NEW Atlasian Statute Page

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1ST SENATE STATUTES[/u]

F.L. 1-1
Preferential Voting Act

All presidential and senatorial elections will be conducted using a preferential voting system.

Passed by the First Congress of the A.F.F. (May 17, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President Nym90 (May 17, 2004)
F.L. 1-2
Civil Unions Act

All homosexual couples will be granted the right to join in a civil union, entailing all the rights of marriage.

Passed by the First Congress of the A.F.F. (May 31, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President Nym90 (June 4, 2004)
Superceded by the Marriage Equity Act (September 22, 2004)
F.L. 1-3
The Anti Drug Testing Act

§ 1. No student shall be forced to submit to a suspicionless drug test when there is no evidence that he/she has been using drugs on campus.

§ 2. No school can make suspicionless drug testing a requirement to participate in any type of school activity.

Passed by the First Congress of the A.F.F. (June 6, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President Nym90 (June 6, 2004)

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2ND SENATE STATUTES[/u]

F.L. 2-1
The Stickies, Posts, and Polls Reduction Act

§ 1. Deletion of outdated and obsolete posts and polls
(a) Old polls created for the purpose of guaging the level of support of candidates in past elections are now obsolete and have no relevance to current events. Thus all polls created for this manner shall be deleted.
(b) Posts which are more than 30 days old and/or do not give any relevant information or have any usefulness shall be deleted.
(c) No threads or posts of historical value will be deleted.  Speeches, major announcements, party conventions, election results, and candidate debates will not be deleted.  None of the posts relating to the civil war or regarding other significant events in the history of the forum will be deleted.

§ 2. Stickies reduction
All threads currently stickied will hereby be condensed into one stickied thread entitled "Atlas Forum Headquarters."  The AFH thread will include a brief explanation of forum government and politics to potential members as well as links to the registration thread, the constitution, party platforms, and bills currently up for debate or vote in the senate.  The thread will contain links to each major parties forums and/or website, a list of registered voters, and a list of current office holders.  Voting threads will not be included within the "Atlas Forum Headquarters" thread considering the importance of those threads existing in a separate capacity.

§ 3. Administration
(a) All posts and polls will be deleted by the moderator in accordance with the wishes of a three member panel to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate.  It will be the responsibility of the three member panel to find and catalog all polls and posts for deletion.  Any item catalogued for destruction must remain on the forum for a week before being deleted by the moderator.  Should any member of the forum object to an item's deletion, he or she may bring a complaint before the deletion panel.  The panel will have five days to rule one way or another on the item.  Any decision of the panel may be overruled by a vote of the senate. 
(b) Sticky reduction will be the responsibility of a member of the forum to be elected by the senate with the consultation and approval of the president.

Passed by the Second Congress of the A.F.F. (June 28, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President Nym90 (June 29, 2004)
F.L. 2-2
PPT Election Act

§ 1. The President Pro Tempore shall be elected by a majority of the Senate in a Senatorial vote.  If no candidate receives a majority of the vote a re-vote will be taken.  If two candidates are tied in a two-way election, five-five then the Vice President of the forum shall cast the deciding vote.

§ 2. The President Pro Tempore shall be elected in the week following the swearing in of the new Senate.  The President Pro Tempore shall therefore be elected every two months.

§ 3. No man or woman shall be allowed to serve as President Pro Tempore for a period of more than eight months in a row.

§ 4. If the President Pro Tempore should resign then an election for a replacement shall begin immediately.  The newly elected President Pro Tempore will still have to face the next scheduled election for the position.

§ 5. In order to remove the President Pro Tempore from power, sixty percent of Senators must deliver a signed petition to the President of the Senate (The Vice-President of the Forums) who will then call for a vote of no confidence in the President Pro Tempore. This vote will require the support of two thirds of the Senate to pass.

Passed by the Second Congress of the A.F.F. (July 1, 2004)
with no executive action within 7 days
F.L. 2-3
Third Boss Abortion Act

No abortions shall be permitted after the 90th day of a pregnancy, unless:

§ 1. The life or health of the woman is determined to be in question by a certified medical practicioner.

§ 2. The pregnancy was caused by rape or incest.

Passed by the Second Congress of the A.F.F. (August 5, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President Gustaf (August 7, 2004)
F.L. 2-4
The Death Penalty Abolition Act

§ 1. The Death Penalty be made illegal in Atlasia;

§ 2. That all current Death-row inmates are commuted to life imprisonment;

§ 3. That the government recognises the fundamental violation of human rights presented by the death penalty.

Passed by the Second Congress of the A.F.F. (August 12, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President Gustaf (August 13, 2004)
F.L. 2-5
Region Redrawing Act

We tweak the regions in order to fit the constitution by this map:


Passed by the Second Congress of the A.F.F. (August 12, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President Gustaf (August 13, 2004)


Codification
The map and the wording given above are interpreted to mean that:
(a) the State of Delaware is transferred from the Mideast Region to the Northeast Region;
(b) the State of Missouri is transferred from the Midwest Region to the Mideast Region;
(c) the State of Montana is transferred from the Midwest Region to the Pacific Region; and
(d) the State of Texas is transferred from the Midwest Region to the Southeast Region.
F.L. 2-6
The Health Care Reform Act of 2004
§ 1. Upon the passage of this bill, all citizens of the United States will have the right to purchase insurance coverage from an out of state provider.

§ 2. Every citizen may open a Health Savings Account.  Citizens may deposit a maximum of $5000 dollars per year tax free into the Health Savings Account.  Savings Accounts may be spent on medical insurance premiums as well as direct payments to doctors.

§ 3. Upon the passage of this bill, punitive damages awarded in civil courts may not exceed $250,000.  In class action lawsuits, punitive damages may not exceed $150,000 per plaintiff.

Passed by the Second Congress of the A.F.F. (August 17, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President Gustaf (August 19, 2004)

2ND SENATE RESOLUTIONS[/u]

R. 1
Senatorial Procedure Resolution

Clause 1: At any one time there may be no more than four Bills/Acts/Constitutional Amendments being debated upon the Senate Floor. This does not include those Bills/Acts/Constitutional Amendments being voted upon at the time.

