HOUSE BILL: Avoidance of Conflicts of Interest Act (ACIA) (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Atlasian People's House of Representatives
Pending
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Sponsor: Fhtagn
House Designation: HB 1144

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The sponsor has 24 hours to commence an advocacy here and the rest of the members have a subsequent 48 hours to post their initial comments, questions etc.

[fhtagn]

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To put this as simply as possible, if a company wishes to do overseas work under a government contract, they need to be willing to put aside feelings about particular countries Atlasia chooses to have close relationships with. By allowing companies to boycott our allies, there becomes the a major conflict of interest that alone makes the company unsuitable for the job. Beyond that, it has the potential to leave us in a spot where our hands are tied on companies we can work with for particular overseas projects, and would possibly put our foreign relations in jeopardy depending on the project and situation with said countries.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Will this make procurement of anything vital difficult or impossible?

[fhtagn]

Will this make procurement of anything vital difficult or impossible?

As of this time, and to the best of my knowledge, no.

The intent of this bill is to prevent any future issues. We've seen a growing number of companies coming out that they are boycotting our allies (for example, Israel). And while I do value the idea that a company is allowed to choose whom they do business with and how they run it, ones that choose to enter a contract with a government entity, especially in work overseas where it has the most impact, need to be held to a different standard. We don't want to project the idea that our government supports boycotting an ally and causing issues as a result.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Are we ready to move forward then?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am going to take that as yes. A final vote is now open on the underlying legislation, Representatives, please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[fhtagn]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE

[JGibson]

AYE

[CMB222]

AYE

[Illiniwek]

AYE

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I miss the old Senate rules sometimes. Under them I could end this vote right now.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Aye ftr

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Why ftr, the vote is still open.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Why ftr, the vote is still open.

I miss the old Senate rules sometimes. Under them I could end this vote right now.

I know you can't, but I felt like adding ftr anyway.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Why ftr, the vote is still open.

I miss the old Senate rules sometimes. Under them I could end this vote right now.

I know you can't, but I felt like adding ftr anyway.

Peebs will be Peebs.

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final House Passage of the Avoidance of Conflicts of Interest Act (ACIA):

Aye (7): CMB222, Fhtagn, Illiniwek, JGibson, NC Yankee, Peebs and Pessimistic
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (1): Haslam2020
Vacant Seats (1): Smith

With eight votes in the affirmative, this bill has passed the House and is sent to VP Vacancy and the PPT for Senate action.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Atlasian People's House of Representatives
Passed 7-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled,

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[Former Senator Haslam2020]

Sorry, I couldn't vote because of personal things. I would have absolutely voter Aye, however.