The White House

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To provide for the treatment of core seasonal industries affected by antidumping or countervailing duty investigations


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Defending Domestic Produce Production Act.

Section 2. Definitions

(a) Core Seasonal Industry.—Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(37) CORE SEASONAL INDUSTRY.—The term ‘core seasonal industry’ means the producers—

“(A) of a domestic like product that is a raw agricultural product,

“(B) whose collective output of the domestic like product constitutes a majority of the total production of the domestic like product in any State or group of States that accounts for a major portion of the total production of the domestic like product during any discrete season or cyclical period of time that concludes not later than 8 weeks after the date in which the product is harvested, and

“(C) that make substantially all of their sales of the domestic like product during the season or cyclical period of time described in subparagraph (B).”.

(b) Dumping.—The term ‘dumping’ refers to the illegal practice of when a country or company exports a product at a price that is lower in the foreign importing market than the price in the exporter's domestic market.

Section 3. Improvements to Countervailing Duty Procedures for Core Seasonal Industries

1. A core seasonal industry, if the domestic producers or workers who support the petition account for at least 50 percent of the total production of the domestic like product in any State or group of States that accounts for at least 50 percent of total production of the domestic like product during the season or cyclical period of time specified in the petition, determined by averaging production over the 3 seasons or cyclical periods of time preceding the filing of the petition, may report suspected instances of dumping to the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).

2. The Tariff Act of 1930 is hereby amended.—

(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);

(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking “, and” and inserting a comma; and

(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:


“(C) in cases involving dumping that affects a core seasonal industry solely during a specific season or cyclical period of time, the administering authority shall limit the application of any rate determined under subparagraph (B) to that season or cyclical period of time, and”.

Senate of the Republic of Atlasia
Passed 14-3-1-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the SEnate and awaits your signature or veto:

Sticking it to the Man Act

A BILL

Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia in Congress assembled,

SECTION I
No school which receives federal funding from the government of Atlasia may suspend, expel, or otherwise punish a student for any of the following reasons:

1) wearing their hair in a certain style or having dyed or colored hair
2) expressing opinions or beliefs during time allocated for students to speak or ask questions which do not demean or harass other students, or wearing articles of clothing displaying a social or political message.
3) praying or otherwise practicing their religion at school, as long as the prayers are done without significantly disturbing the class or if they are done during a time of recess
4) actions that occurred outside of school provided they did not bully or harass another student, or result in the student's arrest

SECTION II

1) No school in the Republic of Atlasia may prevent a student from graduating or passing a class due to debts incurred, including but not limited to lunch debt and unreturned library books, provided they satisfy all other requirements.

Passed 7-0-0-1 in the Atlasian House assembled



People's Regional Senate
Passed 5-0-0-1 in the People's Regional Senate



Senate of the Republic of Atlasia
Passed 16-0-0-2 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, this bill has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto.

AN ACT
To promote COVID-19 vaccination efforts by recruiting volunteers for house visits


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Direct COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution Act.

Section 2. At-home vaccinations for COVID-19

1. The Atlasian Department of Health and Human Services shall be tasked with collaborating with regional, state, and local governments in recruiting nurses to administer at-home vaccinations for COVID-19.

2. Regional, state, and local governments shall be in charge of collaborating with hospitals, pharmacies, academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations in recruiting nurses to administer COVID-19 vaccines.

3. All applicants must be a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or higher in order to be listed.

4. AtlasCare shall assume compensation for all approved nurses.

5. Regional, state, and local governments shall be in charge of creating online portals where residents can sign up to request at-home vaccinations. The DefeatCoronavirus mobile app shall provide promotional information about at-home vaccinations and links to these online portals in addition to its present capabilities.

6. In addition, the DHS shall collaborate with regional, state, and local health departments in promoting at-home vaccinations by recruiting volunteers to distribute flyers promoting at-home vaccinations in low-income areas.

Senate of the Republic of Atlasia
Passed 15-0-0-3 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Thank you, Mr. President. While trade is important, Atlasia cannot compete without strong domestic industry. We also need more domestic growth, especially for parts of the country that are considered food deserts.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

Fair Chance At Housing Act

To prohibit landlords from not renting to tenants because of certain aspects of their criminal background.

Section 1. Short title

This Act shall be cited as the “Fair Chance At Housing Act”.

Section 2. Disclosure Limitation

(a) In general. —

A landlord shall not require potential tents or renters to disclose, nor use the following to base a rental decision —
(1) any arrests that did not result in a criminal conviction;
(2) participation in a diversion or deferral of judgment program;
(3) any expunged, invalidated, or voided convictions;
(4) any juvenile convictions;
(5) any offenses that are neither felonies or misdemeanors; and
(6) any convictions that took place more than seven years prior where any incarceration for such conviction has been completed no less than two years prior.

(b) Criminal exceptions. —

Paragraph (6) of Subsection (2)(a) shall not apply to the crimes of —
(1) murder and manslaughter;
(2) felony assault that causes serious physical injury;
(3) kidnapping;
(4) crimes which are of a sexual nature;
(5) crimes relating to theft or destruction of personal property;
(6) manufacturing or trafficking of illegal controlled substances, but not the sole possession of drugs without intent to sell.

(c) Criminal background check. —

No landlord shall conduct any background checks on potential tenants until after a conditional lease offer is made to such tenants, which may thereafter be rescinded as a result of any information found in a background check in accordance with this Act.

