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I am offering a compromise bill for consideration by Rep. Oakvale and the other Representatives

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I ask Congress to consider this bill in solidarity with our Lord and Savior.

AN ACT
to crack down on frivolous copyright cases

Section 1 (Title)
i. The long title of this Act shall be, the "Dave Leip Copyright Defendant Protection Act." It may be cited as the "Leip Act."

Section 2 (Protecting creators from frivolous lawsuits)
i. In all cases where a copyright holder (hereafter "the plaintiff") shall bring suit against an individual or other party (hereafter "the defendant") alleging a violation or violations of their copyright under the laws of the Republic of Atlasia, the plaintiff must demonstrate either
(a) the alleged violation placed a significant burden on their ability to profit financially from the copyrighted work; or
(b) that any profit incurred by the defendant as a direct result of the alleged violation is in excess of $25,000.
ii. Should a copyright suit be decided in favor of the defendant, the plaintiff shall bear full financial responsibility for any legal costs incurred by the former in the course of their defense.

Section 3 (Resolution condemning copyright trolls)
i. RESOLVED, that it is the opinion of the Senate and House of Representatives that so-called "copyright trolls" are a species of imp distinguished by the total absence of grace or civilization even in comparison to their brother demons, and when they burn in Hell for eternity, it will be neither soon nor harsh enough.

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COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID RESPONSE ACT

To provide for a comprehensive response to the Opioid Epidemic

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

SECTION I: TITLE
This law shall be referred to as the Comprehensive Opioid Response Act

SECTION II. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:

(a) Every day, more than 130 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids. The misuse of and addiction to opioids, including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, is a serious national crisis that affects public health as well as social and economic welfare.
(b) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the total "economic burden" of prescription opioid misuse alone in the United States is $78.5 billion a year, including the costs of healthcare, lost productivity, addiction treatment, and criminal justice involvement.
(c) This issue has become a public health crisis with devastating consequences including increases in opioid misuse and related overdoses, as well as the rising incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome due to opioid use and misuse during pregnancy.
(d) The increase in injection drug use has also contributed to the spread of infectious diseases including HIV and hepatitis C.

SECTION III. OPIOID ABUSE TREATMENT FUND.
(a) There is established an account in the Treasury, known as the Opioid Abuse Treatment Fund.

(b) There is appropriated $300,000,000 for each fiscal years 2019 through 2023.

Of the funds appropriated, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall:
(1) appropriate $200,000,000 each fiscal year until 2023 to make grants to state, local, and tribal governments for the purpose of increasing the availability of treatment for opioids abuse.
(2) appropriate $50,000,000 each fiscal year until 2023 to make grants to state, local, and tribal governments and nonprofit entities to provide vouchers to individuals in underserved populations for authorized services related to the treatment of such individuals for opioids abuse
(3) appropriate $50,000,000 each fiscal year until 2023 to make grants to public, private, nonprofit entities, and Indian tribes to establish programs to provide for and coordinate the provision of wrap-around services to opioids-affected individuals.

SECTION IV. INITIATIVE TO INCREASE OPIOID TREATMENT CAPACITY.
(a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants to State, local, and tribal governments for the purpose of increasing the availability of treatment for opioids abuse.

(b) The grants made may only be used to:
(1) build treatment centers
(2) expand existing treatment centers
(3) hire treatment professionals
(4) provide training and education to substance abuse professionals, medical professionals, and educators related to the treatment of opioids abuse
(5) engage in activities that the Secretary of Health & Human Services has determined are relevant

SECTION V. OPIOID ABUSE TREATMENT VOUCHERS FOR UNDESERVED POPULATIONS.
(a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants to State, local, and tribal governments and nonprofit entities to provide vouchers to individuals in underserved populations for authorized services related to the treatment of such individuals for opioids abuse.

(b) Not later than a year after this law is in effect, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to the Congress on the grants used in subsection 4(a)

(c) The report under this section shall contain an evaluation of the effectiveness of the grants made under subsection 4(a) in improving access to opioids treatment for underserved populations.

