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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement
I am satisfied with the changes that have been made to this bill over the past month or so and though it would have been my preference to have the money made from the PSCFL program be directed towards the overall solvency of the postal system as opposed to being directed to fund a different unrelated program, I will set those concerns aside and proceed with signing this bill.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on May 24, 2018.

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As Amended:
People's House of Representatives:
Passed 7-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 1st, 2018,

As Amended:
People's Regional Senate:
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on August 2nd, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Terry the Fat Shark]

Mr. President, the following bill has arrived on your desk:

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on June 5, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian House assembled on August 8th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement
So apparently this one got missed in the backlog of bills I signed on the third. It didn't help the fact that it was small text posted right underneath the rather large LGBT bill. Also no PMs were sent highlighting the fact that I missed it, in preference for Discord tags, which of course got buried and I just now noticed.

Also lastly as a note, there is no constitutional provisions for bills to become law after seven days in the absence of a signature or veto, for the love of god, read Article III. It is better than relying on discord hearsay for constitutional law.

Anyway, my concerns relating to the Jones act were dealt with in the Senate and I don't have any other problems with this bill.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-1-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on June 5, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 8-0-0 in the Atlasian House assembled on August 1st, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

REDRAFT COMPOSITION - NOT SUBMITTED YET

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[Terry the Fat Shark]

Mr. President, the following bill you redrafted has returned:

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People's Regional Senate:

Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on May 26th 2018.

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 9-0-0 in the Atlasian House assembled on July 15th 2018.



Redraft:
People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 22, 2018.

- R

Redraft:
People's House of Representatives:
Edited to say 'Atlasian' by the Speaker of the Atlasian House on August 4th, 2018,


President of Congress certification of redraft:
Be it Enacted,


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[Terry the Fat Shark]

Mr. President, the following bill has arrived on your desk and awaits your decision:

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 23, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian House assembled on August 10th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,


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[Mr. Reactionary]

Mr. President, the following bill has arrived on your desk and awaits your decision:

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 14, 2018.

- R

People's House of Representatives
Passed 6-0-0-3 in the Atlasian House Assembled


President of Congress
Be it enacted,

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement
With my concerns addressed and the typos fixed I will now sign this legislation.

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People's Regional Senate:

Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on May 26th 2018.

- R

People's House of Representatives
Passed 9-0-0 in the Atlasian House assembled on July 15th 2018.



Redraft:
People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 22, 2018.

- R

Redraft:
People's House of Representatives:
Edited to say 'Atlasian' by the Speaker of the Atlasian House on August 4th, 2018,


President of Congress certification of redraft:
Be it Enacted,


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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement
The presence of some of these regulations is just plain ridiculous. I would be very interested in knowing the background behind the prohibitions on nunchucks and stun guns in those Georgia locations in the first place.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 23, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian House assembled on August 10th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,


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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

VETO AND REDRAFT
I had every intention of signing this but upon careful review I have come to the conclusion that Section II, Clause 1.a is much too vague and would be a nightmare to comply with and to enforce and could basically render the whole bill a mute point, which is I would guess counter to the objectives of the sponsor here. Any company could claim that it is unreasonable for them to provide such and likewise the government could claim the opposite. Or a hostile administration could use it to side with said companies in saying that it is unreasonable in basically every instance. I would be very much interested in submitting a redraft, but I would prefer to consult with the original sponsor and defer to said sponsor should they come up with an alternative wording that addresses these concerns.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 14, 2018.

- R

People's House of Representatives
Passed 6-0-0-3 in the Atlasian House Assembled


President of Congress
Be it enacted,

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VETO
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[Terry the Fat Shark]

Mr. President, the following bill has arrived on your desk and awaits your decision:

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 17, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 8-0-0-1 in the Atlasian House Assembled

President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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[Terry the Fat Shark]

Mr. President, the following bill has arrived on your desk and awaits your decision:

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People's Regional Senate
Passed 5-1-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on June 9, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 8-0-0-1 in the Atlasian House Assembled

President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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[Mr. Reactionary]

Mr. President, the following bill has arrived on your desk:

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on June 5, 2018.

