Senate Legislation Introduction Thread (New)

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Districts Amendment

Article II, Section I is hereby amended to read:

The several states of this Republic shall be apportioned among three contiguous, autonomous Regions. Each region shall be further subdivided into two subregions.
The northern Region shall consist of the states of Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Vermont, and Atlasian Virgin Islands.
i. The Northeastern Subregion shall consist of the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Atlasian Virgin Islands.
ii. The Great Lakes Subregion shall consist of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The southern Region shall consist of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
The Upper Southern Subregion shall consist of the states of Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
The Deep Southern Subregion shall consist of the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Texas
The western Region shall consist of the states of Alaska, Arizona, Atlasian Samoa, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
The Mountain West Subregion shall consist of the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
The Pacific Subregion shall consist of the states of Alaska, Atlasian Samoa, California, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, and Washington.

Article II, Section IV is hereby amended to read:

No regional-administered election shall admit as eligible voters any person having resided in any other region within the fifty-six days prior to the commencement of the election.
In addition, no subregional district senate election shall admit as eligible voters any person having resided in any other region within the fifty-six days prior to the commencement of the election.
Aside from the exceptions as laid out by this section, no region-wide or subregional district election may deny any person the right to vote who would, if a federal election were held concurrently, be eligible to vote in such an election.

Article III, Section II is hereby amended to read:

The manner of election for subregional district Senators shall be as follows:
i. Each subregion district shall elect a Senator for a term of four months by popular election of the subregion’s district's residents administered by its constituent regional government the Senate in a manner prescribed by the legislature thereof Senate. Subegional Senate District elections shall be held in the months of April, August, and December.
ii. Subregional Senate district vacancies occurring more than thirty days prior to the end of the term shall be filled by a special election of the subregion’s residents administered by its constituent regional government within twenty days of the vacancy.
iii. Subregional Senate district vacancies occurring within thirty days of the end of the term shall be filled by the subregional district Senator elected for the following term immediately upon conclusion of their election.
iv. The Districts shall be created by a commission of the three regional executives along with two representatives from each region being selected in a manner prescribed by the legislature thereof.
v. The aforementioned commission shall meet once a year following the end of the December federal elections till the first of January every year. Once they have come up with a set of six districts with a three-fourths majority voting in favor of the aforementioned districts, the districts shall be approved by the Senate, needing a majority vote to pass, being valid at the February elections.
vi. The districts need not to be contiguous, but must be equal in population according to the first census after the December elections.
vii. One state may not be in more than one district.
viii. In order to facilitate a clean transition, there shall be one emergency commission consisting of the three regional executives and two representatives from each region appointed by the executives of each region between the passing of the act and the next subregional/district election to determine the boundaries of the initial six districts until the next time the commission meets as outlined in subsections iv and v.

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Abolishing Dumb Agencies Act

1. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency is hereby abolished following the passing of this act.

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Districts Amendment

Article II, Section I is hereby amended to read:

The several states of this Republic shall be apportioned among three contiguous, autonomous Regions. Each region shall be further subdivided into two subregions.
The northern Region shall consist of the states of Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Vermont, and Atlasian Virgin Islands.
i. The Northeastern Subregion shall consist of the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Atlasian Virgin Islands.
ii. The Great Lakes Subregion shall consist of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The southern Region shall consist of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
The Upper Southern Subregion shall consist of the states of Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
The Deep Southern Subregion shall consist of the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Texas
The western Region shall consist of the states of Alaska, Arizona, Atlasian Samoa, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
The Mountain West Subregion shall consist of the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
The Pacific Subregion shall consist of the states of Alaska, Atlasian Samoa, California, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, and Washington.

Article II, Section IV is hereby amended to read:

No regional-administered election shall admit as eligible voters any person having resided in any other region within the fifty-six days prior to the commencement of the election.
In addition, no subregional district senate election shall admit as eligible voters any person having resided in any other region within the fifty-six days prior to the commencement of the election.
Aside from the exceptions as laid out by this section, no region-wide or subregional district election may deny any person the right to vote who would, if a federal election were held concurrently, be eligible to vote in such an election.

