Legislation Introduction Thread

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Game Moderator Reform Bill

Whereas, the Senate understands that the Game Moderator is a position essential to the operation and performance of Atlasia and the Senate, the following is added to Article VIII, Section 2 of the Constitution as Clause 6:

6. The President shall appoint a Game Moderator with the advice and consent of the Senate.
a. The Game Moderator is responsible for providing the Senate and Atlasia with the necessary information to conduct debate and create legislation. The GM, at his discretion, shall provide information on wars, natural disasters, foreign events, and basic economic information including unemployment and inflation.
b. The Game Moderator may at any time be dismissed by the President.
c.  The Game Moderator may at any time be removed by the Senate by a two thirds vote, without presidential approval.

Sponsor: NC Yankee
Co-Sponsor: Purple State

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

No reason not to start out with one of my more controversial proposals yet.

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As per my campaign pomise, I introduce this on behalf of Fmr Senator and current Lt Gov. South Park Conservative.

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The Identity Theft Prevention and Resolution Bill

Recognizing the severe damage caused to, hard working and law abiding, Atlasians; and to there names, credit, and future freedom of action by Identity Theft, the following shall be enforced.

Section 1: Definitions

ID Theft shall be defined as the deliberate and intentional stealing of a person's identity to a achieve a financial, legal, or social benefit. ID Theft shall be regarded as a felonious criminal act.

Section 2: Prevention

Clause 1: It shall be a crime punishable by a $10,000 fines for any corporation or entity to sell, distribute, or in any other way release into public knowledge private information regarding a client, customer, employee, partner, supplier, or vendor without there expressed permission. Such information would include social security number, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, names, phone numbers, e-mails, and home addresses.

Clause 2: Any person who steals a persons identity and uses it to make a purchase or sell a good or service, borrow money, or commit a crime shall face a $250,000 fine and up to 5 years in jail for the committing of felony ID theft, or shall be required to pay full restitution of damages, to the victims of there crime, up to $1,000,000.

Clause 3: All businesses are required to submit there employees’ social Security Numbers prior to there hiring. In the event of any "confirmed no-matches" between the name and social security number, the social security administration is required to send out a no-match letter to the Employer and inform the Office of Identity Security Enforcement.

Clause 4: The office of Identity Security Enforcement (ISE) is hereby created within the FBI and given $50 million annually to investigate potential cases of ID theft and enforce federal law in regards to protecting people's identity.   

Section 3: Resolution
 
Clause 1: Any person who is the victim of a previous ID theft shall not be held accountable for purchases, sales, debts, profits, or taxes accrued by someone else, under there name.

Clause 2: The Identity Restoration Agency is hereby established, and appropriated $5 million annually, to recognize victims of ID theft and help them restore there credit and records. They shall provide a toll-free hot line for victims of ID theft to contact for help.

Clause 3: Any cases in which the perpetrator has not been caught or the case has yet to reach the authorities, the Identity Restoration Agency is to inform the ISE of the crime.






 

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Emergency Credit Access Act

Section 1: Small Business
       
Clause 1. Any business making less then $750,000 annually shall be classified as a small Business for the the purposes of this act.

Clause 2. $75 Billion dollars in revolving lines of credit of up to $100,000 monthly shall be made available through the Small Business Administration to existing small busineses for the purpose of making payroll and buying inventory. Interest rates shall not exceed 4% compounded annually.

Clause 3. $50 Billion shall be made available through the Small Business Administration to people looking to start a new small business. Interest rates shall not exceed 4% compounded annually.


Section 2: Home Buyers and Home Refinancing

Clause 1. $75 Billion is to be made available through the Federal Housing Administration to prospective homebuyers. Prospective applicants must of an income that would make the monthly payment 50% or less of that person's monthly income, an average credit score(700's or higher), and must be able to put at least 5% down. Interest rates must be fixed and can't exceed 2% APR. The home price must be equal to or less then $200,000.

Clause 2. $75 Billion is to be made available through FHA to allow homeowners with variable rate morgages or fixed rated mortgages of 5% or higher to refinance. The monthly payment may not exceed 50% of the home owners income. Interest rates must be fixed and can't exceed 2% APR. 

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Introduced for Bacon King.

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You have all been waiting for this, well here it is.

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Introduced for the Game Moderator.

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Introduced for Peter and the HAEV

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Hashemite, I realize I kept you on ice with your bill, I promise it will be up tonight.

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All legislation introduced prior to noon today will have to be reintroduced. As will those being currently debated.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

All legislation introduced prior to noon today will have to be reintroduced. As will those being currently debated.

Why?

Because, I think thats what the Senate rules state. I will check to be sure. It may just apply to stuff that is currently on the floor.

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All legislation introduced prior to noon today will have to be reintroduced. As will those being currently debated.

Why?

Section 3: Rules on Reintroducing Expired Legislation
1. Within seventy-two (72) hours after the beginning of a new Session of the Senate, the PPT shall start a thread detailing expired legislation left over from the previous Senate session, to be further known in this document as the Expired Legislation thread. In order for legislation to be reintroduced, said legislation must not have received public debate time on the Senate floor, or if debate time has been given, must have not come up for a public vote in front of the full Senate. Any withdrawn legislation from the previous Session may not be eligible for reintroduction.

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Introduced on behalf of the Renaissance Caucus and Peter.

BK, do you think we can ram this through by the Friday?

Edit: Withdrawn

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The next session has begun correct?

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Introduced for JBrase.

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Intoduced for JBrase and PiT

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Well it's still not perfect but I am sick of staring at it in Works, so here it is.

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I am not to attached in anyway to a certain portion and I expect it to be amended.

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I got three separate bills here.

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Sponsored for the President

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Just doing some house keeping here. Primarily because at the time I was relying and expecting significant amending but it was instead waved through after a very weak debate.

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Also known as the make life hell for the Game Moderator Act.


I will bring these to the floor tomorrow.

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