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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIFTH REGULAR SESSION, 2020 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-302 A BILL FOR AN ACT To appropriate $65,760,467 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, to provide 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.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to 2 appropriate the sum of $65,760,467 from the General Fund of the 3 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 4 September 30, 2021, for the purpose of funding the operations of 5 all branches of the National Government of the Federated States of 6 Micronesia, its agencies, various programs, grants, subsidies and 7 contributions and Capital and Human Resources Development.
The 8 National Government’s share of the Amended Compact funds has been 9 reduced to zero; EXCEPT THAT; the National Government will retain 10 the Compact Sector Grant amount for COM-FSM and 10 percent of the 11 Supplemental Education Grant funds as is reflected in the budget 12 for the Department of Education.

The sum appropriated herein 13 shall be apportioned as follows: 14 Section 2.

Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch.


The 15 sum of $22,664,212, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 16 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 17 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, for 18 the purpose of funding the operations of the Executive Branch of CBL 21-315 C.B.

NO.

21-302 1 the National Government during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum 2 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 3 (1) Office of the President.
4 The sum of $1,588,693, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 5 the operations of the Office of the President during the fiscal 6 year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 7 follows: Personnel ..................................$ 632,693 Travel ..................................... 78,000 Contractual Services........................ 770,000 OCE ........................................ 105,000 Fixed Assets ............................... 3,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
14 The sum of $5,860,851, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 15 the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs during the 16 fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 17 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 1,962,116 Travel ..................................... 117,820 Contractual Services........................ 3,213,267 OCE ........................................ 491,192 Fixed Assets ............................... 76,456 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
24 The sum of $2,683,491, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 25 the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration 2 of 34 C.B.

NO.

21-302 1 during the fiscal year 2021.


The sum appropriated herein shall be 2 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 1,968,891 Travel ..................................... 86,100 Contractual Services........................ 227,500 OCE ........................................ 256,500 Fixed Assets ............................... 144,500 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
9 The sum of $1,302,771, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 10 the operations of the Department of Resources and Development 11 during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 12 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................... $ 907,314 Travel ..................................... ... 87,545 Contractual Services........................ ... 60,200 OCE ........................................... 217,999 Fixed Assets ............................... ... 29,713 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and 19 Infrastructure.
20 The sum of $2,658,400, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 21 the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications 22 and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum 23 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 24 25 Personnel .................................. $ 635,788 Travel ..................................... .

69,508 3 of 34 C.B.

NO.

21-302 1 2 3 4 Contractual Services........................$ 1,839,604 OCE ........................................ .
84,200 Fixed Assets ............................... .

29,300 (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

5 The sum of $940,501, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 6 the operations of the Department of Health and Social Affairs 7 during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 8 apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 667,468 Travel ..................................... 46,265 Contractual Services........................ 130,617 OCE ........................................ 93,151 Fixed Assets ............................... 3,000 (7) Department of Education.
15 The sum of $707,538, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 16 the operations of the Department of Education during the fiscal 17 year 2021.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, 18 $366,598 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the 19 Supplemental Education Grant.
The sum appropriated herein shall 20 be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 437,497 Travel ..................................... 60,164 Contractual Services........................ 159,226 OCE ........................................ .. 49,651 Fixed Assets ............................... .

1,000 4 of 34 C.B.

NO.

21-302 1 (8) Department of Justice.


2 The sum of $4,754,784, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 3 the operations of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year 4 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 5 follows: Personnel ................................. $ 3,397,043 Travel .................................... .

112,440 Contractual Services....................... .

611,962 OCE ....................................... .
513,643 Fixed Assets .............................. .

119,696 (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and 12 Emergency Management.

13 The sum of $683,968, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 14 the operations of the Office of Environment and Emergency 15 Management during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated 16 herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 545,058 Travel ..................................... .
Contractual Services........................ .

OCE ........................................ .

Fixed Assets ............................... .

49,290 25,000 47,120 17,500 (10) Office of the Public Defender.

23 The sum of $990,087, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 24 the operations of the Office of the Public Defender during the 25 fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be 5 of 34 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-302 1 apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 744,801 Travel ..................................... .

