Legislation Introduction Thread

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The Promoting Exciting Senate Elections Amendment

Article 1 is amended as follows:

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[Napoleon]

The On Second Thought, We Do Have Expectations Amendment

Any federal official who does not post on the Atlas Fantasy Government board for seven consecutive days (168 hours) without posting a leave of absence shall forfeit his or her office.

Cosponsor: Senator Nix

[Kaine for Senate '18]

A Bill to Provide Aid to Jordan and Syrian Refugees

1.  $200 million shall be appropriated to the Department of State for ensuring a minimum quality of life at Syrian refugee camps in Jordan.
2.  The Department of State shall be authorized to purchase food materials, water, shelter and other essential supplies, and tasked with the transportation and distribution of said items, with further oversight to be provided by the Atlasian Embassy at the direction of the Secretary of State.

[Napoleon]

Attorney General Reform Act

1.The Attorney General shall be permitted to publish stories relating to crime at the regional and federal level, and related statistics.

2.The Attorney General shall be required to maintain an official thread of updates, either separate from or as a part of his/her official government office thread.

3.The Attorney General shall be permitted to, with the assistance of the Game Moderator, prosecute crimes of various nature before the Supreme Court.

[Napoleon]

Resolution to Protect Wildlife

Findings: that wildlife and ecosystems around the world are threatened by the destruction of habit and the reduction of species population; that governments around the world are not doing everything possible to put a stop to these threats; that Atlasia is uniquely positioned to help foster an international solution

Be it resolved that the 54th Senate petitions the Administration and Secretary of State to pursue international agreements that will significantly reduce poaching, whaling, overfishing and habitat destruction and give international authorities the power to enforce these agreements.

[Napoleon]

Same Day Registration Amendment

Article V, Section2 Clause 3 is amended to read:

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[Sbane]

Genetic Privacy Act

1) A person may not be required to submit their genetic information to their employer, insurance provider, health care provider or any level of government without their written consent or their legal guardian's written consent.
2) If a person does wish to provide their genetic information, that information may not be used against them to deny employment, insurance coverage or to raise insurance rates. Employers may not take genetic information into account when making hiring, firing, job placement or promotion decisions.
3) A warrant will have to be produced before anyone suspected of criminal activity is required to submit their genetic information.

[Napoleon]

Holidays Act

The Monday following the Super Bowl and days with regularly scheduled federal elections shall be federal holidays with employees given the day off.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Resolution Authorizing the Use of Military Force Against North Korea

Whereas- The People's Republic of North Korea is a military dictatorship which suppresses the rights of its own people and is consistently regarded as responsible for some of the world's most egregious human rights abuses

Whereas- North Korea has consistently defied international law and the will of the international community, most notably by developing nuclear weapons

Whereas- North Korea has explicitly threatened to attack our nation and our allies

Whereas- North Korea is responsible for numerous acts of war in its existence including shelling of South Korean military bases and assassination attempts against South Korean leaders

Whereas- the North Korean dictator has refused to participate in traditional diplomatic channels to resolve this crisis

Whereas- the world community is united against North Korean aggression, as demonstrated by a unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council to further sanction North Korea

Be it resolved- the Senate gives the President full authority to initiate and direct military operations against the People's Republic of North Korea

[Napoleon]

Mt. Atlasmore Act

A national park shall be created near Keystone, Vitality, Most Serene Republic of the Midwest.

$10 million is appropriated to finance the construction of a stone carving featuring the faces of four great Atlasian Presidents: Keystone Phil, Former Moderate, Bgwah, and Lief.

[Maxwell]

Mt. Atlasmore Act

A national park shall be created near Keystone, Vitality, Most Serene Republic of the Midwest.

$10 million is appropriated to finance the construction of a stone carving featuring the faces of four great Atlasian Presidents: Keystone Phil, Former Moderate, Bgwah, and Lief.

I endorse this, as it will create jobs and it will boost tourism to our region.

[DemPGH]

A note to say I fully support and endorse moving on Nix's "Break" legislation, especially as regions do likewise. Having a federal standard is paramount, IMO. We don't want another debacle like what I discovered yesterday late afternoon when I logged back on! As someone over there said, yes, it's a game, it's fun, but we still play to win and we do need standards. I don't know if we want to tackle the write-in bit now or nail this down first and think about the write-in bit later. Whatever, just good to see this, and it will also help the administrator of elections not have to sift through comments in the voting threads.