(d) Notification.—

A landlord shall be required notify any applicants if their conditional lease offer is rescinded in writing within 7 days, which shall include a copy of the background check and the stated reason for rescinding such a conditional lease offer.

(e) Two-family dwelling exception. —

Subsection (2)(a) shall not apply to landlords renting a two-family dwelling in which they live as their main residence.

Section 3. Noncompliance

Upon conviction in a summary proceeding, a person who violates Section (2) of this Act shall be subject to a fine not greater than five hundred dollars per violation.

Section 4. Implementation

This Act shall take effect immediately after passage.

People's House of Representatives
Passed 4-2-0-3 in the House of Representatives



Senate of the Republic of Atlasia
Passed 15-1-0-2 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To tax large multinational organizations and to promote a global tax overhaul


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Global Corporate Taxation Act.

Section 2. Definitions

(a) Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI).—The term 'Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income' (GILTI) is a category of income (from intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, and copyrights) that is held abroad by international corporations incorporated in Atlasia.

(b) International Company.—The term 'International Company' is a corporate organization that owns or controls the production of goods or services in at least one country other than its home country.

Section 3. Global Minimum Tax

(a) Starting in 2023, a global minimum tax of 15% shall be levied on international companies, with the exception of financial institutions and extractives, such as oil, whose annual global revenue (GILTI) meets or exceeds $890 million, for goods and services sold abroad.

(a) A global minimum tax of 21% shall be levied on international companies, whose annual global revenue (GILTI) meets or exceeds $20 billion, for goods and services sold abroad.

Section 4. Support for G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Communiqué

(a) The Republic of Atlasia officially endorses the framework outlined by the June 2021 G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Communiqué to address "the tax challenges arising from globalisation and the digitalisation of the economy and to adopt a global minimum tax."

Senate of the Republic of Atlasia
Passed 13-1-0-4 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To ban the trade of Chinese imports produced by forced labor


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.

Section 2. Findings

The Senate finds the following:

1.) In the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, the Government of the People’s Republic of China has, since April 2017, arbitrarily detained more than 1,000,000 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other persecuted groups in a system of extrajudicial mass internment camps, and has subjected detainees to forced labor, torture, political indoctrination, and other severe human rights abuses.

2.) Forced labor, a severe form of human trafficking, exists within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region’s system of mass internment camps, and throughout the region, and is confirmed by the testimony of former camp detainees, satellite imagery, and official leaked documents from the Government of the People’s Republic of China as part of a targeted campaign of repression of Muslim ethnic minorities.

3.) Researchers and civil society groups have issued reports documenting evidence that many factories and other suppliers in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are exploiting forced labor, on July 22, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce added 11 entities to the Entity List set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, after determining the entities had been “implicated in human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China’s campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labor and high-technology surveillance against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other persecuted groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region”.

4.) Since October 2019, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce has added a total of 48 entities of the Government of the People's Republic of China to the Entity List set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, in connection with their implication in human rights abuses in the implementation of China’s campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labor, and high-technology surveillance against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. As a consequence of their addition to the Entity List, comprehensive restrictions apply to the export, reexport, and in-country transfer of most Atlasia-origin items to those 48 entities. Audits and traditional due diligence efforts to vet goods and supply chains in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are unreliable for identifying the absence of forced labor in the production of goods because of interference by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, including through intimidation of potential witnesses and concealment of relevant information.

5.) Reports cited by the Department of Labor estimate that hundreds of thousands of ex-detainees who are Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members of other persecuted groups in the People’s Republic of China may be working in conditions of forced labor following detention in re-education camps. Moreover, nongovernmental organizations estimate that more than 80,000 Uyghurs were transferred out of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to work in factories across the People’s Republic of China between 2017 and 2019, and some of them were sent directly from detention camps.

6.) The Department of State’s June 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report found, “Authorities offer subsidies incentivizing Chinese companies to open factories in close proximity to the internment camps and to receive transferred detainees at satellite manufacturing sites in other provinces. Local governments receive additional funds for each inmate forced to work in these sites at a fraction of minimum wage or without any compensation. The government has transported tens of thousands of these individuals to other areas within Xinjiang and to other provinces for forced labor under the guise of poverty alleviation and industrial aid programs.”.

7.) Atlasian Customs and Border Protection has issued 11 withhold release orders on goods suspected to be produced with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Goods subject to the withhold release orders include all cotton, cotton products, tomatoes, and tomato products, as well as certain garments, hair products, apparel, computer parts, and other goods.

8.) Under section 1091(a) of title 18, Atlasian Code, a person commits genocide if the person “whether in time of peace or in time of war and with the specific intent to destroy, in whole or in substantial part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group as such—

“(1) kills members of that group;

“(2) causes serious bodily injury to members of that group;

“(3) causes the permanent impairment of the mental faculties of members of the group through drugs, torture, or similar techniques;

“(4) subjects the group to conditions of life that are intended to cause the physical destruction of the group in whole or in part;

“(5) imposes measures intended to prevent births within the group; or

“(6) transfers by force children of the group to another group.”.

9.) As a direct result of the campaign of targeted and coercive population control of the Government of the People’s Republic of China’s against Uyghurs, the birthrate of the Uyghur population in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region plummeted by 24 percent from 2017 to 2018, with birthrates in the Uyghur majority regions of Hotan and Kashgar decreasing by more than 60 percent from 2015 to 2018.

