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

NO.
NO.

23-39 A BILL FOR AN ACT To appropriate $56,684,766 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, 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.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is as 2 follows: To appropriate the sum of $56,684,766 from the 3 General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the 4 fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, for the purpose of 5 funding the operations of all branches of the National 6 Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, its 7 agencies, various programs, grants, subsidies and 8 contributions, Capital and Human Resources Development.
The 9 sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 10 Section 2.

Operating expenses of the Executive Branch.

11 The sum of $33,400,111 or so much thereof as may be necessary, 12 is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated 13 States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 14 2024, for the purpose of funding the operation of the 15 Executive Branch of the National Government during the fiscal 16 year 2024.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, 17 $366,570 shall be deemed to come from funds available under CBL 23-42/PC #23-100 C.B.

NO.

23-39 1 Supplemental Education Grant or successor program.

The sum 2 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 3 (1) Office of the President.

4 The sum of $2,599,417, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 5 for the operations of the Office of the President during the 6 fiscal year 2024.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 7 apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 1,048,364 Travel ..................................... 483,753 Contractual Services........................ 859,000 OCE ........................................ 118,300 Fixed Assets ............................... 90,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.
14 The sum of $7,225,517, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 15 for the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs during 16 the fiscal year 2024.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 17 apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 2,911,725 Travel ..................................... 299,823 Contractual Services........................ 3,466,955 OCE ........................................ 547,014 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
24 The sum of $3,944,458, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 25 for the operations of the Department of Finance and 2 of 18 C.B.

NO.

23-39 1 Administration during the fiscal year 2024.
The sum 2 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .............................$ 3,400,072 Travel ................................ 196,501 Contractual Services................... 182,400 OCE ................................... 165,485 Fixed Assets .......................... -0- (4) Department of Resources and Development.
9 The sum of $1,824,596, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 10 for the operations of the Department of Resources and 11 Development during the fiscal year 2024.
The sum appropriated 12 herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .............................$ 1,436,311 Travel ................................ 114,716 Contractual Services................... 163,570 OCE ................................... 110,000 Fixed Assets .......................... -0- (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
20 The sum of $3,828,121, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 21 for the operations of the Department of Transportation, 22 Communications & Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2024.

23 The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 24 25 Personnel .................................$ 992,232 Travel ..................................... 171,449 3 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

23-39 1 2 3 4 Contractual Services........................$ 2,610,340 OCE ........................................ 54,100 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

5 The sum of $1,357,743, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 6 for the operations of the Department of Health and Social 7 Affairs during the fiscal year 2024.
The sum appropriated 8 herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 1,070,897 Travel ..................................... 66,676 Contractual Services........................ 119,942 OCE ........................................ 100,228 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- 14 (7) Department of Education.
15 The sum of $1,097,248 or so much thereof as may be necessary, 16 for the operations of the Department of Education during the 17 fiscal year 2024.

Of the total amount of funds appropriated 18 herein, $366,570 shall be deemed to come from funds available 19 under the Supplemental Education Grant or successor program.
20 The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 662,421 Travel ..................................... 130,973 Contractual Services........................ 231,226 OCE ........................................ 72,629 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- 4 of 18 C.B.

NO.

23-39 1 (8) Department of Justice.


2 The sum of $8,537,814, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 3 for the operations of the Department of Justice during the 4 fiscal year 2024.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 5 apportioned as follows: 6 7 8 9 Personnel .................................$ 6,150,219 Travel ..................................... 296,854 Contractual Services........................ 889,875 OCE ........................................ 1,200,866 10 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- 11 (9) Office of the Public Defender.
12 The sum of $1,371,862, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 13 for the operations of the Office of the Public Defender during 14 the fiscal year 2024.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 15 apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 1,118,025 Travel ..................................... 56,048 Contractual Services........................ 149,994 OCE ........................................ 47,795 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- (10) Department of Climate Change, Environment and Emergency Management.
23 The sum of $973,096, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 24 for the operations of the Department of Climate Change, 25 Environment and Emergency Management during the fiscal year 5 of 18 C.B.