Clause 2: Each Bill/Act/Constitutional Amendment will be allotted debating time by the President of the Senate (Vice-President of the Forums) or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

Clause 3: Each Bill/Act/Constitutional Amendment will be debated upon for one week before a vote called. If the Senate wishes to end the debating early then a motion to cease debate may be brought forward by a Senator, if it gains the support of four other Senators then the debating shall cease immediately and the voting commence as soon as the President of the Senate or the President Pro Tempore begins the voting. If the Senate wishes to continue debating beyond one week a motion must similarly be brought before the Senate and supported by four other Senators. The debating will then be extended for one further week at which point a new motion may be put forward to extend debating otherwise the Bill/Act/Constitutional Amendment goes to a vote.

Clause 4: Voting in the Senate will take place for one week during which time the Senators must vote. All those Senators who do not vote will be considered to have abstained. If needed an injunction may be brought by a Senator to keep the polls open for a further week after which time the voting shall close. This injunction must be seconded by another Senator.

Clause 5: The public poll to pass a Constitutional Amendment once it has passed the Senate shall last for one week upon which time if it receives a majority vote it passes and if not then it does not.

Passed by the Second Congress of the A.F.F. (July 28, 2004)

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3RD SENATE STATUTES[/u]

F.L. 3-1
Federal Activity Act

Part I - Executive Branch

§ 1. To fulfill their duties as elected officials of the fantasy board, the President and Vice President must visit and post on the fantasy board at least once a week, unless his/her absence is reported in advance.  Acting Presidents and Vice Presidents will be appointed using the line of succession in our Constitution.

§ 2. If the President fails to meet the minimun fantasy activity, the Vice President shall be become President for the remainder of the term, even if the President returns. If the Vice President is also declared inactive with the President, both will be removed from office.

§ 3. If the Vice President fails to meet the minimun fantasy activity, the President will appoint a new Vice President.

§ 4. The Secretary of Forum Affairs must administer every federal election, unless they provide awareness of their absence ahead of time.

Part II - Legislative Branch

§ 1. If a Senator misses three senate votes and/or debates on bills consecutivly without notice, the Senator will be declared INACTIVE.

§ 2. If a Senator is declared inactive, the Secretary of Forum Affairs will administer a recall election the weekend after the inactivity declaration.

Part III - Judical Branch

Each member of the Supreme Court or anyother court established in the future must post a minimun once per week to retain their status unless they give a notice of absence in advance.

Part IV - The Cabinet

§ 1. Cabinet officers serve at the pleasure of the President, who may release them from service at whim.

§ 2. Failure of a Cabinet Officer to represent the Department publically, report Departmental business to the President or Senate, or administer relevent Department obligations (as determined by the GM) on at least a weekly basis is Official Negligence, and grounds for automatic removal from office.

§ 3. A majority vote of the Senate or citation by either the GM or Secretary of Forum Affairs is sufficient to invoke this automatic suspension, unless the citation is nullified by the discovery and posting of evidence of adequate Departmental business having been conducted within the appropriate time frame of alleged negligence.

§ 4. An ejected office holder may only resume his/her post if renominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

§ 5. Preplanned absences of office holders may be accomodated at the government's discression.

Part V - The GM

§ 1.  Failure on the part of the GM to either report to or correspond with either the President, his/her cabinet, the Senate Floor, or in the public forum venue with no less frequency than a weekly basis is Forum Negligence, and is sufficient grounds for automatic removal from the post.

§ 2.  A majority vote in the Senate or a citation by the President is sufficient to invoke this automatic removal, unless prior to the appointment of a new GM evidence is discovered and posted of sufficient activity within the time frame of alleged negligence.

§ 3.  For negligence or any other failure of necessary and adequate job performance and decorum, upon citation of such by the President to the Forum Moderator, the Forum Moderator may convene a private meeting including any and only those s/he sees fit for the purpose of determining the necessity of removing the GM from his/her post.  The Forum Moderator may then soley elect to so remove the GM.

§ 4.  A bill passed by 2/3 margin of the Senate and signed by the President is sufficient to remove the GM from his/her post for any reason.

Part VI - Government Expansion

If a new branch of fantasy government is formed, the Senate or any federal legislative power at the time of its formation is required to amend this document to be in coordinance with the new branch.

Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (September 21, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President John F. Kennedy (September 22,2004)
F.L. 3-2
Marriage Equity Act

It shall be the stated policy of the forum that the definition of marriage shall not be construed to deny a person the right to enter into a marriage contract with a person of the same gender nor enjoy any of the benefits thereof.

Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (September 21, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President John F. Kennedy (September 22,2004)
F.L. 3-3
National Energy Act

1. The responsibility for the approval of oil refinery construction shall be taken away from the Environmental Protection Agency ¹ and given to the Department of Treasury.

2. The environmental regulations shall be eased to allow for easier approval of refineries.

3. Gasoline formulation requirements shall be altered to abolish regional differences in gasoline formulas, thus establishing a Uniform Gasoline Standard equal to the more stringent quality regulations.

4. Sport Utility Vehicles shall not longer be classified as light trucks for purposes of CAFE ² standards.  They shall be classified as a sedan.

5. CAFE ² standards shall be altered to strengthen fuel efficiency by increasing fuel efficiency by 5% by 2006, and another 3% every seven years after that.

6. The Federal Gasoline Tax shall be reduced from 18 cents per gallon to 12 cents per gallon.

7. The ethanol tax credit shall be doubled.

8. $1 billion per year shall be allotted for research on hydrogen fuel cells.

9. There shall be a tax credit of $500 per year to an individual who installs solar panels to provide energy to their own home, or to an individual who purchases a hybrid car.  The solar panels must be able to provide enough heat to warm an Olympic regulation size swimming pool.

Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (October 1, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President John F. Kennedy (October 4, 2004)

Footnotes
¹ Original text had “Association”.  Changed to “Agency” to represent the probable intent of Congress.
² Original text had “CAFÉ”.  Changed to “CAFE” to represent the probable intent of Congress.

F.L. 3-4
Atlasia National Holiday Act

This great forum was created on October 28, 2003. This act proclaims that date to be a national holiday called Dave Day in the country of Atlasia. No formal procedings are required, except the government shall be encouraged to recognize it, and the President shall be expected to make a speech commemorating the occasion. It shall also be an occasion to thank Dave for creating and keeping up the Forum.  The same procedure shall take place on April 23, as we celebrate Consitution Day.

Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (October 10, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President John F. Kennedy (October 12, 2004)

Codification
Minor changes made in text as passed for verb tenses.
April 23 is the anniversary of April 23, 2004, the date on which The Constitution of the United States Election Atlas Forum was ratified.
F.L. 3-5
Missile Defense Initiative Act

$1,000,000,000 per year shall be allotted for the Department of Defense to develop a missile defense system.

Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (October 21, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President John F. Kennedy (October 22, 2004)
F.L. 3-6
Family Planning Amendments Act of 2004

It shall be the stated policy of the Forum that:
(a) funds for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) shall be restored to their FY 2001 level.
(b) no organization receiving federal funding for family planning services domestically or abroad shall be prohibited from mentioning the full range of reproductive options, including abortion, to their clientele on pain of federal support.
(c) no funds shall be made available through the CHIP program for the care of zygotes, blastocysts, embryos, or fetuses as described by regulation as an "unborn child".
(d) no law shall be construed to punish someone for an attack on a pregnant woman in such a way as to treat the act against the zygote, blastocyst, embryo, or fetus as a separate offense.

Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (September 25, 2004)
Presented to the President on October 16, 2004
Entered into law after 7 days with no executive action.

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3RD SENATE STATUTES CONTINUED[/u]

F.L. 3-7
Education and Care for Children in Poverty Act
Section A
From the second a child is born into a family that is below the poverty line, that child's parents will have the option of sending the child to a day-care center, operated from 6 AM until 7 PM, until the child is ready to attend the normal public school. The day-care center will be cost free, and it will attempt to instill positive traits in children at a young age, so that they will be better adults. The federal government will allocate funds for this, but will leave all decisions up to local governments.

Section B
For children who live with families below the poverty line, totally free before and after-school care will be provided until the child graduates middle school. The rest is the same as Section A.

Section C
The estimated cost of this is 18.9 billion dollars this year, and 17.65 billion dollars every other year. That cost is split between hiring people to run the programs, providing equipment for the programs, and, if needed, constructing new facilities.

Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (October 20, 2004)
Presented to the President on October 22, 2004
Entered into law after 7 days with no executive action.

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4TH SENATE STATUTES[/u]

F.L. 4-1
F-22 Act
$4,500 million per year for the next ten years will be allocated to the Department of Defense for the purpose of developing a naval version of the F-22 fighter and to accelerate the development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Passed by the Fourth Congress of the A.F.F. (23rd November, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (27th November, 2004)
F.L. 4-2
The Federal Unionization and Competitive Contracting Act
Clause 1.
Members of the Atlasian military, as well as all federal employees whose job functions are vital for the national security and peaceable order of the nation, are exempt from the provisions of this act in its entirety.

Clause 2.
All federal government employees of Atlasia are hereby granted the right to form a union for the purposes of advocating for their interests and for negotiating contracts with management.

Clause 3.
The President shall have the power to appoint, subject to Senate approval,  members of an Atlasian Competitive Contracting Committee. The Committee will be comprised of 9 members, though the number may be increased by appropriate legislation by the Senate as is deemed necessary. The purpose of this Committee will be to conduct regular performance reviews of all federal government departments to determine if privatization of these functions is feasible in full or in part. They will do this in accordance with established performance standards for each department, which will be determined by performance reviews of all Atlasian Federal employees, the standards of which will be determined by the managers of each federal department. The federal employee unions shall have the right to review these standards, and if they do not find them agreeable, present their own standards if they so choose. If the two cannot come to a mutally agreeable set of performance standards, both sides will present their proposals to the Competitive Contracting Committee at a public hearing, which will then be required to choose which proposal of the two that they feel is most appropriate.

Clause 4.
Employee reviews of all federal employees shall be conducted from time to time, but must be conducted for each employee at a minimum of once every 365 days, starting at their date of hire. These reviews will be conducted by managers according to standards approved of by both management and unions as detailed in Clause 3.

Clause 5.
The Competitive Contracting Committee will review the functions of each department and a summary of the performance reviews, conducted as detailed in Clause 4 and presented to them by the managers of each department, at a minimum of once every 365 days, and determine if performance standards are being met. If it is determined that they are not, the functions of that department may be opened for contract bids from the private sector, either in whole or in part at the discretion of the Committee. Sealed bids will be accepted from contractors, and will be reviewed by the Committee, and 5 will be chosen to present a presentation of their bid to the Committee at a public hearing. The Committee will then choose which to accept. Federal employee unions will be permitted to present a bid to the Committee, and if submitted, must be given the same consideration as bids from private contractors in the review process.

Clause 6.
Functions of the federal government that are privatized and outsourced to a private contractor by the above procedures will be required to be reviewed by the Committee at least once every 365 days, in accordance with procedures detailed in the contract with the contractor. Yearly performance reviews of the contractor must be conducted by the Committee to determine if it is in the best interests of the federal government to change to a different contractor, including but not limited to the federal employees union.

Passed by the Fourth Congress of the A.F.F. (26th November, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (27th November, 2004)
F.L. 4-3
Applicability of Common Law Act
That much of the common law not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United Forum or with any law passed by the Senate of the United Forum is the rule of decision in all matters brought before any branch¹ of the Federal Government.

Passed by the Fourth Congress of the A.F.F. (27th November, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (28th November, 2004)

Footnotes
¹ Text altered from original for grammatical sense.
F.L. 4-4
The Miscellany Act

Section 1: The Census

1. The provisions of this Section shall be considered to be carrying out the Constitutionally mandated Census prescribed in the Apportionment of States to Districts Amendment.

2. The Census shall be taken at noon Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday of March, July and November of each year.

Section 2: Contiguity Borders

Since Hawaii and Alaska lack borders with other US States, they are considered to be contiguous for the purposes of redistricting in the following ways:

1. Alaska is contiguous to Hawaii
2. Alaska is contiguous to Washington
3. Hawaii is contiguous to California

Section 3: Party Platform Definition

For a Party to have a Party Platform under the Organized Parties Amendment, its submitted Party Platform shall meet the following criteria:

1. It shall be at least two hundred words in length.
2. It shall address general political issues or issues relevant to the circumstances of Atlasia.

