This Week In Congress

Speaker Wesley W. Simina, FSM Congressional Delegation Meet with Speaker Gojkovic of Serbia

Belgrade, Serbia. October 12, 2109. – The Congressional delegation from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), prior to the commencement of the 141st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on October 13 – 17, 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia, met with The Honorable Madam Speaker Maja Gojkovic and other Serbian officials as part of its parliamentary diplomacy […]

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Congress approves national budget and certain nominations

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – September 27, 2019.  Following weeks of intense and detailed hearings with the national departments and offices, the 21st Congress passed a budget for the National Government for fiscal year 2020 and confirmed nominations for the diplomatic missions of Federated States of Micronesia. During its final week, the Second Regular Session of the 21st

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Congress addresses certain gray areas in the FSM Code

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – September 6, 2019. The Twenty First Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia as convened on May 11 2019, began their session by making amendments to some sections of the FSM Code and also extended lapse date for certain funds previously appropriated to assist the social programs and public projects in the states.

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Process Launched For FSM’s Fourth Constitutional Convention

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – August 23, 2019.  The Second Special Session of the 21st Congress had transmitted Congressional Act (CA) 21-35 for the President’s signature, to call for the selection of delegates and establishment of needed procedures for the Nation to hold the Fourth Constitutional Convention of the Federated States of Micronesia. On August 7, 2019, the President signed Public

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Speaker Simina Calls for More Awareness and Congressional Engagement in implementation of SDGs

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. May 29, 2019. Speaker Wesley W. Simina led a delegation from the FSM Congress to the Second Regional Seminar for the Asia-Pacific Parliaments on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) jointly organized the seminar in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from May 27–28, 2019. The seminar provided

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Simina, Moses and Harper maintain Congress Leadership; Panuelo and George move to Executive

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – May 17, 2019.  The First Regular Session of the new Twenty-First Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia convened on Saturday – May 11, to foremost, organize the leadership of the FSM national government. On Saturday morning, the leaderships and members of the state and municipal governments, the various regional and international communities, along

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FSM Congress Highlights Education and other National Concerns at 140th IPU Assembly

Doha, Qatar. April 09, 2019 — A delegation from the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia joined over 800 Members of Parliaments from 160 National Parliaments from around the world and over two dozen regional parliamentary organizations to discuss parliamentary actions needed to address issues of education, peace, security, human rights, climate change, and other

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