Source document: https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1698831197326.pdf (Micronesia, Federated States of)
TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIFTH REGULAR SESSION, 2020 C.B.

NO.

21-300 A BILL FOR AN ACT To amend sections 1, 8, and 9 of Public Law No.

21-42, as amended by Public Laws Nos.


21-55, 21-77, 21-94, 21-116, 21-147, and 21-171, to appropriate $240,000 of additional supplemental funds from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, to provide additional funding for Grants, Subsidies and Contributions and for 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.


21-42, as amended by 2 Public Law Nos.

21-55, 21-77, 21-94, 21-116, 21-147, and 21-171, 3 is hereby further amended to read as follows: “Purpose.
The purpose of this act is to appropriate the sum of $[73,475,575] 73,715,575, from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, for the purpose of funding 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.
The National Government’s share of the Amended Compact funds has been reduced to zero; EXCEPT THAT; the National Government will retain the Compact Sector Grant amount for COM-FSM and 10 percent of the Supplemental Education Grant funds as is reflected in the budget for the Department of Education.

The sum CBL 21-313 C.B.

NO.

21-300 1 2 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows:” Section 2.

Section 8 of Public Law No.

21-42 as amended by 3 Public Laws Nos.


21-55, 21-77, 21-94, 21-147, and 21-171, is 4 hereby further amended to read as follows: “Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.


The sum of $[18,140,838] 18,145,838, 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, 2020, for the following grants, subsidies and contributions during fiscal year 2020.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.

(a) Asia Pacific Inst.


Broadcasting Development (AIBD) ....................... $ 4,500 (b) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) ..................................... (c) Pacific Island News Association (d) Asia Pacific Investment ........ 800 350 250 (e) Former Presidents’ Allowance ... 50,000 (f) Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning (JCRP); $160,000 to be used for Jim Stovall’s legal fees ..................... .

910,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.

(a) Pacific Island Forum Secretariat.


57,000 2 of 18 C.B.

NO.
21-300 (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 Space ................ 29,670 (h) SIS Program ..................... 10,000 (i) IOM Membership Fee ............. 600 (j) SPC Host Grant ................. 20,000 (k) Differential for foreign currency adjustment ............................... 1,290 (l) FSM Day ........................ 20,000 (m) 2020 Games in Japan – Representation and Participation (FSM Embassy/Tokyo) ......... 30,000 (n) Prior year obligation – PIF .... 1,611 (o) Guam consulate citizen’s outreach.
25,000 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.

(a) CTA-OCO Membership Fee ......... 14,024 (b) Maintenance Fee for Financial Management System (FMIS) .................. 55,000 (c) PITTA – CTA .................... 9,000 (d) ADB, IMF & Budget Finance Policy Consultations ............................. 25,000 (e) Macro Economist Advisor ........ 200,000 (f) Global Forum Membership Fee .... 26,000 3 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-300 (g) PFTAC Membership Fee .......... $ 20,000 (h) CTA Conference ................. 35,000 (i) FSM national government taxes prior year debts to social security (4th quarter 2018 to 1st quarter 2019) .................. 44,000 (j) Prior years obligations for Chuuk Finance Office ........................... 7,560 (k) Finance prior years obligations for acting capacity ....................... 1,150 (l) FSM Trust Fund Board ........... -0- (4) Department of Resources and Development.
(a) Pacific Island Development Program (PIDP) ................................... 15,000 (b) Pacific Asian Travel Association (PATA) .................................... 6,000 (c) United Nations Development Program.

30,000 (d) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) 4,800 (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 Committee ..... 30,000 (l) Convention on Biological 4 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-300 Diversity (CBD) .......................... $ 1,000 (m) IFAD ........................... 500 (n) UNIDO Membership ............... 1,000 (o) Micronesia Island Forum Membership Fee ............................ 15,000 (p) Hosting of the Micronesian Islands Forum ............................. -0- (q) Pacific Festival ............... -0- (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
(a) UNFPA .......................... (b) WHO ............................ 3,000 4,650 (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 (h) UN/FSM Women (CEDAW) .......... (i) Drug Quality Testing Project .. 1,000 3,000 (j) National Therapeutics & Standards Committee ...................... 37,000 (k) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).. 10,000 (l) FSM Youth Summit .............. 50,000 (m) TB & Leprosy – Free Chuuk Project 100,000 (n) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) ............................... 40,270 5 of 18 C.B.
NO.

