 30,000 (ii) Tafunsak Senior Citizen .... 19,691 (iii) Malem Senior Citizen ....... 30,000 (iv) Utwa Senior Citizen ........ 30,000 (o) Supplemental funding for a 2 of 14 C.B.
No.
20-65 Master’s Degree Program ................... $ 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 (t) Kosrae Community in Pohnpei State 2,000 (u) Computer and computer accessories 1,050 (v) Tafunsak Senior citizens’ land acquisition and purchase of building materials 10,309 (2) State of Yap ......................... 800,000 (a) Chamber of Commerce (matching fund) the funding shall not be expended unless the Chamber of Commerce contributes a 50% of either in kind and/or monetary 3 of 14 C.B.
No.
20-65 contribution as it’s matching ............. $ 50,000 (b) Ruu and Amun villages basketball courts -0- (c) Lands' Acquisition (Outer Island of Yap) ...................... 50,000 (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) Travel needs to Asia Pacific Nurse Leadership Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii .. 18,000 (k) Falalus and Seliap community centers repairs ............................ 23,000 (l) Qapluul village road repair ..... 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) .. 15,800 (q) Pikelot Island watercatchment and shelter ................................ 7,000 (r) Outer Islands’ Transportation 4 of 14 C.B.
No.
20-65 needs (boats, two outboard motors for Falalus and Faraulap Islands, POL and charter and provisioning) ................. $ 102,000 (s) YSPSC subsidy for POL ........... 100,000 (t) Boats & motors for Seliap & Tegailap, Woleai .......................... 30,000 (u) Meerur men’s house repair ....... 16,000 (v) Completion of Wottegai community center in Qapluul village ................. 20,000 (w) Mariyong Island Community Piggery project ............................ 7,000 (x) Grant to Woleai Atoll Community Account .......................... 6,000 (y) Woleai Airport equipments purchase .................................. 4,934 (z) Outboard motor for the Office of the Yap State Governor ......................... 13,000 (aa) Yap Chamber of Commerce subsidy .
31,200 (ab) Yap Department of Health Services and Office of Administrative Services travel needs .............................. 9,066 (ac) Pigeol, Wottegai Multi-purpose building supplemental ..................... 6,000 (3) State of Pohnpei ..................... 1,000,000 (a) Pohnpei State At-Large 5 of 14 C.B.

No.
No.

20-65 (i) Construction and renovation of roads, bridges, culverts and road drainages from Palikir to Kolonia ................... $ -0- (b) Election District No.
1 (i) 2nd Phase (Baptist School classroom construction) .................... 99,695 (ii) EDI operation .............. 25,249 (iii) Kolonia Town Ladies Training Center renovations ......................... 10,000 (iv) Tomara Road construction ... 59,752 (v) Sapwuafik Community Center Renovations ......................... 6,050 (vi) Peidie Road paving ......... 70,000 (vii) Completion of Ipwal Road ... 18,000 (viii) Sekere retaining wall ...... (ix) Soledi Road construction ... (x) Road improvement ........... 9,000 3,950 8,304 (c) Election District No.
2 (i) Water Delivery Services .... 40,000 (ii) Students' Financial Assistance 15,000 (iii) Secondary Road Improvement .

100,000 (iv) ED2 operation .............. 49,000 (v) Civic Centers .............. 30,000 (vi) Agriculture Fair ........... 3,500 (vii) Enipein Elementary School 6 of 14 C.B.

No.
20-65 Teacher’s Aide .......................... $ 2,000 (viii) Kitti Fish Market .......... -0- (ix) Sports facilities improvement 1,500 (x) Outboard Motor for Kitti Police 3,370 (xi) Madolenihmw Municipal Government subsidy ......................... 10,000 (xii) Kitti/Madolenihmw Outreach program ........................... 10,000 (xiii) Grant writer assistance .... 2,807 (xiv) Pohnpei Coconut Processing Plant repair ............................... 6,675 (xv) Nanmand Lumber Milling (Pwihno) 3,500 (xvi) ED#2 Municipal management workshop 3,000 (xvii) Salapwuk Teacher’s Aide .... 4,000 (xviii) NMS cook ........................... (xix) Madolenihmw Cold Storage ... (xx) Lukop/Wone ECE ............. (xxi) Temwen and Nanmadol -0- 4,000 4,552 water system supply ........................ 60,000 (xxii) Mand Community Nahs ........ 7,096 (d) Election District No.
3 (i) ED #3 Operation ............ 68,566 (ii) Students and public transportation services .................... 28,000 (iii) Students’ financial assistance $ 7,524 7 of 14 C.B.