- R

People's House of Representatives:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian House assembled on August 8th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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^^^ This bill still requires a Presidential decision.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Mr. President, the following bill has arrived on your desk and awaits your decision:

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on August 7, 2018.

- R

People's House of Representatives:
Passed 9-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 16th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,


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[Terry the Fat Shark]

Mr. President, the following bill has arrived on your desk and awaits your decision:

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Section 3: Assistance for Severe Marine Debris Events
Section 3 of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1952) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

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Section 4: Sense of Congress on International Engagement to Respond to Marine Debris
It is the sense of Congress that the President should—

(1) Support research and development, including through the establishment of a prize competition, of bio-based and other alternatives or environmentally feasible improvements to materials that reduce municipal solid waste and its consequences in the ocean;

(2) Work with representatives of foreign countries that contribute the most to the global marine debris problem to learn about, and find solutions to, the contributions of such countries to marine debris in the world's oceans;

(3) Carry out studies to determine—
(A) the primary means by which solid waste enters the oceans;
(B) the manner in which waste management infrastructure can be most effective in preventing debris from reaching the oceans;
(C) the long-term economic impacts of marine debris on the national economies of each country set out in paragraph (1) and on the global economy; and
(D)the economic benefits of decreasing the amount of marine debris in the oceans;

(4) Work with representatives of foreign countries that contribute the most to the global marine debris problem, including land-based sources, to conclude one or more new international agreements that include provisions—
(A) to mitigate the risk of land-based marine debris contributed by such countries reaching an ocean; and
(B) to increase technical assistance and investment in waste management infrastructure, if the President determines appropriate; and

(5) Encourage the Department of State and the Senate to consider the impact of marine debris in relevant future trade agreements.

Section 5: Repeal of unnecessary ocean criminal law
The regulation criminalizing the burial at sea of cremated ashes within 3 miles of the Atlasian coastline is hereby eliminated. 40 CFR 229.1(a)(3) shall be amended accordingly.

Section 6: Authorization of Appropriations
Section 9 of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1958) is amended to read as follows:

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 9-0-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled


As Amended:
People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on August 13, 2018.

- R

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As Amended:
People's Regional House of Representatives:
Passed 9-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 16th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement

One of the biggest road blocks to employment, particularly coming out of the last recession was matching employers with the skilled candidates to fill positions. With such a program as this we can increase connectivity between employers and candidates using the tools presented to us by the internet. This will not solve the whole range of problems that have held us back in terms of employment, a large element of that is a matter of education, worker retraining and also giving our companies the best possible chances of being able to compete against foreign companies. However, today we have a change to take a small but important step forward and it is important that we do so.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on June 5, 2018.

- R

People's House of Representatives:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian House assembled on August 8th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement
After having reviewed the bill presented before me I have concluded that these regulations will bring much needed improvements in the safety of air travel as well as to improve in the areas pertaining to both physical and mental health evaluation. The provisions in here I am confident will help save a number of lives down the road and while it would be impossible to fully eliminate the risk of human error caused by medical deficiencies, save for autonomous piloting, which is a discussion for another day, we can make great strides in these areas and today this bill does that.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 17, 2018.

- R

People's House of Representatives
Passed 8-0-0-1 in the Atlasian House Assembled

President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement

This bill is one that provided something of a learning experience for me. While I was certainly aware that there were problems with accuracy, I found the information provided in the Senate debate to be most alarming about the problems, false positives, and good liars benefiting from the test. When it comes to trying a case, and discovering the facts, we generally seek to prove the truth beyond a reasonable doubt, however there is such weight of evidence here that I don't see how the polygraph can be trusted. Technology can be a good thing, that has certainly been the case for the strides in DNA, but this is a case of a now rather antiquated piece of technology, which in its time seemed amazing but now is clearly visible in its faults and therefore it is hard to keep justifying its use in a court of law.

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People's Regional Senate
Passed 5-1-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on June 9, 2018.

