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« Reply #100 on: July 03, 2017, 04:27:19 PM »

A BILL

To implement a seven-day waiting period prior to the fulfillment of deregistration requests


Be it enacted by the Congress of the Republic of Atlasia assembled


SECTION 1. TITLE

This legislation may be cited as the Deregistration Waiting Period Act.

SECTION 2. MANDATORY WAITING PERIODS FOR GRANTS OF DEREGISTRATION

1. Deregistration of citizens shall officially take effect seven days after a request for deregistration has been made.

2. Within the seven days after deregistration has been requested, those who have requested deregistration may withdraw their request without penalty.
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« Reply #101 on: July 12, 2017, 05:16:43 PM »

AN ACT
To provide for an emergency temporary intake of Syrian refugees; establish a public-private partnership to resettle refugees within Atlasia; provide for appropriations for the same; and to coordinate refugee settlement with the regional governments.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Congress Assembled.

Title I--Title, Definitions, and Enactment
1. This act may be cited as the "Refugee Act 2017", or, within this text, the "Act."
2. For the context of this Act, "Secretary" shall, in all cases, refer to the Secretary of State.
3. For the context of this Act, a "refugee" is defined as a person identified by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees as being a person internally or externally displaced as a result of the Syrian emergency.
4. This Act shall come into operation on the day following its approval into law.

Title II--Providing for a temporary intake of refugees
1. In accordance with Schedule A of this act, the Secretary of State shall, upon the enactment of this act into law, provide for the resettlement of no more than fifty thousand (50,000) refugees into the territory of the Republic of Atlasia.
2. It shall be the legal responsibility of the Department of State to provide for the successful transportation, settlement, and assimilation of the refugees as defined in Section 1.

Title III--Establishment of the Commission for Refugees
1. In order to achieve the successful implementation of this Title, the Secretary of State shall establish a "Commission for Refugees" or, as defined within this Act, the "Commission."
2. The Commission shall be defined as body corporate of the Commonwealth with responsibility to successfully oversee the intake of refugees into the Commonwealth, provide for their settlement, oversee their education, and provide for employment training.
3. The Commission shall be composed of the following statutory offices:
a. The Commissioner;
b. The Deputy Commissioner; 
4. The Secretary of State shall oversee the establishment of a Commission Secretariat to organize and implement the provisions of this Act.

Title IV--Establishment of the Refugee Exchange Program
1. The Commission shall, through consultation and cooperation with international, national, regional, and local, humanitarian aid bodies develop a Refugee Exchange Program to provide for the private sponsorship and hosting of the refugees as defined in Title I.
2. Each refugee candidate's application shall have to fully conform with all federal immigration laws and procedures, and must, in the opinion of the Commission, prove to be a satisfactory candidate for resettlement.
3. The Commission shall ensure that each approved applicant receives regular and adequate instruction in the English language within their host community as well as employment training provisions.
4. Households participating within the Refugee Exchange Program shall be designated to host either a family consisting of persons directly related or a group of individuals not to exceed six persons.
5. Selected households participating within the Exchange must be certified by the Commission to have adequate financial means and proper social disposition to accommodate the applicants.
6. Preference shall be given by the Commission to select household applicants residing in regional and rural communities as defined by the Census Bureau of Atlasia.
7. The Department of State shall appropriate, from its general appropriation, a payment of $1,500 per month to host households to be used for all necessary expenses in direct relation to participation within the Program.
8. The Commission shall be responsible for appropriating all donations received to it from individuals, groups, or bodies to the respective participating households.
9. Households agreeing to participate within the Exchange shall agree to host said refugees for a minimum period of twelve months, which may be extended to eighteen months with the agreement of the Commission, the respective household, and refugees.

Title V: Developing Partnerships with the Regional Governments.
1. The Secretary of State shall be authorized and permitted to waive this Act, or any applicable section therein, to stand in place of any program for refugee resettlement as provided by a regional government.
2. Any program as defined in Section 1 of this Title may be approved to receive parallel funding from the Department of State to a degree to which the Secretary deems appropriate.