NO.

23-39 1 2024.
NO.

23-39 1 2024.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 2 follows: Personnel .................................$ 767,130 Travel ..................................... 73,352 Contractual Services........................ 106,500 OCE ........................................ 26,114 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.
10 The sum of $275,266, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 11 for the operations of the Office of National Archives, Culture 12 and Historic Preservation during the fiscal year 2024.
The 13 sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 235,466 Travel ...................................... 14,230 Contractual Services......................... 15,425 OCE ......................................... 10,145 Fixed Assets................................. -0- (12) Office of the Veterans Affairs.
20 The sum of $107,021, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 21 for the operations of Office of the Veterans Affairs during 22 the fiscal year 2024.

The sum appropriated herein shall be 23 apportioned as follows: 24 25 Personnel .................................$ 81,320 Travel ..................................... 5,701 6 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

23-39 1 2 3 4 Contractual Services........................$ 15,000 OCE ........................................ 5,000 Fixed Assets................................ -0- (13) Office of Personnel.

5 The sum of $257,953, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 6 for the operations of Office of Personnel during the fiscal 7 year 2024.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned 8 as follows: Personnel .................................$ 243,303 Travel ..................................... 7,200 Contractual Services........................ 1,700 OCE ........................................ 5,750 Fixed Assets................................ -0- Section 3.

Operating Expenses of the Legislative 15 Branch.


The sum of $7,327,192, or so much thereof as may be 16 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 17 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 18 September 30, 2024, for the operations of the Legislative 19 Branch of the National Government during fiscal year 2024.

20 The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as 21 follows: 22 (1) Speaker and Members.
23 The sum of $3,751,440, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 24 for the operations of the Office of the Speaker and Members of 25 the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia during 7 of 18 C.B.

NO.

23-39 1 fiscal year 2024.


The sum appropriated herein shall be 2 apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 846,520 Travel ..................................... 415,320 Contractual Services........................ 2,489,600 OCE ........................................

Fixed Assets ............................... -0- -0- (2) Staff Office.
9 The sum of $3,075,752, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 10 for the operations of the Congress staff offices during fiscal 11 year 2024.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned 12 as follows: Personnel .................................$ 1,904,752 Travel...................................... 100,000 Contractual Services........................ 752,000 OCE......................................... 319,000 Fixed Assets................................ -0- (3) Congress Delegation Offices.
19 The sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 20 for the operations of the Congress delegation offices during 21 the fiscal year 2024.

The sum appropriated is apportioned as 22 follows: 23 24 25 (i) Kosrae Delegation Office...............$ 70,000 (ii) Pohnpei Delegation Office.............. 140,000 (iii) Chuuk Delegation Office............... 210,000 8 of 18 C.B.

NO.

23-39 1 2 (iv) Yap Delegation Office..................$ 80,000 Section 4.
Operating Expenses of the National Judicial 3 Branch.

The sum of $2,343,712, or so much thereof as may be 4 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 5 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 6 September 30, 2024, for the operations of the Judicial Branch 7 of the National Government during the fiscal year 2024.
The 8 sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as 9 follows: Personnel..................................$ 1,559,185 Travel...................................... 64,277 Contractual Services........................ 472,200 OCE......................................... 248,050 Fixed Assets................................ -0- Section 5.

Operating Expenses of the National Public 16 Auditor.
The sum of $1,309,577, or so much thereof as may be 17 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the 18 Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending 19 September 30, 2024, for the operations of the National Office 20 of the Public Auditor and for the National Public Auditor’s 21 Chuuk Office.
The sum appropriated by this section shall be 22 apportioned as follows: 23 24 25 Personnel .................................$ 1,060,577 Travel...................................... 55,600 Contractual Services........................ 126,000 9 of 18 C.B.

NO.

23-39 1 2 3 4 OCE.........................................$ 67,400 Fixed Assets................................ -0- Section 6.

