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Vice President Election Resolution

To establish Vice Presidential Elections that are separate from the Presidential Elections.

Section I: Title
This Resolution shall be titled, “The Vice President Election Amendment”

Section 2: Changes to the Constitution

Article IV, Section I of the Constitution is amended to the following:

Section 1 (The Executive)
1. The executive power shall be vested in the President of the Republic of Atlasia. He shall hold his office for a term of four months, together with a Vice President chosen for the same term.as well as the Vice President of the Republic of Atlasia.
2. Elections for President shall be held in the months of February, June, and October, in accordance with the measures prescribed by the Congress of the Republic of Atlasia.
3. Each candidate for President shall run jointly with a candidate for Vice President, with whom his name shall appear jointly on the ballot. A vote for a candidate for President shall be considered a vote for the candidate for Vice President whose name appears on the ballot with the presidential candidate, and accordingly the candidate for Vice President whose name appears on the ballot with the successful candidate for President shall be elected.
3.Elections for Vice President shall be held in the months of February, June, and October, in accordance with the measures prescribed by Congress of the Republic of Atlasia.
4. No person shall be President or Vice President who has not attained 500 or more posts, nor whose account is not at least 4,320 hours old, nor is not a citizen of the Republic of Atlasia.
5. Upon the commencement of his term in office, the President shall swear the following oath: "I, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the Republic of Atlasia, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia."

This amendment would edit Article IV Section I to establish a separate election for the Vice-President.

(I hope I did this right)

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POSTAL REFORM IS NEEDED ACT

SENATE BILL

To help the postal service

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

SECTION I: TITLE

1. This law shall be referred to as the Postal Reform is Needed Act.

SECTION II: FREEDOM OF PERSONAL CHOICES

a. The lawful carry of firearms onto Post Office property shall not be prohibited. 39 CFR 232.1 shall be amended accordingly.

b. The regulation prohibiting the mere wearing of a Postal uniform by a non-actor is hereby eliminated. 18 USC 1730 shall be amended accordingly.

SECTION III: SOLVENCY PROPOSALS
a. Mail delivery service shall be discontinued on Saturdays. This shall not affect delivery of packages on Saturdays. 118 Stat. 3264 shall be amended accordingly.
b. The price of a First Class Stamp shall be increased to $0.55.
c. The Postal Service shall be permitted to sell advertising space on the sides of Postal Delivery Vehicles.
d. The Postal Service Community Financial Lending Act is hereby repealed. Any unspent funds appropriated under this act are hereby rescinded except for those funds necessary to pay for the administrative expenses of winding down the program. Title XXXI of the Code of Atlasia shall be amended accordingly.
e. National, Regional, and State political committees shall be ineligible to receive reduced mailing rates reserved for other non-profit organizations. 39 U.S.C. § 3626 shall be amended accordingly.

SECTION IV: CELEBRATE OUR STATES COMMEMORATIVE STAMP ACT
a. The Postal Reform Act, Section IV shall be amended accordingly:

1. A Commemorative Stamp Program is hereby authorized to honor each State in Atlasia. Beginning January 2nd, 20210 a new forever stamp shall be released honoring an Atlasian State, beginning with Alabama and proceeding therefrom alphabetically every two months until all States have been honored.
2. Each stamp shall include the name of the State being honored, and an image of a famous person from the State being honored. The famous person to be honored by each State shall be chosen in the following way:
     a. If a Regional legislature passes a law agreeing to participate in the program by January 2nd, 202019, the Regional legislature may choose the method for selecting the famous person to be honored.
     b. If a Regional legislature fails to pass a law agreeing to participate in the program by January 2nd, 202019, the President may choose the method for selecting the famous person to be honored.
3. The design for each Stamp shall be approved by the Citizen’s Stamp Advisory Committee

SECTION V: EFFECTIVE DATE

1. This act shall take effect immediately. No lawsuit to enforce the provisions of the law shall be justiciable in any federal or Regional court until 90 days after this law takes effect.

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Privacy Restoration Act of 2019
   To Stop the NSA from illegally and wrongfully spying on Atlasian citizens and for other purposes

In Congress
The Bill
To Stop the NSA in Atlasia from illegally and wrongfully spying on Atlasian citizens and for other purposes

Section 1: Short title
   The act will be titled the “Privacy Restoration Act of 2019
Section 2: Findings
   Congress finds the following
      (1) The federal government is currently violating the privacy, safety, and security of Atlasian citizens
Section 3: Rule of Construction
   Basic human rights in Atlasian ought to be respected in order to ensure the security of its citizens. No citizen should be wrongfully searched without probable cause and without a warrant authorized explicitly and specifically by a judge. Such wrongful searches must be terminated and those found pursuing wrongful searches must be terminated from their position in the National Security Agency. Additionally, those found should be prosecuted for violating the law.

Section 4: Restricting the powers of the National Security Agency
1. The Constitution shall not be construed to allow any agency of the Atlasian Government to search the phone records of Atlasians without a warrant based on probable cause.
2. The warrant must specifically describe and outline the scope of the search
3. Every warrant must be addressed to a specific individual unless there is undeniable evidence that said individual is in association with another known terrorist, terrorist organization, or affiliated with a government that sponsors terrorism
4. If a search is conducted upon an individual who is not affiliated with a terrorist organization look to Statement 2 under Section 4.
5. If warrant is authorized by a federal judge, the warrant must be presented to the individual who will be searched. If the individual is not available, the search cannot begin
6.If the individual refuses to allow the search to happen, he/she can be detained by federal authorities

Section 5: Accountability of National Security Agents
1. Any individual who violates Section 4 of this law will be immediately terminated and face a fine of up to $100,000.
2. Any individual who violates Section 4 of this law can be prosecuted
3. Any high-ranking authority within the federal government who gives authorization to National Security Agents to reject Section 4 will be immediately terminated and face a fine of up to $250,000.

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SKIING SAFETY ACT

SECTION I: NAME
a. This act shall be known as the Skiing Safety Act.

SECTION II: PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN ACCESS ROAD
a. The Wintergreen Ski Resort in Nelson County, Virginia shall be permitted to construct a secondary access road across National Park Service land to connect to the Blue Ridge Parkway, provided the following conditions are abided by:
     1. Wintergreen complies with NEPA
     2. Wintergreen designs and constructs the road in such a way as to minimize the effect on the landscape, including but not limited to the safe use of road curvature and the paving of the road with mulch.
     3. Wintergreen agrees to maintain the road as part of restrictive covenants accompanying the recorded easement.

SECTION III: TIMING
a. This act shall take effect immediately.