Legislation Introduction Thread

[Jake]

Military Modernization and Readiness Bill

Recognizing that the age of mutually assured destruction and massive stockpiles of nuclear weapons has ended, and recognizing that future wars will depend on rapid deployment of Atlasian assets overseas, the Senate resolves that;

1. Four additional SSBN-726 Ohio Class submarines will be converted to SSGN-726 standard by the end of FY2010. The cost for this program is $1,600 million, spread out over three years. The Senate appropriates $400 million in FY2007 and FY2008 to conversions of the first two boats, and $800 million in FY2009 to cover the conversions of the second two boats.

2. Atlasia shall purchase 80 Boeing-767 aircraft and lease an additional 20 Boeing-767 from the Boeing Corp. and convert them to KC-767 Tanker specification by the end of FY2010. The total cost of the program shall be $22.4 billion, $7.4 billion in FY2007, and an additional $5 billion in FY2008, FY2009, and FY2010.

3. Atlasia shall purchase 42 C-17 aircraft from the Boeing Corp. with production ending in FY2010. The total cost of the program shall be $5.9 billion, $1.9 billion in FY2007, and an additional $1.0 billion in FY2008 through FY2011.

[Jake]

Actual Free Trade Bill

1. Section 3, F.L. 13-10 is hereby repealed.
2. Section 3, F.L. 13-11 is hereby repealed.
3. Section 3, F.L. 13-12 is hereby repealed.
4. Section 3, F.L. 13-19 is hereby repealed.
5. Section 3, F.L. 13-20 is hereby repealed.
6. Section 2 & 4, F.L. 13-23 is hereby repealed, and the sections are renumbered to reflect the above changes.
7. Section 3, F.L. 14-4 is hereby repealed.
8. Section 3, F.L. 14-5 is hereby repealed.

[Jake]

Atlasian-Peoples Republic of China Free Trade Bill

1. No tariffs, customs, or restrictions on movement of goods, except those that have been outlawed by the destination or interim nation, shall exist between the Republic of Atlasia and the Peoples Republic of China.
2. The President and other officers of the Atlasian Government shall take such actions as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this bill.

[Jake]

Cabinet Restructuring Bill

1. Article VIII, Section 2, Clause 1 is replaced with:

These Executive Departments are hereby established: Forum Affairs, Defense and Foreign Affairs, and Domestic Affairs. The Principal Officer of the Department of Forum Affairs shall be a Secretary, and the Principal Officer of the other departments shall be the Vice President.

2. Any mention of "Attorney General" in Atlasian Law shall be replaced with "Secretary of Forum Affairs".

3. Any mention of "Secretary of Defense", "Secretary of State", or Secretary of Treasury" shall be replaced with "Vice President".

4. Any mention of "Justice Department" shall be replaced with "Department of Forum Affairs".

5. The mention of "Attorney General" in Article VIII, Section 2, Clause 4 shall be replaced with "Vice President".
I think that should do it.

[Jake]

Atlasian Flag Burning Amendment

1.) Burning of the flag of Atlasia shall become a prosecutable offense
2.) Individual states may introduce there own penalties will cannot be less than a $500 fine and no greater than 10 years in prison

Grammar is such a lost art.

[Jake]

Sane Automobile Policy Act

I. CAFE Standards

1. The penalty for violations of CAFE standards shall be raised to $22 per 0.1 mpg under the standard, multiplied by the manufacturer's total yearly production for the Atlasian domestic market beginning in 2009.

2. CAFE standard for cars shall be 31 mpg in 2010 and shall increase by 1.5 mpg each year until it reaches 46 mpg.

3. CAFE standard for light trucks shall be 24 mpg in 2010 and shall increase by 0.75 mpg each year until it reaches 32 mpg.

4. SUVs shall be classified as cars under CAFE standards. [1]

II. Research

1. Any automaker that excedes the CAFE standards in both the car and light truck category by at least 4 mpg in a year shall receive grant of $1 per vehicle sold in the Atlasian domestic market in that year to fund research and development into fuel efficiency.

2. All additional funds raised by Section I, Clause One above and beyond those in FY 2008 shall be used to fund Section II, Clause One. Any funds remaining shall be used for research into alternative automobile fuels.

III. Action

1. Atlasia shall establish a HOV Only Commission to investigate the feasibility of establishing urban freeways as High Occupancy Vehicles Only roadways. A report shall be delivered by July 1st, 2009.

2. $1 million shall be appropriated to fund Section III, Clause One.
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[1] If Earl's bill passes. I have no idea why he'd want SUVs to go back to being under lower fuel efficiency standards.

[Jake]

I personally think it's absurd to force a kid who knows he wants to do something that won't ever involve learning a foreign language to take three classes of a foreign language in high school. That's probably the biggest thing wrong with American education.

[Jake]

That's not true at all. Unless we divorce the separate roles of administering elections and establishing forum affairs/election policy, the SoFA is certainly a political position.