42,036 Contractual Services........................ .

111,350 OCE ........................................ .

86,900 Fixed Assets ............................... .

5,000 (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.
9 The sum of $184,404, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 10 the operations of the Office of National Archives, Culture and 11 Historic Preservation during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum 12 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. .

$ 138,018 Travel ..................................... .

10,672 Contractual Services........................ .

15,425 OCE ........................................ .
20,289 Fixed Assets ............................... .

-0- (12) Office of Veteran’s Affairs.

19 The sum of $159,908, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 20 the operations of the Office Veteran’s Affairs during the fiscal 21 year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 22 follows: 23 24 25 Personnel .................................. .

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

12,668 Contractual Services........................ .

50,000 6 of 34 C.B.

NO.


21-302 1 2 3 OCE ........................................ $ 18,000 Fixed Assets ............................... .

-0- (13) Office of Personnel.

4 The sum of $148,816, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 5 the operations of the Office of Personnel during the fiscal year 6 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 7 follows: Personnel .................................. .

$ 134,816 Travel ..................................... .
3,000 Contractual Services........................ .

-0- OCE ........................................ .

11,000 Fixed Assets ............................... .

-0- Section 3.

Operating Expenses of the Legislative 14 Branch.


The sum of $5,745,625, or so much thereof as may be 15 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 16 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 17 September 30, 2021, for the operations of the Legislative Branch 18 of the National Government during fiscal year 2021.

The sum 19 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 20 (1) Speaker and Members.
21 The sum of $2,988,150, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 22 the operations of the Office of the Speaker and Members of the 23 Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia during fiscal year 24 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 25 follows: 7 of 34 C.B.

NO.

21-302 Personnel .................................. $ 438,150 Travel ..................................... .
225,000 Contractual Services, of which up to $100,000 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........... 2,325,000 OCE ........................................ .

Fixed Assets ............................... .

-0- -0- 10 (2) Staff Offices.

11 The sum of $2,262,475, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 12 the operations of the Congress staff offices during fiscal year 13 2021.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 14 follows: Personnel .................................. $ 1,216,475 Travel...................................... .

30,000 Contractual Services........................ .

607,000 OCE........................................ .. 259,000 Fixed Assets................................ .

160,000 (3) Congress Delegation Offices.


21 The sum of $490,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 22 the operations of the Congress delegation offices during the 23 fiscal year 2021.

Of the amounts appropriated for contractual 24 services within each Delegation Office, up to a maximum of $25,000 25 per Member, at the Delegation Offices’ discretion, may be used for 8 of 34 C.B.

NO.

21-302 1 Representation including prior years reimbursable expenses and 2 other obligations.
The sum appropriated is apportioned as 3 follows: (a) Kosrae Delegation Office Travel .......................... $ Contractual Services .............. OCE ...............................
Fixed Assets ...................... -0- 50,000 20,000 -0- TOTAL ............................. 70,000 (b) Pohnpei Delegation Office Travel ........................... 3,000 Contractual Services .............. 100,000 OCE ............................... 37,000 Fixed Assets ...................... -0- TOTAL ............................. 140,000 (c) Chuuk Delegation Office Travel ........................... -0- Contractual Services .............. 160,000 OCE ...............................
Fixed Assets ...................... 40,000 10,000 TOTAL ............................. 210,000 (d) Yap Delegation Office Travel ........................... 3,000 Contractual Services .............. 45,000 OCE ............................... 17,000 9 of 34 C.B.

NO.

21-302 1 2 3 Fixed Assets ..................... $ 5,000 TOTAL ............................. 70,000 Section 4.

Operating Expenses of the National Judicial 4 Branch.
The sum of $1,549,969, or so much thereof as may be 5 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 6 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 7 September 30, 2021, for the operations of the Judicial Branch of 8 the National Government during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum 9 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel...................................$ 1,026,561 Travel...................................... 55,793 Contractual Services........................ 237,300 OCE......................................... 176,315 Fixed Assets................................ 54,000 Section 5.

