House Legislation Introduction Thread

[Rep Jessica]

                                                        AN ACT
                                             Outsource and you'll pay the price act

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

Section I. Title

i. The long title of this Act shall be the "Outsource and you'll pay the price and national security concerns act"

Section II: Definitions and what is at stake...
ii. Outsourcing is the action of any business that moves production overseas in order to use the labor of another country.
iia. Move office to another country to avoid taxes
iib. These businesses aim to rob the Atlasian worker of work and rob our treasury of tax money that is owed.
iic. Outsourcing company's have proven to be an serious national security issue as countries that hate us now control mining of precious metals, jet engines, military hardware production and so much more that we rely as an nation for national defense and basic economic function.

Section III: Correcting for a better and more atlasian tomorrow.
I. Any business that moves production of goods overseas shall see a 10% tax placed on all their imports back into Atlasia.
Ia. For countries like China, Mexico and other violators of human rights shall not do business with the republic of Atlasia if found to have violated the basic labor rights of the workers being used.
Ib. The congress of the republic of Atlasia ask the president to take leadership and to apply tariff's beyond this 10% if need be and in order to fight for the enhancement of human rights of the workers being used.
II. All military hardware made over seas shall be phased out and brought back to Atlasia by December 31, 2025.
IIa. The president of Atlasia and the Secretary of defense shall oversee the completion of of section III part II.
IIb. We can't afford to be at war with China and literally be relying on them for production of our war machine.
Section III: The end of bringing in illegal replacements in order to undermine the Atlasian worker.
I. All businesses that hire illegals shall be fined an fine no less then $1,500 dollars per illegal found working there.
II. All food providers shall get their food handlers card removed after the second offense.
IIa. Food handler is place that handles food like grocery stores, fast food, bars, etc.
III. Upon an third offense the owners, managers and/or people doing the hiring shall serve 3 months in federal prison.

 
SECTION IV. WHEN EFFECTIVE.
This resolution shall become effective when passed by Congress.

[Rep Jessica]

                                                                       AN ACT
                                                            Kepler 2 space telescope

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Atlasia in Congress assembled,
Section 1: Title
i. The long title of this Act shall be the " Kepler 2 space telescope"
Section 2: Directing Nasa to develop and launch a second Kepler space telescope.
i. The development of a second Kepler space telescope shall be mandated by this congress for nasa.
ia. This telescope shall be in similar design of the first kepler telescope but
ib. designed with 1.25-1.5 times bigger lenses and stricter ability to spot earth sized planets around m and g class stars.
ii. This telescope shall be ready for launch by 2026.
Section 3: Funding
i. Nasa shall get 1.5 billion to design the scope and shall use space-x to launch at the tune of 100 billion bucks.

Why? Because the first kepler found 3 thousand planets and a similar scope is worth doing over pretty much anything else.

[Sirius_]

                                                                       AN ACT
                                                            Kepler 2 space telescope

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Atlasia in Congress assembled,
Section 1: Title
i. The long title of this Act shall be the " Kepler 2 space telescope"
Section 2: Directing Nasa to develop and launch a second Kepler space telescope.
i. The development of a second Kepler space telescope shall be mandated by this congress for nasa.
ia. This telescope shall be in similar design of the first kepler telescope but
ib. designed with 1.25-1.5 times bigger lenses and stricter ability to spot earth sized planets around m and g class stars.
ii. This telescope shall be ready for launch by 2026.
Section 3: Funding
i. Nasa shall get 1.5 billion to design the scope and shall use space-x to launch at the tune of 100 billion bucks.

Why? Because the first kepler found 3 thousand planets and a similar scope is worth doing over pretty much anything else.

I believe the James Webb telescope planned for launch later this year will have exoplanet search capabilities, with the Nancy Grace Roman telescope also having these capabilities launching 2025.