Operating Expenses of Agencies, Boards, Authorities, and Commissions of the National Government.
5 The sum of $3,433,358, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 6 is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated 7 States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 8 2024, for the operations of the following boards, commissions 9 and agencies during the fiscal year 2024.

The sum 10 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 11 (1) National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA).
12 The sum of $1,306,268, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 13 for the operations of NORMA for the fiscal year 2024.

The sum 14 appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 984,063 Travel...................................... 78,279 Contractual Services........................ 200,741 OCE......................................... 43,185 Fixed Assets................................ -0- (2) Board of Regents (COM-FSM).
21 The sum of $60,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 22 for the operations of the Board of Regents, COM-FSM during the 23 fiscal year 2024.

The sum appropriated herein shall be 24 apportioned as follows: 25 Personnel..................................$ -0- 10 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

23-39 1 2 3 4 Travel......................................$ Contractual Services........................ -0- -0- OCE......................................... 60,000 Fixed Assets................................ -0- 5 (3) FSM Banking Board.

6 The sum of $247,864, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 7 for the operations of FSM Banking Board during the fiscal year 8 2024.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 9 follows: Personnel .................................$ 149,461 Travel...................................... 33,891 Contractual Services........................ 39,402 OCE......................................... 25,110 Fixed Assets................................ -0- (4) FSM Insurance Board.

16 The sum of $621,544, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 17 for the operations of FSM Insurance Board during the fiscal 18 year 2024.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned 19 as follows: Personnel .................................$ 211,797 Travel...................................... 30,568 Contractual Services........................ 347,175 OCE......................................... 32,004 Fixed Assets................................ -0- (5) FSM Postal Services.

11 of 18 C.B.

NO.
11 of 18 C.B.

NO.

23-39 1 The sum of $1,197,683, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 2 for the operations of the National Postal Services during the 3 fiscal year 2024.
The sum appropriated herein shall be 4 apportioned as follows: Personnel..................................$ 809,578 Travel...................................... 26,084 Contractual Services........................ 183,636 OCE......................................... 178,385 Fixed Assets................................ -0- 10 Section 7.

Special Programs.
Special Programs.

The sum of $658,592, or so 11 much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from 12 the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the 13 fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, for the following 14 special programs during fiscal year 2024.

The sum 15 appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 16 (1) National Election Office.
17 The sum of $658,592, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 18 for the operations of National Election Office during the 19 fiscal year 2024.

The sum appropriated herein shall be 20 apportioned as follows: Personnel...................................$ 435,010 Travel....................................... 57,133 Contractual Services......................... 69,486 OCE.......................................... 96,963 Fixed Assets................................. -0- 12 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

23-39 1 Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

The sum 2 of $4,127,131, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 3 hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated 4 States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 5 2024, for the following grants, subsidies and contributions 6 during fiscal year 2024.

The sum appropriated by this section 7 shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.
(a) Former Presidents’ Allowance .. $ 50,000 (b) Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning (JCRP) .......................... 335,991 (2) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

(a) FSM Red Cross ........... 35,000 (3) Department of Education.

(a) Aid for Non-Public School.

...... 250,000 (b) National Scholarship Fund ....... 500,000 (c) National Close-Up Local Program .

37,500 (d) National Merit Scholarship ...... 137,500 (4) Department of Transportation, Communication & Infrastructure.
(a) FSM Capital Energy (Utilities) .. 150,000 (b) Fueling & Provisions of Caroline Voyager and Navigator and Nat’l vessels .

672,915 (5) Department of Justice.

(a) DOJ Fuel Subsidy ............... 275,000 13 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

23-39 (6) Resources (Other Grants, Subsidies & Contributions) (a) FSM Social Security ........... $ 500,000 (b) Micronesian Legal Services Corporation ............................ 50,000 (c) NORMA-WCPFC Membership fee ..... 100,000 (d) MLFC Loan Payment .............. 130,000 (e) Single Audit fees and cost ..... 100,000 (f) Staff housing .................. 750,000 (g) Recruitment & Repatriation ..... 53,226 Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.