Operating Expenses of the National Public 16 Auditor.
The sum of $820,396, or so much thereof as may be 17 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 18 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 19 September 30, 2021, for the operations of the National Office of 20 the Public Auditor during the fiscal year 2021.
The sum 21 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 22 23 24 25 Personnel ..................................$ 603,196 Travel...................................... 41,700 Contractual Services........................ 99,000 OCE......................................... 66,500 10 of 34 C.B.

NO.

21-302 1 2 Fixed Assets................................ $ 10,000 Section 6.

Operating Expenses of Agencies of the 3 National Government.
The sum of $2,781,993, or so much thereof as 4 may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of 5 the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 6 September 30, 2021, for the operations of the following boards, 7 commissions and agencies during the fiscal year 2021.

The sum 8 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 9 (1) National Oceanic Resource Management Authority 10 (NORMA).
11 The sum of $1,005,359, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 12 the operations of NORMA for the fiscal year 2021.

The sum 13 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 669,217 Travel...................................... .

74,242 Contractual Services........................ .

186,100 OCE......................................... .

75,800 Fixed Assets................................ .

-0- (2) Board of Regents (COM-FSM).


20 The sum of $120,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 21 the operations of the Board of Regents, COM-FSM during the fiscal 22 year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 23 follows: 24 25 Personnel.....................................$ Travel........................................ -0- -0- 11 of 34 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-302 1 2 3 4 Contractual Services.......................... $ -0- OCE........................................... 120,000 Fixed Assets.................................. -0- (3) FSM Banking Board.

5 The sum of $179,538, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 6 the operations of FSM Banking Board during the fiscal year 2021.

7 The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ Travel......................................
Contractual Services........................ OCE.........................................

Fixed Assets................................ (4) FSM Insurance Board.

93,068 25,418 32,442 25,110 3,500 14 The sum of $544,995, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 15 the operations of FSM Insurance Board during the fiscal year 2021.
16 The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 143,660 Travel...................................... 23,676 Contractual Services........................ 347,175 OCE.........................................

Fixed Assets................................ 28,284 2,200 (5) FSM Postal Services.
23 The sum of $932,101, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 24 the operations of the National Postal Services during the fiscal 25 year 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 12 of 34 C.B.

NO.
NO.

21-302 1 follows: Personnel...................................$ 546,818 Travel...................................... 22,214 Contractual Services........................ 187,119 OCE......................................... 175,950 Fixed Assets................................ -0- Section 7.

Special Programs.
Special Programs.

8 The sum of $426,061, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 9 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 10 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, for 11 the following special programs during the fiscal year 2021.

The 12 sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 13 (1) National Election Commission Office.
14 The sum of $426,061, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for 15 the operations of National Election Office during the fiscal year 16 2021.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 17 follows: Personnel...................................$ 252,040 Travel...................................... 6,905 Contractual Services........................ 59,153 OCE......................................... 82,963 Fixed Assets................................ 25,000 Section 8.
Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

24 The sum of $15,948,515, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 25 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 13 of 34 C.B.

NO.

21-302 1 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, for 2 the following grants, subsidies and contributions during the 3 fiscal year 2021.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be 4 apportioned as follows: 5 6 (1) Office of the President.
(a) Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting 7 Development (AIBD) .................................. $ 4,500 8 9 (b) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union ...... 800 (c) Pacific Island News Association ...... 350 10 (d) Asia Pacific Investment .............. 250 11 (e) Former Presidents’ Allowance ......... 50,000 12 (f) Joint Committee on Compact Review 13 and Planning (JCRP) .................................. 800,000 (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 .................... 29,670 (h) SIS Program.......................... 10,000 (i) IOM Membership Fee ................... 600 (j) SPC Host Grant ....................... 20,000 (k) Differential for foreign currency 14 of 34 C.B.