[Sestak]

                                                                        AN ACT
                                                            Kepler 2 space telescope

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Atlasia in Congress assembled,
Section 1: Title
i. The long title of this Act shall be the " Kepler 2 space telescope"
Section 2: Directing Nasa to develop and launch a second Kepler space telescope.
i. The development of a second Kepler space telescope shall be mandated by this congress for nasa.
ia. This telescope shall be in similar design of the first kepler telescope but
ib. designed with 1.25-1.5 times bigger lenses and stricter ability to spot earth sized planets around m and g class stars.
ii. This telescope shall be ready for launch by 2026.
Section 3: Funding
i. Nasa shall get 1.5 billion to design the scope and shall use space-x to launch at the tune of 100 billion bucks.

Why? Because the first kepler found 3 thousand planets and a similar scope is worth doing over pretty much anything else.

The Price is Right sound

[Left Wing]

Not 100% sure if this is allowed (I have it on good word that it is), but the senator currently sponsoring this bill in the senate has quite large bill queue and it is unlikely to be brought up before the election there. I am brining this to the house so that we can address these issues before the upcoming election and work to fight against zombie voting and offsite recruitment in a bipartisan fashion.

Increasing Requirements Act

Section 3, Part 8, of the Census Act of 2019 is amended as follows

Section 3. Registration
8.In order to be eligible to register, a poster’s Atlas Forum account must have been registered for at least one hundred and sixty-eight hours and must have accumulated at least fifteen fifty posts.

Section 4, Part 2, of the Federal Electoral Act of 2019 is amended as follows

Section 4. Voter Eligibility.
2. A registered voter shall only be eligible to vote in a federal election if they have made at least eight twenty-five posts from their account in the fifty six days (eight weeks) immediately prior to the commencement of the election.

[Joseph Cao]

A BILL
To protect the wellbeing and rights of Atlasians with learning disabilities

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

SECTION I: TITLE
1. This legislation may be referred to as the Stop Abuse of DNACPR Notices and End Waitlist Situations (SADNEWS) Act.

SECTION II: DEFINITIONS
1. For the purposes of this bill,
   a. "Vaccine" shall refer to COVID-19 vaccines that have received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
   b. "Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) orders," also known as "Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders," shall refer to medical orders written by doctors instructing healthcare providers not to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a patient's breathing stops or if the patient's heart stops beating.
   c. "Learning disabilities" shall refer to clinically diagnosed conditions adversely affecting a person's ability to receive and process information, manifested by significant difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities.

SECTION III: FINDINGS
1. The Atlasian Congress finds:
   a. That, as presently defined, DNACPR orders are vulnerable to abuse by medical practitioners, administrators, or institutions;
   b. That COVID-19 patients with learning disabilities suffer an injustice when inappropriate DNACPR orders are issued for them without their consent;
   c. That, as a result of numerous environmental and bureaucratic obstacles to accessing treatment, people with learning disabilities are more likely than the average person to die of COVID-19 if they contract the disease;
   d. That, despite this, people with learning disabilities continue to face long waitlisting periods and a general lack of prioritization for vaccinations.

SECTION IV: RESTRICTIONS ON DNACPR ORDERS
1. DNACPR orders must not be issued in blanket form to any group of people.
2. Medical officers shall be required to notify the patient (if possible) and any relevant family members, legal guardians, or healthcare advisors before issuing a DNACPR order for the patient.
3. DNACPR orders shall not be issued without the patient's explicit and official consent to the decision, provided the patient is able to give such.
   a. If—and only if—the patient is incapacitated or otherwise unable to consent, their family member(s), legal guardian(s), or a previously designated healthcare professional (if any) may make the decision on their behalf.
4. The presence, or lack thereof, of learning disabilities shall not be grounds for consideration or issuance of DNACPR orders for patients.

SECTION V: MODIFICATION TO VACCINE ROLLOUT PRIORITIES
1. Order DOJ-36.2.005 shall be amended as follows:

Vaccination will be mandatory without a doctor's exemption for a valid medical reason.

For rollout, from highest to lowest priority:

1. Healthcare, education, and service workers
2. School-age minors aged twelve (12) years and older, people with learning disabilities aged twelve (12) years and older, and senior citizens
3. Everyone else

SECTION VI: IMPLEMENTATION
1. This legislation shall take effect immediately upon passage.