Schedule A
1. Title II: To be completed no later than March 31, 2018, unless ordered to be extended by the Secretary.
2. Title III: Within thirty days of this Act's enactment.
3. Title IV: Within sixty days following Section 2.
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« Reply #102 on: July 12, 2017, 05:33:54 PM »
« Edited: July 12, 2017, 11:20:51 PM by Barnes »

AN ACT
To provide for emergency famine relief for South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Congress Assembled.

WHEREAS: There has not been a recognized global famine in nearly two decades;

AND WHEREAS: International organizations have declared that 2017 could see the advent of four concurrent famines in South Sudan, northern Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen;

AND WHEREAS: The Congress of Atlasia deems famine to be an unacceptable level of human suffering which should not be allowed to exist for any section of humanity;

AND WHEREAS: The Congress recognizes that internal refugee crises caused by food shortages further exacerbates internal conflict, human trafficking and smuggling, terrorist networks, regional instability, and places further pressure upon the world community at large;

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ENACTED, THAT:

1. The Secretary of State shall declare the existence of extreme famine in northern Nigeria and East Africa;

2. Within thirty (30) days of the enactment of this Act into law, the Secretary of State shall develop an emergency "Famine Relief Commission" within the Department of State;

3. Within sixty (60) days of the enactment of this Act, the Famine Relief Program shall present recommendations to the Secretary for an aid relief program for the aforementioned affected areas, to be appropriated from funding dedicated to international aid and development through the Department's appropriation;

4. The Famine Relief Commission shall collaborate with international bodies, aid organizations, respective national governments, and local aid workers to ensure that all appropriated funding is distributed in the most effective and efficient method possible.

5. Within six (6) months of the enactment of this Act into law, the Secretary shall review the operation  of the Famine Relief Commission and decide upon its continuance of operation, and shall make further reviews every six (6) months thereafter as long as he deems the need for the Commission to remain in operation.
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« Reply #103 on: July 24, 2017, 12:58:57 AM »
« Edited: July 30, 2017, 04:21:37 PM by Senator Scott, PPT »

A BILL

To impose a tax on the burning of carbon-based fuels, and to incentivize minimizing carbon emissions through conservation, substitution, and innovation


Be it enacted by the Congress of the Republic of Atlasia assembled;


SECTION 1. TITLE

This legislation may be cited as the Carbon Tax Act.

SECTION 2. FINDINGS

Whereby the Congress of the Republic of Atlasia hereby acknowledges:

That increasing levels of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere are destabilizing established climate patterns and damaging ecosystems;

That rapid reductions in Atlasia's and other nations' carbon emissions are essential to avoid runaway climate destabilization and minimize severe weather events, inundation of coastal cities, spread of diseases, loss of forests, failure of agriculture and water supply, infrastructure destruction, forced migrations, political upheavals, and international conflict;

Current prices of electricity, gasoline, and other fuels reflect little or none of the long-term costs from climate change or even near-term health costs of burning fossil fuels, and this suppresses incentives to develop and deploy carbon-reducing measures such as energy efficiency

SECTION 3. TAX RATES

Following are tax rates consistent with charging $50.00 per ton of carbon (not carbon dioxide) emitted.
 Consistent with the intent of phasing this level in over a five-year period, the rates for years 1 through 4 will be calculated by multiplying the rates in the table by 20%, 40%, 60% and 80%, respectively.

All rates are expressed in dollars per million Btu of fuel.

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Bituminous coal ----- $1.40
Subbituminous coal - $1.45
Lignite ----------------- $1.47
Crude Oil -------------- $1.12
Gasoline --------------- $1.07
Residual Fuel Oil ----- $1.18
Natural Gas ----------- $0.80
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SECTION 4. REBATES FOR CO2 CONTROL

Paying entities may be eligible for a partial or total rebate of the tax payments if the paying eneiety can prove that some or all of the carbon dioxide emissions will be kept from entering the Earth's atmosphere for millennia.

