Legislation Introduction Thread

[Sam Spade]

The "Preserving our National Parks" Act

Section I
The Congress recognizes the need to preserve our environment for future generations to enjoy. It also recognizes the state of our National Parks are degrading and we must improve our standards.

Section II
All National Park fees will be increased by 40% in any car/family/group with 2 or less people, 30% in any car/family/group of 3 people, and 15% in any car/family/group of 4 people.  For any pedestrians and and car/family/group of 5 or more people, the current charges will stay the same.

This new income will be used for the maintanence and care-taking of that park.

Section III
Snowmobiles used in National Parks will be electrically run or powered by a renewable and EPA-approved source by the year 2010. 

Congress will approve $10 million dollars to assist in this transition.

Section IV
Littering fines in all National Parks are now 25% higher.  This new income will all be devoted to the maintenance of the National Parks.

Section V
EPA fines for air and water pollution violations within a 50-mile radius of any National Park are increased by 10%.


If Cosmo Kramer would please delete his earlier post on this in order to not clutter up the thread, it would be much appreciated.

[Sam Spade]

At the request of Wiseguy, and because I think the Senate should examine this, most of all because it keeps last-minute registrations from flooding a District and will hopefully help the Atlasian populace as a whole become more informed.

I realize that King has some other legislation planned, if need be, we can incorporate something together so that there aren't too many acts running all over the place. 

If Wiseguy could delete his thread too, to keep the database from growing too large, that would be nice also.

Atlasian Political Party and Registration System Reform Act

Purpose of the Legislation
The purpose of this bill is to reduce the problem of avatar voting and ensure a fair system for all Political Parties.

Section 1
Under this Legislation all members wishing to become part of the Fantasy Elections board will apply to the Secretary of Forum Affairs and undergo a two-week Orientation Period before registering on the Fantasy Elections board. 

Section 2
The Secretary of Forum Affairs shall be in charge of new applications to register on the Fantasy Elections board, and will be responsible for giving new applicants contact information for the chairmen of all the Atlasian Political Parties. 

Section 3
The Applicants will be advised to contact at least three different parties' National and Regional chairmen, and take the Atlas Forum party selector.

Section 4
At the end of the two week orientation period, if the Applicant has the required number of posts, registration in the party of their choice will be allowed.

[Sam Spade]

I regret to say to my constituent, Wiseguy, that I wish to withdraw the Atlasian Political Party and Registration System Reform Act from consideration.

Just so no one gets mad at me, there's a two-fold reason behind this.

First, in my talk with a prominent Constitutional law scholar here on the forum, he informed me that this law, if challenged, would be deemed unconstitutional based on violation of Article V, Section 4, which clearly states:

You must be logged in to read this quote.

Any election law that violates that right, other than the exceptions laid out in the Constitution, will be struck down.

Fortunately, for all of us, the new Constitution has a much more vague clause that we can work around if need be.
Second, over the past couple of days, Sen. hughento and I have been working out a new version of this Act, which will combine education requirements and Wiseguy's political party equality bills into one.

But, until the Constitution Convention adjourns and the Constitution is passed into law, we will be unable to bring it up because of the problems I stated before.

I will post our working draft of it here.  To Gabu:  I am not introducing this legislation, I am just presenting a working draft of it, so that when the new Constitution is ratified, it will be able to be passed without much delay (hopefully).
Atlasian Political Party and Registration System Reform Act

Purpose of the Legislation
The purpose of this bill is to reduce the problem of avatar voting, increase the education level of our citizenry and ensure a fair system for all Political Parties.

Article 1
Anyone with the legally required number of posts as specified by activity requirements so laid by the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia, can register as a citizen in Atlasia, but may not register to vote in Atlasian Federal Elections or join any political party without passing the requirements listed below.

Article 2
Upon registration as a citizen in Atlasia, the Secretary of Forum Affairs (SoFA) will have seven (7) calendar days to send said new citizen a Private Message asking three questions relating to the Atlasian government system.

Examples of legitimate questions are as follows:
"Who was the second President of Atlasia?"
"Name one of the bills currently being debated by the Senate?"
"What district is Michigan in?"

Article 3
The Secretary of Forum Affairs will have total control over the content of questions, except in that they must fulfill the specifications laid out in Article 2.  The Secretary of Forum Affairs must change the content of questions at least once every calendar month or every five (5) new applicants, whichever occurs first.

