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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO. 21-136, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 P.C. NO. 21-214 PUBLIC LAW NO. 21-77

AN ACT

To amend sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9 and 12 of Public Law No. 21-42, as amended by Public Law No. 21-55, to appropriate $7,417,994 of additional funds from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, to provide supplemental funding for the operations of the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, Office of Public Auditor, Grants, Subsidies and Contributions, and Capital and Human Resources Development, and to change the allottee of certain funds; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA:

Section 1. Section 1 of Public Law No. 21-42, as amended by 1

Public Law No. 21-55, is hereby further amended to read as 2

follows: 3

“Purpose. The purpose of this act is to appropriate the 4

sum of $71,808,352 from the General Fund of the 5

Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year 6

ending September 30, 2020, for the purpose of funding 7

the operations of all branches of the National 8

Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, its 9

agencies, various programs, grants, subsidies and 10

contributions and Capital and Human Resources 11

Development. The National Government’s share of the 12

Amended Compact funds has been reduced to zero; EXCEPT 13

THAT; the National Government will retain the Compact 14

Sector Grant amount for COM-FSM and 10 percent of the 15

Supplemental Education Grant funds as is reflected in 16

CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO. 21-136, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 P.C. NO. 21-214 PUBLIC LAW NO. 21-77

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the budget for the Department of Education. The sum 1

appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows:” 2



follows: 5

“Section 2. Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch. 6

The sum of $24,115,622, or so much thereof as may be 7

necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund 8

of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal 9

year ending September 30, 2020, for the purpose of 10

funding the operations of the Executive Branch of the 11

National Government during the fiscal year 2020. The sum 12

appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as 13

follows: 14

(1) Office of the President. 15


necessary, for the operations of the Office of the 17

President during the fiscal year 2020. The sum 18

appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: 19

Personnel ............................... $ 656,593 20

Travel ................................... 405,000 21

Contractual Services ...................... 600,000 22

OCE ............................... ....... 130,000 23

Fixed Assets ............................... 3,000 24

(2) Department of Foreign Affairs. 25


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necessary, for the operations of the Department of 2

Foreign Affairs during the fiscal year 2020. The sum 3


Personnel, PROVIDED THAT, of this amount, $166,000 shall 5

be used to fund the Foreign Service 6

Premium.................. ................ $ 1,857,194 7

Travel ................................... 407,728 8

Contractual Services.......... ............ 2,995,047 9

OCE ...................................... 434,163 10

Fixed Assets .............................. 88,256 11

(3) Department of Finance and Administration. 12



Finance and Administration during the fiscal year 2020. 15

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as 16

follows: 17

Personnel ............................... $ 2,129,683 18

Travel ...................... ............. 297,000 19

Contractual Services................... ... 227,500 20

OCE .......................... ............ 276,500 21

Fixed Assets .......................... .. 144,500 22

(4) Department of Resources and Development. 23




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Resources and Development during the fiscal year 2020. 1


follows: 3

Personnel ............................. .. $ 907,314 4

Travel ................................ ... 291,823 5

Contractual Services................... .. 59,850 6

OCE .................................... .. 187,540 7

Fixed Assets ............................. 102,000 8

(5) Department of Transportation, Communications and 9

Infrastructure. 10



Transportation, Communication & Infrastructure during 13

the fiscal year 2020. The sum appropriated herein shall 14

be apportioned as follows: 15

Personnel ............................. . .$ 648,346 16

Travel ........................ ........... 251,692 17

Contractual Services........... ........... 1,692,214 18

OCE ..................................... 96,600 19

Fixed Assets ............................ 49,300 20

(6) Department of Health and Social Affairs. 21

The sum of $903,563, or so much thereof as may be 22


Health and Social Affairs during the fiscal year 2020. 24



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follows: 1

Personnel ............................ ... $ 514,230 2

Travel ............................... ... 154,215 3

Contractual Services.................. ... 118,617 4

OCE ...................... ................ 113,501 5

Fixed Assets ...................... ....... 3,000 6

(7) Department of Education. 7



Education during the fiscal year 2020. Of the total 10

amount of funds appropriated herein, $366,598, shall be 11

deemed to come from funds available under the 12

Supplemental Education Grant. The sum appropriated 13

herein shall be apportioned as follows: 14

Personnel .............................. . $ 437,498 15

Travel .................................. 200,546 16

Contractual Services..................... 159,226 17

OCE ..................................... 49,651 18

Fixed Assets ............................ . 4,500 19

(8) Department of Justice. 20



Justice during the fiscal year 2020. The sum 23


Personnel ............................. .. $ 3,405,293 25


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Travel .................................. $ 374,802 1