Section 4: Numerical Definition

For the purposes of all statute, executive orders, judicial rulings and other official documents of the Atlasian government, the following shall be the standard definitions throughout Atlasia:

1. One Billion = 1,000,000,000
2. One Trillion = 1,000,000,000,000

Passed by the Fourth Congress of the A.F.F. (29th November, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (29th November, 2004)
F.L. 4-5
Voter Fraud Bill

§ 1.  Voter fraud, defined as the act of creating identities other than one's primary identity in Atlasia and subsequently entering this identity into the tally of registered voters, is hereby declared to be a crime in Atlasia.

§ 2.  Anyone found to have committed voter fraud shall have his or her voting rights suspended for no less than three months, but no greater than five months.

§ 3.  Anyone found to have committed multiple voter fraud, defined as being found to have committed the actions in Section 1 two or more times, shall receive additional periods of suspension for each instance of voter fraud beyond the initial instance, each subject to the policies declared in Section 2.

§ 4.  The Supreme Court shall be given the ability to enforce this bill by appropriate sentencing.

Passed by the Fourth Congress of the A.F.F. (10th December, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (11th December, 2004)
F.L. 4-6
None of the Above Act

§ 1 A None of the Above Option shall be included on federal election ballots.

§ 2 Voters choosing to vote for None of The Above will not be able to preference any candidate.

§ 3 If none of the above wins more votes than the candidate with the highest number of first preferences, the election shall be declared null and void, and a special election for that seat shall be held in no less than two weeks and no more than three, where the None of the Above option shall be equally valid, as well as all the provisions in this bill.

§ 4 None of the candidates defeated against none of the above shall be permitted to run in the special election.

Passed by the Fourth Congress of the A.F.F. (4th December, 2004)
Vetoed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (8th December, 2004)
Veto overriden by the Fourth Congress of the A.F.F. (12th December, 2004)

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4TH SENATE STATUTES CONTINUED[/u]

F.L. 4-7
Clean Energy Act

Definitions:

Clean Energy - A form of power generation that produces little to no pollution. Little meaning less than 5 tonnes of air pollution for yearly operation. (Currently the average Coal Plant produces something like 30-100 tonnes) This term also covers all renewable sources, and any future developments that meet these two criteria.

Hazardous or Non-Renewable Power - Oil, Gas, and Coal power production.

Renewable - (As of Oct. 2004) – Electricity generated through the following methods Hydro, Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Tidal, Wave, Nuclear Fission, Nuclear Fusion and Biomass.

Power Plant - Any structure that produces over 1000 Watts of electricity.

Small Generator - Equal to or less than 1000 Watts.

Efficiency – Reducing the amount of pollution produced by this form of power by 20% or more.

Sections

1. Regional Planning

A. The regions of Atlasia shall have 25 years to discuss, decide and implement the type of alternative, clean energy that suits their region the best. A plan for the elimination, reduction or regulation to increase the efficiency of non-renewable of heavy pollutant power production must be drafted and ready for implementation.

B. The federal government shall allocate rather total or partial funds to help the Regions meet these goals, providing that the Senate through a vote deems the plan feasible.

2. Penalties for failure of Regional Action

A. If the deadline is not met the Federal Government will intervene and implement a Federal plan to reduce, eliminate or increase the efficiency of hazardous power generation.

3. Back-up

A. The regions of Atlasia shall be required to have back up sources of energy (i.e. Coal, nuclear energy) available and ready to be used.

B. The Federal Government has the power to prosecute any lapse in this policy.

4. Citizen Power

A. Any citizen is allowed to own his or her own independent small generator of any make or model.

B. Any citizen that purchases a clean or renewable individual small generator for their home, or if a citizen purchases a hybrid or clean vehicle, the government will refund 20% of the cost.

C. Any business that purchases a clean or renewable individual small generator for their business or if a business purchases a hybrid or clean vehicle, the government will refund 15% of the cost.

5. Clean Coal

A. The Federal Government will invest 100 million dollars over 5 years into the research, and development of clean or cleaner coal technology.

Passed by the Fourth Congress of the A.F.F. (10th December, 2004)
Vetoed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (10th December, 2004)
Veto overriden by the Fourth Congress of the A.F.F. (13th December, 2004)
F.L. 4-8
Intracoastal and Other Waterways Act

§1. Findings
The Atlasian Senate finds that -
   (1) waterborne barge traffic is the most economical and least pollutiing method of moving bulk cargo,
   (2) such traffic is dependent upon the prompt and proper maintence of the navigable waters of Atlasia,
   (3) the intracoastal waterways have not been maintained to the depths and other standards mandated by statute,
   (4) said lack of maintenence has impeded the safety and efficency of waterborne barge traffic, and
   (5) said lack of maintenence has been due to lack of funding rather than negligence on the part of the Army Corps of Engineers.

§2. Appropriations
The portion of the annual budget for the Army Corps of Engineers labeled “Operations and Maintence” shall be increased by $385,000,000, with at least one quarter of that increase to be devoted to restoring the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway to standard, and an additional one quarter to be devoted to restoring the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to standard.

Passed by the Fourth Congress of the A.F.F. (12th December, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (13th December, 2004)
F.L. 4-9
Welfare Reform Act

Clause 1.  Atlasians receiving public assistance will be alloted a two year maximum with the following exceptions:

       a. Disability
       b. Perpetual care of dependent

Clause 2.  Section 8 housing vouchers

     a.  Maximum two years unrestricted with the following exceptions:

            i. Disability
            ii.  Over the age of 65
            iii. Veteran permanently disabled in military duty

     b.  Housing shall be rented at the average market value for rent given a two block radius and the same accomodations.

     c.  Anyone convicted of a felony shall be removed from the program

     d.  "Three Strikes Clause"

            i.  Any minor problems such as noise violations, unkempt property that is the fault of the tenant, or any generally disruptive needing a police prescence shall be given three chances.

Clause 3.  Any able-bodied Atlasian on public assistance and not currently working shall be required to do 20 hours of community service plus 20 hours of job searching and/or interviews.

Passed by the Fourth Congress of the A.F.F. (14th December, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (16th December, 2004)

4TH SENATE RESOLUTIONS[/u]

R. 2
Senate Procedure Resolution concerning multiple issue bills

1. Senators should not introduce bills to the Senate that address two or more divorced subjects.
2. Senators should not introduce amendments to bills that would cause the bill to address two or more divorced subjects
3. The Presiding Officer of the Senate is empowered to enforce this resolution through the ability to reject bills, or sections thereof, and to reject amendments, or sections thereof.
4. However, the Senate, by a two thirds vote, may overrule the Presiding Officer, if it considers his decision to be on infringment of the intention of this resolution.