NO.
21-302 adjustment .......................................... $ 2 3 (l) FSM Day .............................. (m) 2020 Games in Japan – Representation and 4 Participation (FSM Embassy/Tokyo) .................... (n) Prior Year Obligation PIF ............ (o) Guam Consulate Outreach .............. (p) Pacific Island Forum ................. (3) Department of Finance and Administration -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- (a) CTA-OCO Membership Fee ............... 14,024 (b) Maintenance Fee for Financial 11 Management Information System (FMIS).
................ 55,000 12 13 (c) PITTA – CTA .......................... 9,000 (d) ADB, IMF and Budget, Finance 14 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) FSM National Government taxes prior year 20 debts to social security ............................. -0- 21 (j) Prior Years Obligations for 22 Chuuk Finance Office ................................. -0- 23 24 25 (k) Finance prior year obligations for acting capacity .............................. (l) FSM Trust Fund Board ................. -0- -0- 15 of 34 C.B.
NO.

21-302 1 2 3 (m) Tax Compliance Initiative ........... $ (n) FSM Hosting OCE Annual Conference .... -0- -0- (o) FSM Trust Fund Board Meetings and 4 Investment Conferences ............................... -0- 5 6 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
(a) Pacific Islands Development 7 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 (m) IFAD ................................. 500 (n) UNIDO Membership ..................... 1,000 (o) Micronesia Island Forum Membership Fee 15,000 (p) Hosting Micronesian Island Forum ..... (q) Pacific Festival ..................... -0- -0- (r) Micronesia Association of Sustainable 25 Agriculture ......................................... 50,000 16 of 34 C.B.
NO.

21-302 1 (s) Micronesia Island Forum ............ $ -0- 2 (t) Micronesia Challenge Endowment Fund .. 100,000 (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
(a) UNFPA ................................ 3,000 (b) WHO .................................. 4,780 (c) PIHOA ............................... 20,000 (d) Association of Territorial Health ... 4,000 (e) Nursing and Medical Licensing ....... 60,000 (f) FSM Red Cross ....................... 70,000 10 (g) UNICEF (Vaccine & TB Drugs) ......... 50,000 11 (h) UN/FSM Women (CEDAW) ................ 1,000 12 (i) Drug Quality Testing Project.
....... 3,000 13 (j) National Therapeutics & Standards 14 Committee ........................................... 35,000 15 16 17 18 (k) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) ...... (l) FSM Youth Summit .................... (m) TB & Leprosy – Free Chuuk Project ... (n) Convention on the Rights of 19 the Child (CRC) .................................... (o) Response to measles and coronavirus .

(6) Department of Education.


-0- -0- -0- -0- -0- (a) Aid to Non-Public Schools ........... 1,000,000 (b) Aid to CMI Students ................. 40,000 (c) Aid to PCC Students .................. 100,000 (d) National Scholarship ................. 3,000,000 17 of 34 C.B.

NO.
21-302 (e) National Close-Up ................... $ 75,000 (f) Merit Scholarship .................... 300,000 (g) Aid to FSM Students in Japan ......... 100,000 (h) Caroline College & Pastoral Institute 200,000 (i) Faithwalk Christian College .......... 200,000 (j) Aid to FSM Students in China ......... 35,000 (k) Aid to FSM Students in Fiji .......... 35,000 (l) Xavier High School -Chuuk ............ 75,000 (7) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
(a) Asia Pacific Telecommunity .......... 11,000 (b) International Telecommunication Union 20,867 (c) ICAO ................................. 28,050 (d) FSM Capital Energy ................... 600,000 (e) Micronesian Shipping Commission ...... 25,000 16 (f) Fuel and Provisions for Caroline 17 Voyager and Navigator ................................ 1,345,830 (g) MS Navigator Repair and Services ..... -0- (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 23 which $75,000 shall be used for 24 Weno Municipal Police ................................ 200,000 25 (d) States Joint Law Enforcement: Yap .... 75,000 18 of 34 C.B.