Contractual Services..................... 634,977 2

OCE ..................................... 377,443 3

Fixed Assets ............................ . 107,300 4

(9) Department of Climate Change, Environment and 5

Emergency Management. 6


necessary, for the operations of the Office of 8

Environment and Emergency Management during the fiscal 9

year 2020. The sum appropriated herein shall be 10

apportioned as follows: 11

Personnel ............................. .. $ 545,058 12

Travel ................................. . 164,301 13

Contractual Services.................... . 50,000 14

OCE .................................... . 47,120 15

Fixed Assets .................... ......... 36,100 16

(10) Office of the Public Defender. 17



Public Defender during the fiscal year 2020. The sum 20


Personnel .............................. . $ 744,081 22

Travel .................................. 140,120 23

Contractual Services..................... . 101,050 24

OCE ..................................... 86,900 25


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Fixed Assets ............................ $ 15,000 1

(11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic 2

Preservation. 3


necessary, for the operations of the Office of National 5

Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation during the 6

fiscal year 2020. The sum appropriated herein shall be 7


Personnel ..................... ......... .$ 138,018 9

Travel ..................................... 35,574 10

Contractual Services........................ 15,425 11

OCE ........................................ 20,289 12

Fixed Assets................................ 25,000 13

(12) Office of Veteran’s Affairs. 14


necessary, for the operations of the Office of Veteran’s 16

Affairs during the fiscal year 2020. The sum 17


Personnel .................................$ 79,240 19

Travel ..................................... 42,225 20


OCE ........................................ 18,000 22

Fixed Assets................................ -0- 23

(13) Office of Personnel. 24



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necessary, for the operations of the Office of Veteran’s 1

Affairs during the fiscal year 2020. The sum 2


Personnel .................................$ 147,479 4

Travel ................................... 10,000 5

Contractual Services........................ -0- 6

OCE ........................................ 11,000 7

Fixed Assets................................ -0-“ 8

Section 3. Section 3 of Public Law No. 21-42 is hereby 9

amended to read as follows: 10

“Section 3. Operating Expenses of the Legislative 11

Branch. The sum of $7,675,860, or so much thereof as 12

may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the 13

General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for 14

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, for the 15

operations of the Legislative Branch of the National 16

Government during fiscal year 2020. The sum appropriated 17

by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 18

(1)Speaker and Members. 19



Speaker and Members of the Congress of the Federated 22

States of Micronesia during fiscal year 2020. The sum 23


Personnel ..................................$ 438,150 25


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Travel ..................................... $ 700,000 1

Contractual Services, of which up to $350,000 may be 2

used to assist Members and staff 3

with current and prior year medical costs, 4

and up to $50,000 may be used to pay for 5

outstanding prior year 6

obligations. .................. .......... $ 2,830,000 7

OCE ........................................ -0- 8

Fixed Assets ............................... -0- 9

(2) Staff Offices. 10


necessary, for the operations of the Congress staff 12

offices during fiscal year 2020, of which up to 10,000 13

may be used to pay prior obligations. The sum 14


Personnel .................................$ 1,211,710 16

Travel............................ ....... 275,000 17

Contractual Services.............. ....... 562,000 18

OCE.............................. ........ 309,000 19

Fixed Assets..................... ........ 160,000 20

(3) Congress Delegation Offices. 21


necessary, for the operations of the Congress delegation 23

offices during the fiscal year 2020. Of the amounts 24

appropriated for contractual services within each 25


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Delegation Office, up to a maximum of $75,000 per 1