Article III, Section II is hereby amended to read:

The manner of election for subregional district Senators shall be as follows:
i. Each subregion district shall elect a Senator for a term of four months by popular election of the subregion’s district's residents administered by its constituent regional government the Senate in a manner prescribed by the legislature thereof Senate. Subegional Senate District elections shall be held in the months of April, August, and December.
ii. Subregional Senate district vacancies occurring more than thirty days prior to the end of the term shall be filled by a special election of the subregion’s residents administered by its constituent regional government within twenty days of the vacancy.
iii. Subregional Senate district vacancies occurring within thirty days of the end of the term shall be filled by the subregional district Senator elected for the following term immediately upon conclusion of their election.
iv. The Districts shall be created by a commission of the three regional executives along with two representatives from each region being selected in a manner prescribed by the legislature thereof.
v. The aforementioned commission shall meet once a year following the end of the December federal elections till the first of January every year. Once they have come up with a set of six districts with a three-fourths majority voting in favor of the aforementioned districts, the districts shall be approved by the Senate, needing a majority vote to pass, being valid at the February elections.
vi. The districts need not to be contiguous, but must be equal in population according to the first census after the December elections.
vii. One state may not be in more than one district.
viii. In order to facilitate a clean transition, there shall be one emergency commission consisting of the three regional executives and two representatives from each region appointed by the executives of each region between the passing of the act and the next subregional/district election to determine the boundaries of the initial six districts until the next time the commission meets as outlined in subsections iv and v.

Withdrawn for now

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Abolishing Dumb Agencies Act

1. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency is hereby abolished following the passing of this act.

This won’t be on the floor

I challenge the ruling of the PPT, and should six Senators vote to bring this to the floor.

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Aye

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Game Moderation Act
Section 1: Title & definitions
1. The title of this act shall be the "Game Moderation Act"
2. As it appears in this legislation, “non-playable entity or "NPC"” shall refer to all parties, including but not limited to foreign governments and non-state actors, minor agencies, state and municipal officers, and public interest groups, which may be presumed to exist within the context of Atlasia, the functions of which are not performed by any person registered with the Census Bureau.

Section 2: Separation of powers
1. All powers and prerogatives which shall by grant of Congress in the game engine reside, shall be divided among the several officers of the same, game moderator and their deputies.

Section 3: Game Moderator
1. The president shall appoint the game moderator with the advice and consent of the Senate.
2. The game moderator shall have power, except where limited elsewhere by this legislation:
(a) to simulate the effect of domestic and foreign legislation of the government of Atlasia and of the several regions;
(b) to simulate the actions of non-playable entities;
(c) to simulate domestic and global events;
(d) to be the final arbiter in all questions of the reality of events which occur during their tenure;
(e) to be the final arbiter on the reality of the status quo with respect domestic and global conditions.
(f) to project the cost of legislation passed by Congress or by the several regions, and the amount of revenue raised by such taxes as they may levy;
(g) to publish unemployment numbers and other economic statistics for the nation and the several regions;
(h) to report the state of the national and global economy.
3. The word of a game moderator, once spoken, is Canon, and may not be revoked by their successor.
4. The game moderator may be removed from office according to the same provisions set in place for the impeachment of executive officers.
5. The game moderator may appoint "deputies" and they may delegate their duties to their deputies.
6. The game moderator may not hold any other elected or appointed office in either the Federal or Regional Governments.

Section 4: Deputies
1. Deputies shall be appointed by the game moderator.
2. Deputies shall have powers which the game moderator has delegated them to.
3. The word of a deputy may be revoked by their game moderator or future game moderators.
4. Deputies may hold any elected or appointed office in either the Federal or Regional Governments.
5. The Senate may dismiss a deputy should the majority of the Senate vote in favor of removing a deputy.

Section 5: Repeal of old legislation
1. All previous Acts of Congress as they relate to the structure, powers, and officers of the game engine are hereby repealed.

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I support bringing both of WB's Articles of Impeachment to the Senate floor.

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ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT

A RESOLUTION.