[Dr. MB]

A BILL
To protect the integrity of the regions

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

SECTION I: TITLE
1. This legislation may be referred to as the Regional Registration Act.

SECTION II: CONTENT
1. Section 4, clause 2 of FL 22.9, the Census Act of 2019, is hereby amended to read the following:

If a voter has been registered in more than one region over the previous one hundred and eighty days, they cannot register outside the region they were most recently registered in.

After establishing residency in a region, a voter may not change residences to another region for another three hundred sixty-five days. This shall not be affected by deregistration.

2. Clause 3 is hereby added to FL 22.9, the Census Act of 2019:

Any regional move occurring within the three weeks (504 hours) prior to a regularly-scheduled federal election shall not take effect until the conclusion of said election.

Introducing this into the executive slot

[Mike Thick]

I would like to introduce the following legislation in the Presidential slot.

A BILL
To rectify the unintentional re-establishment of the tipped minimum wage.
Be it enacted in both Houses of Congress assembled

II. TITLE

1. The title of this act shall be the "Fixing Tipped Minimum Wage Laws Act."

I. PROVISIONS

1. The Tipped Employee Protection Act of 2018 is hereby repealed.

III. ENACTMENT

2. This legislation shall go into effect immediately upon the President's signature.

[YE]

AN ACT
To honor an Atlas Forum hero

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

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Olawakandi Day Act.

Section 2. Establishment of Federal Holiday

1. In honor of the 15th anniversary of his initial registration on the Atlas Forum, Wednesday, the thirtieth of June, two thousand and twenty-one, is hereby designated "Olawakandi Day", to be celebrated across Atlasia as well as the Talk Elections Blog at large.
2. Olawakandi Day is established as a full federal holiday for the Republic of Atlasia, and will continued to be celebrated as such annually on the thirtieth of June.
3. Five days of festivities are to be held in Nyman beginning on Olawakandi Day and ending on the Fourth of July.

[FairBol]

Not quite sure where the public can introduce bills, so I'll do it here. 

A Bill

Ensuring fairness regarding payment of winnings at gaming facilities

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


SECTION 1 - TITLE

This bill may be cited as the "Fair Play in Gaming Act of 2021". 


SECTION II - DEFINITIONS 

1. The term "gaming machine" is hereby defined as any device which, as installed at a non-Native American operated casino, purports to pay out any jackpot or sum of money. 

2. The term "malfunction" is defined as a failure of a gaming machine's operating system which renders the game unplayable. 

3. The term "violation" is defined as the refusal of a non-Native American operated casino to pay out any sum that is legitimately won (subject to the terms of this bill). 


SECTION III - FINDINGS

1. Congress finds as follows:

  A. There have been numerous instances of casinos that have refused to award advertised jackpots to winners of such.

  B. In the majority of these cases, such refusals are based upon claims of gaming machines having "malfunctioned".  In this regard, casinos claim that devices mistakenly and erroneously show the winning of a prize. 

  C. Mechanical breakdowns of slot-based gaming machines are extremely rare in occurrence. 

  D. In the event of a legitimate win, casinos should pay amounts that they advertise as potentially being paid. 


SECTION IV - GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. In order to ensure the good working order of gaming machines, inspections of such shall take place every six months.  The gaming commissions of individual states shall be charged with the operation and oversight of these inspections. 

2. In cases of legitimate jackpot wins, casinos shall pay at least the amount advertised as the "maximum jackpot", excepting cases where a malfunction or player fraud is conclusively proven. 

3. Any casino subsequently required to pay a jackpot shall begin payments of funds no later than one hundred twenty (120) days after a claim of victory. 

4. Nothing in this bill shall be construed as requiring jackpot payouts from Native American-operated casinos. 


SECTION V - PENALTIES

1. A casino found to be in violation of Section IV sub-section 2 shall have its gaming license suspended for no less than ninety (90) days. 

2. Thereafter, for every thirty (30) days that a casino continues to be in violation of Section IV sub-section 2, no less than thirty (30) days shall be added to the suspension of such a casino's gaming license. 