NO.
21-302 (e) Police Academy ...................... $ 100,000 (f) Fuel Subsidy ......................... 550,000 (g) WIPO ................................. (h) Patrol Boat – Replenish .............. (i) Reimbursement – Yap Investigation .... (j) Interpol-Membership & Activities ..... (k) Security for MIF ..................... -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 8 (l) Ammunitions for side arm & long rifles 25,000 9 (m) Organizations for the Prohibition of 10 Chemical Weapons (OPCW) .............................. 7,962 11 (n) Comprehensive Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty 12 Organization (CTBT) .................................. 13,708 13 (o) Retroactive salary (2013-2016) for 14 Captain of Police .................................... -0- 15 (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and 16 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 (i) Basel Convention ..................... 197 19 of 34 C.B.
NO.
21-302 1 2 3 (j) Kyoto Protocol ...................... $ 484 (k) WMO Membership ....................... 15,000 (l) Disaster Assistance Emergency 4 Relief Fund (DAEF)- Matching ......................... -0- -0- (m) Disaster Relief Fund ................. (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) Office of the National Public Auditor (a) APIPA – Staff Development and 16 Membership Fee ....................................... -0- 17 (b) PASAI – Staff Development and 18 Membership Fee ....................................... -0- 19 (c) 2020 Conference – Staff Development 20 and Membership Fee ................................... -0- 21 (d) Membership Fee in APPIPA & PASAI for 22 all FSM OPAs (National and State) .................... -0- 23 24 25 (12) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (a) IPU Conferences ...................... -0- (b) Climate Change Conferences ........... 50,000 20 of 34 C.B.
NO.

21-302 (c) ACP ................................. $ (d) APPF ................................. -0- -0- (e) Staff Upgrade ........................ 25,000 (f) World Bank-IMF Annual Meeting ........ -0- (g) MRA Conference in Japan .............. 30,000 (h) Fisheries Meetings ................... 30,000 (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) National Olympic Committee – Olympic 12 Qualifiers and Assistance for Jennifer Chieng ....... -0- 13 14 (n) Micronesia Productions ............... 70,000 (o) Prior and Current Year Member & 15 Staff Housing ................................ 62,000 (13) Other Grants, Subsidies and 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 21 of 34 C.B.

NO.
21-302 1 Corporation (MLSC) ................................. $ 250,000 (j) NORMA – Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) .. 63,000 (k) NORMA – WCPFC Tuna Commission Fee .... 318,397 (l) Independence Day Activities .......... 50,000 (m) MLFC Loan Payment .................... 260,000 (n) Single Audit Fee (FY 2019) ........... 460,000 (o) Staff Housing ........................ 660,000 (p) Recruitment and Repatriation ......... 223,218 (q) Legal and Advocacy Services in 10 Washington D.C. (A&P) ................................ -0- 11 12 (r) Pacific Missionary Aviation Service .. 100,000 (s) Caroline Air Subsidy for insurance 13 and fuel ..................................... 310,000 14 (t) National Olympic Committee – 15 Coaches & Qualifying ................................. -0- 16 (u) Saint Ceilia Catholic School – school 17 buses and class room renovations ..................... -0- 18 19 (v) MiCare Subsidy ....................... 500,000 (w) Contribution to Tourism Sector 20 Mitigation Fund ..................................... -0- 21 (x) FSM National Government Employee 22 Health Insurance Plan ................................ -0- 23 (y) General Election 2021 ................ 497,607 24 Section 9.
Capital and Human Resources Development.

25 The sum of $15,823,696 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 22 of 34 C.B.

NO.

21-302 1 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States 2 of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, for 3 the following capital improvements, development programs, and 4 projects and human resources development.
Of the total amount of 5 funds appropriated herein, $1,246,022 shall be deemed to come from 6 funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant and 7 $1,000,000 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the 8 Compact Sector Grants.