10.) The policies of the Government of the People’s Republic of China are in contravention of its human rights commitments and obligations, including under—

(A) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

(B) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which the People’s Republic of China has signed but not yet ratified; and

(C) the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children (commonly known as the “Palermo Protocol”), to which the People’s Republic of China has been a state party since February 2010.

Section 3. Definitions

1.) FORCED LABOR.—The term “forced labor”—

(A) has the meaning given that term in section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); and

(B) includes convict labor and indentured labor under penal sanctions.

3.) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term “foreign person” means a person that is not a Republic of Atlasia person.

4.) PERSON.—The term “person” means an individual or entity.

5.) REPUBLIC OF ATLASIA PERSON.—The term “Republic of Atlasia person” means—

(A) An Atlasian citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the Republic of Atlasia; or

(B) an entity organized under the laws of the Republic of Atlasia or any jurisdiction within the Republic of Atlasia, including a foreign branch of such an entity.

Section 4. Statement Of Policy.

It is the policy of the Republic of Atlasia—

1.) to strengthen the prohibition against the importation of goods made with forced labor, including by ensuring that the Government of the People’s Republic of China does not undermine the effective enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), which prohibits the importation of all “goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by … forced labor”;

2.) to lead the international community in ending forced labor practices wherever such practices occur through all means available to the Atlasian Government, including by stopping the importation of any goods made with forced labor, including those goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region;

3.) to actively work to prevent, publicly denounce, and end human trafficking, including with respect to forced labor, whether sponsored by the government of a foreign country or not, and to restore the lives of those affected by human trafficking, a modern form of slavery;

4.) to regard the prevention of atrocities as a priority in the national interests of the Republic of Atlasia; and

5.) to address gross violations of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region—

(A) through bilateral diplomatic channels and multilateral institutions in which both the Republic of Atlasia and the People’s Republic of China are members; and

(B) using all the authorities available to the Atlasian Government, including visa and financial sanctions, export restrictions, and import controls.

Section 5. Rebuttal Presumption That Import Prohibition Applies To Goods Mined, Produced, Or Manufactured In The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Or By Certain Entities.

(a) In General.—The Commissioner of Atlasian Customs and Border Protection shall, except as provided by subsection (b), apply a presumption that, with respect to any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China or produced by an entity on a list required by clause (i), (iii), or (iv) of section 4(d)(2)(B)—

1.) the importation of such goods, wares, articles, and merchandise is prohibited under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); and

2.) such goods, wares, articles, and merchandise are not entitled to entry at any of the ports of the Republic of Atlasia.

(b) Exceptions.—The Commissioner shall apply the presumption under subsection (a) unless the Commissioner determines that—

1.) the importer of record has—

(A) fully complied with the guidance described in section 4(d)(5) and any regulations issued to implement that guidance; and

(B) completely and substantively responded to all inquiries for information submitted by the Commissioner to ascertain whether the goods were mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor; and

2.) the good was not mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor.

(c) Report Required.—Not less frequently than every 180 days, the Commissioner shall submit to the Senate and make available to the public a report that lists all instances in which the Commissioner declined to apply the presumption under subsection (a) during the preceding 180-day period.

(d) Regulations.—The Commissioner may prescribe regulations—

1.) to implement paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b); or

2.) to amend any other regulations relating to withhold release orders in order to implement this section.

(e) Effective Date.—This section takes effect on the date that is 300 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Section 6. Diplomatic Strategy To Address Forced Labor In The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

(a) In General.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State's Office, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes an Atlasian strategy to promote initiatives to enhance international awareness of and to address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.

(b) Matters To Be Included.—The Secretary shall include in the report required by subsection (a) the following:

1.) A plan—

(A) to coordinate and collaborate with appropriate nongovernmental organizations and private sector entities to raise awareness about goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and

(B) to provide humanitarian assistance, including with respect to resettlement and advocacy for imprisoned family members, to Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other persecuted groups, including members of such groups formerly detained in mass internment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

(c) Additional Matters To Be Included.—The Secretary shall include in the report required by subsection (a), based on consultations with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury, the following:

1.) To the extent practicable, a list of—

(A) entities in the People’s Republic of China or affiliates of such entities that use or benefit from forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and

(B) foreign persons that act as agents of the entities or affiliates described in subparagraph (A) to import goods into the Republic of Atlasia.

2.) A plan for working with private sector entities seeking to conduct supply chain due diligence to prevent the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor into the Republic of Atlasia.

3.) A description of actions taken by the Republic of Atlasia Government to address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under existing authorities, including—

(A) the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); and

(B) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note).

(d) Form.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex, if necessary.
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Senate of the Republic of Atlasia
Passed 17-1-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To open our arms to those in distress

Be it enacted by the Congress of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Lady Liberty Refugee Act.

Section 2. Legislation
F.L. 8-6: Refugee Act 2017 is amended as follows:
Title II--Providing for a temporary intake of refugees
1. In accordance with Schedule A of this act, the Secretary of State shall, upon the enactment of this act into law, provide for the resettlement of no more than fifty thousand (50,000) one-hundred-fifty thousand (150,000) refugees into the territory of the Republic of Atlasia.

2. It shall be the legal responsibility of the Department of State to provide for the successful transportation, settlement, and assimilation of the refugees as defined in Section 1.

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


Senate of the Republic of Atlasia
Passed 10-2-1-5 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following bill has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Self-Immunity Act.

Section 1. Protection from Prosecution

1. No person may be charged with a crime for possession or non-commercial distribution of a nude or otherwise obscene image taken solely of themself, regardless of the age it was taken at.
2. All persons previously charged with such an offense which falls under the circumstances described shall have the conviction wiped from their record.

