Resolutions adobted at the First Regular Session of the 18th FSM Congress

FSMIS (June 20, 2013): At its first regular session that ended on May 30th, the 18th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adopted the following resolutions.

C.R.No. 18-01: Inviting the President of the FSM to deliver the State of the Nation Message.

C.R.No. 18-02: Designating and appointing Mr. Lam Dang as Legislative Counsel of the 18th FSM Congress.

C.R.No. 18-03: Expressing the sincere gratitude and appreciation of the FSM Congress to Sister Maria Perez Cabellero for her lifetime of dedication to improving the quality of education in the FSM.

C.R.No. 18-04: Approving and accepting a grant in the amount of $949,600 from the UNFPA, for funding implementation of UNFPA annual work plans relating to the 2013 to 2017 multi-country program for Pacific Island countries and territories.

C.R.No. 18-09: Approving and accepting grant assistance in the amount of $128,410 for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration to fund the Maternal and Child Health Services in the FSM.

C.R.No 18-11: Approving and accepting a grant of $76,849 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fund FSM HIV Programs for communicable disease prevention and control project.

C.R.No 18-17: Approving and accepting a grant in the amount of $209,129 from the U.S. National Park Services and Historic Preservation Fund to fund Pohnpei Historic Preservation Office.

C.R.No. 18-20: Approving and accepting a grant from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community in the amount of $63,093 to fund the implementation of the Pacific Regional Strategic Implementation Plan II.

C.R.No. 18-22: Expressing sincere gratitude and appreciation for Mr. Jonathan Pinkney Baird for his service as a staff attorney for the FSM Congress.

C.R.No. 18-25: Designating and appointing Mrs. Liwiana Ramon Ioanis as Chief Clerk to the Eighteenth FSM Congress.

C.R.No. 18-26: Setting the ceiling of the total funds estimated to be available for appropriation from the General Fund of the FSM for fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.

C.R.No 18-27: Expressing sincere gratitude and appreciation of the FSM Congress to Father Francis X. Hezel, S.J. for the spiritual guidance, intellectual challenges and knowledge he has shared with others in the FSM over the past 50 years.

C.R.No. 18-29: Authorizing the President to submit recommended National Government Compact Budget request, as revised pursuant to Congress recommendations, to U.S. under Article V of the Fiscal Procedure Agreement. 

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