Passed by the Fourth Congress of the A.F.F. (19th December, 2004)

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5TH SENATE STATUTES[/u]

F.L. 5-1
Pacific Defense and Taiwanese Protection Act

Be it enacted by the Atlasian Senate here assembled that:

Section 1: The Government of Atlasia shall increase funding to Taiwan by $60 million a month.

Section 2: The Atlasian Senate will be allowed to aide Pro-Democratic and Free China Operatives in Mainland China and Taiwan.

Section 3: The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 and its associated radar and support equipment will be allowed to be shared with Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.

Section 4: This will take effect February 1, 2005.

Therefore, Taiwan will be defended by the preceding measures.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (14th January, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (14th January, 2005)
F.L. 5-2
Military Division Appropriation Act

§ 1. Upon passage of this bill, $10 billion shall be appropriated from the Treasury to the Department of Defense to be used in the creation of an additional division in the Atlasian Army.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (13th January, 2005)
Entered into law after 7 days with no executive action
F.L. 5-3
Constitutional Amendment Act

Clause One: The Senate

As per stated by the constitution of the United States Election Atlas Forum, all constitutional amendments must pass through the senate gaining a two-thirds majority. Debate and voting shall be carried out according to the Senatorial Procedure Resolution. All constitutional amendments shall be given pride of place in the allocation of debate time on the Senate floor.

Clause Two: The Public

As per stated by the constitution of the United States Election Atlas Forum, all constitutional amendments must pass a public poll. The public poll shall be administered by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and shall last for a period of one week (seven days). During this time voters must post their vote on the amendment. The amendment will require a simple majority of the public poll to successfully pass and become a part of the Constitution of the United States Election Atlas Forum.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (13th January, 2005)
Entered into law after 7 days with no executive action
F.L. 5-4
Magnetic Levitation (Mag/Lev) Research Act

Atlasia recognizes the potential of Magnetic Levitation technology if applied to transportation. Already, competitors overseas have developed high speed transportation utilizing this technology. Atlasia can not afford to fall behind in this rapidly expanding industry. Because of this, the following steps will be taken.

1) Atlasia shall invest in funding for research for Mag-Lev trains of $100 million over the next 20 years.

2) Atlasia will then work with private corporations and contractors to construct regional Mag/Lev transportation lines in the following regions.

     a) A line will be constructed extending from Boston-New York City-Philadelphia-Baltimore-Nyman-Raleigh-Atlanta

     b) A line will be constucted extending from Buffalo-Erie-Cleveland-Toledo-Chicago-Milwaukee-Minneapolis, with spurs extending south from Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinatti, Erie-Pittsburgh and from Toledo-Detroit.

     c) A line will be constructed extending from Seattle-Portland-San Francisco-Sacramento-Los Angeles-San Diego-Phoenix, with spurs extending from Phoenix-Grand Canyon-Las Vegas and from San Francisco-Reno/Lake Tahoe.

     d) A line will be constructed extending from New York City-Nyman-Orlando which will be used as an express, direct route to Central Florida. The use of automobile transporting train cars will be encouraged.

     e) A line will be constructed in Texas. All lines will intersect in Austin, from which point there will be one line to Dallas, one line to Houston and one line to San Antonio.

3) Clause 2 shall be implemented by 2030.

4) No monies shall be appropiated from the Treasury of Atlasia for the purpose of constructing these lines.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (30th January, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (1st February, 2005)
F.L. 5-5
Modifications to the Family Planning Amendments Act

It shall be the stated policy of the Forum that:

(a) funds for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) shall be restored to their FY 2001 level.

(b) no organization receiving federal funding for family planning services domestically or abroad shall be prohibited from mentioning the full range of reproductive options, including abortion, to their clientele on pain of federal support.

Clauses c and d of the Family Planning Amendments Act of 2004 are hereby struck.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (1st February, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (1st February, 2005)
F.L. 5-6
Asset Forfeiture Reform Act
 
§ 1 Federal law enforcement agencies shall not be able to seize assets without due process, where guilt of the owner of the siezed assets has been proved beyond reasonable doubts.

§ 2 In case any future developments shall prove the inoccence of the owner of the seized assets, the seized assets shall be returned to the person owning them before the forfeiture or his heirs or, where that is not possible due to the seized assets having been disposed off, the value for which they were evaluated after the forfeiture, plus inflation adjustments, shall be paid as a form of indemnization.

§ 3 Federal law enforcment agencies shall not take possession of any assets seized by regional, state or local law enforcment agencies, nor shall they take any action to encourage it.

§ 4 All assets currently owned by the federal government, of which it took possession in the last year, using asset forfeiture hereby illegalized in this bill, shall be retrieved to the person owning them before the forfeiture or his heirs.

§ 5 Federal funding for Drug Laws Enforcment and Police shall be withdrawn from Regional, State ans Local governments, unless they adopt this bill's standarts for asset forfeiture.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (1st February, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (1st February, 2005)

[MHS2002]

FIFTH SENATE STATUTES CONTINUED[/u]
F.L. 5-7
Unwed and Teenage Mothers Protection Act

Section 1

The Federal Government of Atlasia will appropriate $250 million over the next 5 years to assist in funding the opperations and opening of shelters for unwed mothers, all accross Atlasia.

    a) Shelters must pass regional and federal standards, in order to recieve funds.

    b) Atlasia reserves the right to discontinue funding of any group, organization or shelter that does not meet those standards.

    c) Women in the care of those shelters will be granted legal protection and adaquate monitary compensation to move to the nearest shelter that matches those standards.

Section 2

State and Federal funds to CHIP programs will resume to insure the protection of all children or fetus' classified as "unborn. This will be done in such a way so that funding and coverage is commensurate with pre-2004 levels.

Section 3

Nessesary living expenses for new mothers will be provided for by all of those who apply, by the Federal government of Atlasia, for up to and including 5 years after the birth of the child.

    a) These benefits will be provided for food, rent and medical expenses and are to be set at the minimum rage for what is considered "Sandard of Living" in the mothers municipality or county.

    b) These funds will be terminated if any of the following occure with in that time span.

