Public Consultation and Legislation Submissions

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A BILL

To promote an open, efficient and stable common market for long-term job creation, economic growth and stability;
To reduce and eliminate, to the extent possible, barriers to the free movement of persons, goods, services and investments between our two countries;
To promote equal economic opportunity for citizens of our countries;
To enhance the competitiveness of business in our countries;
To promote sustainable and environmentally sound development;
To recognize the diverse social, cultural and economic characteristics of our countries; and
To Respect the legislative authorities of the Atlasian Congress and the regional legislatures under the Fourth Constitution of Atlasia and the legislative authorities of the United Kingdom Parliament and the provincial legislatures under the Constitution of the United Kingdom

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

SECTION 1. TITLE

This legislation may be cited as the Atlasia-United Kingdom Common Market Agreement.

SECTION 2. OPERATING PRINCIPLES

The Governments of the United Kingdom and Atlasia hereby agree to as follows:

1. This agreement applies to trade within and between Atlasia and the United Kingdom

2. This agreement represents a mutually agreed balance of rights and obligations among Atlasia and the United Kingdom

3. In the application of this agreement, the signatories shall be guided by the following principles:
    a. Elimination of trade barriers to trade between Atlasia and the United Kingdom
    b. Equal treatment of Atlasian and British goods, services, and investments, irrespective of their country of origin
    c. Reconciliation of standards and regulatory measures

4. Each signatory is responsible for compliance with this agreement by its federal, regional, and local government agencies and all other governmental bodies.

SECTION 3. AFFIRMATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Nothing in this agreement alters the authority of the government of Atlasia under the Third Constitution of Atlasia or the authority of the government of the United Kingdom under the Constitution of the United Kingdom

SECTION 4. GENERAL RULES

1. Reciprocal Non-Discrimination: Each signatory shall accord to goods of any other signatory treatment no less favorable than the best treatment it accords to its own like, directly competitive, or substitutable goods. Each signatory shall accord to persons, services, and investments of any signatory treatment no less favorable than the best treatment it accords, in like circumstances, to its own persons, services and investments.

2. Right of Entry and Exit: No signatory shall adopt or maintain any measure that restricts or prevents the movement of persons, goods, services, or investments of any other signatory across national borders.

3. Reconciliation: The signatories shall reconcile their standards and standard-related measures by harmonization or mutual recognition.

4. Transparency: Each signatory shall ensure that its legislation, regulations, procedures, guidelines,
and administrative rulings related to matters covered by this agreement are made readily accessible.

SECTION 5. FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND LIMITED JURISDCTIONAL AUTHORITY

1. In pursuance of the "freedom of movement" concept of the Atlasia-United Kingdom Common Market, there shall be no passport requirement security check for individual citizens crossing the border to or from the UK.

2. Beginning [date TBD], law enforcement and customs authorities in both countries shall as a general rule carry out simple background checks of people entering either country.

3. The signatories shall work to unify their visa policies as soon as possible.

4. Atlasian citizens having temporary or permanent residence within the United Kingdom, for business purposes or otherwise, shall be under Limited Jurisdiction Authority granted in this Common Market agreement to the regions and the federal government.

   a. Atlasian citizens living in Scotland shall be considered as citizens of The North for limited jurisdictional and regional/federal electoral purposes.

   b. Atlasian citizens living in England and Gibraltar shall be considered as citizens of The South for limited jurisdictional and regional/federal electoral purposes.

   c. Atlasian citizens living in Northern Ireland and Wales shall be considered as citizens of Fremont for limited jurisdictional and regional/federal electoral purposes.

5. While Atlasian citizens living within the United Kingdom and British citizens living within Republic of Atlasia shall certainly be bound by the respective laws governing their residence and place of business, nothing in Section 5 or the Common Market Agreement shall be construed as weakening the United Kingdom or Atlasian national sovereignty or encroaching on the autonomy of the government of Atlasia or the United Kingdom.

6. Once the agreement has been passed by both the Congress of Atlasia and the UK Parliament, the respective bodies in each country responsible for foreign relations shall appoint commissions who shall convene to formulate a uniform border security and anti-terrorism policy for the two countries with respect to their common border. This shall be simulated by the Game Moderator and Secretary of External Affairs, who will thus provide to the Senate the recommendations, which the Congress will then consider as legislation.

SECTION 6. REFERENDA AND APPROVAL

1. The contents of this act shall only go into effect upon ratification of no less than two regions in the Republic of Atlasia, followed by a passing referendum in the United Kingdom according to their election laws.  Both the Congress of Atlasia and the Parliament of the United Kingdom retain the duty to affirm or reject the finalization of this common market agreement.

2. The Secretary of State shall be responsible for overseeing and reporting the process of affirmation or rejection of this common market agreement in the United Kingdom.

SECTION 7. EFFECTIVENESS

All provisions of this act may not be executed prior to the full exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

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At the request of the nominee for Secretary of State, I'm going to ask that introduction of this bill be postponed indefinitely.

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Introducing this per request:

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I submit the following to the House:

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I submit the following to either the House or Senate:

AN ACT
To prohibit police officers from ordering blood draws from unconscious DUI suspects without a warrant

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Mitchell Act.