Section 2. Ban on Revenge Porn

Every person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of a federal misdemeanor: “A person who intentionally distributes the image of the intimate body part or parts of another identifiable person, or an image of the person depicted engaged in an act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, sexual penetration, or an image of masturbation by the person depicted or in which the person depicted participates, under circumstances in which the persons agree or understand that the image shall remain private, the person distributing the image knows or should know that distribution of the image will cause serious emotional distress, and the person depicted suffers that distress.”


Senate of the Republic of Atlasia
Passed 15-0-1-2 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following bill has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

Compensation for Retired Educators Act of 2021

A bill to support our retired educators in the Republic.

Section 1. Establishment

a) An annuity shall be the equivalent of their accumulated contributions at the time of their retirement

b) Upon retirement from service, a retirement allowance shall consist of a pension which shall be equal to the annuity allowable at the age of retirement, but not to exceed an annuity allowable at age 65 computed on the basis of contributions made prior to the attainment.

Section 2.

With the provision the election of an option shall be effective on the effective date of retirement, any member may elect prior to retirement to receive, in lieu of their retirement allowance payable throughout life. The actuarial equivalent at that time of their retirement allowance also provides a provision to grant, in a reduced retirement, allowance payable to a beneficiary in the event of their death:

a) If the pensioner dies before they have received in annuity payments the present value of their annuity as it was at the time of their retirement, the balance shall be paid to their legal representatives or to the person as they shall nominate by written designation.

b) Upon retirement from service, a retirement allowance shall consist of their reduced retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to the person as they shall nominate by written designation.

Senate of the Republic of Atlasia
Passed 12-2-0-4 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To federally outlaw diploma mills


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Diploma Mill Ban Act.

Section 2. Freedom of information for students

All individuals must have access to any and all information about the accreditation of any college, university, or institute of higher learning.

Section 3. Ban on misrepresentation of diploma authenticity or value

A person or group who is guilty of the following shall be guilty of fraud: "Any individual or group which distributes diplomas, and is not accredited or in the process of accreditation, without having made a good-faith effort to inform its students that the diplomas do not come from an accredited higher learning institution."

Senate of the Republic of Atlasia
Passed 15-0-0-3 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the Children's Universal Basic Income Act has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto.

AN ACT
To establish a Universal Basic Income pilot program for parents with children


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Children's Universal Basic Income Act.

Section 2. Monthly Universal Basic Income for Families with Children

1. Beginning in January of 2022, parents or legal guardians of persons under the age of 18 and have a disposable income of less than $150,000 shall be entitled to $1,000 monthly checks.

2. The income received shall not be taxed or counted toward existing benefits.

3. This program shall run until 2026, but may be extended by Congress.

Senate of the Republic of Atlasia
Passed 12-1-0-5 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To promote conservation and renewal efforts for southwestern water access


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Southwestern Water Conservation Act.

1. Definitions

1. "Southwestern states" shall, for purposes of this legislation, include the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, and Utah.

Section 2. Recognizing a Right to Conserved Water

The right of water owners to retain a legal right to control conserved water and to protect it from forfeiture shall be recognized by the Republic of Atlasia, and endorses Regional and State efforts to act accordingly.

Section 3. Split Season Leasing

$400,500,000 shall be appropriated to the Southerwestern states for the purpose of split season leasing.

Section 4. Research Appropriations

$175,500,000 shall be appropriated for research in conservation of water in Southwestern states, including $75,000,000 specifically for research in conserving the Great Salt Lake.

Section 5. Agricultural Water Conservation

$100,500,000 shall be appropriated to the Southwestern states for reimbursement costs in incentivizing agricultural water conservation.

Section 6. Appropriation for the Development of Desalination Plants in California

$700,000,000 shall be appropriated to the State of California for the development of new desalination plants.

Passed 10-0-0-9 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Don't forget!

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To promote conservation and renewal efforts for southwestern water access


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Southwestern Water Conservation Act.

1. Definitions

1. "Southwestern states" shall, for purposes of this legislation, include the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, and Utah.

Section 2. Recognizing a Right to Conserved Water

The right of water owners to retain a legal right to control conserved water and to protect it from forfeiture shall be recognized by the Republic of Atlasia, and endorses Regional and State efforts to act accordingly.

Section 3. Split Season Leasing

$400,500,000 shall be appropriated to the Southerwestern states for the purpose of split season leasing.

Section 4. Research Appropriations

$175,500,000 shall be appropriated for research in conservation of water in Southwestern states, including $75,000,000 specifically for research in conserving the Great Salt Lake.

Section 5. Agricultural Water Conservation

$100,500,000 shall be appropriated to the Southwestern states for reimbursement costs in incentivizing agricultural water conservation.

Section 6. Appropriation for the Development of Desalination Plants in California

$700,000,000 shall be appropriated to the State of California for the development of new desalination plants.

Passed 10-0-0-9 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To mandate immunization against COVID-19 as a condition of entry, employment, and student enrollment


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Immunization Act of 2021.

Section 2. Mandatory immunization against COVID-19 as a condition of employment and student enrollment

1. All businesses with one hundred or more employees shall be required to enforce compulsory immunization, or a weekly COVID-19 test if preferred, to individuals as a condition of employment.

2. All federal, regional, state, and local agencies shall be required to enforce compulsory immunization, or a weekly COVID-19 test if preferred, to individuals as a condition of employment.