        1a) Another child is born to the same mother

        2a) The woman enters a state of marriage

    c) No woman living with a "permanent" male partner, or in a common law marriage will be allow to collect funding.

    d) Monthly interviews with each woman on the program will be required. If that woman is found to be:

        1c) Abusing the child

        2c) Abusing legal or illegal subsatances

        3c) Deemed to be in someother way violating the spirit of the program

    Then her child will be put into foster care and she will be removed from the program and all benefits taken away.

    e) Any government employee found to be abusing his or her clients, or in someother way impeding their rights, will be immediatly fired or otherwise or other wise punished in a court of law.

    f) Pamphlets advertising these benefits will be made available at all Social Security offices, OBGYN's offices and licensed abortion clinics in Atlasia. Failure to comply will bring about fines of a maximum of $20,000.

Section 4

Funding for the above will be provided by the Federal Government of Atlasia, amounting to $500 million over the next 5 years.

Section 5

The federal government will provide a stipened of $1,000/year to all mothers who qualify for the program for:

    a) Child/Day care.

    b) Other form of Daytime Child Care.

Section 6

The federal government will provide upto $1,500/semester in additional grants for all mothers who apply for the program. This is to be used for:

    a) Enrollment in Community College

    b) Enrollment is Technical College

    c) Enrollment in State University.

Section 7

    a) No woman with an annual personal income of greater than $30,000 per year will qualify for any of the benefits mentioned in sections 1,3 & 4 and may only apply for those benefits in Section 6 if they do not already have at least an associates degree.

    b) No woman will qualify for the benefits mentioned in sections 1, 3 & 4 if they live with a family (or other support structure, i.e.gaurdians) who make an annual incom of greater than $35,000 per year. She will still have full access to the benefits mentioned in Sections 5-6.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (4th February, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (4th February, 2005)
NOTE: This act was declared unconstitutional in Bono v. Atlasia
F.L. 5-8
Second Military Division Appropriation Act

§ 1. Upon passage of this bill, $10 billion shall be appropriated from the Treasury to the Department of Defense to be used in the creation of an additional division in the Atlasian Army.

§ 2. $80 billion shall be appropriated as a supplement to the 2005 Defense Budget to fund ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

§ 3. A $2,000 a year pay increase for all active duty military personnel and a $1,000 pay increase for all reserve and National Guard personnel shall take effect in the fiscal year 2005. This measure shall cost $4 billion.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (6th February, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (8th February, 2005)

[MHS2002]

5TH SENATE SESSION STATUTES CONTINUED[/u]
F.L. 5-9
Election Procedures, Certification and Challenges Act

§ 1.

    Clause 1. No election results shall be deemed to be official except those which have been certified.

    Clause 2. The certification of election results that occur following the passage of this amendment as official shall consist of the Secretary of Forum Affairs releasing an official statement, signed by that official, displaying the uncertified results in question and declaring them to be hereby certified.

    Clause 3. All election results in place prior to the passage of this amendment are hereby declared to be certified without requiring a statement from the Secretary of Forum Affairs.

§ 2.

    Clause 1. No election results shall be challenged except those which are awaiting certification or those which have been certified less than seven days prior to the challenge and which have occurred following the passage of this statute.

    Clause 2. To challenge an election result, a formal statement of challenge must be brought before the Supreme Court indicating the challenged result and the reason for challenging the result.

    Clause 3. In considering the challenge, the Supreme Court shall examine relevent parts of the Constitution and Atlasian law, and each member of the Court shall determine whether or not the challenge is legitimate.

    Clause 4. In the event that a majority of the Supreme Court concurs that the challenge is legitimate, appropriate action shall be taken to rectify the challenged section of the result:

        a. If the challenged section is a vote that has been counted, it shall be stricken from the official count.
        b. If the challenged section is a vote that has been disregarded, it shall be entered into the official count.
        c. If the challenged section is the procedure of the election, the election shall be declared invalid and a new election shall be scheduled for the Friday following the declaration of the invalidity of the election.

§ 3.

    Clause 1. In the case that a tie arises in any part of an election, the method described in Clause 2 shall be applied to break this tie.

    Clause 2. A runoff shall be held between the candidates in the tie. If one of the candidates in the tie receives greater than fifty percent of the vote in the runoff, that candidate shall be declared the victor of the tie. If no candidate receives greater than fifty percent of the vote, the method described in Clause 3 shall be applied.

    Clause 3. The candidates in the tie shall be given an option to apply the method either of Clause 4, 5, and 6 or of Clause 7. If a unanimous agreement is made within a week of the request that a decision be made, the agreed upon method shall be applied. If not, the method of Clause 8 shall be applied.

    Clause 4. The President shall choose a number between one and ten and shall confer this number to the Secretary of Forum Affairs and to the Chief Justice. Once receipt of this number by both parties is confirmed, the candidates in the tie shall attempt to guess the original number chosen. Whichever candidate guesses closest to the number shall be declared the winner of the tie. In the event that two or more guesses are equidistant from the original number, this shall result in a tie, and the process shall be repeated until this event does not occur.

    Clause 5. In the event that any of the office holders listed either are themselves candidates present in the tie or are not present to fulfill their duty, those in the aforementioned situation shall be replaced by the highest office holder in the following list who is not a candidate present in the tie and who is present to fulfill the duty:

        Vice President
        President Pro Tempore
        Secretary of State
        Secretary of Forum Affairs
        Attorney General
        Secretary of Defense
        Secretary of the Treasury
        Senior Associate Justice
        Junior Associate Justice
        1A Senator
        1B Senator
        2A Senator
        2B Senator
        3A Senator
        3B Senator
        4A Senator
        4B Senator
        5A Senator
        5B Senator

    Clause 6. In the event that all office holders listed in Clause 5 either are candidates in the tie or are not present to fulfill the duty, the President shall appoint one to three citizens able to fulfill the duty, depending on how many are needed to fill the vacant positions, and the citizen(s) shall then be required to be approved by the Senate by a majority vote before the number shall be selected.

    Clause 7. The candidates in the tie shall agree upon a schedule according to which the candidates shall divide the term among themselves. The schedule shall be allowed to be whatever the candidates agree upon, provided that its total length of time is exactly equal to one full term. Upon the expiration of one office holder's term, the next shall be automatically eligible to swear himself or herself in without the guidance of the Chief Justice.