Article 4
If said new citizen returns a Private Message to the Secretary of Forum Affairs with the correct answers to the specified questions, they will be given voting rights. 

The Secretary of Forum Affairs will then send a Private Message to said new voter giving him contact information for the National and Regional chairmen of all the Atlasian Political Parties, advising said new voter to contact at least three different parties' National and Regional chairmen, and also advising said new voter of the option of registering Independent from all Political Parties.

The Secretary of Forum Affairs will also include in his Private Message a link to the Atlas Forum party selector test.

Article 5
After a waiting period of three (3) calendar days, said new voter will be allowed to register to vote in Atlasian Federal Elections with the political party of his/her choice.

Article 6
If said new citizen is unable to correctly answer the specified questions, the Secretary of Forum Affairs will have seven (7) calendar days from the point of receiving the incorrect answers to send said new citizen a new Private Message asking three different questions, which correspond the regulations above, relating to the Atlasian government system.  This process shall be repeated ad infinitum until correct answers are given by said new citizen.

During this time said new citizen will remain a citizen of Atlasia but will not be able to vote in any Atlasian Federal Elections. 

Article 7
This law will go into effect three (3) calendar days after its passage into law.  All citizens legally registered to vote before this date will not be subject to the above-stated requirements.  If a citizen loses his voter registration per the activity laws so legislated by the Senate, said citizen will be required to fulfill to the above-stated laws in order to regain voting rights.

Article 8
It is advisable after this bill becomes law, that the Regions should enforce the same set of regulations on citizens in Regional Elections as this bill lays out with regards to Federal Elections.

[Sam Spade]

As per SoFA King's request, I am presenting his three measures to the Senate for debate:

The Deputy SoFA Bill

1)  The government of Atlasia shall hereby establish the office of the Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs.

2)  The Deputy's duty shall be to fulfill the obligations of the Secretary in his/her absence.  The Deputy shall also act as the official Interim Secretary in cases of resignation.

3)  The Deputy Secretary shall not be considered a member of the cabinet unless acting as Secretary in his/her absence and is therefore not part of the Presidential succession.

4)  The Deputy Secretary shall be appointed by the Secretary and confirmed by the President.  The Senate shall not intervene unless there is a motion to block the appointment.

[Sam Spade]

Senator Resignation and Replacement Amendment

1)  All Senators wishing to resign their seat must give notice one week before they officially leave office.

2)  If the resignation is within three weeks of that particular seats election, a special election will not be held for an interim.  The President of the Senate, or Vice President, shall appoint an interim from that district to serve out the remainder of the term.

[Sam Spade]

Census Act

1)  The official time of the Census shall be the first Friday of March, July, and November at Midnight.

2)  Only voters who have cast a valid ballot in the last election before the Census will have their registration counted in the Census.

3)  Redistricting must be completed within two weeks after the Census.  If the Governors are unable to come to an agreement, the current district map will remain until the next Census.

[Sam Spade]

At the request of former Gov. Ernest:
Atomic Energy Community Termination Act of 2005

§ 1. It is the sense of the Senate that -
   (1) the 84th Congress of the United States determined fifty years ago that it would be in the interests of the United States that the atomic energy communities built during the Second World War to house those engaged in the Manhattan Project be converted from public ownership to private ownership;
   (2) said Congress passed the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 to provide for the orderly conversion of said communities;
   (3) said conversion is essentially complete, with the communities of Los Alamos, New Mexico, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Richland, Washington being similar in character as other communities in their respective States; and
   (4) the necessity of special legislation to encourage the conversion of atomic energy communities is no longer in existence.

§ 2. The Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 is hereby repealed as of August 4, 2005 (50 years after the effective date of said Act) and that the laws of the United States relating to the determination of and the disposal of excess property that would have applied save for said Act shall apply as of that date.

§ 3. All monies remaining in the Community Disposal Operations Fund established by section 11 of the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 shall be transferred to the general receipts of the Treasury as of the date of repeal given in section 2 of this Act.  Monies needed to meet obligations against said Fund incurred prior to the date of repeal shall be drawn from the general receipts of the Treasury.

§ 4. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to render invalid any sale, lease or other disposition of property, contract, or annual assistance payment made under the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 before the repeal of said Act.

