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

No.

22-228 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend section 9 of Public Law No.

22-42, as amended by Public Law No.

22-80, to modify the use of funds previously appropriated therein, for the operations of all branches of the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, its agencies; 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 9 of Public Law No.

22-42, as amended by 2 Public Law No.

22-80, is hereby further amended to read as 3 follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


The sum of $14,786,505 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, 2022, for the following capital improvements, development programs, and projects and human resources development.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $1,542,202 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant and $1,000,000 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Compact Sector Grants.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.

(a) College of Micronesia–FSM ...... $ 4,000,000 CBL 22-234 C.B.
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22-228 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute (FMI) ........................... $ 919,392 (c) College of Micronesia-FSM SEG Funding ................................ 689,948 (d) COM-FSM Endowment Fund .......... 500,000 (e) COM-FSM Public Health Initiative ................................. 250,000 (2) Department of Finance and Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease and Maintenance -0- (b) PCD Awareness and Training ...... 35,000 (c) Tax Reform Commission ........... -0- (d) CIU – World Bank & ADB Funded Projects ............................ -0- (e) Strengthening financial management for municipal governments .................. 50,000 (3) Department of Resources and Development (a) R&D SNLC ........................ 75,000 (b) Enhancing Fisheries: Kosrae ..... (c) Enhancing Fisheries: Pohnpei .... (d) Enhancing Fisheries: Chuuk ...... (e) Enhancing Fisheries: Yap ........ -0- -0- -0- -0- (f) R&D Conference .................. 73,000 (g) Foreign Investment Data Management System .......................... 69,500 (h) Expo 2020 Dubai UAE ............. -0- 2 of 8 C.B.
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22-228 (i) Intellectual Property Rights Regime.
$ -0- (j) Development of Coastal Fisheries Policy for FSM ............................. -0- (k) Development & Operation Framework to Implement the National Seabed Mining Act ... -0- (l) Tourism Conference .............. 80,000 (m) Tourism Budget & Planning with the States ............................ 450,000 (n) Tourism Public Awareness ........ 75,000 (o) Little Fire Ants (Eradication, Control, & Prevention) ..................... -0- (p) State Strategic Action Plan for the FSM ................................ (q) Renewable Energy Development Plan (r) National Social Indicators Survey (s) Localization of Sustainable -0- -0- -0- Development Goals in the FSM ............... -0- (t) FSM Association of Chamber of Commerce/Support to COC .................... 67,000 (u) National Coastal Fisheries Monitoring Team ............................ (v) Computing Facility Upgrade ...... (w) Strengthening National/Private Sector -0- -0- Organizations in the FSM ................... -0- (4) Department of Transportation, Communications 3 of 8 C.B.
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22-228 and Infrastructure (a) Operation and Dry-Docking of Caroline Voyager and Navigator ......... $ 1,000,000 (b) FSM National Government Computer Network .................................... 100,000 (c) AIP Matching Fund ................ -0- (d) States Roads Maintenance & Improvement, to be divide equally between the four states with Chuuk’s portion specifically designated for Weno Road; PROVIDED THAT, the $300,000 apportioned for the state of Kosrae shall be exclusively used as matching for the State of Kosrae’s Compact Infrastructure Maintenance Fund ............ 1,200,000 (e) FSM National Government Facility Improvements and Renovations ............... 592,715 (f) Outer Island Airport ............ (g) New Warehouse Building .......... (h) Airport Needs ................... -0- -0- -0- (i) Capital Road improvement ........ 300,000 (5) Department of Justice (a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation ................ 125,000 (b) Victim Shelter and Services ..... 100,000 (c) Boat Maintenance ................ 150,000 (d) Slipping of the FSS Independence -0- 4 of 8 C.B.
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22-228 (e) DOJ Satellite Phone Billing .... $ 10,000 (f) HT Annual Conference ............ 50,000 (g) Victim Shelter in Chuuk ......... -0- (h) Build Anti-Trafficking Shelters in Pohnpei, Yap, and Kosrae ................ (i) Purchase four patrol boats ...... (j) COVID-19 Law Enforcement & Emergency Response ......................... (k) Law Reform Initiatives ......... -0- -0- -0- -0- (6) 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 .............. -0- (d) International Day for Disaster Reduction ................................ 12,000 (e) Training & Maintenance for Radio Communications ............................. -0- (f) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Management Systems in FSM .................. -0- (g) Fourth Disaster Risk Management Environment Conference ..................... 40,000 (h) Digital Atlas Dev.
for the four 5 of 8 C.B.

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22-228 states and outer islands .................. $ 255,000 (7) National Election Commission Office (a) Voter ID Card and New Voter 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 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 ............ 431,877 (c) Teacher Certification Project ... 205,273 6 of 8 C.B.
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22-228 (d) Literacy Intervention for FSM Leaders of Tomorrow (LIFT) ................ $ -0- (e) Printing and Shipment of Science Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) ........... 75,000 (f) Expansion and Development of SLO Language Arts .......................... 232,214 (g) CELEP ........................... 50,000 (h) Assessment & Research to revive NMCT 140,312 (10) NORMA (a) Commemoration of World Tuna Day 2022 ................................. 70,000 (b) FFC Meetings.
................... -0- (c) Hosting WPCFC, TTC, & SC ........ 10,000 (d) Internship for students in the area of fisheries management ............... 5,000 (e) T3 Monitoring ................... 150,000 (11) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Capital Improvement Projects .... -0- (b) Design and Construction of Veterans Memorial .......................... (c) Conservation Society ............ (d) 2020 Constitutional Convention .
(e) Enhancing Tourism ............... (f) Purchase and delivery of an -0- -0- -0- -0- outer island airplane ...................... -0- 7 of 8 C.B.

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22-228 (g) Assistance to FSM residents stranded in Hawaii & Guam due to COVID-19 .
$ -0- (h) Assistance to FSM students unable to return home due to COVID-19 ...... -0- (i) Contribution to the Guam Consulate for COVID-19 response activities ........... -0- (j) New Executive Building for DHSA & NDOE ................................ -0- (k) FSM Quarantine Facility in Guam .
500,000 (l) 4th FSM Constitutional Convention 85,000 (m) Litigation expenses for major crime prosecution in Yap ......................... 100,000 (n) Telecommunication Tower for Sapwuafik Outer Island .................... 120,000” 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: 7/20/22 Introduced by: /s/ Paliknoa K. Welly Paliknoa K. Welly of 8