3. If a casino continues to be in violation of Section IV sub-section 2 for a period exceeding one (1) year, the associated state gaming commission may choose to permanently suspend the casino's gaming license. 


SECTION VI - IMPLEMENTATION

1. This legislation shall take effect immediately after passage. 

Can I get a bill sponsor?

[Dr. MB]

AN ACT
To get rid of annoyances

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

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the I Am A Robot Act.

Section 2. Definition

1. A "CAPTCHA", or a Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, shall be defined as any barrier to completing an Internet action requiring users to distinguish themselves as human.

Section 3. Substance
1. Any website with servers based in Atlasia is prohibited from implementing or hosting CAPTCHAs with the following characteristics:
-Requires users to click photographs of certain objects before proceeding
-Requires users to solve complex tasks
-Requires users to read distorted words and type in the answer
2. Any website using this feature is ordered to stop immediately.
3. The hosts of said servers still using such CAPTCHAs as of January 1, 2022, may be fined up to $5,000.
4. Simple CAPTCHAs (check-box clicks) shall not be affected by this law.

[Mike Thick]

I would like to introduce the following legislation in the emergency slot.

A BILL
To provide government relief of COVID-19-related medical debt.
Be it enacted in both Houses of Congress assembled

II. TITLE

1. The title of this act shall be the Completely Obliterate Virus Insolvency and Debt, Ending Bad Times Act.
a. This legislation may also be cited as the "COVIDEBT Act."

I. PAYMENT FREEZE

1. No healthcare provider or private debtholder may demand servicing of debts from uninsured patients for COVID-19 treatment until August 1st, 2021.

II. PAYING OFF DEBT

1. $X,XXX,XXX,XXX shall be appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a "COVIDEBT Fund" from which payments to healthcare providers shall originate.
a. Healthcare providers may apply for payments by providing a comprehensive statement of invoices and billing statements related to undischarged debts from uninsured patients for COVID-19 treatment.
b. Healthcare providers must submit this statement by July 1st, 2021; to be eligible to receive funding.
c. The Department of Health and Human Services shall allocate funding to applicants equal to the gross amount of undischarged payment or debt stated therein.
d. All other holders of medical debt may apply for funding as well, subject to the same requirements.
i. In cases in which non-healthcare-provider debtholders have not been informed that payment is owed for COVID-19 treatments, the original healthcare provider shall inform the debtholder of this aspect of the nature of the debt by April 1st, 2021.

2. $15,000,000 shall be appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services for the implementation of this act.

III. ENACTMENT

1. This legislation shall go into effect immediately upon the President's signature, except where otherwise specified herein.

[lfromnj]

                                          A BILL
                   to start a debate on reforming the office of the comptroller and the game economy.
II. Title[/b]
The Title of the Bill shall be known as Comptroller Reform Act.
III. Text
The Atlasian congress and president shall create a multi-partisan commission consisting of 3-5 members who shall work on creating a new system for the game economy by increasing the number of variables involved that result in tax revenue or total GDP. After the commission work is done the final bill will be put to congress.
IV. Creation system
Said system will have to likely be created within excel but it may also be coded within a programming language which will be determined by the commision.
V. Funding
1,500,000 shall be granted for this commission to start work.

[Continential]

Poirot's No Tax Accounts Act

Section 1. Title
1. This legislation may be titled: Poirot's No Tax Accounts Act.

Section 2. Basic
1. No Tax Accounts can be offered by financial institutions operating in the region starting in June 2021.
2. All citizens aged 18 years old or older who are Atlasian residents for fiscal purposes are eligible to open a No Tax Account.
 
 
Section 3. Contribution and Investment
1. Investments allowed in No Tax Accounts are cash, certificate of deposits, bonds, mutual funds and shares in companies listed on a stock exchange.
2. Income generated inside the account (interest, capital gain or dividend) is not taxed.
3. The maximum contribution allowed every fiscal period is $5,000 for everyone 18 years old or older.
4. An individual can own any number of accounts, although the contribution limit per fiscal period is $5,000 total into all accounts (not each account).
5. The amount of contribution allowed in one period not used by a person is added to the contribution allowed of the following period.