SECTION VI. COMPREHENSIVE OPIOIDS TREATMENT SERVICES.
(a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants to public, private, nonprofit entities, and Indian tribes to establish programs to provide for and coordinate the provision of wrap-around services to opioids-affected individuals.

(b) For each year that a public, private, nonprofit entity, or Indian tribe receives a grant under subsection 6(a) for a program, such applicant shall submit to the Secretary of Health & Human Services a report on the results and effectiveness of the program.

(c) Wrap-Around Services is defined as:
(1) Medical services.
(2) Dental services.
(3) Mental health services.
(4) Job training services.
(5) Prevention services for family members opioids abuse or addiction.

SECTION VII. PROHIBITION OF OPIOID ILLEGAL MARKETING PRACTICES.
(a) The term ‘illegal marketing or distribution practice with respect to an opioid’ means:
(1) any marketing material a representation that an opioid has no addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability or has less of an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability than one or more other opioids, knowing the representation to be false, as determined by the Secretary based on research, testimonials, and other evidence
(2) supplying States or communities with a quantity of opioids that is not medically reasonable, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(3) failing to report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services any pattern of orders for the distribution of opioids that would cause a reasonable person to believe the opioids were not being dispensed in a medically reasonable manner.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person who manufactures or distributes an opioid to engage in an illegal marketing or distribution practice with respect to an opioid.

(c) Any person who violates subsection 7(b):
(i) if a person employed by an opioid manufacturer or distributor, shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount equal to sum of:
(aa) such person’s full amount of salary for each year during which such person engaged in illegal marketing or distribution practices with respect to an opioid product
(bb) the amount by which the stock or other certificates of ownership interest of the person that is owned by the individual has increased in value during the period during which such person engaged in illegal marketing or distribution practices of an opioid product
(ii) if not a natural person, shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount equal to the sum of:
(aa) $750,000,000
(bb) 25% of the profit made on lawful sales of opioids during the period in which the person engaged in illegal marketing or distribution practices.

(d) If a person that is not a natural person violates subsection 7(b), the court shall:
(i) impose on the chief executive officer of the person a civil penalty in an amount equal to the sum of:
(aa) the salary of the individual during the period in which the person engaged in illegal marketing or distribution practices and such individual served as chief executive officer
(bb) the amount by which the stock that is owned by the individual has increased in value during the period that the person engaged in illegal marketing or distribution practices and such individual served as chief executive officer
(ii) impose on any executive who led the finance, research, marketing, or sales department of the person a civil penalty in the amount equal to the sum of:
(aa) 25% of the salary during the period that the individual engaged in illegal marketing or distribution practices and served as an executive
(bb) 25% of the amount by which the stock of the individual has increased in value during the period that the person engaged in illegal marketing or distribution practices and such individual served as such an executive

(e) Any individual subject to civil penalties as laid out under subsection 7(c) shall be required to issue a public statement apologizing for their role in creating the opioid epidemic in the United States.

(f) Immediately after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services or Attorney General shall begin investigating all opioid manufacturers and all executives employed by such manufacturers to determine whether any such manufacturer committed illegal marketing or distribution practice with respect to an opioid as defined under this section.

(g) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may transfer to the Opioid Abuse Treatment Fund an amount equal to the civil penalties under this act to combat the abuse of opioids in the United States as laid out under Section 3, 4, 5, and 6.

SECTION VIII. IMPLEMENTATION.
This act shall take effect 30 days after passage.

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AN ACT
to amend the presidential line of succession

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

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Act shall be, the "Presidential Succession Act of 2020."