I like what I saw just a bit ago requiring a registered user's name in the write-in line(s), and I do think there should be a write-in option, FWiW.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

OSPR, Article III, Section I

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Fortunately, for you both, I don't beleive there are any proscribed penalties, and if there were such, I would be disinclined to pursue the matter save to use it to discourage posting in this thread.

Seriously, legislation can get missed that way, and Maxwell's post actually served to delay the addition of Nix's amendment to the queue.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

CURE Cancer Act

1- $5 billion annually will be given to fund a new federal agency known as the Center for Understanding and Researching the End to Cancer

2- The Secretary of Internal Affairs will appoint the Director of this agency

3- The Center will be charged with allocating its budget to any organizations its leadership sees fit- including private and international research

[Sopranos Republican]

CURE Cancer Act

1- $5 billion annually will be given to fund a new federal agency known as the Center for Understanding and Researching the End to Cancer

2- The Secretary of Internal Affairs will appoint the Director of this agency

3- The Center will be charged with allocating its budget to any organizations its leadership sees fit- including private and international research

I will cosponsor this bill.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Anti-Pestering Act

1. Any Atlasian who makes an explicit request in the New Register Thread to be placed on a "Do-Not-PM list" will be registered in such a list by the Registrar General.

2. The "Do-Not-PM list" shall be visible in one of the opening posts of the Census Bureau thread, and any Atlasian wishing to campaign through PMs is requested to read the "Do not PM list" before doing so.

3. If anyone on the "Do-Not-PM list" receives a PM with the intent to sway the individual to vote in an ongoing election or ratification, or vote for a specific candidate, the sender's vote shall be invalidated and will not be counted in the final tally for said election (or ratification) as punishment.

President Marokai had a better version of the bill I just posted so...

[Sopranos Republican]

Prison Reform Act of 2013

This bill shall deal with the state of Atlasian Prisons.

Be it enacted by the Senate of Atlasia Assembled.

Section 1. TITLE

This legislation may be cited, as the Prison Reform Act of 2013

Section 2. FINDINGS

The Senate of Atlasia finds and declares that

1. The state of a high percentage of our prisons is poor.

2. There is an alarming rate of young Atlasians being sent to prison.

3. A high percentage of former convicts are returning to prison shortly after being released.

4. The Atlasian Senate realizes, we must act to improve the current conditions.

Section 3. PUNISHMENT

1. All non violent convicts with the exception of persons stated in section 5 shall be subject to a maximum prison sentence of two (2) years. The Regions may set a lower maximum prison sentence, if they so chose.

2. All persons incarcerated for non violent crimes, shall be pardoned from any physical punishment from prison guards, with the exception of:

a. Convicts who assaulted a prison guard

b. Convicts who assaulted a fellow inmate

Section 4. EDUCATION

1. Education of inmates shall be a priority of this act.

2. Inmates twenty five years of age (25) or younger who do not have a college degree shall be enrolled in Education Courses. Inmates 30 years of age or younger will be given highest priority for education.

3. Young inmates shall be taught: Math, History, English, and Science.

4. A licensed teacher shall be hired to teach inmates.

5. Inmates (25) years of age or older may optionally enroll in education classes.

Section 5. EXCEPTIONS TO PRISON TERM LIMIT

1. The following non violent convicts shall be exempt from the maximum prison sentence set in section 3.

2. Persons convicted of engaging in cyber terrorism

3. Persons convicted of monetary counterfeiting.

4. Persons convicted of major tax fraud.

5. Persons convicted of the impersonation of a medical professional.

6.  Persons convicted of the impersonation of a law enforcement officer.

7. Persons convicted of perjury before a grand jury.

8. Persons convicted of selling top secret information.

9. Persons convicted of identity theft, particularly multiple offenses.

10. Persons convicted of selling illegal drugs (particularly in mass quantities), banned weapons, and other illegal goods.

Section 6. RELEASE

1. Upon release from an Atlasian prison, the former inmate, will have the opportunity to do the following:

2. A person released from prison will have the opportunity, to enlist in the United States of Atlasia Armed Forces.

3. Recruiters from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard, may approach any former inmate who has expressed interest in enlisting in the military.

4. A former inmate who was a student in the prison’s education system as mentioned in section four will be offered a chance to attend a community college in the state where he/she was incarcerated.