21-300 (o) Response to measles outbreak and novel coronavirus ........................ $ 747,500 (6) Department of Education.

(a) Aid for Non-Public Schools.
.... 800,000 (b) Aid to CMI Students ............ 25,000 (c) Aid to PCC Students ............ 100,000 (d) National Scholarship ........... 2,901,913 (e) National Close-up .............. -0- (f) Merit Scholarship .............. 275,000 (g) Aid to FSM Students in Japan ... 6,000 (h) Caroline College & Pastoral Institute ................................. 75,000 (i) Faithwalk Christian College .... 75,000 (j) Aid to FSM Students in China ... 35,000 (k) Aid to FSM Students in Fiji .... 35,000 (7) Department of Transportation, Communications & Infrastructure.
(a) Asia Pacific Telecommunity ..... 11,000 (b) International Telecommunications Union(ITU) ............................... 20,867 (c) ICAO ........................... 28,050 (d) FSM Capital Energy ............. 600,000 (e) Micronesian Shipping Commission 25,000 (f) Fuel and Provisions for Caroline Voyager and Navigator ..................... 1,345,830 6 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-300 (g) MS Navigator – Repair services $ 100,000 (h) Overtime owed to Shipping crew .

100,000 (i) Shipment cost of ground service equipment to the FSM States ............... 17,500 (8) Department of Justice.
(a) States Joint Law Enforcement: Kosrae .................................... 75,000 (b) States Joint Law Enforcement: Pohnpei ................................... 200,000 (c) States Joint Law Enforcement: Chuuk, of which $80,000 shall be used to purchase two vehicles for Municipal Police 200,000 (d) States Joint Law Enforcement: Yap 75,000 (e) Police Academy ................. 200,000 (f) Fuel Subsidy ................... 200,000 (g) WIPO annual fees, including prior year membership dues ..................... 33,966 (h) Patrol boats – replenishment for unplanned search and rescue and outreach trips, and additional funding for administrative and humanitarian assistance .
300,000 (i) Reimbursement for investigation and prosecution to support Yap State ...... 210,000 (j) Interpol membership and activities 30,000 (k) Security for the MIF ........... 33,000 7 of 18 C.B.

NO.
21-300 (l) DOJ Fuel Subsidy and Provisions $ 300,000 (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) UNEP ........................... 835 (b) UNFCC .......................... (c) UNCCD .......................... 325 195 (d) SPREP Membership ............... 10,768 (e) Waigani Convention ............. (f) SPREP-Noumea Convention ........ 1,190 1,764 (g) Earth Day Activities ........... 15,000 (h) 7th Bi-Annual Environment Conference ............................... 20,000 (i) Basel Convention ............... (j) Kyoto Protocol ................. 197 484 (k) WMO Membership ................. 15,000 (l) DAEF Matching & Contribution ... 200,000 (10) Office of NACHP.
(a) UNESCO ......................... (b) NCSHPO ......................... (c) PARBICA ........................ (d) PIALA .......................... (e) WHC ............................ (f) Library fee .................... 4,000 2,760 100 100 54 50 (11) Office of the National Public Auditor.