Section 4. Withdrawal
1. A withdrawal from the account is considered non taxable income.
2. A withdrawal is allowed at any time (subject to the liquidity of the type of investment held) and a sum equal to the withdrawal can be put back in the account only in the next fiscal period and in addition to the regular contribution allowed in the period.
3. The death of an account holder is considered a withdrawal.

[Sestak]

AN ACT
to fight the pandemic with bribes
Be it enacted by both houses of Congress assembled:

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this act shall be, the "COVID Is No Match for Bribes Act." It may be cited as the "COVID Bribes Act."

Section 2 (Bribes)
i. Any taxpayer aged sixteen (16) years or older shall be eligible to take a one-time refundable credit of $1,000 who can provide proof of vaccination for novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  Taxpayers shall also be eligible to take a one-time refundable credit of the same value for all dependents aged sixteen (16) years or older for whom such proof can be provided.
(a) Only persons having received the first dose of a vaccine for COVID-19 approved by the Center for Disease Control on or before April 15, 2021 shall be eligible for this credit.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

AN ACT
to fight the pandemic with bribes
Be it enacted by both houses of Congress assembled:

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this act shall be, the "COVID Is No Match for Bribes Act." It may be cited as the "COVID Bribes Act."

Section 2 (Bribes)
i. Any taxpayer aged sixteen (16) years or older shall be eligible to take a one-time refundable credit of $1,000 who can provide proof of vaccination for novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  Taxpayers shall also be eligible to take a one-time refundable credit of the same value for all dependents aged sixteen (16) years or older for whom such proof can be provided.
(a) Only persons having received the first dose of a vaccine for COVID-19 approved by the Center for Disease Control on or before April 15, 2021 shall be eligible for this credit.

I'll sponsor this

[Continential]

ROC Act of 2021

1. The Republic of Atlasia will recognize the Republic of China and shall establish a embassy in Taipei, Republic of China
2. The Republic of Atlasia shall recognize that the Republic of China currently controls Taiwan Main Island/Formosa, Kinmen Main Island, Penghu Main Island, Orchid Island, Xiyu Island, Waisanding Shoal Island, Green Island, Lesser Kinmen Island, Baisha Island, Nangan Island, Cimei Island, Lamay Island, Wang'an Island, and Beigan Island.

[Continential]

AN ACT OF CONGRESS
To grant statehood for Bir Tawil

Section I: Title
1. The title of this bill shall be called the "Bir Tawil Statehood Act"

Section II: Statehood
1. The territory of Bir Tawil shall be granted statehood after the passage of this bill.

Section III: Impact
1. Should this bill pass the impacts is as follows:
a. All Atlasian nationals in Bir Tawil shall be granted citizenship
b. Bir Tawil shall become a state, effective immediately
c. Any person born within Bir Tawil shall be granted citizenship immediately upon statehood.
2. Bir Tawil shall be in the region of Lincoln.

[Continential]

WEB Dubois ACT

HOUSE BILL

Be it resolved in the Atlasian Congress Assembled,

SECTION 1.

1. This Act may be cited as the "WEB Dubois Act”.

SECTION 2.

1. a. olawakandi shall be considered an eternal citizen of the Republic of Atlasia, as part of the Social Democratic Party in the state of Missouri.
b. He shall not be subject to normal automatic deregistration provisions, regardless of whether he votes in Atlasian elections.
c. He shall receive all rights and privileges normally reserved for citizens of Atlasia.
2. The Registrar General shall update the census accordingly.


SECTION 3.
1. Should olawakandi register in the New Register Thread, this Act shall become null and void.

Credit to MB for the King Dave Act and for inspiring this.

[KaiserDave]

1. Section 3 of the Census Act of 2019 shall be amended as follows:

2. To register, a poster must post in this thread indicating the state in which they wish to register and their party affiliation of choice.

3. To change their registration, a poster must indicate which state and/or political party they wish to change to.

4. In the event of a misspelling or a poster referring to their party or state of choice in an indirect manner, if the intent of the registration is clear, the Census Administrator shall act accordingly.