SECTION 5. EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL REVENUES TO ATLASIAN CITIZENS (GREEN CHECKS)

100% of revenues generated by the carbon tax shall be distributed on an equal basis to all Atlasian households on a quarterly time basis via cheque, which shall henceforth be referred to as "green checks."
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« Reply #104 on: August 22, 2017, 03:10:29 AM »

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« Reply #105 on: August 26, 2017, 05:18:20 AM »

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Article VIII, Section 2 of the Fourth Atlasian Constitution shall be amended to read as follows:
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« Reply #106 on: September 05, 2017, 01:36:09 PM »

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I am going to need two senators to cosponsor, please.
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« Reply #107 on: September 05, 2017, 01:38:02 PM »


I am going to need two senators to cosponsor, please.
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« Reply #108 on: September 05, 2017, 04:55:53 PM »


I am going to need two senators to cosponsor, please.

cosponsoring

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« Reply #109 on: September 17, 2017, 02:30:25 PM »

Can someone please sponsor this for me
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« Reply #110 on: September 17, 2017, 03:40:47 PM »

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« Reply #111 on: September 17, 2017, 03:42:05 PM »

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« Reply #112 on: September 18, 2017, 09:10:41 PM »

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« Reply #113 on: September 18, 2017, 09:11:05 PM »

Protecting Our Students Act
To strip federal funding from schools that do not comply with mandates regarding LGBT students

1. Federal funding for schools that do not comply with mandates regarding LGBT, racial, and religious minority students is hereby revoked.

2. "Mandates regarding LGBT, racial, and religious minority students" shall be defined as mandates, legislative or otherwise, made by the Atlasian federal government that orders schools to protect the interests and rights of students who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or any other legally recognized sexuality or gender identity, as well as students of a racial minority, including black, Latino, Asian, Native American, or another legally recognized non-Caucasian race, as well as students of a religious minority such as Islam, Judaism, Atheism, Buddhism, Hinduism, or another legally recognized non-Christian or Christian denominational faith.

3. This act does not apply to mandates set forth by the regions regarding the provisions outlined in Section 2, nor will it apply to funding provided by the regions.

4. Schools that do not provide adequate academic experiences for students outlined in Section 2, whether by denying access to a bathroom according to gender identity, time to pray in accordance with a student's religious beliefs, dietary accommodations in accordance with a student's religious or health needs, or any other religious, medical, or cultural standard, shall be subject to revocation of any federal funding they receive.

5. Accommodations for students shall not extend into unrealistic demands, which may include accommodations not outlined in this act, or any other federal mandate. Accommodations may not be made that give students outlined in Section 2 unfair advantages over other students.

6. Schools that have their federal funding stripped due to a perceived violation outlined in this act may appeal the decision and will be given one hundred eighty (180) days or six (6) months to provide evidence that they are complying with this act. In the event that they are able to prove that they are complying with this act, their funding shall be restored.

7. This act will take effect immediately upon passage.
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« Reply #114 on: September 19, 2017, 12:02:21 AM »

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« Reply #115 on: September 20, 2017, 01:02:53 PM »
« Edited: September 20, 2017, 01:06:32 PM by Siren »

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« Reply #116 on: September 25, 2017, 06:28:59 PM »

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« Reply #117 on: September 25, 2017, 10:32:56 PM »

Introducing the Senate counterpart to the September 2017 Foreign Relations Review
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« Reply #118 on: September 25, 2017, 11:46:43 PM »

Also sponsoring the Second Korean War Declaration
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« Reply #119 on: September 26, 2017, 01:41:50 AM »

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« Reply #120 on: September 29, 2017, 09:23:18 PM »
« Edited: October 01, 2017, 08:46:27 AM by Senator Scott, PPT »

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« Reply #121 on: October 01, 2017, 08:45:12 AM »
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« Reply #124 on: October 07, 2017, 07:41:24 PM »

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