3. All public and private schools, including institutions of higher learning, shall be required to enforce compulsory immunization, or a weekly COVID-19 test if preferred, to individuals as a condition of employment or enrollment for individuals age 16 and above.

4. All companies with one hundred employees or more as well as learning institutions which do not enforce COVID-19 immunization or weekly testing for all individuals, without recommendation from a licensed physician, shall be fined no less than $10,000 per employee or individual.

Section 3. COVID-19 immunization as a condition for entry into the Republic of Atlasia

Immunization against COVID-19 shall be mandatory for all who seek entry into the Republic of Atlasia, including Atlasians currently living abroad as well as immigrants and refugees of other nations.

Section 4. Exemptions

Any individual may be exempt from a vaccination requirement if recommended to by their doctor, but must agree to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.

Section 5. Effectiveness

This statute shall be effective October 1, 2021.

Passed 11-7-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Guantanamo Bay Prison Closure Act.

Section 2. Content

1. The Republic of Atlasia shall suspend continued use of the Guantanamo Bay detention center following the completion of Section 2, Part 2.

2. All remaining prisoners shall be either extradited to their country of origin or tried in the Atlasian court system. Administrators of the Guantanamo Bay detention center shall have 90 days to make these determinations prior to closure of the prison and discharge of all prisoners.

Section 3. Resolution acknowledging and apologizing for human rights abuses

The Atlasian federal government officially acknowledges and apologizes for all cruel and unusual interrogation tactics used at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, including torture, humiliating acts, solitary confinement, temperature extremes, and forced physical positions.

Section 4. Taking Effect
1. This Act shall take effect immediately following the passage of this bill.

Passed 11-5-0-2 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,


Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

A BILL
To fortify our nation's cybersecurity defenses and improve our overall knowledge of current cyber threats

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled,

SECTION 1: TITLE
1. This legislation may be referred to as the Better Liability and Aggregated Cybersecurity Knowledge Helps Against Threats (BLACKHAT) Act.

SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS
1. Critical infrastructure refers to systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to Atlasia that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.
2. Covered entities refer to federal government agencies, federal contractors, owners or operators of critical infrastructure, and private entities that provide cybersecurity incident response services. Non-covered entities are private entities not included in these categories.
3. Ransomware refers to any type of malicious software that prevents the legitimate owner or operator of an information system or network from accessing computer files, systems, or networks, and demands the payment of a ransom for the return of such access.
4. A cybersecurity breach or cybersecurity intrusion is an attack on an entity's digital security and capabilities with the intent to jeopardize said security or cause damage to said capabilities, which shall be defined to cover, at minimum, the following characteristics:
   a. a nation-state is involved;
   b. a persistent threat cyber actor is involved;
   c. a transnational organized crime group is involved;
   d. the national security, economy, foreign relations, civil liberties, public health and safety, or public confidence of the Atlasian nation and people are harmed or likely to be harmed;
   e. ransomware is involved.
5. A cybersecurity notification is a notification of a cybersecurity breach in accordance with Section 5 of this Act.

SECTION 3: PROTECTION AND DEFENSE
1. Within 180 days of this legislation taking effect:
   a. Covered entities shall be directed by the agency or individual holding relevant authority to ensure proper certification of their cybersecurity practices according to national and international standards to be specified by the agency or individual in question.
   b. Federal government agencies shall publicly engage with other private-sector agencies with the goal of establishing common cybersecurity best practices and certifications to be adopted within the private sector at large.
   c. Government agencies, federal contractors, and critical infrastructure bodies shall additionally be required to evaluate the following for cyber-related vulnerabilities:
      i. existing cybersecurity procedures, including but not limited to employee practice, data protection, and software usage;
      ii. security of communications with first-tier suppliers, including but not limited to security procedures and transparency of the immediate supplier's operations.
2. $500 million shall be allocated to regional, state, and local governments to facilitate the implementation process for these goals.

SECTION 4: COOPERATION AND DETERRENCE
1. The Atlasian Congress recommends that the following courses of action be prioritized by the President and Secretary of State:
   a. continuation and expansion of international cooperation and enforcement in cybercrime investigations;
   b. working with international law enforcement units to bring foreign-based cyber criminals to justice;
   c. seeking maximum harmonization regarding the regulation of information flow between international bodies, including but not limited to:
      i. data sharing strategies;
      ii. national data protection laws;
      iii. privacy safeguards.

SECTION 5: REPORTING AND RESPONSE
1. A task force shall be created within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) to receive, analyse, and assess threats from cybersecurity incidents, with the authority to refer threats to the appropriate bodies wherever the situations below are satisfied.
2. Pursuant to this goal, CISA shall:
   a. coordinate with federal, regional and state agencies to an extent considered appropriate for fostering rapid communication and responses to cybersecurity incidents;
   b. develop procedures to analyse all incoming notifications with the aim of determining the following:
      i. the source of the breach;
      ii. the impact of the breach;
      iii. recommended actions to mitigate the impact of the breach;
      iv. information to provide on methods of securing the affected system against future breaches.
   c. compile a cybersecurity intelligence report characterizing the cybersecurity threat facing federal agencies and covered entities not less frequently than once every 30 days.
3. In the event of a cybersecurity breach, covered entities shall be required to submit the following information to CISA within 72 hours:
   a. the intrusion and its effects;
   b. the vulnerabilities exploited by the intrusion;
   c. information that might reasonably help to identify the intruder, e.g. IP addresses, domain name information, or samples of malware;
   d. actions taken to mitigate the effects of the intrusion;
   e. contact information.
4. CISA shall establish reporting capabilities to facilitate the secure, timely, and confidential submission of cybersecurity notifications:
   a. from all entities, whether covered or non-covered;
   b. which may contain classified information.
5. The security of these capabilities shall be evaluated annually.
6. Information contained in notifications shall be:
   a. exempt from FOIA requests or disclosure under regional, state, or local provisions;
   b. prohibited from being admitted as evidence in any civil or criminal action, or subject to subpoenas outside of those issued for congressional oversight purposes;
   c. subject to standard privacy and protection procedures, provided that they are known to contain personal and identifying information not directly related to cybersecurity threats.

