This Week In Congress

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. August 4, 2021– The 10-day First Special Session of the 22nd Congress adjourned Wednesday – July 28, 2021, with the passage of the following congressional acts for the ongoing development of the nation. Congressional Act CA 22-30 is to appropriate $556,536 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year […]

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. August 2, 2021 – The 22nd Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned its 1st Special Session on July 28, 2021 with the following Congressional Resolutions (CR). Beginning with CR No. 21-33, Congress adopts the resolution to further extend the President’s Public Health Declaration with a few amendments, one of which is to extend

CHUUK, WENO. July 27, 2021– Speaker Wesley W. Simina received the Chuuk State Governor Alexander R. Narruhn and Lieutenant Governor Mekioshy William during a courtesy call on the Speaker and members of the Chuuk Delegation on Tuesday – July 27, 2021. The Speaker and members of the Chuuk Delegation to the Twenty-Second Congress of the

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. July 20, 2021 – The Committee to Wait on the President met with President David W. Panuelo, virtually, on July 19, 2021, where his agenda was detailed with the Committee and summarized in Special Committee Report (SCR) 22-02. On Day 2 of the First Special Session of the 22nd Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia,

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. July 16, 2021. On July 7, 2021, in a letter to Speaker Wesley W. Simina, President David W. Panuelo requests the 22nd Congress to convene for the 1st Special Session, in accordance to Article IX Section 16 of the FSM Constitution, The 1st Special Session will convene on Monday, July 19, 2021 for the duration of

PALIKIR, POHNPEI.  On June 25, 2021, Vice Speaker Esmond B. Moses welcomed to the Congress, the new Australian Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesian, Her Excellency Joanne ‘Jo’ Phyllis Cowley. Ambassador Cowley had previously served in New Zealand and Italy, and during her post in Canberra she led work on Pacific strategy, security cooperation

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. June 9, 2021– The 22nd Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned its 1st Regular Session on June 04, 2021, with congressional measures that ranged from nominations to grants to public projects and social programs. Beginning with Congressional Resolutions (CR), we have several approved nominations by the Congress that included: CR 21-01, to confirm and appoint

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. May 28, 2021– The new 22nd Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia virtually convened on May 11, 2021, has extended the 20-day session for another week to address several outstanding nominations and passed the following measures on 2nd reading. Beginning with Congressional Act (CA) 22-01, an act to de-appropriate & repurpose funds in the

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. May 24, 2021– Vice Speaker Esmond B. Moses hosted a handover ceremony at the temporary Congress Chamber and was joined virtually by Kevin Petrini, Deputy Resident Representative of the UNDP Pacific Office along with Hassan Nasir Mirbahar, Parliament Development Specialist, to receive Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment from the Japanese Ambassador to the

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. May 11, 2021– In a world of increasing ‘first,’ the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia today, convened its first-ever, Virtual Opening and swearing-in of a new Congressional Body from across all Micronesia, from Kosrae State in the east to the state of Yap in the west. While the COVID-19 pandemic has