    Clause 8.

        a. The governors shall each vote for one candidate of the candidates in the tie for who shall be the victor. Whichever candidate receives the most votes shall be declared the victor in the election.

        b. In the event that no candidate receives more votes than any others, debate among the governors shall commence until one governor is ready to change his or her vote to break the tie.

§ 4.

    Clause 1. Tie-breaker tampering, defined to be the action of conferring the number to be guessed upon to anyone not stated in Section 3, Clause 4, is hereby declared to be a crime in Atlasia.

    Clause 2. Anyone found to have committed tie-breaker tampering shall have his or her voting rights suspended for no less than five months, but no greater than seven months.

    Clause 3. The Supreme Court shall be given the ability to enforce this section through appropriate sentencing.

§ 5. An "active voter", as the term appears in Article V, Clause 4 of the Constitution, is hereby defined to be one who has posted at least twenty-five times since the last federal election in which he or she voted, or one who has not been given the chance yet to vote in any federal election.

§ 6. This statute shall be applied to all federal elections.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (1st February, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (11th February, 2005)

NOTE: Section 1 and Section 3, Clauses 1 and 2 were repealed by the Omnibus Election System, Procedure and Certification Act.
Section 5 has been modified by the Amendment to the Statute of Election Procedures, Certification, and Challenges Act.
F.L. 5-10
John F. Kennedy Memorial Act

Commission and Construction of the John F. Kennedy Memorial

Section 1

The Senate shall appropriate $50,000,000 for the task of the construction of the memorial.

Section 2

(This is a "hidden" section) The memorial will replace what, is in the actual United States, considered the Jefferson Memorial. Similar to how we replaced Washington D.C. with Nyman. The only difference will be that there will be a statue of JFK instead of Jefferson (in the same pose) and a quote from JFK, or his own chosing.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (16th February, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President PBrunsel (16th February, 2005)

5TH SENATE RESOLUTIONS[/b]
R. 3

Senate Resoultion Calling for a Constitutional Convention

1. This Senate calls upon the President to call a Constitutional Convention forthwith.

2. The Senate calls upon the Governors to send delegates to this Convention in the following numbers:

Northeast - 6

Mideast - 3

Southeast - 3

Pacific - 3

Midwest - 2

3. The Senate urges that the Convention elect a President as its Presiding Officer.

4. The Senate urges that the Constitutional Convention shall have its first meeting by the 17th January, 2005.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (10th January, 2005)
R. 4

Second Senate Procedural Resolution

Section One

Definitions

Legislation is defined as any act, bill, amendment to a current act or bill, procedural resolution, or constitutional amendment.

Section Two

1) Clause 3 of Senate Procedural Resolution 1 shall be stricken, and replaced with the following clauses:

2) Each piece of legislation will be debated before a vote called. The debate shall proceed as long as it is necessary to discuss properly the matter in consideration.

3) If the debate has halted for longer than 24 hours, any senator shall be able to call for a vote on the legislation.

4) Debate shall proceed as long as a senator is speaking, provided intervals between different speeches are no longer than 24 hours.

5) However, after five days have passed since the opening of the debate, a motion with the concurrence of seven senators shall end the debate and the PPT shall call a vote on the legislation.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (6th February, 2005)

[MHS2002]

5TH SENATE RESOLUTIONS CONTINUED[/u]
R. 5
Senate Procedural Resolution on Legislation Introduction

Section 1

Defintions

Legislation is defined as any bill, act, amendment to a present bill or act, procedural resolution, or constitutional amendment.

Section 2

1) The PPT will establish a thread for Senators to introduce legislation. This thread shall not be posted in, unless you are introducing legislation.

2) Before introducing legislation, the sponsoring senator shall PM the legislation to the PPT. After doing so, the senator shall post it in the designated thread.

3) The PPT will give each piece of legislation debate time in the order of which it is posted in the Proposed Legislation Thread.

4) After a piece of legislation has been given debate time, the sponsoring senator shall introduce it on the senate floor.

Passed by the Fifth Congress of the A.F.F. (6th February, 2005)

[MHS2002]

6TH SENATE SESSION STATUTES[/b]
F.L. 6-1
Amendment to the Statute of Election Procedures, Certification, and Challenges Act

§ 1. The text, "the last federal election in which he or she voted," is hereby stricken from the Statute of Election Procedures, Certification and Challenges.

§ 2. It shall be replaced with the text, "the last federal election in which he or she was eligible to vote."

Passed by the Sixth Congress of the A.F.F. (8th March, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President True Democrat (9th March, 2005)
F.L. 6-2
DDT Re-Introduction Act

1. All prohibitions on the export of DDT from the United States to foreign nations shall be lifted.

2. Nations against which the United States has levied sanctions shall still be prohibited from importing DDT.

Passed by the Sixth Congress of the A.F.F. (10th March, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President True Democrat (10th March, 2005)
F.L. 6-3
Water Technology Act

1. $10 billion shall be appropriated over the next ten years to fund the perfection of desalination technology.

Passed by the Sixth Congress of the A.F.F. (12th March, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President True Democrat (12th March, 2005)
F.L. 6-4
Anti-Opebo Act (formerly Protection of the Children Act)

Definitions:

Child - Any person 16 years old or under.

Child Pornography - Pornographic images, and film that display graphic scenes of a sexual nature with children.

Section 1 - All pornography containing children is hereby banned.

Section 2 - Any person found in possession of child pornography will serve a minimum of 5-15 years and will be fined $100,000. The sentence length depends on co-operation with the police, identification of accomplices, and identification of victems.

Section 3 - Any person found distributing child pornography will serve a minimum of 10-20 years and will be fined $150,000. The sentence length depends on co-operation with the police, identification of accomplices, purchasers and identification of victems.

Section 4 - Any person found producing (in any way making child pornography, filming, photographing, producing, directing) will serve 15-25 years and will be fined $200,000. The sentence length depends on co-operation with the police, identification of accomplices, purchasers and identification of victims.

Section 5 - Psychological aid will be provided for children who are abused.

Section 6 - It is the responsibility of the FBI to track down and arrest those running pornographic websites including children within Atlasia, and pass the appropriate information onto authorities in other nations pretaining to their own domestic pedophiles.

Section 7 - $20,000,000 will be appropriated to the FBI for the investigation and prosecution of those possessing, producing and distributing child pornography. $5,000,000 will be appropriated to a fund to pay for the therapy of families unable to afford therapy to abused children.