5. Any former inmate who was a student of the prison’s education system, as mentioned in section four, and did an exceptional job, shall be considered for significant financial aid or a scholarship to a university.

6. All non violent criminals other than those in section 5, shall not be required to state a criminal record, when applying for employment.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

I would like to co sponsor Matt's bill

[Napoleon]

Promotion of the Regional Government Board Resolution

Recognizing the increased prominence that Regional Governments have taken in the last few years of the game, and the now ubiquitous nature of regional legislatures, the federal government of Atlasia laments their symbolic status as "less than" the Senate's importance by virtue of being a childboard.

Because of this, the Senate requests the promotion of the "Regional Governments" board to front-page status, equal in prominence to the "Atlas Fantasy Government" and "Atlas Fantasy Elections" boards.

[Napoleon]

Re-Consolidated Criminal Justice Act

Introduction
Whereas the current CCJA is an old and tacked-together mess, and it is in desperate need of reconsolidating as the name "Consolidated Criminal Justice Act" is a horrible misnomer, the Senate establishes the following:

Section 1: Cleaning Up Statute.

The following laws are hereby repealed and removed from the Statute page:

• F.L. 15-1: Consolidated Criminal Justice Act
• F.L. 20-3: Perjury Act
• F.L. 25-5: Supreme Court Bar Act
• F.L. 27-1: Amendment to the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act
• F.L. 32-17: Second Amendment to the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act
• F.L. 34-4: Consistency in Punishment Act
• F.L. 36-10: Third Amendment to the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act
• F.L. 37-1: Wiki Authority Act
• F.L. 43-3: Fourth Amendment to the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act
• F.L. 44-10: Fifth Amendment to the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act

Section 2: Crimes against Atlasia

The following shall be crimes against Atlasia:

1. The impersonation, or attempted impersonation, of another Atlas Forum member on the Atlas Forum.

2. The "hacking" or taking over control of another Atlas Forum members personal account without their permission.

3. Voter fraud, defined as the creation of identities other than ones primary identity in Atlasia and subsequently entering this identity into the tally of registered.
3a. If a citizen no longer has access to their previous forum account and wishes to register and/or vote with a new forum account in Atlasia, then they shall be allowed to do so legally only if they make it clear in the registration thread who they are and which forum account they previously registered under so that the SoFA may appropriately update the registration without having any duplicate accounts on the voter roll.
3b. This shall exclude those who have had their previous account banned from the Atlas Forum.

4. The performance of the duties of a cabinet official or deputy cabinet official without proper promotion or appointment.

5. Knowingly violating and/or disregarding Senate-imposed Atlasia Wiki guidelines and standards.

6. The deletion of a ballot during a period between vote was closed and elected officeholders sworn-in or soliciting to delete a ballot during the same period

7. Intimidation of a voter into voting or not voting a certain way, or into invalidating one's vote, through credible threats to disclose personal information; or contacting voters with disinformation about the election process in order to prevent casting of a valid ballot.

8. Posting pictures, other media, or links to the same of a pornographic nature on the boards provided for the purposes of Atlas Fantasy Elections.

9. Maliciously editing the AtlasWiki to remove legitimate content or create off-topic pages.

10. Posting threads on the boards provided for the purposes of Atlas Fantasy Elections of a sexual nature that contribute nothing to political or philosophical discussion.

11. Perjury, hereby defined as "any person who takes an oath before a competent tribunal or officer that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true."

Section 3: 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 1 through 7 of Section 2:
1a. Up to a one year ban from voting in any regional or federal Atlasian elections.
1b. Up to two years ban from holding any office under the Republic of Atlasia, at any level of government.

2. For offences described in Clauses 8 through 10 of Section 2:
2a. Up to a two month ban from voting in any regional or federal Atlasian elections.

3. For the offence of perjury:
3a: Up to 4 months revocation of registration within Atlasia.
3b. Up to 8 months ban from holding any office under the Republic of Atlasia at any level of government.

[Napoleon]

[quote]Section 4: Acts of Treason

The following acts are hereby declared Acts of Treason:

1. Rebellion, defined as the use of military forces to overthrow the Federal or any Regional government of Atlasia.

2. Aiding of a rebellion, defined as the fully knowing and intentional direction of funds, military aid, or strategic advice to a person or group seeking to engage in rebellion.

3. Terrorism, defined as the unlawful or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating civilians and/or the federal and/or regional governments of Atlasia.