[Sam Spade]

At the request of Gov. Peter Bell
Omnibus Crime Bill

Section 1: Crimes against Atlasia

The following shall be crimes against Atlasia:
   
i. The impersonation, or attempted impersonation, of another Atlas Forum member on the Atlas Forum.
ii. The "hacking" or taking over control of another Atlas Forum members personal account without their permission.
iii. Posting untrue, derogatory statements about another Atlas Forum member with the intent of causing offense or defaming their character.
iv. Posting pictures, other media, or links to the same of a pornographic nature.
v. Posting threads with the sole intention of provoking an aggressive reaction from forum members.
vi. Maliciously editing the AtlasWiki to remove legitimate content or create off-topic pages.
vii. Posting threads of a sexual nature that contribute nothing to political or philosophical discussion.


Section 2: Punishment of Crimes against Atlasia

Sentencing of the crime shall be by the presiding Justice; He may use any combination of the following as punishment, depending upon the severity of the offense:

1. For offences described in Clauses i through iii of Section 1:
   
i. Up to a one year ban from voting in any Atlasian elections.
ii. Up to two years incarceration in an Atlasian Fantasy Prison.
iii. A fine of up to $100,000 in fantasy currency.
iv. Up to 1000 hours of fantasy community service.

2. For offences described in Clauses iv through vii of Section 1:
   
i. Up to a two month ban from voting in any Atlasian elections.
ii. Up to one month incarceration in an Atlasian Fantasy Prison.
iii. A fine of up to $10,000 in fantasy currency.
iv. Up to 120 hours of fantasy community service.


Section 3: Treason against Atlasia

1. The act of deleting a voting booth is hereby declared an Act of Treason.

2. Sentencing of Treason shall be by the presiding Justice; He may use any combination of the following as punishment, depending upon the severity of the offense:

i. Up to a lifetime ban from voting in any Atlasian elections.
ii. Up to lifetime incarceration in an Atlasian Fantasy Prison.
iii. A fine of up to $1,000,000,000 in fantasy currency.

3. The Judge may also authorize the Attorney General to make an appeal to Dave Leip, the Forum Owner, to have the Traitor banned from the Atlas Forum for life.


Section 4: Trial by Jury

Trial of all these crimes shall be in a federal Court and by Jury.


Section 5: Admissibility of Evidence

The presiding Justice may admit the following as evidence of the crime at his own discretion:

i. The actual statements made on the Atlas Forum itself
ii. Screenshots of the statements made.
iii. A quotation of the statement in a post by another Atlas Forum user.
iv. The testimony of forum users who viewed the statement itself.
v. An admission by the accused in a thread on the Atlas Forum, or in a place viewed or heard by multiple persons, with recordings or testimony attributing to the same.
vi. Evidence obtained through investigation of the IP address from which the offence was perpetrated.
vii. Evidence given to the Court by the Forum Moderators or the Forum Owner, Dave Leip obtained in their capacity in that position.

[Sam Spade]

We now have two legislation spots open with the passing of the Anti-Opebo Act and the Water Technology Act.

[Sam Spade]

Given the problems that we've had with the federal budget this time and before, I think it's about time that I propose this amendment that was given to Gabu by Jake a couple of weeks ago here.

Hope both of y'all are ok with me adding it here to this thread even though y'all both get the credit.

The Budget Amendment

§ 1. The Senate shall be responsible for drafting and approving a budget at the opening of each individual Congress.

§ 2. The Budget must be approved by a majority vote of the Senate and then approved by the President.

§ 3. The Senate shall approve the budget before moving on to any other matter.

§ 4. After the budget is approved by the Senate, the Senate shall appropriate money raised by the budget as it deems appropriate.

§ 5. The total overspent on the budget and appropriations must not exceed 2% of the GDP except in those situations specified by Section 6.

§ 6. Section 5 shall not be in effect in a time of war or in a time of economic crisis.  A time of war shall be defined as a time when the Atlasian Senate has voted to declare war and a situation of war exists.  A time of economic crisis shall be defined as a time when the real GDP has been in decline for two or more quarters.

[Sam Spade]

WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG WITH MY LEGISLATION?

Just wait.  We'll all get a chance to laugh at your "legislation" in due time.

[Sam Spade]

As suggested to me by Secretary of State Siege40:


Atlasian Currency Act

Section 1
The Government of Atlasia will establish a Mint in Nyman.

Section 2
The following people and images will be displayed on each bill or coin.