Section 8 - Any person found videotaping anyone performing sexual acts without their expressed written or oral consent will serve 5-10 years and will be fined $100,000. This does not apply to children engaging in this act.

Section 9 - Anyone over the age of 18 performing sexual acts with anyone defined as a child will face standard rape charges, as defined by the region, and depending on involvement in the creation of the pornography, may be found guilty on other charges outlined in sections 1-4.

Passed by the Sixth Congress of the A.F.F. (11th March, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President True Democrat (12th March, 2005)
F.L. 6-5
The Line of Succession Act

This bill will take effect after the passing and signing of the new Constitution. The Presidential Line of Succession is hereby amended to read:

    I.) Vice President of the Republic of Atlasia
    II.) President Pro Tempore of the Senate
    III.) Secretary of Forum Affairs
    IV.) Attorney General
    V.) Secretary of Defense & Forum Security
    VI.) Secretary of State
    VII.) Secretary of Treasury
    VIII.) Chief Justice of the Atlasian Supreme Court
    IX.) Senior Associate Justice of the Atlasian Supreme Court
    X.) Junior Associate Justice of the Atlasian Supreme Court

If this line of succession is exhausted then the Senate and the Governors shall convene within seven days and elect a President to fill out the remainder of the present term by a three-quarters majority.

Passed by the Sixth Congress of the A.F.F. (14th March, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President True Democrat (15th March, 2005)
F.L. 6-6
The Community Revitalization Act

§ 1. The federal government shall have the authority to establish Renaissance Zones in areas that are determined to be "economically distressed". For the purposes of this act, the definition of "economically distressed" shall be as follows:

Either

a. all counties or cities in which the Renaissance Zone will be established have an unemployment rate more than 50% higher than the national average, on average over the last 5 years;

or

b. all counties or cities in which the Renaissance Zone will be established have a poverty rate more than 50% higher than the national average, on average over the last 5 years.

A Renaissance Zone, once established, shall entitle any newly established business within its area to have to pay no federal income tax for the first 5 years of operation.

§ 2. The creation of any Renaissance Zone shall be done in consult with a committee duly appointed by the Regional Government in which the Zone shall be created. The primary purpose of this committee will be to analyze the totality of costs and benefits, both quantitatively and qualitatively, of the creation of the Zone, and establish the borders of the Zone. The committee will report its findings to the public before the creation of any such Zone.

Passed by the Sixth Congress of the A.F.F. (18th March, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President True Democrat (18th March, 2005)
NOTE: Originally proposed as the The Fair Wage and Community Revitalization Act
F.L. 6-7
Promotion of Democracy Act

1.) The Republic of Atlasia calls upon the Syrian government to set a definite time table for removing troops from Lebanon.

2.) The Republic of Atlasia demands that free and fair elections be allowed in Lebanon outside of the influence of Syria and be open to international election monitors.

3.) The Republic of Atlasia commends the actions of the Lebanese people in their attempts to push reform in their nation.

4.) The Republic of Atlasia condemns the Iranian government in their refusal to allow political reforms in their country.

5.) The Republic of Atlasia calls upon the government of Iran to allow reformist groups to run in the next election and to allow much needed reforms in the political system.

6.) The Senate will hereby allocate $10,000,000 for aid towards pro-democracy groups in Lebanon and Iran.

Passed by the Sixth Congress of the A.F.F. (20th March, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President True Democrat (20th March, 2005)
F.L. 6-8
The Fair Wage Act

§ 1. The federal minimum wage of Atlasia shall be increased by $0.50 per hour over the next two years, until it reaches the level of $6.15/hour.

§ 2. If at any time within the next 3 years, either one of these two things occur...

1. Three consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, as reported by the Commerce Department.

2. Unemployment numbers grow above 7% for three consecutive quarters, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The minimum wage increase proposed in Clause 1 will be reduced by $0.15/hour every quarter, but shall not be reduced to less than $5.50/hour. This will continue until either the minimun wage becomes $5.50/hour or until economic GDP growth resumes or the unemployment rate drops.

Passed by the Sixth Congress of the A.F.F. (20th March, 2005)
Signed by the Honorable President True Democrat (20th March, 2005)
NOTE: Originally proposed as the The Fair Wage and Community Revitalization Act

[MHS2002]

(This thread is locked, let me know if you have any questions)

This is the statute thread where I'll keep an archive of all bills passed on the forum. The first 5 sessions are up, the last 2 will be updated periodically.

I would appreciate any help on acts that have been repealed, modified, or declared unconstitutional so that I can make a note on the relevant statute.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

7TH SENATE SESSION STATUTES[/b]

Nuclear Restriction Bill

§ I The Government of Atlasia shall not sell technology to any foreign country used in the development and maintenence of nuclear weapons, tactical nuclear weapons or any other means of creating nuclear weapons, unless the Secretary of State places no military restrictions on said country.

§ II. The Government of Atlasia shall not sell technology to any foreign country used in the development and maintenence of nuclear reactors, nuclear plants, or any other means of harnessing or using nuclear fuel for energy, unless the Secretary of State places no military restrictions on said country.

§ III. The Government of Atlasia shall not sell technology to produce, manufacture, or create nuclear fuel and may not sell any nuclear fuel already created for use in weapons or reactors, unless the Secretary of State places no military restrictions on said country.

§ IV. If the Secretary of State changes designation on any country from "Full or Partial Military Restrictions" to "No Military Restrictions", the ability to purchase nuclear materials, as outlined in Clauses 1-3, shall not apply to said country unless said country country keeps the "No Military Restrictions" designation from the Secretary of State for more than one year consecutively.

§ V.  If the Secretary of State changes designation on any country from "No Military Restrictions" to "Full or Partial Military Restrictions", the ability to purchase nuclear materials, as outlined in Clauses 1-3, shall be stopped immediately to said country, and any prior transactions between the Government of Atlasia and said country in any nuclear materials shall be revoked and no more materials shall be sent to said country.

Passed by the Seventh Congress of the Republic of Atlasia (10th May 2005)
Signed by the Hon. President Alcon San Croix (10th May 2005


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.

Passed by the Seventh Congress of the Republic of Atlasia (10th May 2005)
Entered into Law after Seven Days of no Executive Action

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