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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIFTH REGULAR SESSION, 2016 C.B.

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19-211 A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend Public Law No.

19-32, as amended by Public Laws Nos.

19-45, 19-61, 19-83 and 19-95 by amending section 9 thereof, to change the use of funds previously appropriated therein, for the purpose of funding for the Chuuk State Priority Infrastructure Projects, 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.

19-32, as amended by 2 Public Laws Nos.

19-45, 19-61, 19-83 and 19-95, is hereby further 3 amended, to read as follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.

The sum of $38,984,608, 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, 2016, for the following capital improvements, development programs, and projects and human resources development.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $689,598 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Amended Compact from the Supplemental Education Grant.

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

(a) College of Micronesia–FSM.

..... $ 3,800,000 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute 833,915 CBL 19-240 C.B.

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19-211 (c) COM-FSM SEG .................... $ 683,948 (2) Department of Finance & Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease & Maintenance 100,000 (b) PCD Awareness Initiative ........ 15,000 (3) Department of Resources & Development (a) FSM Assn.
Chamber of Commerce .. 67,000 (b) State Trade Fairs enhancing value addition ............................. 40,000 (c) SNLC ............................ 50,000 (d) FSM Agriculture Census .......... (e) SBDC Capacity Assessment ........ -0- -0- (f) National Trade Facilitation Conference (NTFC) .......................... 75,000 (g) Food Security Production ........ 100,000 (h) Secretariat/Hosting conference, equipment, materials ....................... 10,000 (i) Foreign Investment Review ...... -0- (j) Implement National Tourism Policy 35,000 (k) Trade Advisory Service .......... (l) Tourism Advisory Service ........ -0- -0- (m) Assistance to States for Tourism Investment Plan Implementation ............. 1,951,201 (n) Phase II Foreign Investment Review 18,278 (4) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.
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19-211 (a) Outer Island Airport Improvement $ 1,500,000 (b) Capital Facilities Rehabilitation 500,000 (c) Sekere-Palikir Road, Bridge, and Pavement Drainage ...................... 300,000 (d) Operation & Dry docking Boats ... 2,500,000 (e) Caroline Island Air ............ 150,000 (f) Chuuk Air Service Agreement ..... 250,000 (g) Equipment replacement for Voyager 211,100 (h) Radar Replacement .............. 78,700 (i) AIP Matching Funds .............. 3,360,075 (j) Installation of water maker on the Voyager ............................. 138,450 (k) Internet Pmt.
For National Government Complex from April to September 2016 63,710 (5) Department of Justice (a) Patrol boat major maintenance project ........................ 125,000 (b) Hosting of PILON Meeting ........ 20,000 (c) Humanitarian assistance to detained foreign nationals in the states of Yap and Pohnpei: ....................... 45,000 (d) Anti-trafficking in persons & anti-human smuggling .................... 30,000 (6) Office of Environment & Emergency Management (a) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste Mng 125,000 3 of 7 C.B.
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19-211 (7) President’s Office (a) FSM Trust Fund ................. $ 10,000,000 (b) Staff upgrading ................. 100,000 (c) 2023 Investment Development Fund -0- (d) Implementation of ODA Policy ... 50,000 (e) 2016 Development Partners Meeting 75,000 (f) Compact Review Committee ........ 50,000 (g) Purchase of land in Guam for relocation of the Consulate Office, moving expenses and relocation costs .............. 2,000,000 (8) National Election.
(a) National Election (voter ID) .... 50,000 (9) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) Health Services Specialty Pathologist 50,000 (b) Environmental/water/food/lab test 78,000 (c) Medical Specialized Team ........ 195,000 (d) Health Network .................. -0- (e) FSM Women Conference ............ 60,000 (10) Department of Education (a) NDOE Projects ................... 395,000 (11) Insurance Board.
(a) Improve and strengthen statutory and regulatory framework ................... 29,409 (b) Consultant Site Evaluation ...... 99,220 (12) Other Capital and Human Resource Development.

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19-211 (a) Chuuk State Priority Infrastructure Project apportioned as follows: (i) 4G network upgrade for main island of Chuuk and mobile extension to the outer islands of Chuuk .................. $ 1,500,000 (ii) [Other Chuuk State Priority Infrastructure Projects .......... 2,750,000] 2,050,000 Public work/transportation office building .
350,000 (iii) Road improvement ........... 175,000 (iv) Administrative costs for implementation of the priority projects .... 100,000 (v) Beautification ............... 75,000 (b) Pohnpei State Priority Infrastructure Projects .................... -0- (c) Kosrae State Priority Infrastructure Projects .................... 1,500,000 (d) Yap State Priority Infrastructure Projects; PROVIDED THAT, the allottee submits both a plan outlining the use of the funds and a report detailing the use of the Priority Infrastructure Project funds appropriated in FY15 ......... 1,750,000 (e) FSM Foreign Mission Repair & Maintenance ............................ 300,000 (f) Renovation of the Supreme Court in Kosrae & Chief Justice of Kosrae 5 of 7 C.B.
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19-211 Travel to Samoa .......................... $ 75,000 (g) Renovation of Chuuk State Supreme Court .............................. 125,000 (h) Typhoon shutters and renovation costs for FSM Supreme Court in Yap ......... 40,000 (i) Renovation of the Chuuk Delegation Office .......................... 50,000 (j) Foreign Affairs-FSM Contribution for SPC Hosting ................................ 228,000 (k) NACH-Pacific Island Festival of Arts – Pohnpei ............................ 50,000 (l) NACH-Pacific Island Festival of Arts – Yap ................................ 50,000 (m) NACH-Pacific Island Festival of Arts – Kosrae ............................. 50,000 (n) NACH-Pacific Island Festival of Arts – Chuuk .............................. 50,000 (o) Postal Service prior-obligation .
8,302 (p) Upgrade FSM Congress Internet to Fiber Optic ............................. 25,000 (q) Pacific Assoc.

of Supreme Audit Institutions Meeting ....................... 20,000 (r) Office of Public Defender expenses occurred in prior years .................... 2,900 (s) Past obligations of Postal Service 2,400 6 of 7 C.B.

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19-211 1 2 (t) Foreign Affairs: Retainer Fee .

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This act shall become law upon approval by the 3 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its becoming 4 law without such approval.

Date: 9/21/16 Introduced by: /s/ Victor V. Gouland Victor V. Gouland of 7