Coins:

$ 0.01 – Ernest and Constitution
$ 0.05 – Andrew Berger and Bald Eagle
$ 0.10 – Fritz and Forum Affairs Building
$ 0.25 – Nym90 and Region design

Bills:

$ 1.00 – PBrunsel and PBrunsel Memorial
$ 2.00 – Peter Bell and Atlasian Capitol
$ 5.00 – Gustaf and State Department Building
$ 10.00 – Nym90 and Atlasian Seal
$ 20.00 – John F. Kennedy and Kennedy Memorial
$ 50.00 – John Ford and Pentagon
$ 100.00 – KEmperor and Supreme Court Building

Section 3
The Mint will be under the control of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Section 4
The Senate will allocate appropriate funds to manage the Mint.

[Sam Spade]

I ask Senator Spade if I can have the honor of making some example designs?

I have no problem with that, but can you please wait till the bill reaches the floor?

[Sam Spade]

I think this looks a little cleaner than the one you gave to me.  Let me know whether this is ok, Jake.

Freedom Act of 2005

Primary Sponsor: Senator SamSpade (UP-LA)
Co-Sponsor(s): Senator MAS117 (UP-PA)

Purpose: The Purpose of this to promote am atmosphere of Freedom and Democracy in the world.

Clause 1
The Secretary of State of Atlasia will formulate a list of world nations that are not considered to be free and democratic.  The timetable for such a list will be set at the Secretary's discretion, though such a list must be produced publicly at least 90 days from the date of this bill being passed into law.  This requirement will apply to all revisions of this list each and every year hereafter.

Clause 2
All nations on this above-stated list that receive foreign aid from Atlasia will be denied any such aid distributions upon their inclusion onto the said list for the present Fiscal year.

Clause 3
As so implied in Clause 1, each and every year henceforth, the Secretary of State will revise the list, according to the timetable established in Clause 1, and any nation that is removed from the list will be eligible for aid distributions for the present Fiscal year.

Clause 4
Atlasia will not begin the transfer of new distributions of foreign aid to any nation on the list for the present Fiscal year.

[Sam Spade]

Property Tax Act of 2005

Clause #1
Property Taxes for all of Atlasia will be lowered by 4.16% a month for one year. This will come to a lowering of 50% for all property taxes in Atlasia by 2006.

Clause #2
After a year, the act will be replenished with new facts, and figures.

There are no federal property taxes, "Senator".  Normally, only local city and county jurisdictions have property taxes.  Occasionally states do it, but that's only for school districts, I think.  In Texas, for examples, it was only local jurisdictions.

[Sam Spade]

Respectfully, former President PBrunsel, you can't introduce legislation. 

Some Senator has to introduce it for you.

[Sam Spade]

What about disabled people?

I'm just using what's already in the Civil Rights Act of 1964; if we want to add "disabled people" to the list, that's an entirely different thing.

I wonder what the Americans with Disabilities Act says on that.

That might answer your question, though I must admit I've never read the bloody thing.

[Sam Spade]

Atlasia Education Act of 2005

CLAUSE #1
All teachers must have adaquent training, and must recieve the proper funds by the Atlasian Government needed to fund teacher training.

CLAUSE #2
Funds by the Atlasian government must also be given to be able to assure the proper programs to help reading, math, and science with our children.

You see, I'd like to be nice to your legislation and then you propose something like this.

What else am I supposed to do?

[Sam Spade]

What's wrong with it?

Look at it for a second.

What is defined as being "adequate training?"

What is defined as being "proper programs to help children?"

The "unfunded mandate" on this bill is simply insane.

This amount of government control over education, I, nor anyone else will stand for.

[Sam Spade]

ANWR Drilling Authorization Bill[/b]

Definitions

1.   The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is 19.6 million acres of land in Northeast Alaska of which much of said Refuge was declared Wilderness in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA).

2.   Part of the Section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge not declared Wilderness (referred to as the “1002 Area” in ANILCA) comprises 1.5 million acres of land in the Refuge, and Section 1002 of ANILCA directs the Department of the Interior to prepare a report on the oil and gas potential in this coastal plain, and the effect that oil development would have on the region's natural resources. 

3.   Section 1003 of ANILCA states that oil and gas production or any oil and gas leasing from ANWR would require authorization by an act of Congress (or the Senate).