Member, at the Delegation Offices’ discretion, may be 2

used for Representation including prior year 3

obligations. The sum appropriated is apportioned as 4

follows: 5

(a) Kosrae Delegation Office 6

Travel ......................... $ -0- 7

Contractual Services ............. 150,000 8

OCE .............................. 20,000 9

Fixed Assets ..................... -0- 10

TOTAL ............................ 170,000 11

(b) Pohnpei Delegation Office 12

Travel .......................... 10,000 13


OCE .............................. 30,000 15

Fixed Assets ..................... -0- 16

TOTAL ............................ 340,000 17

(c) Chuuk Delegation Office 18

Travel .......................... -0- 19


OCE .............................. 40,000 21

Fixed Assets ..................... 10,000 22

TOTAL ............................ 510,000 23

(d) Yap Delegation Office 24

Travel .......................... 10,000 25


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Contractual Services ............ $ 145,000 1

OCE .............................. 10,000 2

Fixed Assets ..................... 5,000 3

TOTAL ............................ 170,000” 4

Section 4. Section 5 of Public Law No. 21-42 is hereby 5

amended to read as follows: 6

“Section 5. Operating Expenses of the National Auditor. 7




year ending September 30, 2020, for the operations of 11

the National Office of the Public Auditor. The sum 12

appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as 13

follows:   14

Personnel ........................ ....... $ 625,920 15

Travel ..................................... 139,000 16


OCE ........................................ 66,500 18

Fixed Assets................................ 10,000” 19



follows: 22

“Section 8. Grants, Subsidies and Contributions. The 23

sum of $16,793,730, or so much thereof as may be 24



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year ending September 30, 2020, for the following 2

grants, subsidies and contributions during fiscal year 3

2020. The sum appropriated by this section shall be 4


(1) Office of the President. 6

(a) Asia Pacific Inst. Broadcasting 7

Development (AIBD) ....................... $ 4,500 8

(b) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union 9

(ABU) ..................................... 800 10

(c) Pacific Island News Association 350 11

(d) Asia Pacific Investment ........ 250 12

(e) Former Presidents’ Allowance ... 50,000 13

(f) Joint Committee on Compact Review and 14

Planning (JCRP); $160,000 to be used for Jim 15

Stovall’s legal fees ...................... 960,000 16

(2) Department of Foreign Affairs. 17

(a) Pacific Island Forum Secretariat. 57,000 18

(b) Secretariat of the Pacific Community 65,000 19

(c) ESCAP .......................... 5,000 20

(d) UN Membership Fee .............. 50,000 21

(e) East West Center ................ 5,000 22

(f) ACP Cotonou Membership Fees 17,000 23

(g) SPC Office Space ................ 29,670 24

(h) SIS Program ..................... 10,000 25


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(i) IOM Membership Fee ............ $ 600 1

(j) SPC Host Grant ................. 20,000 2

(k) Differential for foreign currency 3

adjustment ............................... 1,290 4

(l) FSM Day ........................ 20,000 5

(m) 2020 Games in Japan – Representation and 6

Participation (FSM Embassy/Tokyo) ......... 30,000 7

(o) Prior year obligation – PIF .... 1,611 8

(p) Guam consulate citizen’s outreach 25,000 9

(3) Department of Finance and Administration. 10

(a) CTA-OCO Membership Fee ......... 14,024 11

(b) Maintenance Fee for Financial 12

Management System (FMIS) .................. 55,000 13

(c) PITTA – CTA .................... 9,000 14

(d) ADB, IMF & Budget Finance Policy 15

Consultations ............................. 25,000 16

(e) Macro Economist Advisor ........ 200,000 17

(f) Global Forum Membership Fee .... 26,000 18

(g) PFTAC Membership Fee ........... 20,000 19

(h) CTA Conference ................. 35,000 20

(i) FSM national government taxes prior 21

year debts to social security (4th quarter 22

2018 to 1st quarter 2019) .................. 44,000 23

(j) Prior years obligations for Chuuk 24

Finance Office ........................... 7,560 25


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(k) Finance prior years obligations 1