5. The Census Administrator will randomly generate the states in which voters will be registered once every six months. Regional officeholders will not be exempt to this rule, but they will be allowed to stay within the region upon request.

2. Registration randomization takes effect one week after passage of this act. From then on, randomization takes effect every July 1 and January 1.

And

1. Section 2 of the Census Act of 2019 shall be amended as follows:

5. Following a federal election, the Census Administrator shall, with all appropriate haste, post an update in which they clearly indicate the voters who have been automatically deregistered according to the provisions of this act, as well as update the census document to reflect these deregistrations.

6. The Census Administrator will randomly remove half of all registered voters once every six months. Removed voters will be ineligible to return to the game for sixty (60) days or one-thousand four-hundred forty (1440) hours. Officeholders will not be exempt to this rule.

2. Half the populace will be removed from the game effective one week after passage of this act. From then on, removal takes effect every April 1 and October 1, with the exception of, should the bill pass before then, April 1, 2021.

[Dr. MB]

Fixing Stupid Unnecessary Rules Resolution

Substance

Section 2 of the House of the Representatives Rules and Procedures for Operation is amended to read as follows:

1.) The Speaker shall keep a thread on the Fantasy Government board for introducing legislation. This thread shall be known as the House Legislation Introduction Thread. Sitting Representatives may post in this thread. The Speaker shall also keep a separate thread listing all sponsored legislation in the Legislation Introduction Thread.

2.) If the Speaker determines that a piece of legislation is functionally impractical, frivolous, or is directly unconstitutional, they may, in a public post, remove said legislation from the House queue. The sponsoring Representative or citizen shall have seventy-two (72) hours to challenge this action in a public post, and with the concurrence of one-third (1/3) of office-holding Representatives in the affirmative (excluding the Speaker), may override the actions of the Speaker.

3.) Legislation threads:

a) There may be twenty-four threads about legislation open for voting and debate simultaneously.

b) The first ten fourteen slots shall be open to all legislation regarding bills, resolutions or constitutional amendments. Each Member shall be allowed one slot, and the Speaker shall advance bills to each member’s slot in the order they were introduced by the member. The Tenth slot shall be filled with a bill to be selected by the speaker. Members may elect to fill their slot by co-sponsoring a bill posted by someone else. The Speaker shall be the president officer for these open threads. The Speaker shall advance bills proposed by members who have filled the slots provided to them by section subsection b in the order in which they were introduced. The Speaker shall be the presiding officer for these open threads.

c) The eleventh through fifteenth slots shall be open to all member-sponsored legislation regarding bills, resolutions or constitutional amendments. The Speaker shall advance bills proposed by members who have filled the slots provided to them by section subsection b in the order in which they were introduced. The Speaker shall be the presiding officer for these open threads.

c)  If the sponsor already has three or more pieces of legislation on the House floor, and all other slots are filled or would be filled pending said introduced legislation, legislation from Representatives who do not have any bills on the floor shall take priority until all such other legislation is completed. The Speaker shall be the presiding officer for these open threads.

d) The fifteenth and sixteenth slots shall be reserved for bills submitted by civilians in the Public Consultation and Legislation Submission thread. The Speaker shall be the presiding officer for this open thread these open threads.

e) The seventeenth through twenty-first slots shall be reserved for legislation that previously passed the Senate. The President of Congress shall be the presiding officer for these open threads.

f) The twenty-second slot shall be reserved for legislation related to national emergencies declared by the President of Atlasia. The Speaker shall introduce legislation to this thread as directed by the President, but only when the President has declared a state of national emergency.

g) the twenty-third slot shall be filled with a bill to be selected by the President. The Speaker shall be the president officer for this open thread.

h) The twenty-fourth slot shall be reserved for budget debates and related resolutions and statutes. This slot shall be administered by the President of Congress.

4.) A piece of legislation is no longer on the House of Representative Floor when it has been withdrawn, tabled, rejected, or passed by the members of the House of Representatives.

5.) If at any time the original sponsor vacates their office as Representative, all legislation introduced in the Legislation Introduction Thread shall, within a week of the next session, be declared withdrawn by the Speaker by public post, if no Representative sponsors the legislation. If a piece of legislation has been introduced on the House floor, any office-holding Representative may assume sponsorship.