Section 2: Requiring a judicial warrant prior to the taking of an unconscious person's blood

Whereas, unconscious persons shall retain their right to bodily autonomy, Section II of the Who Polices the Police Act is hereby amended:

1. The practice of issuing administrative subpoenas under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to seize electronic data stored on a third-party server is hereby prohibited. No such data may be seized unless a valid warrant is issued by a federal magistrate or judge with appropriate jurisdiction over the investigation. 18 U.S.C. § 2511 shall be amended accordingly.

2. 47 USC § 1001-1010 imposing CALEA software compatibility on certain electronic devices or telecommunications equipment is hereby repealed.

3. No federal law enforcement officer shall enter upon the real property of a person to view or record the data on a meter measuring electrical usage, unless the law enforcement officer has the express consent of the real property owner or a person who resides full time at the real property, or unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a federal judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction.

4. No federal law enforcement officer shall implant or attach any device used for the purpose of tracking or recording geographic location via satellite to any person, privately owned vehicle, aircraft, or vessel, or any other privately owned personal property, unless the law enforcement officer has the express consent of the person or property owner, or unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a federal judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction.

5. No federal law enforcement officer shall use unmanned drones for the purpose of tracking a person or a privately owned vehicle, aircraft, or vessel, unless the law enforcement officer has the express consent of the person or property owner, or unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a federal judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction, or if there is probable cause that the person, vehicle, aircraft, or vessel is fleeing from the location of recently committed crime.

6. No federal law enforcement officer shall photograph the unopened mail correspondence between private parties, unless the law enforcement officer has the express consent of one of the parties, or unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a federal judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction.

7. No federal law enforcement officer shall order or initiate the drawing of blood from an unconscious person unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a federal judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction.

7. 8. 50 U.S.C. § 1861 authorizing the seizure of domestic files, books, and other tangible things for evidence on foreign suspects without a warrant is hereby repealed.

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AN ACT
To guarantee the right of incarcerated persons to be present with clergy

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

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Religious Freedom Act of 2021.

Section 2. Presence of clergy in prisons

(a) Whereby Congress finds in Section 3 of the Bill of Rights, that "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, nor obstructing the freedom of worship", inmates of federal and state prisons shall be entitled to the visitation and counsel of religious leaders.

(b) In the event that capital punishment is constitutionally reinstated in the Republic of Atlasia, all inmates subject to capital punishment shall have the right to presence of clergy in execution chambers at the time of death.

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AN ACT
To bar federal funds from aiding efforts to colonize Mars

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

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Earth First Act.

Section 2. Ban on federal funds going to expensive, unnecessary, and wasteful pet projects

(a) Whereas Congress finds that the preservation of Earth, its resources, efforts to promote and maintain peace where conflict exists, and protection of the vulnerable are more worthy endeavors than a new space race, no federal funds may be allocated to aid efforts to colonize Mars.

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AN ACT
To reduce the eligible time between re-registrations after voluntary deregistrations

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

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Deregistration Forgiveness Act.

Section 2. Amendment to the Census Act of 2019

1. Section 5 of the Census Act of 2019 is hereby amended:

If a voter deregisters voluntarily, they may not register again until three hundred and thirty-six seventy-two hours have passed.

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AN ACT
To outlaw forgery of COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards

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

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the COVID-19 Vaccine Card Anti-Forgery Act.

Section 2. Outlawing the manufacturing and use of false COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards

1. It shall be a federal crime to create unauthorized COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards, or to use a forged card for access to employment or private or public services.

2. Individuals convicted of violating Section 2.1 may be sentenced to no longer than one year in prison and/or a $25,000 fine.

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1. The Republic of Atlasia is abolished, and hereby replaced with the Queendom of Atlasia.
2. The first queen of Atlasia will be Peebs, and she shall henceforth pass down the monarchy as needed.

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AN ACT

To unite Atlasia and Canada

Section I: Title
1. The title of this bill shall be called the "Erin O’Toole Canadian-Atlasian Merger Act" It may be cited as "CAMA" or "O’CAM"

Section II: Canada
1. The Republic of Atlasia shall absorb the provinces and territories confederated as "Canada" as equal states in the Republic of Atlasia
2. The provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the territory of Yukon shall be admitted into the union as states of the Commonwealth of Fremont.
2a. The Pacific subregion shall receive the province of British Columbia and the territory of Yukon.
2b. The Mountain West subregion shall receive the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
3. The provinces of Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the territory of Nunavut shall be admitted into the union as states of Lincoln
3a. The Northeast subregion shall receive the provinces of Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador.
3b. The Great Lakes subregion shall receive the province of New Brunswick and the territory of Nunavut. 
4. The provinces of Quebec, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the Northwest territories shall be admitted into the union as states of the South.
4a. The Deep South subregion shall receive the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
4b. The Upper South subregion shall receive the province of Manitoba and the Northwest territories.
5. The Republic honors Leader of the Conservative Party Erin O’Toole and shall name a honor after him.

Section II: Enactment
1. This act shall take effect after the ratification of this act.

On behalf of the State Department, I'm going to publicly appeal to the PPT to not allow this bill on the floor; reason being that running these types of proposals without the consent of the Canadian government would disrupt our efforts to renegotiate NAFTA. A similar proposal prompted Canada to threaten to pull negotiations last year, and if this causes Canada to walk away for good, all that time and effort spent negotiating and renegotiating will have been for nothing.