for acting capacity ...................... $ 1,150 2

(l) FSM Trust Fund Board ........... 50,000 3

(4) Department of Resources and Development. 4

(a) Pacific Island Development Program 5

(PIDP) ................................... 15,000 6

(b) Pacific Asian Travel Association 7

(PATA) .................................... 6,000 8

(c) United Nations Development Program 30,000 9

(d) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) 4,800 10

(e) Western Forestry Leadership Coalition 530 11

(f) Matching to SPC Projects ....... 60,000 12

(g) Micronesian Challenge .......... 10,000 13

(h) Micronesian Cruise Association . 2,500 14

(i) South Pacific Tourism Organization 8,000 15

(j) IRENA .......................... 250 16

(k) Micronesia Trade Committee ..... 30,000 17

(l) Convention on Biological 18

Diversity (CBD) ........................... 1,000 19

(m) IFAD ........................... 500 20

(n) UNIDO Membership ............... 1,000 21

(o) Micronesia Island Forum 22

Membership Fee ............................ 15,000 23

(p) Hosting of the Micronesian 24

Islands Forum ............................. 120,000 25


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(q) Pacific Festival .............. $ 100,000 1


(a) UNFPA .......................... 3,000 3

(b) WHO ............................ 4,650 4

(c) PIHOA .......................... 20,000 5

(d) Association of Territorial Health 4,000 6

(e) Nursing and Medical Licensing 60,000 7

(f) FSM Red Cross ................. 70,000 8

(g) UNICEF (Vaccine & TB Drugs) ... 50,000 9

(h) UN/FSM Women (CEDAW) .......... 1,000 10

(i) Drug Quality Testing Project .. 3,000 11

(j) National Therapeutics & 12

Standards Committee ...................... 37,000 13

(k) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) 10,000 14

(l) FSM Youth Summit .............. 50,000 15

(m) TB & Leprosy – Free Chuuk Project 100,000 16

(n) Convention on the Rights of the 17

Child (CRC) ............................... 40,270 18

(o) Response to measles outbreak and 19

novel coronavirus ......................... 200,000 20


(a) Aid for Non-Public Schools. .... 800,000 22

(b) Aid to CMI Students ............ 40,000 23

(c) Aid to PCC Students ............ 100,000 24

(d) National Scholarship ........... 3,000,000 25


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(e) National Close-up ............. $ 75,000 1

(f) Merit Scholarship .............. 275,000 2

(g) Aid to FSM Students in Japan ... 100,000 3

(h) Caroline College & Pastoral 4

Institute ................................. 75,000 5

(i) Faithwalk Christian College .... 75,000 6

(j) Aid to FSM Students in China ... 35,000 7

(k) Aid to FSM Students in Fiji .... 35,000 8

(7) Department of Transportation, 9

Communication & Infrastructure. 10

(a) Asia Pacific Telecommunity ..... 11,000 11

(b) International Telecommunications 12

Union(ITU) ............................... 20,867 13

(c) ICAO ........................... 28,050 14

(d) FSM Capital Energy ............. 600,000 15

(e) Micronesian Shipping Commission 25,000 16

(f) Fuel and Provisions for Caroline 17

Voyager and Navigator ..................... 1,345,830 18

(g) MS Navigator – Repair services . 100,000 19

(h) Overtime owed to Shipping crew . 100,000 20

(i) Shipment cost of ground service 21

equipment to the FSM States ............... 17,500 22


(a) States Joint Law Enforcement: 24

Kosrae .................................... 75,000 25


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(b) States Joint Law Enforcement: 1

Pohnpei .................................. $ 200,000 2

(c) States Joint Law Enforcement: 3

Chuuk, of which $80,000 shall be used to 4

purchase two vehicles for Municipal Police 200,000 5

(d) States Joint Law Enforcement: Yap 75,000 6

(e) Police Academy ................. 200,000 7

(f) Fuel Subsidy ................... 200,000 8

(g) WIPO .......................... 33,966 9

(h) Patrol boats – replenishment for 10

unplanned search and rescue and outreach 11

trips, and additional funding for 12

administrative and humanitarian assistance 300,000 13

(i) Reimbursement for investigation and 14

prosecution to support Yap State .......... 210,000 15

(j) Interpol membership and activities 30,000 16

(k) Security for the MIF ........... 33,000 17

(9) Department of Environment, Climate 18

Change and Emergency Management 19

(a) UNEP ........................... 835 20

(b) UNFCC .......................... 325 21

(c) UNCCD .......................... 195 22

(d) SPREP Membership ............... 10,768 23

(e) Waigani Convention ............. 1,190 24

(f) SPREP-Noumea Convention ........ 1,764 25


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(g) Earth Day Activities .......... $ 15,000 1