No.
20-65 (iv) Youth sports activities ... $ (v) Agriculture Fair ........... 6,056 3,000 (vi) ED #3 Working Group supplemental 7,526 (vii) ED #3 Water System ......... 10,000 (viii) U public facilities repairs and maintenance .................... 49,917 (ix) Nett public facilities repairs and maintenance .................... 52,557 (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 ........................... 1,854 (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 ................... [30,000] 3,100 (ii) Youth Activities' programs and projects .............. [32,000] 27,000 (iii) Students' Financial Assistance .................... [7,000] 18,000 (iv) Low Income Housing subsidy 30,000 (v) Farmers and Students' land 8 of 14 C.B.
No.

20-65 transportations .......................... $ 17,000 (vi) Leadership exposures and travel 15,000 (vii) Farmers planting tools and seedling project ........................... 14,800 (viii) CSCIP operation ............ 5,000 (ix) Offices Rental and Operations Commission ...................... 7,000 (x) POL and Charter ............ 13,200 (xi) At-Large Office Operation .. 20,000 (xii) Sports facilities construction (basketball courts) ... [11,000] 9,270 (xiii) Fishing gear and equipment .
25,000 (xiv) Seawall and Taro Patches Protection ......................... 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) Tonoas Municipal Government inauguration activities .................... 1,000 (xx) Udot Municipal Government inauguration activities .................... 1,000 (xxi) Kuttu Municipal Government 9 of 14 C.B.
No.

20-65 inauguration activities ................... $ 1,000 (xxii) Contributions to municipal events and activities ........................... 22,630 (b) Election District No.
1 (i) Students' Financial Assistance -0- (ii) Mortlock Development Commission outstanding debts (past and present) ....... 8,119 (iii) Municipal Governments' subsidy a. Ta Municipality ......... 3,000 (iv) Community Housing improvement/ freight or charter ......................... 45,000 (v) Leadership Conference ...... 15,000 (vi) Leadership travel .......... 10,000 (vii) Youth musical instruments .. -0- (viii) Housing Improvement ........ 21,881 (ix) Transportation needs ....... (x) CSCIP ...................... 5,851 4,149 (xi) Sea transportation assistance 7,200 (xii) Mortlock Development Community operation ........................ 22,800 (xiii) Pou (Weno) Community Center Improvement ........................ -0- (xiv) Health and Sanitary project 11,000 (xv) ED #1 Operation ............ 11,000 (xvi) Administrative Support 10 of 14 C.B.
No.

20-65 costs for Delegation ...................... $ (xvii) Food Relief Assistance ..... -0- -0- (xviii) Solar System Project ....... 85,000 (c) Election District No.
2 (i) Basketball court ........... 7,000 (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 35,000 (iv) Road construction .......... -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 & equipment -0- (xii) Leadership travel & exposure 10,000 (xiii) Public facilities repair and improvement ..................... 33,000 (xiv) Purchase of Heavy equipment and heavy equipment parts .................. 40,000 (d) Election District No.
3 11 of 14 C.B.

No.

20-65 (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) Municipal inauguration activities 4,500 (vi) Sport Tournaments facilities/supplies ........................ 3,000 (vii) Feeding Program ............ 10,000 (viii) Crafting and sewing projects 7,000 (ix) Market/local produce ....... 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 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 46,000 (e) Election District No.
4 (i) Students' Financial Assistance 10,000 (ii) Youth activities and programs 10,000 12 of 14 C.B.

No.
20-65 (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) Fiberglass boats repair .... 10,000 (x) Food relief ................ 10,000 (xi) Land transportation ........ 20,000 (xii) Polle Municipal subsidy .... 10,000 (xiii) ED #4 office operation ..... 30,000 (xiv) Famachaw farming project ... 10,000 (xv) Medical referrals & repatriation of remains .................... 10,000 (f) Election District No.
5 (i) POL & Charter .............. 59,000 (ii) Food Relief ................ 13,846 (iii) Rental office space, office supplies and equipment, communication and utilities .................................. 5,000 (iv) Students' Financial Assistance ................................. -0- (v) Medical referral, pharmaceuticals and repatriation of remains .................................... 14,426 13 of 14 C.B.

No.
No.

20-65 (vi) CSCIP ..................... $ 5,000 (vii) Operations (ED #5) ........ 26,728 (viii) Project Management ......... 20,000 (ix) On the job training subsidy -0- (x) Land Acquisition for the people of Halls, Weito and Pattiw Islands .. 71,000 PROVIDED THAT the allottee of this specific funding shall deposit the funds into the Special Funds within the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for Chuuk Election District No.
5 established pursuant to Public Law No.

13-83.

(xi) Land filling in Weno ....... -0- (xii) Transportation needs ....... 15,000” Section 2.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 16 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 17 becoming law without such approval.

18 19 Date: 7/13/17 Introduced by: /s/ Wesley W. Simina Wesley W. Simina of 14