4.   The Interior Sub-Department estimates that the “1002 Area” holds between 5.7 billion and 16 billion barrels of recoverable reserves, or, at peak production, up to one million barrels per day of new domestic oil supply.  The development footprint from production would cover about one-tenth of one percent of the “1002 Area”.

Clauses

1.   Under Section 1003 of ANILCA, the Senate shall authorize the Interior Sub-Department of the Department of Defense and Security to open the leasing of land to companies for the production of oil and gas within the so-called “1002 Area” as defined by ANILCA.

2.   Leases shall only be prioritized by the Interior Sub-Department in favor of those companies whose environmental records are exemplary and whose planned projects within the “1002 Area” are sound and meet with EPA and Interior Sub-Department approval.

3.   The revenues for the federal government (specifically the Interior Sub-Department) from such leasing are projected to be $2.4 billion dollars in FY 2006 according to government estimates.

4.   No less than one-half (50%) and no greater than the whole (100%) of the revenues received by said leasing must be shown as revenue by the Interior Sub-Department and may only be authorized to fund expenditures by the Interior Sub-Department as already stated by the Preliminary Atlasian Budget for FY 2006 and in future Fiscal Years must be shown as revenue and may only be authorized to fund expenditures by the Interior Sub-Department as shall be stated in those Budgets.

5.   No less than none (0%) and no greater than one-half (50%) of the revenues received by said leasing in FY 2006 and in future Fiscal Years may be authorized by the Senate in future legislation to either fund research into alternative energy resources (e.g. coal, nuclear energy, etc.) through the Energy Sub-Department of the Department of Treasury and Social Services or to give targeted tax credits to companies involved in the research of said alternative energy resources.

[Sam Spade]

Repeal of the Education and Care for Children in Poverty Act

Co-Sponsor:  Senator NixonNow (ACA-NJ)

Clauses

1.     The Education and Care for Children in Poverty Act is hereby repealed.

2.   The projected savings to the Federal Government is projected to be $17.65 Billion dollars for FY 2006 and a projected $176.50 Billion dollars over the next ten years.

3.     All funds previously appropriated by the Senate for FY 2005 to fulfill the requirements of this legislation shall be honored by the Federal Government.

4.   All appropriations and other moneys set to be authorized for fulfillment of this legislation in the Preliminary Version of the Federal Budget for FY 2006 and all future Fiscal Years shall be terminated.

5.   If previous appropriations have resulted in the construction of new facilities or the purchase of land for the construction of new facilities, the land or new facilities must be sold at a fair price to private concerns and the resulting revenue must be included in the Education Sub-Department of the Treasury and Social Services Department revenue figures for the proceeding Fiscal Year.

6.   A sum of no less than three-fourths (75% or $13.2375 Billion dollars) and no greater than the whole (100%) of the appropriations and moneys procured by this repeal of this Act must be designated towards the general Budgetary fund and the necessity of covering the present Budget’s shortfall and may not be authorized by the Senate to fund any other appropriations in this present Fiscal Year (2006).

7.   A sum of no less than none (0%) and no greater than one-fourth (25% or $4.4125 Billion dollars) of the appropriations and money procured by the repeal of the Act may be authorized by the Senate in future legislation to fund appropriations and expenditures exclusively within the Education Sub-Department for FY 2006.

[Sam Spade]

In preparation for the new Constitution, I have prepared this amendment.
Constitutional Amendment to the Right to Bear Arms Clause in the Bill Of Rights, Article VI, Clause 4

Article VI, Clause 4 shall be struck from the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia and replaced with the following amendment which shall replace the eliminated clause as Article VI, Clause 4:

The right to bear fire-arms and low-potency explosives shall not be infringed.  The definition of a low-potency explosive may be determined by the Senate in appropriate legislation.

[Sam Spade]

Repeal of Family Planning Amendments of 2004

Clauses
1.     The entirety of the Family Planning Amendments of 2004 are hereby repealed, specifically Sections (a) and (b) of F.L. 3-6.  It shall be noted that Sections (c) and (d) were repealed by F.L. 5-5.

2.     All funds previously appropriated by the Senate for FY 2005 to fulfill the requirements of this legislation shall be honored by the Federal Government.

3.   All appropriations and other moneys set to be authorized for fulfillment of this legislation in the Preliminary Version of the Federal Budget for FY 2006 and all future Fiscal Years shall be terminated.