(h) 7th Bi-Annual Environment 2

Conference ............................... 20,000 3

(i) Basel Convention ............... 197 4

(j) Kyoto Protocol ................. 484 5

(k) WMO Membership ................. 15,000 6

(10) Office of NACHP. 7

(a) UNESCO ......................... 4,000 8

(b) NCSHPO ......................... 2,760 9

(c) PARBICA ........................ 100 10

(d) PIALA .......................... 100 11

(e) WHC ............................ 54 12

(f) Library fee .................... 50 13

(11) Office of the National Public Auditor. 14

(a) APIPA – Staff Development and 15

Membership Fee ............................ 1,750 16

(b) PASAI – Staff Development and 17

Membership Fee ............................ 15,000 18

(c) 2020 Conference – Staff Development 19

and Membership Fee ........................ 29,000 20

(12) Congress of the Federated States of 21

Micronesia. 22

(a) IPU Conference, PROVIDED THAT, 23

130,000 shall be used for subsidies to 24

the IPU ................................... 230,000 25


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(b) Climate Change Conference ..... $ 50,000 1

(c) ACP ............................ 30,000 2

(d) APPF ........................... 50,000 3

(e) Staff Upgrade .................. 25,000 4

(f) World Bank-IMF Annual Meeting .. 50,000 5

(g) MRA Conference in Japan ........ 30,000 6

(h) Fisheries Meeting .............. 30,000 7

(i) IPU Annual Dues ................ 12,500 8

(j) COFA Alliance National Network 9

(CANN) .................................... 25,000 10

(k) Travel to Investment Advisor 11

(Wilshire) ............................... 70,000 12

(l) Compact Historical Project ..... 25,000 13

(m) Assistance for Jennifer Chieng/ 14

Olympic Training .......................... 25,000 15

(n) Micronesia Productions ......... 70,000 16

(o) Prior and current year Member and 17

staff housing ............................. 62,000 18

(13) Resources (Other Grants, 19

Subsidies & Contributions) 20

(a) COM Board Meeting .............. 5,000 21

(b) COM-FSM Treaty Obligation ...... 25,000 22

(c) FSM Social Security 23

Administration ............................ 1,000,000 24

(d) State Judiciaries: Kosrae ...... 40,000 25


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(e) State Judiciaries: Pohnpei .... $ 60,000 1

(f) State Judiciaries: Chuuk ....... 110,000 2

(g) State Judiciaries: Yap ......... 40,000 3

(h) National Law Day ............... 50,000 4

(i) Micronesian Legal Services 5

Corporation (MLSC) ........................ 250,000 6

(j) NORMA-Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) 62,638 7

(k) NORMA – WCPFC Tuna Commission Fee 257,284 8

(l) Independence Day Activities .... 50,000 9

(m) MLFC Loan Payment .............. 260,000 10

(n) Single Audit Fee (FY 2019) ..... 460,000 11

(o) Staff housing .................. 660,000 12

(p) Recruitment & Repatriation ..... 223,218 13

(q) Legal and Advocacy Services in 14

Washington D.C. (A&P) ..................... -0- 15

(r) Pacific Missionary Aviation–Subsidy 100,000 16

(s) Caroline Island Air – Subsidy to 17

assist with insurance costs ............... 100,000 18

(t) National Olympic Committee – Olympic 19

Qualifiers and Coaching ................... 45,000 20

(u) Saint Cecilia Catholic School—School 21

bus and classroom renovations ............. 70,000 22

(v) Acting Capacity—Jeem Lippwe .... 15,000 23

(w) Acting Capacity—Henry Shrew .... 15,000 24

(x) Micare subsidy ................. 680,000” 25


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follows: 3

Section 9. Capital and Human Resources Development. 4

The sum of $17,049,326 or so much thereof as may be 5



year ending September 30, 2020, for the following 8

capital improvements, development programs, and projects 9

and human resources development. Of the total amount of 10

funds appropriated herein, $1,000,000 shall be deemed to 11

come from funds available under the amended Compact from 12

education sector; and $1,246,022 shall be deemed to come 13

from funds available under Supplemental Education Grant. 14

The sum appropriated by this section shall be 15


(1) College of Micronesia – FSM. 17

(a) College of Micronesia—FSM ..... $ 4,050,000 18

(b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime 19

Institute (FMI) ........................... 875,611 20

(c) College of Micronesia—FSM SEG 21

Funding ................................... 689,948 22

(d) COM-FSM Endowment Fund ......... 300,000 23

(2) Department of Finance & Administration. 24

(a) FSM Warehouse lease & maintenance 40,000 25


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(b) PCD Awareness & Training ...... $ 15,000 1

