House Legislation Introduction Thread

[Joe Haydn]

AN ACT
To provide lost wages to displaced workers through the formation of a Wage Insurance Program

[quote]Section 1: Title and Definitions
1. This act may be cited as the "Wage Insurance Act."
2. "Displaced Workers" shall be defined as workers currently earning less than $50,000 a year who had previously held a job where they earned at least $50,000 before being laid off.
3. "Laid off" shall be defined as being fired without cause.

Section 2: Creation of a Wage Insurance Program
1. A federal program, entitled the "National Wage Insurance Fund", shall be formed within the Department of Internal Affairs.

Section 3: Functioning of the Wage Insurance Program
1. The National Wage Insurance Fund shall administer categorical grants to regional unemployment insurance programs.
2. The grant money shall be spent by the regional governments on wage insurance for displaced workers.
a. Up to half of the difference between the initial wage before being laid off and the later wage accepted afterward is eligible for replacement through wage insurance.
3. The Department of Internal Affairs shall be responsible for allocating the necessary funds to the federal program, and thence to the regional governments.
4. The regional governments will be responsible for determining how many people at the regional level qualify for the program, and thence distributing the grant money accordingly.

Section 4: Eligibility Requirements
1. Displaced workers who spent less than 3 years at the job they were laid off from shall not be covered by this program.
2. Displaced workers whose period of unemployment between jobs was more than 15 weeks shall not be covered by this program.
3. No individual worker shall receive more than $10,000 of lost wages.
4. No individual worker shall receive wage insurance for more than 2 years.

Section 5: Cost
1. The Department of Internal Affairs shall be responsible for determining the cost of the fund.

Section 6: Implementation
1. This bill shall be implemented at the start of the next fiscal year.

[Joe Haydn]

AN ACT
To ban Assault Weapons.

Section 1: Title

1. This act may be cities as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban Act.

Section 2: Definitions

1. The following test shall be applied to determine whether or not a weapon is defined as an Assault Weapon

One of the following must be satisfied:

--Any device that uses direct impingement to expel a projectile from a barrel OR
--Any device that uses an open bolt mechanic (whether by integrating the firing pin with a bolt or components produced separately)

All of the following must be satisfied:

--Any device that, due to integral manufacturing features, cannot be held to a sustained, though not cyclic, rate of fire below 30 rounds/min (.5 rounds per second)

Section 3: Buyback

1. The government of Atlasia shalt henceforth establish an Atlasian Assault Weapon Buyback scheme.
2. This scheme shall cover all firearms which are covered under the definition of assault weapon agreed to in this bill.
3. The government shall pay back the full market price of the firearm to those who voluntarily hand in theirs.
4. The government of Atlasia shalt henceforth enumerate an amount of $1 Billion dollars to the aforementioned buyback program.

Section 4: Penalties

1. The manufacture and sale of Assault Weapons within the Republic of Atlasia is hereby illegal.
2. The penalty applied to manufacturers and sellers for infringing this law shall be fixed at 150% of profits made from manufacture and or sale.
3. The possession and use of Assault Weapons within the Republic of Atlasia is hereby a crime, if the weapon is used in illegal or illicit activities.
4. A person may only be punished for possession of an Assault Weapon if said person has committed a crime involving firearms.
5. In such cases, the government is compelled to seize all firearms possessed by the person in question, regardless of whether they qualify as assault weapons.

Section 5: Implementation

1. This act shall be implemented immediately.