4. Destruction of a Voting Booth, defined as deleting the thread in which a voting booth, or absentee voting booth, for an active election is contained.

5. Secession, defined as a territory or group of people declaring or threatening independence from the Atlasia.

6. Refutation of federal supremacy in law, defined as making any post or taking any actions denying the supremacy of, or serving in a regional government which denies that it is subject to, federal law in any or all regions of Atlasia, after having taken the oath of office and serving as a legal officeholder.

Section 5: Punishment of Acts of Treason

Sentencing of Acts 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:
1. Up to a lifetime ban from voting in any Atlasian elections.
2. Up to a lifetime ban from holding any office under the Republic of Atlasia.

Section 6: Trial Rules

Trial of all these crimes and Acts of Treason shall be done in full compliance with the provisions of Article III, Section 2 of the Second Constitution.

Section 7: Admissibility of Evidence

The presiding Justice may admit the following as evidence of the crime at his own discretion:
1. The actual statements made on the Atlas Forum itself
2. Screenshots of the statements made.
3. A quotation of the statement in a post by another Atlas Forum user.
4. The testimony of forum users who viewed the statement itself.
5. 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.
6. Evidence obtained through investigation of the IP address from which the offence was perpetrated.
7. Evidence given to the Court by the Forum Moderators or the Forum Owner, Dave Leip obtained in their capacity in that position.

Section 8: Rights of the Defendant at Trial

1. Defendants in criminal trials shall not be denied access to legal counsel from an active Atlasian citizen. A defendant shall have the right to waive his right to legal counsel.

2. If a defendant requests that a Federal Court appoint counsel for him, then the Court shall appoint a member of the Supreme Court Bar to represent the defendant.

3. A Supreme Court Bar member shall be able to refuse to represent a defendant on grounds of conflict of interest, however, final determination of conflict of interest shall be made by the Supreme Court.

4. Any member of the Supreme Court Bar who refuses to represent a state criminal defendant without proper excuse shall be expelled from the Supreme Court Bar.

5. The Supreme Court may make regulations pertaining to the appointment of counsel in a trial, including systems for rotation between different counsel.

6. No person shall be a member of the Supreme Court Bar without being a registered Atlasian citizen who has had at least one vote counted in the past two regular scheduled elections. If a person was not a registered voter at the time of the last scheduled election, then he shall be able to hold a provisional membership of the Bar until the next scheduled election at the discretion of the Supreme Court.

7. The Attorney General may nominate persons he deems fit for membership of the Supreme Court Bar to the Supreme Court. Individual citizens may nominate themselves for membership of the Supreme Court Bar, but shall require the sponsorship of an existing member of the Bar.

Section 9: Right to Appeal

In addition to any Rights of Appeal the Supreme Court may find under the Constitution, the defendant retains the following statutory rights of appeal against their conviction:

1. Procedural Appeals:

i. Should the defendant wish to appeal his conviction on grounds of errors of procedure during the trial, he may do so to the full Supreme Court provided the appeal is filed within one month of conclusion of the trial.
ii. If the Supreme Court does find errors of procedure in the trial, vacation of the conviction shall not be automatic, but at the discretion of the Supreme Court.

2. Substantive Appeals:

i. Should new evidence come to light, the defendant may appeal his conviction to the Supreme Court on the grounds that the evidence no longer supports his conviction or severity of his sentence.
ii. In reviewing the appeal, the Supreme Court may refer the question of guilt to a new jury in a new trial (without vacating the original conviction).
iii. The Supreme Court may also reduce the sentence if it determines that the severity of the offence is reduced in light of the new evidence.

Section 10: Retention of a Supreme Court Bar

1. There shall be a Supreme Court Bar.

2. Admittance to the Supreme Court Bar shall be at the discretion of the Supreme Court.

3. The Supreme Court may make regulations pertaining to the Supreme Court Bar, including regulations regarding activity (posting frequency), expulsion and admittance.

4. The Supreme Court may delegate administrative duties to the Attorney General as it sees fit.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Yea, I beleive I sent a PM asking that withdrawn bills be stricken through and a post made about the matter, as opposed to deletion and no means of informing of what happened.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Introduced for Sjoycefla. It is my hope that leaving these combined will help expedite the process and reduce the content of the queue. However, I do have concerns that the concerns of one, may scuttle the many if they remain so.

[Sopranos Republican]

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