12 The sum of $4,085,094, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 13 is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated 14 States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 15 2024, for the following capital improvements, development 16 programs, and projects and human resources development.
Of 17 the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $1,000,000 18 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Compact 19 Education Sector Grant and $689,948 shall be deemed to come 20 from funds available under Supplemental Education Grant or 21 successor program.

The sum appropriated by this section shall 22 be apportioned as follows: 23 24 25 (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.

(a) COM-FSM – operation ........... $ 2,000,000 (b) Fisheries Maritime Institute ... 471,572 14 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

23-39 (c) Supplemental Education Grant or successor Program ............................... $ 689,948 (2) Department of Resources & Development.

(a) R&D State and National leadership conference (SNLC) ........................ 37,500 (b) R&D Conference ................... 25,000 (3) Department of Transportation, Communication and Infrastructure.
(a) FSM national government computer network ................................. 25,000 (4) Department of Justice.

(a) Anti-human trafficking enforcement, campaign and investigation ............. 25,000 (b) Victims Shelter & Services ..... 25,000 (c) Patrol Boat maintenance ........ 200,000 (d) Satellite phone & billing ...... 5,000 (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

(a) Medical Specialist Team ........ 25,000 (6) Department of Education.

(a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ...... 556,074 Section 10.
Employment Ceilings.

The maximum number of 22 positions for each branch and agency of the National 23 Government of the Federated States of Micronesia for fiscal 24 year 2024 shall be as follows: 25 (1) Executive Branch ....................... 730 15 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

23-39 (2) Legislative Branch ................... 69 (3) Judiciary Branch ..................... 46 (4) Public Auditor ....................... 24 (5) Agencies (a) National Oceanic Resource Management Authority ..................... 29 (b) FSM Banking Board................ 4 (c) FSM Insurance Board ............. 6 (d) National Postal Services......... 41 (6) Special Programs (a) National Election Office......... 14 Section 11.

Reprogramming.
Reprogramming.

Reprogramming of funds into 13 or from the personnel budget line item shall not be permitted.

14 The President, Speaker and Chief Justice may reprogram up to 15 10 percent to or from the funds appropriated in sections 2 16 (Operating expenses of the Executive Branch), 3 (Operating 17 expenses of the Legislative Branch), and 4 (Operating expenses 18 of the National Judicial Branch).
Reprogramming of funds 19 within a department, office or agency shall be effected by the 20 head of such department, office or agency by specifying in 21 writing to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and 22 Administration of the FSM National Government, the accounts 23 for which funding is either increased or decreased.

24 Reprogramming other than as specified herein is not permitted, 25 and more specifically, reprogramming into or out of any line 16 of 18 C.B.

NO.
NO.

23-39 1 item contained in section 8 (Grants, Subsidies and 2 Contributions) or section 9 (Investment: Capital and Human 3 Resources) is not permitted.

The President shall report to 4 Congress within one month of the last day of each financial 5 quarter all amounts reprogrammed inter or intra a department, 6 office or agency.

7 Section 12.

Allotment and management of funds and lapse 8 dates.

9 (1) General provisions.
(a) All funds appropriated by this act shall be allotted, managed, administered and accounted for in accordance with applicable law, including, but not limited to, the Financial Management Act of 1979.

(b) The allottees shall be responsible for ensuring that these funds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are used solely for the purposes specified in this act, and that no obligations are incurred in excess of the sums appropriated.

(2) Allottees.
(2) Allottees.

The allottees of the funds appropriated 20 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; 17 of 18 C.B.

NO.
23-39 (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) Section 9 (1)(a) through (c) – the allottee of these funds is the President of the COM-FSM.
(3) Lapse date.

The authority of the allottees to 13 obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as of 14 September 30, 2024; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the authority to 15 obligate funds appropriated under section 9 of this act shall 16 not lapse.

17 Section 13.

This act shall become law upon approval by 18 the President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon 19 its becoming law without such approval.
20 21 Date: 9/1/23 Introduced by: /s/ Quincy Lawrence 22 23 24 25 Quincy Lawrence (by request) 18 of 18