Legislation Introduction Thread

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War Limitation Amendment

Any war conducted by Atlasia must be according to a Declaration of War approved by 2/3 of the Senate. No part of the military may be deployed outside Atlasia for greater than 30 days outside of a Declaration of War, except when comprising no more than one-half of an international force for purposes of disaster relief or refugee assistance. Nor may the government conscript any Atlasian to military service.

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Amendment We Forgot to Introduce to the Game Moderator Reform Act

Section 1 of the Game Moderator Reform Act shall read as follows:

Section 1 – Game Moderator:
1.   The GM shall have responsibility for stories relating to nationwide affairs of economic, political, and miscellaneous natures. The Game Moderator shall also have co-jurisdiction over foreign affairs/events as described within Section 2 of this bill with the SoEA, and co-jurisdiction over regional affairs with the SoIA.
2.   In addition, the duties of the GM specified in F.L. 38-13 shall remain in effect in relation to domestic issues.
3.             The GM's Office retains authority to modify such decisions or stories reported by the SoIA and/or SoEA under the authority granted them under this act.

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At the suggestion of the President, I agree that a bill like this is a good idea, so I shamelessly plagarize from IDS

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Simultaneous Elections Amendment


Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 shall read as follows:
Presidential elections shall be held in the months of February, June and October. Elections shall begin between 0000 Eastern Standard Time on the third Thursday of the election month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.

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Senate Vacancy Regional Flexibility Amendment

Article I Section 4 Clause 4 of the Atlasian Constitution shall be amended to read:
Any vacancy occurring in a Class A Senate seat shall be filled according to the laws of the respective region.

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Fifth Amendment to the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act

Section 1, Clause 9 is added to the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act: "9. Threats or other intimidation of voters, blackmail, or purposely misleading voters about the electoral process."

Section 2, Clause 1 shall read: "1. For offences described in Clauses 1,2, 3, 7 and 9 of Section 1"

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Anti Mandatory Minimum Amendment

No mandated minimum penalty for any crime shall be in force in Atlasian Federal law, excepting direct and proportional reparations.

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Regional Recognition of Marriages and Civil Unions Act

Regions may establish laws governing the creation and recognition of civil unions and/or marriages within their jurisdictions, which may supersede in their regions those regulations contained in FL 8-7 (Elimination of Civil Marriage Law and Establishment of Civil Unions Act).   Any such marriages and civil unions shall be recognized and treated as civil unions by the Federal Government of Atlasia.

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Independent Educational Institution Relief Act

Clauses 1 and 2 of Section 3 of F.L. 51-4 National University and General Education Reform Bill are hereby repealed.  Section 3 shall be amended to read, in full:

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Queue Sanity Act

OSPR Article 3, Section 1 shall be amended to include:

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Long-term Unemployment Relief Act

1. Any employer hiring an individual who has been unemployed for 6 months or longer shall be exempt from paying health care payroll taxes on that individual for one year, and from paying unemployment insurance payroll taxes on that individual for two years.  The individual shall not receive any diminution of benefits in health care or unemployment insurance coverage.

2. The hired individual need not be receiving unemployment benefits or be considered "actively unemployed" as defined by CSSRA Section 5 in order for the employer to qualify for these tax benefits.

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I would like to assume sponsorship of this bill.

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The Free the Small Start-Ups Act

The Break the Shell Corporations Act is hereby repealed.

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I would like to assume sponsorship of this bill.

I would like to remove my sponsorship of this bill.

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I plagarized heavily from a Massachusetts bill for this, but I think it's pretty straightforward.

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II. Any federal funding to regions for environmental protection and wildlife management which has been reduced by the terms of the Animal Protection Act of 2013, Section II is hereby restored.

III. F.L. 55-5: Amendment to Section III, Clause II of the Animal Protection Act of 2013 is repealed.[/quote]

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GM Political Independence Amendment

Article VIII, Sec. 2, Clause 5 shall be amended as follows:

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The Let Us Have More Teachers Act

1. Section 4 of F.L. 52-12 The Atlasian Institute of Teachers Act is amended as follows:

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2. A Section 5 shall be added to F.L. 52-12 to read:

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