SECTION 6: LIABILITY
1. No cause of action shall lie or be maintained in any court by any person or entity, other than the Federal Government of Atlasia pursuant to §6.2 or any applicable law, against any covered entity due to the submission of a cybersecurity notification through the capabilities established in Section 5, and any such action shall be promptly dismissed.
2. The terms of Section 5 shall be enforced as follows:
   a. Federal contractors found in violation of this section shall face penalties to be determined by the General Services Administration, which may include withdrawal of federal contracts.
   b. Private entities found in violation of this section shall be subject to fines equalling 0.5%/day of the entity's gross revenue from the previous fiscal year.
   c. Violations of this Act by federal agencies shall be referred to the Inspector General for the offending agency.

SECTION 7: IMPLEMENTATION
1. This legislation shall take effect immediately upon being signed into law.

Passed 15-0-0-3 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Don't forget!

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

A BILL
To fortify our nation's cybersecurity defenses and improve our overall knowledge of current cyber threats

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled,

SECTION 1: TITLE
1. This legislation may be referred to as the Better Liability and Aggregated Cybersecurity Knowledge Helps Against Threats (BLACKHAT) Act.

SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS
1. Critical infrastructure refers to systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to Atlasia that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.
2. Covered entities refer to federal government agencies, federal contractors, owners or operators of critical infrastructure, and private entities that provide cybersecurity incident response services. Non-covered entities are private entities not included in these categories.
3. Ransomware refers to any type of malicious software that prevents the legitimate owner or operator of an information system or network from accessing computer files, systems, or networks, and demands the payment of a ransom for the return of such access.
4. A cybersecurity breach or cybersecurity intrusion is an attack on an entity's digital security and capabilities with the intent to jeopardize said security or cause damage to said capabilities, which shall be defined to cover, at minimum, the following characteristics:
   a. a nation-state is involved;
   b. a persistent threat cyber actor is involved;
   c. a transnational organized crime group is involved;
   d. the national security, economy, foreign relations, civil liberties, public health and safety, or public confidence of the Atlasian nation and people are harmed or likely to be harmed;
   e. ransomware is involved.
5. A cybersecurity notification is a notification of a cybersecurity breach in accordance with Section 5 of this Act.

SECTION 3: PROTECTION AND DEFENSE
1. Within 180 days of this legislation taking effect:
   a. Covered entities shall be directed by the agency or individual holding relevant authority to ensure proper certification of their cybersecurity practices according to national and international standards to be specified by the agency or individual in question.
   b. Federal government agencies shall publicly engage with other private-sector agencies with the goal of establishing common cybersecurity best practices and certifications to be adopted within the private sector at large.
   c. Government agencies, federal contractors, and critical infrastructure bodies shall additionally be required to evaluate the following for cyber-related vulnerabilities:
      i. existing cybersecurity procedures, including but not limited to employee practice, data protection, and software usage;
      ii. security of communications with first-tier suppliers, including but not limited to security procedures and transparency of the immediate supplier's operations.
2. $500 million shall be allocated to regional, state, and local governments to facilitate the implementation process for these goals.

SECTION 4: COOPERATION AND DETERRENCE
1. The Atlasian Congress recommends that the following courses of action be prioritized by the President and Secretary of State:
   a. continuation and expansion of international cooperation and enforcement in cybercrime investigations;
   b. working with international law enforcement units to bring foreign-based cyber criminals to justice;
   c. seeking maximum harmonization regarding the regulation of information flow between international bodies, including but not limited to:
      i. data sharing strategies;
      ii. national data protection laws;
      iii. privacy safeguards.

SECTION 5: REPORTING AND RESPONSE
1. A task force shall be created within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) to receive, analyse, and assess threats from cybersecurity incidents, with the authority to refer threats to the appropriate bodies wherever the situations below are satisfied.
2. Pursuant to this goal, CISA shall:
   a. coordinate with federal, regional and state agencies to an extent considered appropriate for fostering rapid communication and responses to cybersecurity incidents;
   b. develop procedures to analyse all incoming notifications with the aim of determining the following:
      i. the source of the breach;
      ii. the impact of the breach;
      iii. recommended actions to mitigate the impact of the breach;
      iv. information to provide on methods of securing the affected system against future breaches.
   c. compile a cybersecurity intelligence report characterizing the cybersecurity threat facing federal agencies and covered entities not less frequently than once every 30 days.
3. In the event of a cybersecurity breach, covered entities shall be required to submit the following information to CISA within 72 hours:
   a. the intrusion and its effects;
   b. the vulnerabilities exploited by the intrusion;
   c. information that might reasonably help to identify the intruder, e.g. IP addresses, domain name information, or samples of malware;
   d. actions taken to mitigate the effects of the intrusion;
   e. contact information.
4. CISA shall establish reporting capabilities to facilitate the secure, timely, and confidential submission of cybersecurity notifications:
   a. from all entities, whether covered or non-covered;
   b. which may contain classified information.
5. The security of these capabilities shall be evaluated annually.
6. Information contained in notifications shall be:
   a. exempt from FOIA requests or disclosure under regional, state, or local provisions;
   b. prohibited from being admitted as evidence in any civil or criminal action, or subject to subpoenas outside of those issued for congressional oversight purposes;
   c. subject to standard privacy and protection procedures, provided that they are known to contain personal and identifying information not directly related to cybersecurity threats.