4.   All (100%) of the appropriations and moneys procured by this repeal of this Act must be designated towards the general Budgetary fund and the necessity of covering the present Budget’s shortfall and may not be authorized by the Senate to fund any other appropriations in this present Fiscal Year (2006).

5.   The projected savings to the general Budgetary fund of the Federal Government is estimated at approximately $25 million for FY 2006.

[Sam Spade]

For Gabu, I am preparing to add another section to the Official Senate Procedural Resolution, detailing the vote rules on Cabinet members and Justices (since I missed that somehow).

I would like, if possible, for this not to be introduced now, if you're thinking about introducing more legislation and introduce it at the beginning of the next session when we have a full Senate as part of the Expired legislation.

[Sam Spade]

Official Senate Procedural Resolution[/b]

Article 1:  Purpose and Definitions[/b]

Section 1:  Purpose

The purpose of this Procedural Resolution is to provide the Senate with detailed, yet flexible rules for parliamentary procedure, define clearly the powers and prerogatives of the President Pro-Tempore (PPT) and the President of the Senate within the affairs of the Senate, excepting those provisions so stated by the Constitution, and provide a speedy, yet careful process for legislation to proceed from the Senator to the Senate to the President for Passage or Veto.  It is also designed to clean up many of the inconsistencies, redundant clauses and vague wording of previous Senate Procedural Resolutions.

Section 2:  Definitions

1.   Legislation is defined as any Bill, Amendment, or Resolution to a current Act, Procedural Resolution, or Constitutional Amendment.

2.   In all past, present and future instances of the terms, a Bill is defined as a piece of legislation that is awaiting or is presently in debate on the Senate floor.  An Act is defined as a Bill that has achieved passage into Law.

Article 2:  Powers and Responsibilities of the President Pro-Tempore (PPT) and the President of the Senate[/b]

Section 1:  Powers and Responsibilities of the President Pro-Tempore

1.   The President Pro-Tempore, to be further known in this document as the PPT, shall be the Presiding Officer of the Senate and shall be responsible for upholding the provisions of this Procedural Resolution when it is in his power to do so individually or, as so defined in this document, whenever joint consideration with either the President of the Senate or the members of the Senate.

2.   The PPT shall also be responsible for maintaining regular contact with the President of the Senate, in case such need arises for joint use of power as laid out under Article 7 of this Procedural Resolution.

3.   It is also the PPT’s responsibility to present himself/herself to the rest of the Senate as an exemplary member and to make sure that the Senate’s debate remains civil and orderly at all times.

Section 2:  Powers of the President of the Senate

1.   The President of the Senate, in addition to his powers so stated in the Constitution, shall retain the powers and prerogatives as the Presiding Officer of the Senate under the following circumstances:
a.   A publicly announced absence by the PPT from the Atlas Forum.
b.   If the PPT has been inactive from the Atlas Forum for seven (7) days. 
c.   In any case where the PPT has failed to uphold the provisions of this Procedural Resolution when it is in his power to do so individually.
d.   During any period of time when no Senator is presently holding the office of PPT.

2.   The President of the Senate shall also be responsible for maintaining regular contact with the PPT, in case such need arises for joint use of power as laid out under Article 7 of this Procedural Resolution.
 

Article 3:  Rules on Legislation Introduction and Reintroducing Expired Legislation[/b]

Section 1:  Rules on Legislation Introduction

1.   The PPT shall establish and maintain a thread for Senators to introduce legislation, to be further known in this document as the Legislation Introduction Thread.  Only Senators who presently hold elected office may be allowed to post in this thread.  Any Citizens or Individuals who post in this thread may be subject to legal action pursuant to the relevant clauses in federal Criminal Law legislation so passed by the Senate.

2.   The PPT shall also establish and maintain a thread for all Citizens and Individuals of Atlasia to give opinions, thoughts, suggestions and ideas about recently introduced legislation or legislation presently under debate on the Senate floor.  This clause is not meant to deny Citizens or Individuals their right to post on Senate debate threads dealing with specific legislation presently being debated on the Senate floor.

3.   In the first seven (7) days of any new Session of the Senate, but at no other time during a Session of the Senate, the PPT may start a new Legislation Introduction Thread or a new commentary thread on legislation, as defined in Clause 2 of this Section, if the PPT determines that either thread has become too long or has been diverted off-topic.  Any legislation relevant to the present Session of the Senate that has been introduced on the old Legislation Introduction Thread must be posted on the new Legislation Introduction Thread by the PPT.