Section 2 (Succession)
i. If, by reason of death, resignation, or removal from office, there is neither a president nor a vice president to discharge the powers and duties of the office of president, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, upon their resignation as speaker and as representatives, shall become president.
ii. If, by reason of death, resignation, or removal from office, there is neither a president nor a vice president to discharge the powers and duties of the office of president, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives being either ineligible or unelected, the president pro-tempore of the Senate, upon their resignation as president pro-tempore and as senator, shall become president.
iii. If, by reason of death, resignation, or removal from office, there is neither a president nor a vice president to discharge the powers and duties of the office of president, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro-tempore of the Senate being either ineligible or unelected, the officer of the Republic of Atlasia highest on the following list not themselves ineligible shall become president: the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Federal Elections, the Registrar General.
iv. If, by reason of death, resignation, or removal from office, there is neither a president nor a vice president to discharge the powers and duties of the office of president, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro-tempore of the Senate being either ineligible or unelected, and the officers of the Republic of Atlasia being similarly ineligible and unappointed, the most senior senator by period of continuous service not ineligible shall become president.
v. If, by reason of death, resignation, or removal from office, there is neither a president nor a vice president to discharge the powers and duties of the office of president, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro-tempore of the Senate being either ineligible or unelected, the officers of the Republic of Atlasia being similarly ineligible and unappointed, and there being no senator eligible to assume the presidency, the most senior member of the House of Representatives by continuous service not ineligible shall become president.
vi. If, by reason of death, resignation, or removal from office, there is neither a president nor a vice president to discharge the powers and duties of the office of president, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro-tempore of the Senate being either ineligible or unelected, the officers of the Republic of Atlasia being similarly ineligible and unappointed, and there being no member of the Senate or the House of Representatives eligible to assume the presidency, the chief justice of the Supreme Court shall become president.
vii. If, by reason of death, resignation, or removal from office, there is neither a president nor a vice president to discharge the powers and duties of the office of president, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro-tempore of the Senate being either ineligible or unelected, the officers of the Republic of Atlasia and the chief Justice of the Supreme Court being similarly ineligible and unappointed, and there being no member of the Senate or the House of Representatives eligible to assume the presidency, the most senior justice or associate justice of the Supreme Court by continuous service not ineligible shall become president.
viii. If, by reason of death, resignation, or removal from office, there is neither a president nor a vice president to discharge the powers and duties of the office of president, and there is no person eligible to assume the presidency among those hitherto designated, the chief executives of the several regions shall organize emergency elections for president and vice president as soon as they shall judge expedient, and in the meantime shall elect one of their number as interim president.

Section 3 (Interim president)
i. If, at the hour appointed for the inauguration of the president and vice president, there is neither a president-elect nor a vice president-elect yet eligible to assume the presidency, then the powers and duties of that office shall temporarily devolve upon an interim president until such time as there shall be either an eligible president-elect or a vice president-elect.
ii. Succession to the interim presidency shall follow the order established by §2 of this Act.

Section 4 (Right of refusal)
i. Any designated to succeed to the presidency or interim presidency under the provisions of this of this Act shall reserve the right issue a written and public refusal to succession, in which event the duty will pass on to the next in line.

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An Act

To require all new passenger motor vehicles to be equipped with a child safety alert system.

Section 1. Short title

This Act shall be cited as the “Requiring Child Safety Alert Systems Act".

Section 2. Definitions

As used in Act, unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context—
(1) the term “passenger motor vehicle” shall have the meaning given in 49 USC § 32101(10); and
(2) the term "rear designated seating position" means the designated seating positions for any passengers that are rearward of the front seat.

Section 3. Requirement

(a) In general. —

All new passenger motor vehicles shall be equipped with a system to alert the operator to check rear designated seating positions after the vehicle is deactivated by the driver.

(b) Child safety alert system. —

The alert required under subsection (a)—
(1) shall include a distinct auditory and visual alert, which may be combined with a haptic alert; and
(2) shall be activated when the vehicle motor is deactivated by the driver.

Section 4. Effective date

This Act shall take effect immediately on the date of the enactment of this Act.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,

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AN ACT

To ensure coins are not costing more to produce than face value of such coins, and to account for the discontinued minting of pennies in physical transactions.

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the "Coin Composition Revision Act".

Section 2. Coin composition revision

(a) In general. —

The Atlasian Mint shall work to revise the composition of the nickel ($0.05 coin) and change its manufacturing process and composition in such a way that the manufacturing cost of the coin falls below such coins nominal value.

(b) Date. —

Subsection(a) shall be completed before July 31 of 2021.

Section 3. Physical transactions

All physical transitions using cash between a consumer and a business entity shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $0.05 after the application of any applicable taxes.

Section 4. Effective date

This Act shall take effect immediately on the date of the enactment of this Act.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 4-0-2 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,