SECTION 6: LIABILITY
1. No cause of action shall lie or be maintained in any court by any person or entity, other than the Federal Government of Atlasia pursuant to §6.2 or any applicable law, against any covered entity due to the submission of a cybersecurity notification through the capabilities established in Section 5, and any such action shall be promptly dismissed.
2. The terms of Section 5 shall be enforced as follows:
   a. Federal contractors found in violation of this section shall face penalties to be determined by the General Services Administration, which may include withdrawal of federal contracts.
   b. Private entities found in violation of this section shall be subject to fines equalling 0.5%/day of the entity's gross revenue from the previous fiscal year.
   c. Violations of this Act by federal agencies shall be referred to the Inspector General for the offending agency.

SECTION 7: IMPLEMENTATION
1. This legislation shall take effect immediately upon being signed into law.

Passed 15-0-0-3 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To designate October 3rd as Mean Girls Day


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation shall be cited as the Mean Girls Day Act.

Section 2. Findings

The Senate hereby acknowledges the following:

1. Mean Girls is the Citizen Kane of the aughts.

2. October 3rd marks the day when Cady Heron develops a crush on Aaron Samuels.

3. "Fetch" will never happen.

Section 3. Designation of October 3rd as "Mean Girls Day"

Upon passage of this law, October 3rd is officially recognized as Mean Girls Day. No part of this legislation shall be construed to interpret this as a federal holiday of any sort.

Passed 8-5-4-1 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To repeal provisions of the Federal Assault Weapon and Automatic Weapon Ban Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

1. This act may be cited as the Federal Assault Weapon and Automatic Weapon Ban Repeal Act.

Section 2. Definitions

2. Section II, Subsections D.) and E.) of the Federal Assault Weapon and Automatic Weapon Ban Act are hereby repealed in their entirety, effective immediately.

Passed 11-5-2-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

(please sign this ASAP!)

AN ACT FOR A RESOLUTION
To extend the FY2020 budget


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation shall be cited as the Continuing Resolution - September '21.

Section 2. Extension of FY2020 budget

1. Upon passage of this act, the FY2020 budget shall be extended indefinitely.

2. This act shall expire upon enactment of the 2021 budget.

Passed 10-1-0-7 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To provide for necessary investments in public schools and to facilitate the creation of construction and maintenance jobs

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section I. Title

1. This act may be cited as the School Improvement and Jobs Act.

Section II. Purpose
1. It is the purpose of this title to provide for the creation of construction jobs for the purpose of modernizing, renovating, or repairing public school facilities; and maintenance jobs for the purpose of maintaining and improving public school facilities.

Section III. Allowable use of funds

1. A local educational agency receiving a grant under this subtitle shall use the grant for modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities (including early learning facilities and charter schools, as appropriate), including—

 A.) Repair, replacement, or installation of roofs, including extensive, intensive or semi-intensive green roofs, electrical wiring, water supply and plumbing systems, sewage systems, storm water runoff systems, lighting systems, building envelope, windows, ceilings, flooring, or doors, including security doors;

 B.) Repair, replacement, or installation of heating, ventilation, or air conditioning systems, including insulation, and conducting indoor air quality assessments;

 C.) Compliance with fire, health, seismic, and safety codes, including professional installation of fire and life safety alarms, and modernizations, renovations, and repairs that ensure that schools are prepared for emergencies, such as improving building infrastructure to accommodate security measures and installing or upgrading technology to ensure that schools are able to respond to emergencies such as acts of terrorism, campus violence, and natural disasters;

 D.) Modernization, renovation, or repair of science and engineering laboratories, libraries, and career and technical education facilities, and improvements to building infrastructure to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian access;

Section IV. Use of Atlasian iron, steel, and manufactured goods

1. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this title may be used for a project for the modernization, renovation, repair, maintenance, or construction of a public school facility unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the Republic of Atlasia.

Section V. Availability of Funds

1. There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, $55,000,000,000.

Passed 10-1-0-7 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

EXECUTIVE ORDER
to strengthen the game engine

Peanut is hereby dismissed from the Game Moderator position. Lumine is appointed to serve as the next Game Moderator.

Sorry to be a bother, but having thought about it, can the President actually dismiss the GM? The Reconstruction of the Game Engine Act seems to suggest he can only be impeached (or resigned), and I'm not sure I'm reading it right?

"i. The president shall appoint the game moderator with the advice and consent of the Senate.

"iv. The game moderator may be removed from office according to the same provisions set in place for the impeachment of executive officers."

I doubt anyone will challenge this in court.

That's not exactly a good reason to not follow the law. I've asked AG Truman for his opinion.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
To revise the presidential line of succession, in accordance with the Fifth Constitution of Atlasia

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia:

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this act shall be, the "Presidential Succession Act of 2021."