4.   If the PPT determines that a piece of legislation is functionally impractical, frivolous, or is directly unconstitutional, he may, in a public post on the Legislation Introduction thread, remove said legislation from the Senate floor.  The sponsoring Senator of the legislation shall have seventy-two (72) hours to challenge this action in a public post, and with the concurrence of one-third (1/3) of office-holding Senators in the affirmative (excluding the PPT), may override the actions of the PPT.  (Nasolation clause)

5.   If the PPT determines that a piece of legislation addresses two or more divorced subjects, he may, in a public post on the Legislation Introduction thread, remove said legislation from the Senate floor, strike any Sections from said legislation that deal with unrelated subjects, or split said legislation into multiple pieces of legislation which deal with only one subject individually.  The sponsoring Senator of the legislation shall have seventy-two (72) hours to challenge this action in a public post, and with the concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of office-holding Senators in the affirmative (excluding the PPT), may override the actions of the PPT.

6.   The PPT may also utilize the Powers laid out in this previous Clause (Clause 5 of this Section) at any time during the Senate Debate on said legislation, as laid out in Article 4, Section 1 of this Resolution.  The rules for challenging the PPT’s actions by the sponsoring Senator shall also apply in this situation.

 Section 2:  Rules on Introducing Legislation to the Senate Floor

1.   The PPT will designate each piece of legislation debate time on the Senate Floor in the order of which it is posted in the Legislation Introduction thread.
 
2.   At any one time there may be no more than four (4) Bills/Constitutional Amendments/Resolutions on the Senate Floor being debated upon or voted upon by the Senate.

3.   Pursuant to Clauses 1 and 2 of this Section, legislation may only be introduced on the Senate floor by the PPT after another piece of legislation currently on the Senate floor is either:
a.   signed into law by the President or simply becomes law (by executive inaction for seven (7) days).
b.   in case of a Bill or Resolution, rejected by a majority of the Senate after a vote is called.
c.   in the case of a Amendment to the Constitution, rejected by more than one-third (1/3) of the Senate.
d.   withdrawn from the floor by the sponsor.

4.   In case of a veto override vote, legislation may only be introduced after the veto is sustained or overridden in a vote by the Senate.

5.   In case of a vote on an Amendment to the Constitution, legislation may only be introduced after the Senate has approved the Amendment in question and every Region has started a Public Poll on the Amendment, as so laid out in Article VII of the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia.

6.   After any one of these events so stated in Clause 3 of this Section occurs, the PPT must wait at least twenty-four (24) hours before introducing new legislation to the Senate floor, but may wait no longer than seventy-two (72) hours before introducing said new legislation.

Section 3:  Rules on Reintroducing Expired Legislation

1.   Within seventy-two (72) hours after the beginning of a new Session of the Senate, the PPT shall start a thread detailing expired legislation left over from the previous Senate session, to be further known in this document as the Expired Legislation thread.  In order for legislation to be reintroduced, said legislation must not have received public debate time on the Senate floor, or if debate time has been given, must have not come up for a public vote in front of the full Senate.  Any withdrawn legislation from the previous Session may not be eligible for reintroduction.

2.   Office-holding Senators will be given seventy-two (72) hours from the starting of the Expired Legislation thread to reintroduce any piece of expired legislation by public post.  After seventy-two (72) hours, any legislation that has not been reintroduced shall be removed from the Senate agenda.  Said legislation may be reintroduced by any Senator at a later time, but it must then follow the rules and guidelines for legislation introduction so laid out in Section 1 of this Article.

3.   The PPT will designate each piece of reintroduced legislation debate time on the Senate Floor in the order of which it was originally introduced on the Legislation Introduction Thread.
 
4.   The PPT must wait at least twenty-four (24) hours after the Expired Legislation thread is officially closed before introducing reintroduced legislation to the Senate floor, but may wait no longer than seventy-two (72) hours before introducing said legislation.

5.   If a Budget must be approved at the beginning of a Senate Session, as laid out in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, said reintroduced legislation may only be brought to the floor of the Senate by the PPT after a Budget has been approved.

6.   The PPT must wait at twenty-four (24) hours, but may wait no longer than seventy-two (72) hours after a Budget has been approved before bringing reintroduced legislation to the Senate floor for debate.