The sum appropriated by this section shall 9 be apportioned as follows: 10 11 (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.
(a) College of Micronesia–FSM ..... $ 3,800,000 12 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime 13 Institute (FMI) ..................................... 875,611 14 (c) College of Micronesia-FSM 15 SEG Funding ......................................... 689,948 16 17 (d) COM-FSM Endowment Fund ........ -0- (e) COM-FSM Building Infrastructure 18 Project .................................... -0- (2) Department of Finance and Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease and Maintenance 40,000 (b) PCD Awareness and Training ..... -0- (3) Department of Resources and Development (a) R&D SNLC ........................ -0- (b) Enhancing Fisheries: Kosrae ..... 100,000 (c) Enhancing Fisheries: Pohnpei .... 100,000 23 of 34 1 2 3 4 C.B.
NO.
21-302 (d) Enhancing Fisheries: Chuuk ..... $ 100,000 (e) Enhancing Fisheries: Yap ........ (f) R&D Conference .................. (g) Foreign Investment Data -0- -0- -0- -0- 5 Management System .................................... 6 (h) Expo 2020 Dubai UAE .............. 7 (i) Intellectual Property Rights Regime 117,000 8 (j) Development of Coastal Fisheries 9 Policy for FSM ..................................... 150,000 10 (k) Development & Operation Framework to 11 Implement the National Seabed Mining Act ............ 200,000 12 (l) Tourism Conference ............... -0- 13 (m) Tourism Budget & Planning 14 with the States ..................................... 15 (n) Tourism Public Awareness ......... -0- -0- 16 (o) Little Fire Ants (Eradication, 17 Control, & Prevention) .............................. 166,440 18 (p) State Strategic Action Plan 19 for the FSM ..................................... 60,990 20 (q) Renewable Energy Development Plan -0- 21 (r) National Social Indicators Survey 661,713 22 (s) Localization of Sustainable 23 Development Goals in the FSM ........................ 320,812 24 (t) FSM Association of Chamber of 25 Commerce/Support to COC ............................. 67,000 24 of 34 C.B.
NO.
21-302 1 (u) National Coastal Fisheries 2 Monitoring Team .................................... $ 3 4 (v) Computing Facility Upgrade ....... (w) Strengthening National/Private Sector -0- -0- 5 Organizations in the FSM ............................ -0- 6 7 (x) 2020 CPH ......................... -0- (4) Department of Transportation, Communications 8 and Infrastructure 9 (a) Operation and Dry-Docking 10 of Caroline Voyager and Navigator ..................... 1,000,000 11 (b) FSM National Government Computer 12 Network .............................................. 277,420 13 (c) AIP Matching Fund ................. -0- 14 (d) Relocation of power and telephone 15 lines in PNI ......................................... -0- 16 (e) FSM National Government Facility 17 Improvements and Renovations ......................... 592,715 18 (f) Outer Island Airport .............. 19 (g) New Warehouse Building ............ -0- -0- 20 (h) Airport Needs ..................... 200,000 21 (i) MV Hapilmohol-1 parts, repair 22 of engine, and replacement .......................... 350,000 23 24 (5) Department of Justice (a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, 25 Campaign, and Investigation ........................... 125,000 25 of 34 C.B.
NO.
21-302 (b) Victim Shelter and Services .... $ 100,000 (c) Boat Maintenance ................ 150,000 (d) Slipping of the FSS Independence 750,000 (e) DOJ Satellite Phone Billing ..... 10,000 (f) HT Annual Conference ............ 50,000 (g) Victim Shelter in Chuuk ......... 50,000 (h) Build Anti-Trafficking Shelters 8 in Pohnpei, Yap, and Kosrae .......................... 150,000 9 (i) Purchase four patrol boats ....... -0- 10 (j) COVID-19 Law Enforcement & 11 Emergency Response ................................... 375,033 12 (6) Department of Environment, Climate Change 13 and Emergency Management 14 15 (a) National & State Table Top Exercise 30,000 (b) Outer Island Trip Assessment – 16 Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management ............ 80,000 17 (c) National Joint Platform for 18 Environment & Risk Resilience ........................ -0- 19 (d) International Day for Disaster 20 Reduction ............................................ -0- 21 (e) Training & Maintenance for Radio 22 Communications ....................................... -0- 23 (f) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste 24 Management Systems in FSM ............................ 165,000 25 (g) Fourth Disaster Risk Management 26 of 34 C.B.
NO.
21-302 1 Environment Conference .............................. $ -0- 2 3 (7) National Election Commission Office (a) Voter ID Card and New Voter 4 Registration Project ................................ 50,000 (8) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) MOE-BHWP Med ..................... 22,200 (b) Electronic Record System ......... 35,000 (c) Rheumatic Heart Program .......... 120,000 (d) Medical Specialist Team .......... 195,000 (e) National Women Council .......... -0- (f) Vector Surveillance & Control Program 50,000 (g) Histopathology Laboratory ....... (h) FSM Food Safety Laboratory ...... -0- -0- (i) Pathologist ..................... 105,000 (j) Food/Water Testing Lab .......... -0- (k) Youth in Sports ................. 50,000 (l) Doctors: Foundation Project ..... -0- (m) Implementing IHR Core Capacity 19 to Improve Health Security ........................... 50,000 (n) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) .. -0- (9) Department of Education (a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ........ 556,074 (b) School Accreditation ............. 250,000 (c) Teacher Certification Project .... 168,000 (d) Literacy Intervention for FSM 27 of 34 -0- -0- C.B.
NO.