(3) Department of Resources & Development. 2

(a) R&D SNLC ....................... 100,000 3

(b) Enhancing Tourism: Kosrae subsidy to 4

the Office of the Governor of the States 5

of Kosrae; PROVIDED THAT, no funds shall 6

be used for travel expenses ............... 250,000 7

(c) Enhancing Tourism: Pohnpei ..... 500,000 8

(d) Enhancing Tourism: Chuuk – to be 9


(1) Chuuk Visitor’s Bureau ..... 120,000 11

(2) Environmental Protection 12

Agency – Solid Waste Program .............. 120,000 13

(3) Department of Agriculture – 14

Forestry & Conservation ................... 100,000 15

(4) Fisheries .................. 100,000 16

(5) Chuuk Women’s Council (CWC) 30,000 17

(6) Chuuk Public Health – non- 18

communicable disease (NDC) prevention, 19

education and outreach .................... 30,000 20

(e) Enhancing Tourism: Yap-to be used 21

for Yap Stone Money Banks and Paths, Yap 22

Historical Sites, and other land-based 23

tourism development projects; PROVIDED THAT, 24

no funds shall be used for travel expenses 25


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and no funds shall be expended until there 1

is an Official Tourism Plan in place ... $ 250,000 2

(4) Department of Transportation, 3

Communications and Infrastructure 4

(a) Operation and Dry-Docking of 5

Caroline Voyager and Navigator ............ 1,500,000 6

(b) FSM National Government 7

Computer Network .......................... 277,420 8

(c) AIP Matching Fund .............. 961,667 9

(d) Relocation of power and telephone 10

lines in Pohnpei – Madolenihmw ............ 50,000 11


(a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, 13

Campaign and Investigation ................ 125,000 14

(b) Victims Shelter & Services ..... 100,000 15

(c) Boat maintenance ............... 125,000 16

(6) Department of Environment, Climate 17

Change and Emergency Management. 18

(a) National & State Table Top 19

Exercise .................................. 30,000 20

(b) Outer Island Trip Assessment— 21

Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management . 80,000 22

(c) National Joint Platform for 23

Environment & Risk Resilience ............. 20,000 24

(d) International Day for Disaster 25


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Reduction .............................. $ 12,000 1

(e) Training & Maintenance for Radio 2

Communication ............................. 14,000 3

(f) Fostering Sustainable Solid Waste 4

Management Systems in FSM ................. 165,000 5

(7) National Election. 6

(a) National Election (Voter ID 7

Card Project) ............................. -0- 8


(a) MOE—BHWP ....................... 22,200 10

(b) Electronic Record System ....... 50,000 11

(c) Rheumatic Heart Program ........ 120,000 12

(d) Medical Specialist Team ........ 195,000 13

(e) National Women Council ......... 50,000 14

(f) Vector Surveillance & Control 15

Program ............................... 50,000 16

(g) Histopathology laboratory ...... 60,000 17

(h) FSM Food safety laboratory ..... 40,000 18


(a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ...... 556,074 20

(b) School Accreditation ........... 250,000 21

(c) Teacher Certification Project .. 168,000 22

(d) Literacy intervention for FSM 23

Leaders of Tomorrow (LIFT) ................ 181,170 24

(e) Development of Science Student 25


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Learning Outcomes (SLOs) ................. $ 250,000 1