6.) Co-sponsors of legislation under consideration shall have no power to withdraw legislation nor contest withdrawal of legislation by the original sponsor. Any office-holding Representative may assume sponsorship of the legislation within 72 hours after the original sponsor has motioned to withdraw. Once a motion to assume sponsorship has been filed by a Representatives, Representatives shall have 24 hours to object to this motion. If any Representative objects, the Speaker shall open a vote on the motion lasting until a majority has voted for or against the motion, but not more than 72 hours. If the motion is rejected, the bill shall be removed from the floor.

7.) All bills appropriating money must either raise taxes or cut other spending to cover the costs of the appropriations contained therein. Exempted from this shall be emergency legislation declared as such by the President in clause 2.D of this section. In addition such bills must have any funding increases and decreases connected to a specific federal department budget. Any bill that includes a funding change that is not connected to a specific federal department budget shall not be able to be brought to a final vote. The House may override this section with a 2/3rds vote.

8.) All resolutions seeking to amend the constitution must be introduced along with a passage detailing what is being changed in the Constitution and why, called the Amendment Explanation. All amendments to the resolution, must change the explanation if they change the resolution so as to be inconsistent with it. This shall not infringe on the presiding officers ability to correct for grammar and formatting issues, nor impede the presiding officer's ability to update and maintain a mission statement in the outer quote box of a given bill or resolution.

9.) House Bills and Resolutions shall be enumerated as "HB" for House bills or "HR" for House resolutions, followed by a blank space, then two numbers separated by a "-", with the first number being the number of the current session and the second increasing sequentially for each bill or resolution placed on the floor per each session.

10.) Bills submitted by civilians in the Public Consultation and Legislation Submission thread shall not require a congressional sponsor to reach the floor.

[Dr. MB]

AN ACT
To prove there's something in the woods.

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

Section I. Title

i. This bill may be known as the Bigfoot Bounty Act.

Section II. Definitions
i. "Bigfoot" or "Sasquatch" may be defined as any previously unknown-to-science bipedal hominid or ape-like creature inhabiting the wild of Atlasia.

Section III. Bounties for Bigfoot
i. Any person who captures a live Bigfoot may present it at any Atlasian federal or regional government building and claim a reward of $2,000,000.
ii. Should the creature die or suffer serious injuries as a result of actions taken by the captor, the reward shall be forfeited.
iii. Any person who produces physical, video, or photo evidence leading to the capture of a Bigfoot may claim a reward of $100,000 following successful capture.
iv. These rewards shall be paid out by the Fish and Wildlife Service.
v. Once three Bigfoot have been captured, the challenge is up and no further prize money may awarded.
vi. Should a live Bigfoot successfully be captured, it may be studied for no more than six months and afterwards released back into the wild at the spot it was taken from.

[Continential]

AN ACT OF CONGRESS
To unite Atlasia and Canada

Section I: Title
1. The title of this bill shall be called the "Canadian-Atlasian Merger Act" It may be cited as "CAMA" or "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.
3. The provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the territory of Nunavut shall be admitted into the union as states of Lincoln
4. The provinces of Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the Northwest territories shall be admitted into the union as states of the South.

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

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[Dr. MB]

AN ACT
To maximize freedom.

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

Section I. Title

i. This bill may be known as the Repeal of the Federal Assault Weapon and Automatic Weapon Ban Act.

Section II. Definitions
i. The Federal Assault Weapon and Automatic Weapon Ban Act, passed in 2020, is repealed in its entirety.

[Dr. MB]

AN ACT
To take the burden off drivers.

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

Section I. Title

i. This bill may be known as the No Taxing Drivers Act.

Section II. Definitions
i. "Vehicle mile tax" shall be defined as any tax or fee which charges motorists based on the amount of miles they have traveled.

Section III. Substance
i. No vehicle mile tax may be implemented at the federal level in Atlasia.
ii. No driver in Atlasia may be required to install a GPS or location tracker on their vehicle.