21-302 1 Leaders of Tomorrow (LIFT) ........................... $ -0- 2 (e) Development of Science Student 3 Learning Outcomes (SLOs) .............................. 4 5 6 (f) Development Quality .............. (g) NMCT Administration .............. -0- (h) Assessment & Research to 7 revive NMCT ...................................... 112,740 8 (10) NORMA 9 10 11 12 (a) Commemoration of World Tuna Day 2021 40,000 (b) FFC Meetings.
.................... -0- (c) Hosting WPCFC, TTC, & SC ......... 10,000 (d) Internship for students in the 13 area of fisheries management .......................... 5,000 14 15 16 17 (e) T3 Monitoring .................... 100,000 (11) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Capital Improvement Projects .... -0- (b) Design and Construction of 18 Veterans Memorial .................................... 19 20 21 (c) Conservation Society ............ (d) 2020 Constitutional Convention .
(e) Purchase/down payment for FSM -0- -0- -0- 22 Embassy in Japan ..................................... -0- 23 (f) Chuuk State Purchase of a Field 24 Trip vessel ..................................... -0- 25 (g) Pohnpei State Purchase of Field Trip Vessel 28 of 34 C.B.

NO.
21-302 1 and Operation .................................... $ -0- 2 3 (h) Enhancing Tourism ............... 2,000,000 (i) Purchase and delivery of an 4 outer island airplane ................................ -0- 5 (j) Assistance to FSM residents 6 stranded in Hawaii & Guam due to COVID-19 ............ -0- 7 (k) Assistance to FSM students 8 unable to return home due to COVID-19 ................ -0- 9 (l) Payment to U of Guam for FSM 10 students room & board due to COVID-19 ................ -0- 11 (m) Contribution to the Guam Consulate 12 for COVID-19 response activities ..................... (n) Renovations to the Congress Chamber Section 10.
Employment Ceilings.
The maximum number of 15 positions for each branch and agency of the National Government 16 of the Federated States of Micronesia for fiscal year 2021 shall 17 be as follows: (1) Executive Branch ...................... ... 605 (2) Legislative Branch ................... .... (3) Judicial Branch ..................... ..... (4) Public Auditor ....................... .... (5) Agencies: (a) National Oceanic Resource 24 Management Authority................ ................ 25 (b) FSM Banking Board.................... 29 of 34 -0- -0- 66 42 23 29 4 13 14 C.B.
NO.

21-302 1 2 3 4 (c) FSM Insurance Board ................. (d) National Postal Services............. 5 40 (6) Special Programs: (a) National Election Commission 5 Office............................... ................ 13 6 Section 11.

Reprogramming.

Reprogramming of funds into or 7 from the personnel budget line item shall not be permitted.
The 8 President, Speaker, Chief Justice and Public Auditor may reprogram 9 up to 10% percent to or from the funds appropriated in sections 2 10 (Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch), 3 (Operating 11 Expenses of the Legislative Branch), 4 (Operating Expenses of the 12 National Judicial Branch), and 5 (Operating Expenses of the 13 National Public Auditor).
Reprogramming of funds within a 14 department, office or agency shall be effected by the head of such 15 department, office or agency by specifying in writing to the 16 Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration of the 17 FSM National Government, the accounts for which funding is either 18 increased or decreased.
Reprogramming other than as specified 19 herein is not permitted, and more specifically, reprogramming into 20 or out of any line item contained in section 8 (Grants, Subsidies 21 and Contributions) or section 9 (Capital and Human Resources 22 Development) is not permitted.