(f) Quality Development ............ 15,000 2

(g) NMCT administration ............ 30,000 3

(10) NORMA 4

(a) Commemoration of World Tuna 5

Day 2020 .................................. 25,000 6

(b) FFC Meetings ................... 80,000 7

(12) Other Capital and Human Resources 8

Development 9

(a) Capital Improvement Projects ... -0- 10

(b) Design and Construction of 11

Veterans Memorial ......................... 150,000 12

(c) Conservation Society in each 13

state to be apportioned as follows: 14

(1) Kosrae ..................... 25,000 15

(2) Pohnpei .................... 25,000 16

(3) Chuuk ...................... 25,000 17

(4) Yap ........................ 25,000 18

(d) 2020 Constitutional Convention 19

Convening and Expenses .................... 1,026,236 20

(e) Purchase/down payment for facility 21

house of the FSM Embassy in Japan ......... 1,500,000 22

(f) Chuuk state purchase of 23

field trip vessel ........................ 800,000 24

(g) Pohnpei State purchase of field 25


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trip vessel and operations costs ......... $ 300,000” 1



follows: 4

“Section 12. Allotment and Management of Funds and 5

Lapse Dates. 6

(1) General provisions. 7

(a) All funds appropriated by this act shall be 8

allotted, managed, administered and accounted for in 9

accordance with applicable law, including, but not 10

limited to, the Financial Management Act of 1979. 11

(b) The allottees shall be responsible for 12

ensuring that these funds, or so much thereof as may be 13

necessary, are used solely for the purposes specified in 14

this act, and that no obligations are incurred in excess 15

of the sums appropriated. 16

(2) Allottees. The allottees of the funds 17

appropriated by this act are as follows: 18

(a) Section 2 - the allottee of these funds shall 19

be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; 20

(b) Section 3 - the allottee of these funds shall 21

be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States 22

of Micronesia; 23

(c) Section 4 – the allottee of these funds shall 24

be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the 25


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Federated States of Micronesia; 1

(d) Section 5 – the allottee of these funds shall 2

be the Public Auditor of the Federated States of 3

Micronesia; 4

(e) Sections 6 through 9 - the allottee of these 5

funds shall be the President of the Federated States of 6

Micronesia; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for the following 7

subsections of sections 8 through 9 of this act: 8

(i) Sections 8(1)(f) and 8(13)(q) – the 9

allottee of these funds shall be the Chair of the Joint 10

Committee on Compact Review and Planning; 11

(ii) Section 8(8)(a) – the allottee of these 12

funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; 13

(iii) Section 8(8)(b) – the allottee of these 14

funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; 15

(iv) Section 8(8)(c) – the allottee of these 16

funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; 17

(v) Section 8(8)(d) – the allottee of these 18

funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; 19

(vi) Section 8(11) – the allottee of these 20

funds shall be the Public Auditor of the Federated 21

States of Micronesia; 22

(vii) Section 8(12) – the allottee of these 23

funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the 24

Federated States of Micronesia; 25


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(viii) Section 8(13)(a) – the allottee of these 1

funds shall be the President of the College of 2

Micronesia-FSM; 3

(ix) Section 8(13)(d) through (g) - the 4

allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of 5

the respective State Supreme Court; 6

(x) Section 8(13)(h) - the allottee of these 7

funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of 8

the Federated States of Micronesia 9

(xi) Section 9(1) – the allottee of these 10

funds shall be the President of the College of 11

Micronesia-FSM; 12

(xii) Section 9(3)(b) – the allottee of these 13

funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; 14

(xiii) Section 9(3)(c) – the allottee of these 15

funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; 16

(xiv) Section 9(3)(d) – the allottee of these 17

funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; 18

(xv) Section 9(3)(e) – the allottee of these 19

funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; 20

(xvi) Section 9(12)(b) – the allottee of 21

these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the 22

Federated States of Micronesia. 23

(xvii) Section 9(12)(f) and 9(12)(g) – the 24

allottee of these funds shall be the Secretary of the 25


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Department of Transportation, Communications and 1

Infrastructure; 2

(3) Lapse date. The authority of the allottees to 3

obligate funds appropriated by this act shall lapse as 4

of September 30, 2020; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the funds 5

appropriated under section 9 of this act shall not 6

lapse.” 7

Section 8. 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

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February 18, 2020 14

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/s/ David W. Panuelo 18 David W. Panuelo President 19 Federated States of Micronesia 20

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