Section 2 (Line of succession)
i. In the event of the death, resignation or removal of the president, if there is no vice president, the president pro tempore of the Senate shall become president.
ii. If the president pro tempore should be ineligible to assume the presidency, or should decline, or if there be no incumbent at the moment of the creation of the vacancy, the secretary of state shall become president.
iii. If both the president pro tempore and the secretary of state should be ineligible to assume the presidency, or should decline, or if there be no incumbent at the moment of the creation of the vacancy, the attorney general shall become president.
iv. If the president pro tempore, the secretary of state, and the attorney general should all be ineligible to assume the presidency, or should decline, or if there be no incumbent at the moment of the creation of the vacancy, the secretary of federal elections shall become president.
v. If the president pro tempore, the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the secretary of federal elections should all be ineligible to assume the presidency, or should decline, or if there be no incumbent at the moment of the creation of the vacancy, the registrar general shall become president.
vi. If the president pro tempore, the secretary of state, the attorney general, the secretary of federal elections, and the registrar general should all be ineligible to assume the presidency, or should decline, or if there be no incumbent at the moment of the creation of the vacancy, the longest-tenured eligible senator shall become president.
vii. If the president pro tempore, the secretary of state, the attorney general, the secretary of federal elections, the registrar general, and every senator should all be ineligible to assume the presidency, or should decline, or if there be no incumbent at the moment of the creation of the vacancy, the chief justice of the supreme court shall become president.
viii. Once the eligible officer shall have sworn the oath of office, in accordance with the law, they shall continue as president for the remainder of the existing term.

Section 3 (Interim president)
i. In the event of the temporary inability of the president or the temporary vacancy of the presidency, if there is no vice president, the president pro tempore of the Senate shall become interim president.
ii. If the president pro tempore should be ineligible to act as president, or should decline, or if there be no incumbent at the moment of the creation of the vacancy, the secretary of state shall become interim president.
iii. If both the president pro tempore and the secretary of state should be ineligible to act as president, or should decline, or if there be no incumbent at the moment of the creation of the vacancy, the attorney general shall become interim president.
iv. If the president pro tempore, the secretary of state, and the attorney general should all be ineligible to act as president, or should decline, or if there be no incumbent at the moment of the creation of the vacancy, the secretary of federal elections shall become interim president.
v. If the president pro tempore, the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the secretary of federal elections should all be ineligible to act as president, or should decline, or if there be no incumbent at the moment of the creation of the vacancy, the registrar general shall become interim president.
vi. If the president pro tempore, the secretary of state, the attorney general, the secretary of federal elections, and the registrar general should all be ineligible to act as president, or should decline, or if there be no incumbent at the moment of the creation of the vacancy, the longest-tenured eligible senator shall become interim president.
vii. If the president pro tempore, the secretary of state, the attorney general, the secretary of federal elections, the registrar general, and every senator should all be ineligible to act as president, or should decline, or if there be no incumbent at the moment of the creation of the vacancy, the chief justice of the supreme court shall become interim president.
viii. The interim president shall relinquish the powers and duties of the presidency to the constitutional president upon the termination of the inability or vacancy.

Section 4 (Declination)
i. Any officer may decline to assume the presidency or to act as president, in which event the presidency shall pass to the next eligible officer in the line of succession. A declination must be made in the form of a public post in the "Swearing in of New Officers" thread.
ii. An officer may decline the presidency in silentia, by a failure to swear the oath of office within twenty-four (24) hours of the creation of the vacancy or the declination of the previous eligible officer.
iii. An officer may decline the presidency in abstentia if the shall have made no posts on the Atlas Fantasy Government or Atlas Fantasy Elections boards or their several subforums within fifty-six (56) days of the creation of the vacancy, or shall have made no posts on the Atlas forum within twenty-one (21) days of the creation of the vacancy, and they shall fail to swear the oath of office before the next eligible officer shall do so.

Passed 11-0-0-6 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Mr. President, the following legislation has passed the Senate and awaits your signature or veto:

AN ACT
Establishing greater visibility for NPC elections.


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled:

Section I. Title.

This legislation may be cited as the NPC Elections Visibility Act of 2021.

Section II. National news updates.
1. The Game Moderator shall post updates on actions taken by state governors and state legislatures as a part of the national news cycle.
2. The Game Moderator's office should strive to cover each state at least once a year, but may suspend all NPC elections indefinitely due to lack of perceived interest.

Section III. Determining state-based actions.
1. In order to determine the actions of specific legislators, groups of legislators, or governors, the Game Moderator should consult the chairman of the national party (or a publicly announced designated official by the party chairman) that the officeholder is a member of to determine said officeholder's actions. If a group of officeholders consists of officials from multiple parties, the Game Moderator should consult the leaders or designated officials from each party involved.
2. If no party chairman or designated party official is available for such an officeholder (if, for example, said officeholder is an Independent), then the Game Moderator shall determine the actions such officeholders take. Additionally, if an official as identified from part one does not respond to a request from the Game Moderator's office within a week, the Game Moderator reserves the right to determine the actions of such NPC officeholders.

Section IV. Effects on current actions taken by the Game Moderator.
1. State-based actions, on the advice of partisan officials or on the decision of the GM (as determined in Section III), may affect or be affected by national news stories.
2. State-based actions have the potential to affect regional unemployment rates.

Section V. Enactment.
1. Upon the passage of this Act, the contents of this Act shall, in conjunction with the Burr System, be acted upon by the Game Moderator during all periods of NPC elections activity.

Passed 11-1-1-4 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Scott, President pro tempore