Whereas, the Constitution provides that the Senate “shall have the sole Power to adopt and try Articles of Impeachment” and that civil officers of the Republic of Atlasia  “shall be removed from Office and disqualified from any office under the Republic of Atlasia for a period not exceeding two years" on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors; and

Whereas, CalamityBlue, General of the Republic of Atlasia, has in fact committed a multitude of high crimes and misdemeanors in blatant disregard to the laws of Atlasia and his oath of office;

Be it resolved, that CalamityBlue, General of the Republic of Atlasia, is hereby impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and is hereby subject to all constitutional penalties prescribed by the Constitution and that the attached articles of impeachment be exhibited to the Atlasian Senate; and

Be it further resolved that these articles of impeachment exhibited by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia be in the name of itself and of the people of the Republic of Atlasia, against Calamity, General of the Republic of Atlasia, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.

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SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS ACT

Senate Bill
to limit pollution on federal property and exempt organic manure from overregulation

SECTION I. NAME.

This Act shall be called the Superfund Amendments Act

SECTION II. FEDERAL FACILITIES MUST COMPLY WITH SOME REGIONAL RULES

A. 42 U.S.C. 9620(a) is hereby amended to require that each department, agency, and instrumentality of Atlasia shall be subject to, and comply with, at facilities that are or have been owned or operated by any such department, agency, or instrumentality, Regional or State substantive and procedural requirements regarding response relating to hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants, including State hazardous waste requirements, in the same manner and to the same extent as any nongovernmental entity.

B. Atlasia hereby expressly waives any immunity otherwise applicable to Atlasia with respect to any Regional or State substantive or procedural requirement referred to in this act, including immunity from injunctive relief, civil penalties, criminal sanctions.

SECTION III. POOP

A. 42 U.S.C. 9601 is amended by adding the following new section at the end
thereof:

SECTION 312. EXCEPTION FOR MANURE

a. Upon the date of enactment of this section, manure shall not be included in the meaning of `hazardous substance' under section 101(14) of this Act or `pollutant or contaminant' under section 101(33) of this Act.

b. The enactment of this section shall not be construed to impose any liability or paperwork requirements under provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 for manure.

c. Nothing in this section shall affect the applicability of any other environmental
statute as it relates to the definition of manure, or the responsibilities or liabilities of any person regarding, the treatment, storage, or disposal of manure.

d. 100 Stat. 1655 is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
The notification requirements under this subsection shall not apply to releases associated with manure (as defined in section 312 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act.
e. Definition - For the purposes of this section, the term `manure' mean:
     1. digestive emissions, feces, urine, urea and other excrement from livestock (as defined by 7 C.F.R. 205.2);
     2. any associated bedding, compost, raw materials or other materials commingled with such excrement from livestock (as defined by 7 C.F.R. 205.2);
     3. any process water associated with the items referred to in paragraph (1) or (2); and
     4. any byproducts, constituents, or substances contained in, originating from, or emissions relating to the items described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).''.

SECTION IV: EFFECTIVE DATE

Unless otherwise specified herein, this act shall take effect 120 days from the date of passage.

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SECTION 312. EXCEPTION FOR MANURE

a. Upon the date of enactment of this section, manure shall not be included in the meaning of `hazardous substance' under section 101(14) of this Act or `pollutant or contaminant' under section 101(33) of this Act.

b. The enactment of this section shall not be construed to impose any liability or paperwork requirements under provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 for manure.

c. Nothing in this section shall affect the applicability of any other environmental
statute as it relates to the definition of manure, or the responsibilities or liabilities of any person regarding, the treatment, storage, or disposal of manure.

d. 100 Stat. 1655 is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
The notification requirements under this subsection shall not apply to releases associated with manure (as defined in section 312 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act.
e. Definition - For the purposes of this section, the term `manure' mean:
     1. digestive emissions, feces, urine, urea and other excrement from livestock (as defined by 7 C.F.R. 205.2);
     2. any associated bedding, compost, raw materials or other materials commingled with such excrement from livestock (as defined by 7 C.F.R. 205.2);
     3. any process water associated with the items referred to in paragraph (1) or (2); and
     4. any byproducts, constituents, or substances contained in, originating from, or emissions relating to the items described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).''.

SECTION IV: EFFECTIVE DATE

Unless otherwise specified herein, this act shall take effect 120 days from the date of passage.

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Begging you, and all future Senators by extension, in all sincerity, to at least provide a title and consistent formatting so as to make the lives of PPTs with headaches a tiny bit easier.
[/quote]Forgot to copy the first part from docs so apologies.