This Week In Congress

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. […]

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

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

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

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – May 9,2019.  The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia will convene on Saturday, May 11, 2019, in Palikir to seat the recently elected 2-year and 4 year At-Large representatives of the states to the Nation’s 21st congressional body. In addition to the reorganization of the 21st Congress on Saturday, the appointments of

Based on the poll which was conducted in accordance to Rule 1, Section 2 of the Rules of Procedure. Speaker Wesley W. Simina is calling for the Eight Special Session of the Twentieth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia to convene on Monday, May 6, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at the congress Chamber in

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

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. March 26, 2019. The Seventh Special Session of the Twentieth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned sine-die on March 14, 2019 after a week-long session on matters pending before the Body, ranging from a National Declaration of Emergency, to diplomatic relations, to grants for on going community programs in the Nation.

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. March 18 2019– In response to the President’s Declaration of National Emergency, Speaker Wesley W. Simina called for a special session of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia to address the declaration. The declaration was prompted by Tropical Storm Wutip that had churned its way slowly through all four states from

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. March 01, 2019– On February 25, 2019, Vice Speaker Esmond B. Moses welcomed to the Nation’s Congress, the newly accredited Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the Federated States of Micronesia, His Excellency Carlos Manuel Rojas Lago. Vice Speaker Moses welcomed the Ambassador to the Nation and especially to the Legislative Branch