- R

People's House of Representatives
Passed 8-0-0-1 in the Atlasian House Assembled

President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement

While I am deeply concerned about words like "adequate" being used without definition or at least a stated body who can make a determination as to what is adequate with a set of criteria set in statute, I will say I think this is a great idea in an of itself. I would strongly urge Congress to stop being lazy and stop using these vague terms to make generalized mandates. Either say what is required or a give a path to allow them to discover it.

We should take reasonable steps to make sure that we are accommodating to everyone's needs in such facilities and of course this is certainly a need.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on August 7, 2018.

- R

People's House of Representatives:
Passed 9-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 16th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic


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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement

We have come to rely too much on using the ocean as a dumping ground for garbage and I think this is a good first step towards achieving progress on correcting that, but as the bill recognizes of course, it is going to be of the utmost importance that we proceed internationally to work with our partners because any progress we make can be erased easily elsewhere on the globe. For now though, I will sign this act and work to move forward with the Secretary of State on the international portions.

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Section 3: Assistance for Severe Marine Debris Events
Section 3 of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1952) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

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Section 4: Sense of Congress on International Engagement to Respond to Marine Debris
It is the sense of Congress that the President should—

(1) Support research and development, including through the establishment of a prize competition, of bio-based and other alternatives or environmentally feasible improvements to materials that reduce municipal solid waste and its consequences in the ocean;

(2) Work with representatives of foreign countries that contribute the most to the global marine debris problem to learn about, and find solutions to, the contributions of such countries to marine debris in the world's oceans;

(3) Carry out studies to determine—
(A) the primary means by which solid waste enters the oceans;
(B) the manner in which waste management infrastructure can be most effective in preventing debris from reaching the oceans;
(C) the long-term economic impacts of marine debris on the national economies of each country set out in paragraph (1) and on the global economy; and
(D)the economic benefits of decreasing the amount of marine debris in the oceans;

(4) Work with representatives of foreign countries that contribute the most to the global marine debris problem, including land-based sources, to conclude one or more new international agreements that include provisions—
(A) to mitigate the risk of land-based marine debris contributed by such countries reaching an ocean; and
(B) to increase technical assistance and investment in waste management infrastructure, if the President determines appropriate; and

(5) Encourage the Department of State and the Senate to consider the impact of marine debris in relevant future trade agreements.

Section 5: Repeal of unnecessary ocean criminal law
The regulation criminalizing the burial at sea of cremated ashes within 3 miles of the Atlasian coastline is hereby eliminated. 40 CFR 229.1(a)(3) shall be amended accordingly.

Section 6: Authorization of Appropriations
Section 9 of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1958) is amended to read as follows:

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 9-0-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled


As Amended:
People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on August 13, 2018.

- R

As Amended:
People's Regional House of Representatives:
Passed 9-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 16th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Terry the Fat Shark]

Mr. President, the following bill has arrived on your desk and awaits your decision:

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(b) Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 6-0-1-2 in the Atlasian House Assembled


People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on August 18th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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[Terry the Fat Shark]

Mr. President, the following bill has arrived on your desk and awaits your decision:

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 5-0-0-4 in the Atlasian House Assembled

People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-2 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on August 18th, 2018,

President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement
The Act below represents a reasonable set of penalties for crimes targeting our brave men and women who stand on the thin blue line protecting and defending both our safety, and our liberty and privacy. I have supported reasonable measures to protect against violations of liberty and privacy by law enforcement and just as important we need to also be for reasonable measures to help and support our law enforcement in the difficult and dangerous task that they perform. I thus am signing the bill into law.

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(b) Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 6-0-1-2 in the Atlasian House Assembled


People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on August 18th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement

I see no reason why these countries should be treated different from the other developing countries affected and I thus sign the act in question.

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 5-0-0-4 in the Atlasian House Assembled

People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-2 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on August 18th, 2018,

President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Mr. Reactionary]

Mr. President, the following bill has arrived on your desk and awaits your decision:

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 5-0-0-4 in the Atlasian House Assembled


People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-1-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on August 19, 2018.

- R

President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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