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1.  All current federally-collected taxes and tax credits, as outlined in The Fiscal Responsibility Act, Tax Increase Act, Estate Tax Reform Act, Break the Chains Act (Take 2), Atlasia Clean Energy Act, Green Homes Act, Make Internet Sales Fair Act, Social & Economic Development Zone Improvement Act, Viva Las Atlasia Act, Capital Gains Tax Co-Operative Act, Anti-Speculation Act, Public Transportation Encouragement Act, Section 6 of the Public Housing Act, Social Security Taxation Act 2009, Section 3 of the Help Atlasia Study Act of 2009, Section 3 of the Environmental Policy Act of 2009, End Plastic Bag Pollution Act, Dependent Child and Income Tax Credit Act, Carbon Import Tax Act, Carbon Tax Act, Carbon Tax Residential Relief Act, National Sin Tax Act, Sections 6-9 of the National Energy Act, Section 2c of the Atlasia National Healthcare Act, the Hiring Incentives Act, and any taxes and tax credits not here listed, are hereby repealed.

2.  The Senate shall produce a budget request once per year, in order to fund all federal programs.

3.  The Regions shall be required to raise funds (by taxes, fees, other revenues, or sale of debt) to fund the Senate's budget request.

4.  Each region shall be required to raise at least the amount of funds determined by the following formula: (Senate's budget request)*(fraction of registered voters in that region)*(100% - unemployment rate)

For example, if a region contained 1/4 of all registered voters, and had a 10% unemployment rate, and the Senate requested $1 trillion in funds, the region would be required to raise at least ($1 trillion)(1/4)(1 - .1) = $225 billion.

5.  Any region that does not meet these funding requirements may, at the discretion of the Senate, have its highway funding, and regional funding under the Atlasian National Healthcare Act, reduced up to the level that the region is in arrears.

6.  Any region which provides more funds than are required will have their funding requirements reduced by that same amount the next year.

7.  The Senate may increase or reduce funding requirements on each region, but each increase or reduction must be uniform percentage-wise across all regions.

8.  The game moderator shall determine the amount of revenue each region's policies provide.

Foreign Policy Transparency and Rationalization Amendment

1. Atlasian military forces are hereby only authorized to use lethal force in the following circumstances:

• In the course of a war against a foreign government, having been declared by the Senate
  
• In self-defense or the in defense of other Atlasian military forces
• While in the normal course of their duties, to directly defend civilians against attack
• In the course of the apprehension of criminals
• To prevent a clear and immediate threat of the launch, release, or detonation of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear fission bombs, lethal chemical agents, or lethal biological organisms

2. Atlasian military forces may only be deployed abroad in countries on whose controlling government the Senate has declared war, or whose controlling government has requested the presence of Atlasian military forces.

3. The President may only exercise his or her powers as commander-in-chief of the Atlasian military in the context of wars having been declared by the Senate.

4. Atlasian military forces may not be placed under foreign or international command except by vote of the Senate.  Atlasian forces under foreign or international command may not offensively participate in conflicts not declared as wars by the Senate.  Atlasian forces under foreign or international command may be withdrawn from foreign or international command at any time at the discretion of their Atlasian commanding officers.