The President shall report to 23 Congress within one month of the last day of each financial 24 quarter all amounts reprogrammed inter or intra a department, 25 office or agency.

30 of 34 C.B.

NO.

21-302 1 Section 12.


Allotment and Management of Funds and Lapse 2 Dates.

3 4 (1) General provisions.

(a) All funds appropriated by this act shall be 5 allotted, managed, administered and accounted for in accordance 6 with applicable law, including, but not limited to, the 7 Financial Management Act of 1979.
8 (b) The allottees shall be responsible for ensuring 9 that these funds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are 10 used solely for the purposes specified in this act, and that no 11 obligations are incurred in excess of the sums appropriated.

12 (2) Allottees.
The allottees of the funds appropriated 13 by this act are as follows: 14 (a) Section 2 - the allottee of these funds shall be 15 the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; 16 (b) Section 3 - the allottee of these funds shall be 17 the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; 18 (c) Section 4 – the allottee of these funds shall be 19 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of 20 Micronesia; 21 (d) Section 5 – the allottee of these funds shall be 22 the Public Auditor of the Federated States of Micronesia; 23 (e) Sections 6 through 9 - the allottee of these 24 funds shall be the President of the Federated States of 25 Micronesia; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for the following subsections 31 of 34 C.B.
NO.
21-302 1 of sections 8 through 9 of this act: 2 (i) Sections 8(1)(f) and 8(13)(q) – the allottee 3 of these funds shall be the Chair of the Joint Committee on 4 Compact Review and Planning; 5 (ii) Section 8(8)(a) – the allottee of these 6 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; 7 (iii) Section 8(8)(b) – the allottee of these 8 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; 9 (iv) Section 8(8)(c) – the allottee of these 10 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; 11 (v) Section 8(8)(d) – the allottee of these funds 12 shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; 13 (vi) Section 8(11) – the allottee of these funds 14 shall be the Public Auditor of the Federated States of Micronesia; 15 (vii) Section 8(12) – the allottee of these funds 16 shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of 17 Micronesia; 18 (viii) Section 8(13)(a) – the allottee of these 19 funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; 20 (ix) Section 8(13)(d) through (g) - the allottee 21 of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the respective State 22 Supreme Court; 23 (x) Section 8(13)(h) - the allottee of these 24 funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the 25 Federated States of Micronesia; 32 of 34 C.B.
NO.
21-302 1 (xi) Section 8(13)(t) - the allottee of these 2 funds shall be the National Olympic Committee; 3 (xii) Section 8(13)(u) - the allottee of these 4 funds shall be the Principal of Saint Cecilia Catholic School; 5 (xiiii) Section 9(1) – the allottee of these 6 funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; 7 (xiv) Section 9(3)(b) – the allottee of these 8 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; 9 (xv) Section 9(3)(c) – the allottee of these 10 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; 11 (xvi) Section 9(3)(d) – the allottee of these 12 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; 13 (xvii) Section 9(3)(e) – the allottee of these 14 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; 15 (xviii) Section 9(4)(i) – the allottee of these 16 funds shall be the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, 17 Communications and Infrastructure; 18 (xix) Section 9(11)(b) – the allottee of these 19 funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States 20 of Micronesia; 21 (xx) Section 9(11)(d) – the allottee of these 22 funds shall be the President of the Constitutional Convention; 23 (xxi) Section 9(11)(f) – the allottee of these 24 funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; and 25 (xxii) Section 9(11)(g) – the allottee of these 33 of 34 C.B.
NO.

21-302 1 funds shall be the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, 2 Communications and Infrastructure.

3 (3) Lapse date.

The authority of the allottees 4 to obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of 5 September 30, 2021; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the funds appropriated 6 under section 9 of this act shall not lapse.

7 Section 13.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 8 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 9 becoming law without such approval.
10 11 Date: 9/21/20 Introduced by: /s/ Isaac V. Figir Isaac V. Figir 34 of 34