F.L. 3-1Federal Activity ActPart I - Executive Branch§ 1. To fulfill their duties as elected officials of the fantasy board, the President and Vice President must visit and post on the fantasy board at least once a week, unless his/her absence is reported in advance. Acting Presidents and Vice Presidents will be appointed using the line of succession in our Constitution.
§ 2. If the President fails to meet the minimun fantasy activity, the Vice President shall be become President for the remainder of the term, even if the President returns. If the Vice President is also declared inactive with the President, both will be removed from office.
§ 3. If the Vice President fails to meet the minimun fantasy activity, the President will appoint a new Vice President.
§ 4. The Secretary of Forum Affairs must administer every federal election, unless they provide awareness of their absence ahead of time.
Part II - Legislative Branch§ 1. If a Senator misses three senate votes and/or debates on bills consecutivly without notice, the Senator will be declared INACTIVE.
§ 2. If a Senator is declared inactive, the Secretary of Forum Affairs will administer a recall election the weekend after the inactivity declaration.
Part III - Judical BranchEach member of the Supreme Court or anyother court established in the future must post a minimun once per week to retain their status unless they give a notice of absence in advance.
Part IV - The Cabinet§ 1. Cabinet officers serve at the pleasure of the President, who may release them from service at whim.
§ 2. Failure of a Cabinet Officer to represent the Department publically, report Departmental business to the President or Senate, or administer relevent Department obligations (as determined by the GM) on at least a weekly basis is Official Negligence, and grounds for automatic removal from office.
§ 3. A majority vote of the Senate or citation by either the GM or Secretary of Forum Affairs is sufficient to invoke this automatic suspension, unless the citation is nullified by the discovery and posting of evidence of adequate Departmental business having been conducted within the appropriate time frame of alleged negligence.
§ 4. An ejected office holder may only resume his/her post if renominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
§ 5. Preplanned absences of office holders may be accomodated at the government's discression.
Part V - The GM§ 1. Failure on the part of the GM to either report to or correspond with either the President, his/her cabinet, the Senate Floor, or in the public forum venue with no less frequency than a weekly basis is Forum Negligence, and is sufficient grounds for automatic removal from the post.
§ 2. A majority vote in the Senate or a citation by the President is sufficient to invoke this automatic removal, unless prior to the appointment of a new GM evidence is discovered and posted of sufficient activity within the time frame of alleged negligence.
§ 3. For negligence or any other failure of necessary and adequate job performance and decorum, upon citation of such by the President to the Forum Moderator, the Forum Moderator may convene a private meeting including any and only those s/he sees fit for the purpose of determining the necessity of removing the GM from his/her post. The Forum Moderator may then soley elect to so remove the GM.
§ 4. A bill passed by 2/3 margin of the Senate and signed by the President is sufficient to remove the GM from his/her post for any reason.
Part VI - Government ExpansionIf a new branch of fantasy government is formed, the Senate or any federal legislative power at the time of its formation is required to amend this document to be in coordinance with the new branch.
Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (September 21, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President John F. Kennedy (September 22,2004)
F.L. 3-2Marriage Equity ActIt shall be the stated policy of the forum that the definition of marriage shall not be construed to deny a person the right to enter into a marriage contract with a person of the same gender nor enjoy any of the benefits thereof.
Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (September 21, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President John F. Kennedy (September 22,2004)
F.L. 3-3National Energy Act1. The responsibility for the approval of oil refinery construction shall be taken away from the Environmental Protection Agency
1 and given to the Department of Treasury.
2. The environmental regulations shall be eased to allow for easier approval of refineries.
3. Gasoline formulation requirements shall be altered to abolish regional differences in gasoline formulas, thus establishing a Uniform Gasoline Standard equal to the more stringent quality regulations.
4. Sport Utility Vehicles shall not longer be classified as light trucks for purposes of CAFE
2 standards. They shall be classified as a sedan.
5. CAFE
2 standards shall be altered to strengthen fuel efficiency by increasing fuel efficiency by 5% by 2006, and another 3% every seven years after that.
6. The Federal Gasoline Tax shall be reduced from 18 cents per gallon to 12 cents per gallon.
7. The ethanol tax credit shall be doubled.
8. $1 billion per year shall be allotted for research on hydrogen fuel cells.
9. There shall be a tax credit of $500 per year to an individual who installs solar panels to provide energy to their own home, or to an individual who purchases a hybrid car. The solar panels must be able to provide enough heat to warm an Olympic regulation size swimming pool.
Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (October 1, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President John F. Kennedy (October 4, 2004)Footnotes1 Original text had “Association”. Changed to “Agency” to represent the probable intent of Congress.2 Original text had “CAFÉ”. Changed to “CAFE” to represent the probable intent of Congress.
F.L. 3-4Atlasia National Holiday ActThis great forum was created on October 28, 2003. This act proclaims that date to be a national holiday called
Dave Day in the country of Atlasia. No formal procedings are required, except the government shall be encouraged to recognize it, and the President shall be expected to make a speech commemorating the occasion. It shall also be an occasion to thank Dave for creating and keeping up the Forum. The same procedure shall take place on April 23, as we celebrate
Consitution Day.
Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (October 10, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President John F. Kennedy (October 12, 2004)CodificationMinor changes made in text as passed for verb tenses.
April 23 is the anniversary of April 23, 2004, the date on which The Constitution of the United States Election Atlas Forum was ratified.
F.L. 3-5Missile Defense Initiative Act$1,000,000,000 per year shall be allotted for the Department of Defense to develop a missile defense system.
Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (October 21, 2004)
Signed by the Honorable President John F. Kennedy (October 22, 2004)
F.L. 3-6Family Planning Amendments Act of 2004It shall be the stated policy of the Forum that:
(a) funds for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) shall be restored to their FY 2001 level.
(b) no organization receiving federal funding for family planning services domestically or abroad shall be prohibited from mentioning the full range of reproductive options, including abortion, to their clientele on pain of federal support.
(c) no funds shall be made available through the CHIP program for the care of zygotes, blastocysts, embryos, or fetuses as described by regulation as an "unborn child".
(d) no law shall be construed to punish someone for an attack on a pregnant woman in such a way as to treat the act against the zygote, blastocyst, embryo, or fetus as a separate offense.
Passed by the Third Congress of the A.F.F. (September 25, 2004)
Presented to the President on October 16, 2004
Entered into law after 7 days with no executive action.