Federated States of Micronesia Climate Change Act (P.L. No. 18-34)

CBL 18-76 EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO. 18-72, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3 PC NO. 18-178 PUBLIC LAW NO. 18-34 AN ACT To further amend title 25 of the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia, as amended, by creating a new Chapter 8 under subsection II, to implement certain provisions of the FSM’s Nationwide Integrated Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Policy, and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: Section 1. Purpose. This act is in furtherance of the 1 provisions on climate change of the Federated States of 2 Micronesia’s Nationwide Integrated Disaster and Climate Change 3 Policy (hereinafter the “CC Policy”) by introducing certain legal 4 obligations for departments and agencies of the National 5 Government. It is expected that this act and the above-mentioned 6 policy will provide the overarching framework for further 7 detailed legislation on climate change. 8 Section 2. Title 25 of the Code of the Federated 9 States of Micronesia, as amended, is hereby further 10 amended by creating a new Chapter 8 under subsection II of 11 title 25 to be entitled “Climate Change”. 12 Section 3. Title 25 of the Code of the Federated 13 States of Micronesia, as amended, is hereby further 14 amended by inserting a new section 801 under chapter 8 to 15 read as follows: 16 “Section 801. Short Title. This chapter is known and 17 may be cited as the “Federated States of Micronesia 18 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO. 18-72, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3 PC NO. 18-178 PUBLIC LAW NO. 18-34 2 of 4 Climate Change Act”. 1 Section 4. Title 25 of the Code of the Federated States of 2 Micronesia, as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting a 3 new section 802 under chapter 8 to read as follows: 4 “Section 802. Mainstreaming of obligations. 5 (1) By October 1, 2014, the following departments 6 and agencies shall prepare plans and policies on 7 climate change consistent with the provisions of the 8 CC Policy: 9 Department of Resources and Development; 10 Office of Environment and Emergency 11 Management; 12 Department of Transportation, Communications 13 and Infrastructure; 14 Department of Health and Social Affairs; 15 Department of Education; 16 Department of Finance and Administration; 17 Office of Statistics, Budget and Economic 18 Management; and 19 Department of Foreign Affairs; 20 (2) The Office of Environment and Emergency 21 Management shall coordinate the implementation of the 22 CC Policy; and gather, make publicly available, and 23 keep the required plans and policies from the 24 departments and agencies mentioned in subsection (1). 25 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO. 18-72, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3 PC NO. 18-178 PUBLIC LAW NO. 18-34 3 of 4 (3) The Office of Environment and Emergency 1 Management shall advise the President and represent 2 the Executive on any public hearing called by 3 Congress on the progress of implementation of the CC 4 Policy.” 5 Section 5. Title 25 of the Code of the Federated States of 6 Micronesia, as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting a 7 new section 803 under chapter 8 to read as follows: 8 “Section 803. Reporting Obligations. 9 (1) Every year starting with Fiscal year 2015 the 10 President of the Federated States of Micronesia shall 11 submit a report to Congress on the progress of the 12 implementation of the CC Policy, and recommend 13 additional legislation where applicable and necessary. 14 (2) The President in the April 1 submission to 15 Congress of the national budget request may as 16 necessary request funding to include specific line 17 items for the implementation of the CC Policy." 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Section 6. This act shall become law upon approval by the 25 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO. 18-72, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3 PC NO. 18-178 PUBLIC LAW NO. 18-34 4 of 4 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 1 becoming law without such approval. 2 3 4 5 January 3 , 2013 6 7 8 9 /s/ Manny Mori 10 Manny Mori President 11 Federated States of Micronesia 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24