(a) APIPA – Staff Development and 8 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-300 Membership Fee ........................... $ 1,750 (b) PASAI – Staff Development and Membership Fee ............................ 15,000 (c) 2020 Conference – Staff Development and Membership Fee ........................ 29,000 (12) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia.
(a) IPU Conference, PROVIDED THAT, 130,000 shall be used for subsidies to the IPU ................................... 130,000 (b) Climate Change Conference ...... (c) ACP ............................ -0- -0- (d) APPF ........................... 50,000 (e) Staff Upgrade .................. 25,000 (f) World Bank-IMF Annual Meeting .. (g) MRA Conference in Japan ........ (h) Fisheries Meeting .............. -0- -0- -0- (i) IPU Annual Dues ................ 12,500 (j) COFA Alliance National Network (CANN) .................................... 25,000 (k) Travel to Investment Advisor (Wilshire) ............................... -0- (l) Compact Historical Project ..... 25,000 (m) Assistance for Jennifer Chieng/ Olympic Training .......................... 25,000 9 of 18 C.B.
NO.
21-300 (n) Micronesia Productions ........ $ 70,000 (o) Prior and current year Member and staff housing ............................. 62,000 (13) Resources (Other Grants, Subsidies & Contributions) (a) COM Board Meeting .............. 5,000 (b) COM-FSM Treaty Obligation ...... 25,000 (c) FSM Social Security Administration ............................ 1,000,000 (d) State Judiciaries: Kosrae ...... 40,000 (e) State Judiciaries: Pohnpei ..... 60,000 (f) State Judiciaries: Chuuk ....... 110,000 (g) State Judiciaries: Yap ......... 40,000 (h) National Law Day ............... 50,000 (i) Micronesian Legal Services Corporation (MLSC) ........................ 250,000 (j) NORMA-Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) 62,638 (k) NORMA – WCPFC Tuna Commission Fee 257,284 (l) Independence Day Activities .... 26,695 (m) MLFC Loan Payment .............. 260,000 (n) Single Audit Fee (FY 2019) ..... 460,000 (o) Staff housing, of which $3,300 may be used for prior years obligations[735,000] 740,000 (p) Recruitment & Repatriation ..... 223,218 (q) Legal and Advocacy Services in 10 of 18 C.B.
NO.
21-300 Washington D.C. (A&P) .................... $ -0- (r) Pacific Missionary Aviation–Subsidy 100,000 (s) Caroline Island Air – Subsidy to assist with insurance costs and fuel ...... 310,000 (t) National Olympic Committee – Qualifiers and Olympic Coaching ........... 45,000 (u) Saint Cecilia Catholic School— School bus and classroom renovations ...... 70,000 (v) Acting Capacity—Jeem Lippwe .... 15,000 (w) Acting Capacity—Henry Shrew .... 15,000 (x) Micare subsidy ................. 680,000 (y) Contribution to the Tourism Sector Mitigation Fund ........................... 1,000,000” Section 5.
Section 9 of Public Law No.

21-42, as 15 amended by Public Laws Nos.

21-55, 21-77, , 21-94, 16 21-116, 21-147, and 21-171, is hereby further amended 17 to read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $[17,195,326] 17,430,326, 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, 2020, for the following capital improvements, development programs, and projects and human resources development.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $1,000,000 11 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-300 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the amended Compact from education sector; and $1,246,022 shall be deemed to come from funds available under Supplemental Education Grant.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.
(a) College of Micronesia—FSM ..... $ 4,050,000 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute (FMI) ........................ 575,611 (c) College of Micronesia—FSM SEG Funding ................................ 689,948 (d) COM-FSM Endowment Fund .......... 300,000 (2) Department of Finance & Administration.

(a) FSM Warehouse lease & maintenance 40,000 (b) PCD Awareness & Training ....... 15,000 (3) Department of Resources & Development.
(a) R&D SNLC ......................... 100,000 (b) Enhancing Tourism: Kosrae subsidy to the Office of the Governor of the States of Kosrae; PROVIDED THAT, no funds shall be used for travel expenses .............. 250,000 (c) Enhancing Tourism: Pohnpei ....... 500,000 (d) Enhancing Tourism: Chuuk – to be apportioned as follows: (1) Chuuk Visitor’s Bureau ....... 120,000 12 of 18 C.B.

NO.
21-300 (2) Environmental Protection Agency – Solid Waste Program ............ $ 120,000 (3) Department of Agriculture – Forestry & Conservation .................. 100,000 (4) Fisheries .................... 100,000 (5) Chuuk Women’s Council (CWC) .. 30,000 (6) Chuuk Public Health – non- communicable disease (NDC) prevention, education and outreach ................... 30,000 (e) Enhancing Tourism: Yap-to be used for Yap Stone Money Banks and Paths, Yap Historical Sites, maintaining various existing significant traditional sites; PROVIDED THAT, no funds shall be used for travel expenses; and PROVIDED THAT no single expenditure exceeds $10,000; FURTHER PROVIDED THAT, funds shall not be used to develop new sites ..................... 250,000 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure (a) Operation and Dry-Docking of Caroline Voyager and Navigator.... ....... 1,500,000 (b) FSM National Government Computer Network ................................. 277,420 (c) AIP Matching Fund ................ 961,667 13 of 18 C.B.
NO.

