This Week In Congress

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. December 13, 2013 – The Second Special Session of the Eighteenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned with a Climate Change Act, a Policy on Overseas Development Assistance, assistance towards Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts, and grant resolutions for various federal programs in the Nation. Convened on November 25, the 2nd Special Session […]

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. September 16, 2013 – The Second Regular Session of the Eighteenth Congress of Federated States of Micronesia is in its second week of deliberations on the National governments’ proposed budget of $63,630,666 for fiscal year 2014. Congress convened on September 12th and continued its hearings with the departments, offices and agencies of the National

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. July 28, 2013 – The First Special Session of the Eighteenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned sine-die on July 24, 2013, with the tax clause extended to September 30th and debt relief assistance extended to all four states. As the priority item on President Manny Mori’s Call, Congress reviewed his request to

WENO, CHUUK. July 17, 2013 – Speaker Dohsis Halbert of the Eighteenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia highlighted the principles of debate and its importance in the process of law making during the 2013 National Law Day Debate in the State of Chuuk. Speaker Halbert delivered the keynote remarks for the 2013 Law Day

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. July 8, 2013 – The First Special Session of the Eighteenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia has been called by the President [pursuant to Article 9.FSMC Sec 16] to convene in Palikir on July 15, 2013, for a duration of 10-days. According to President Emanuel ‘Manny’ Mori’s call, the Special Session is

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. June 5, 2013 – The Eighteenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned sine-die its First Regular Session on Thursday – May 30, 2013 after a 20-day session. The new Congress began its First Regular Session by reorganizing its Leadership during the Opening Day of the Session and elected Senator Dohsis Halbert (Pohnpei)

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. May 27, 2013. – On May 23, 2013, the 18th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia on the 13th day of its First Regular Session passed Congressional Bill 18-01 D1 approving a supplemental budget request of $707,338 for fiscal year 2013. Of the total appropriation, $72,000 of this supplemental budget appropriation goes

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. May 11, 2013 – The Opening Session of the new Eighteenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia convened in Palikir this morning and reshuffled the leadership of the national legislative body. Senator Dohsis Halbert of Pohnpei has been seated as the Body’s new Speaker with Senator Paliknoa K. Welly of Kosrae as the

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. April 24, 2013 – The Fifth Special Session of the Seventeenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia has delayed the “sunset clause” of April 19 2013, in the Revenue Administration Act (RAA) of 2012 for another three months. President Manny Mori had called for the Fifth Special Session to specifically repeal the sunset

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. April 12, 2013 – The Fifth Special Session of the Seventeenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia is scheduled to convene on April 15 2013, in Palikir at 10am in the Congress Chamber to address a looming deadline in the tax Act of 2012. Speaker Isaac V. Figir had called for a Special