SB 8608: National Housing Trust Fund Expansion Act (Passed)

[Pericles]

Aye

[Zaybay]

AYE

[Devout Centrist]

Aye

[MAINEiac4434]

Aye!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This has enough votes to pass Senators have 24 hours to change their votes.

[YE]

Good to see our attendance has improved.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Good to see our attendance has improved.

Double PM/Discord DMing plus some outside help from I think Peanut and others have had a tremendous impact.

Also before I would just PM them to review the noticeboard update with the priority color coded. Now I am spoon feeding the direct vote link vote by vote. This means PM spamming is occurring as well spoon feeding.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Good to see our attendance has improved.

Double PM/Discord DMing plus some outside help from I think Peanut and others have had a tremendous impact.

Also before I would just PM them to review the noticeboard update with the priority color coded. Now I am spoon feeding the direct vote link vote by vote. This means PM spamming is occurring as well spoon feeding.

No shame in spoon feeding the kids.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final Passage of Senate Bill 8608: The National Housing Trust Fund Expansion Act:

Aye (4): Devoute Centrist, Maineiac4434, Pericles and Zaybay
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (2): Lechasseur and NC Yankee

With five votes in the affirmative and the none in the negative, this bill has passed and is presented to the Vice President for House Action.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A SENATE BILL
To expand the National Housing Trust Fund
Be it enacted in both Houses of Congress

Section 1; Title
1. This legislation may be cited as the National Housing Trust Fund Expansion Act.
Section 2; Expansion of the National Housing Trust Fund
1. Funding for the National Housing Trust Fund is increased to $5.0 billion annually.
Section 3; Funding
1. The top marginal rate of corporate tax is increased by 0.5%.
Section 4; Implementation
1. This legislation shall take immediate effect.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 4-0 in Atlasian Senate Assembled,

[Fmr. Representative Encke]

Since the bill takes immediate effect, I assume that the corporate tax increase will be a part of the FY2019 budget?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Since the bill takes immediate effect, I assume that the corporate tax increase will be a part of the FY2019 budget?

Has to pass the House first. Opportunity to amend, or murder it in cold blood.

[Lumine]

Pericles helpfully noticed the Senate had never gotten to voting on the House amended version, so I am opening a vote on this right now. Senators, please vote AYE, NAY or ABSTAIN:

A SENATE BILL
To expand the National Housing Trust Fund
Be it enacted in both Houses of Congress

Section 1; Title
1. This legislation may be cited as the National Housing Trust Fund Expansion Act.
Section 2; Expansion of the National Housing Trust Fund
1. Funding for the National Housing Trust Fund is increased to $5.0 billion annually.
Section 3; Funding
1. This act shall be funded by the following:
a. Eliminate all Offices of Civil Rights under the Department of Internal Affairs and replace with one Office of Civil Rights under the Department of Internal Affairs.
b. Reduce funding for the Economic Research Service by 25% and transfer to the National Institute for Food and Agriculture
c. Transfer the following administrations to the Food and Drug Administration:
-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
-Food Safety and Inspection Service
-Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
- Label and Grading services
d. Reduce funding for the Agricultural Research Service by 25%
e. Making the following changes to the National Institute for Food and Agriculture:
-Eliminating ethanol research
-Reducing funding for education programs by 10%
Reducing funding for extension services by 10%
f. Making the following changes to the Agricultural Marketing Service:
-Reducing funding by 25%
-Eliminating "organic" certification
g. Making the following changes to the Risk Management Service:
-Capping annual per-customer payouts at $250,000
-Means testing premium support for farmers with income exceeding $1 million annually
h. Making the following changes to the Farm Service Agency:
-Means testing Emergency Conservation Program payments for incomes above $1 Million
-Ending subsidies to farms which are profitable without them
-Prohibiting farmers from participating in both federal crop insurance and ARC or PLC programs
i. Transferring the Natural Resources Conservation Service to the Subdepartment of the Interior
j. Transferring the Rural Housing Service to the Subdepartment of Housing and Urban Development and reducing its funding by 5%.
Section 4; Implementation
1. This legislation shall take immediate effect.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 4-0 in Atlasian Senate Assembled,


As Amended:
People's House of Representatives
Passed 7-2-0 in the People's House Assembled,

[Devout Centrist]

Aye

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Nay

[ON Progressive]

Aye

[Comrade Funk]

Aye

[Vern]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

NAY


Not fond of the immediate effectiveness clause at the end.

[Lumine]

On a 4-2 vote this bill passes the Senate, it will be sent to the President ASAP.

AN ACT OF CONGRESS
To expand the National Housing Trust Fund
Be it enacted in both Houses of Congress

Section 1; Title
1. This legislation may be cited as the National Housing Trust Fund Expansion Act.
Section 2; Expansion of the National Housing Trust Fund
1. Funding for the National Housing Trust Fund is increased to $5.0 billion annually.
Section 3; Funding
1. This act shall be funded by the following:
a. Eliminate all Offices of Civil Rights under the Department of Internal Affairs and replace with one Office of Civil Rights under the Department of Internal Affairs.
b. Reduce funding for the Economic Research Service by 25% and transfer to the National Institute for Food and Agriculture
c. Transfer the following administrations to the Food and Drug Administration:
-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
-Food Safety and Inspection Service
-Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
- Label and Grading services
d. Reduce funding for the Agricultural Research Service by 25%
e. Making the following changes to the National Institute for Food and Agriculture:
-Eliminating ethanol research
-Reducing funding for education programs by 10%
Reducing funding for extension services by 10%
f. Making the following changes to the Agricultural Marketing Service:
-Reducing funding by 25%
-Eliminating "organic" certification
g. Making the following changes to the Risk Management Service:
-Capping annual per-customer payouts at $250,000
-Means testing premium support for farmers with income exceeding $1 million annually
h. Making the following changes to the Farm Service Agency:
-Means testing Emergency Conservation Program payments for incomes above $1 Million
-Ending subsidies to farms which are profitable without them
-Prohibiting farmers from participating in both federal crop insurance and ARC or PLC programs
i. Transferring the Natural Resources Conservation Service to the Subdepartment of the Interior
j. Transferring the Rural Housing Service to the Subdepartment of Housing and Urban Development and reducing its funding by 5%.
Section 4; Implementation
1. This legislation shall take immediate effect.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 4-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,


As Amended:
People's House of Representatives
Passed 7-2-0 in the People's House Assembled,


People's Regional Senate
Passed 4-2 -0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,