21-300 (d) Relocation of power and telephone lines in Pohnpei – Madolenihmw .......... $ 50,000 (5) Department of Justice.

(a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign and Investigation ............. 125,000 (b) Victims Shelter & Services ..... 100,000 (c) Boat maintenance ............... 125,000 (d) Partial funding for DOJ emergency security recruitment to assist FSM states for COVID-19 security support .......... 150,000 (6) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management.
(a) National & State Table Top Exercise ............................... -0- (b) Outer Island Trip Assessment— Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management ........................ -0- (c) National Joint Platform for Environment & Risk Resilience .......... 20,000 (d) International Day for Disaster Reduction ............................. 12,000 (e) Training & Maintenance for Radio Communication .......................... 14,000 (f) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Management Systems in FSM .............. -0- 14 of 18 C.B.
NO.

21-300 (7) National Election.

(a) National Election (Voter ID Card Project) ......................... $ -0- (8) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
(a) MOE—BHWP ....................... 22,200 (b) Electronic Record System ....... 50,000 (c) Rheumatic Heart Program ........ 120,000 (d) Medical Specialist Team ........ 195,000 (e) National Women Council ......... 50,000 (f) Vector Surveillance & Control Program ............................... 50,000 (g) Histopathology laboratory ...... 1,000 (h) FSM Food safety laboratory ..... 40,000 (9) Department of Education.
(a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ...... 556,074 (b) School Accreditation ........... 50,000 (c) Teacher Certification Project ............................... 23,000 (d) Literacy intervention for FSM Leaders of Tomorrow (LIFT) ............. 181,170 (e) Development of Science Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) ............... 150,000 (f) Quality Development ............ 15,000 (g) NMCT administration ............ 30,000 (10) NORMA 15 of 18 C.B.

NO.
21-300 (a) Commemoration of World Tuna Day 2020 .............................. $ 25,000 (b) FFC Meetings ................... 80,000 (11) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Capital Improvement Projects ... -0- (b) Design and Construction of Veterans Memorial ...................... 150,000 (c) Conservation Society in each state to be apportioned as follows: (1) Kosrae ..................... 50,000 (2) Pohnpei .................... 50,000 (3) Chuuk ...................... 50,000 (4) Yap ........................ 50,000 (d) 2020 Constitutional Convention Convening and Expenses ................. 1,026,236 (e) Purchase/down payment for facility house of the FSM Embassy in Japan ...... 1,500,000 (f) Chuuk state purchase a field trip vessel ............................ 800,000 (g) Pohnpei State purchase of field trip vessel and operation costs ......... 300,000 (h) Hazardous pay to health care workers in the Federated States of Micronesia, foreign service personnel in infected 16 of 18 C.B.
NO.
21-300 countries, and other national government employees regardless of employment status who qualify for hazard pay due to the coronavirus outbreak ............................... $ 250,000 (i) Purchase and delivery of an outer island airplane ......................... 250,000 (j) Assistance to FSM residents stranded in Hawaii and Guam due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions ............ 300,000 (k) Assistance to FSM students who are unable to return home due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions ............ 100,000 (l) Payment to the University of Guam for FSM students room and board while unable to return to the FSM due to travel restrictions ............................ 50,000 (m) Contribution to Consulate in Guam for COVID-19 response activities ........ 25,000 (n) Renovations of the Congress Chamber 150,000 (o) Micronesia Blue Prosperity Project 60,000” 17 of 18 C.B.
NO.

21-300 1 Section 4.

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 4 5 Date: 9/21/20 Introduced by: /s/ Florencio S. Harper Florencio S. Harper (by req.)

18 of 18