Section 1: Title
1. This legislation may be cited as/referred to as Covering For Our Citizens Act, or CFOC as a shorthand.
Section 2: Providing Security to the Homeless
1. The federal government shall ensure fair housing and living to the homeless through the establishment of a Department of Landless People (D.P.L.)
a.The budget for the department shall be 0.6% of the federal budget for the previous fiscal year
b. The goal of the department is to ensure that the needs of the homeless are covered
I. 30% of the allocated funds shall be designated for the nutritional needs of the homeless
II. 40% of the allocated funds shall be designated for the housing needs of the homeless
III. 40% of these allocated funds shall go towards the creation of public homeless shelters (40%)
IV. 60% of these allocated funds shall go towards sanitation and inspection control (60%)
V. 20% of the allocated funds shall be designated for job and vocational training programs VI. 10% of the allocated funds shall be directed to subsiding the medical needs of the participants
Section 3: Better Conditions for Undocumented Workers
1. The application and enforcement of work security standards for undocumented workers to ensure that the same work standards apply all across, and to prevent them from being a source of infection.
a. Additionaly undocumented workers will be given the same rights to compensation and benefit rights that non-undocumented workers have, in accordance with the fact that many of them pay into state and local taxes in an amount not ignorable by the government.
b. Any testing of COVID-19 infection shall remain anonymous to ensure that no deportation takes place.
Section 4: Penalties for Employers
1. If an employer has been proven to have not provided it’s workers with the necessary PPE equipment when they have ability to purchase such equipment, said employer shall be penalized $1,000 dollars for the violation for every 3 employees endangered by the lack of supplies.
Section 5: Equal Stimulus Check Program
Section II of the SB 23:06 COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Act shall be changed to
1. Beginning April 1, 2020 and ending on August 1, 2020, every Atlasian who has lived in the nation for more than one year and is of of 18 years of age or older, regardless of income or employment status, shall receive $2,000 on the first day of each month and $1,000 for each dependent.
