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AN AMENDMENT
To extend term lengths of At-Large Senators and modify the calendar for the elections of Regional Senators.


Be it enacted by two-thirds of the Senate and of the Regions concurrently

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Senate Terms Amendment or the Nebraska Amendment.

Section 2. Amendment to the Fifth Constitution

1. Section 2 of the Constitution is hereby amended:

Section 2. Elections to the Senate.

1. The manner of election for at-large Senators shall be as follows:

i. The nine at-large Senators shall be elected for a term of two four months by the eligible voters of the Republic according to a method of proportional representation prescribed by the Senate. Elections for the seats shall be held in the months of February, April, June, August, and October, and December.
ii. If no other method of proportional representation is prescribed by law, at-large Senate elections shall operate on single transferable vote.
iii. At-large Senate vacancies shall be filled through appointment by the executive of the former Senator’s Party; but should a vacancy occur as the result of the death, expulsion, or resignation of an at-large Senator not being a member of a major Party, then a special election shall be held within twenty days of the vacancy to choose a replacement to serve the remainder of the existing term.

2. The manner of election for Regional Senators shall be as follows:

i. Each region shall elect a Senator for a term of four months by popular election of the region’s residents administered by the regional government in a manner prescribed by the legislature thereof. Regional Senate elections shall be held in the months of February, June, and October April, August, and December.
ii. Regional Senate vacancies occurring more than thirty days prior to the end of the term shall be filled by special election of the region’s residents administered by the regional government within twenty days of the vacancy.
iii. Regional Senate vacancies occurring within thirty days of the end of the term, as well as the interim between a vacancy and a prescribed special election, may be filled in accordance with the laws of the region in question; should no such law exist then the region’s executive shall have the power to make such an appointment.

3. The manner of election for Subregional Senators shall be as follows:
i. Each subregion shall elect a Senator for a term of four months by popular election of the subregion’s residents administered by its constituent regional government in a manner prescribed by the legislature thereof. Subegional Senate elections shall be held in the months of April, August, and December.
ii. Subregional Senate 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 vacancies occurring within thirty days of the end of the term shall be filled by the subregional Senator elected for the following term immediately upon conclusion of their election.

Section 3. Referendum Date

1. Each region shall vote on this change concurrently with the elections of August 2021.

Amendment Explanation: This amendment extends at-large terms by two months and changes the calendar for the election of regional senators to coincide with those of subregional senators.

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AN ACT
To provide for the treatment of core seasonal industries affected by antidumping or countervailing duty investigations


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Defending Domestic Produce Production Act.

Section 2. Definitions

(a) Core Seasonal Industry.—Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(37) CORE SEASONAL INDUSTRY.—The term ‘core seasonal industry’ means the producers—

“(A) of a domestic like product that is a raw agricultural product,

“(B) whose collective output of the domestic like product constitutes a majority of the total production of the domestic like product in any State or group of States that accounts for a major portion of the total production of the domestic like product during any discrete season or cyclical period of time that concludes not later than 8 weeks after the date in which the product is harvested, and

“(C) that make substantially all of their sales of the domestic like product during the season or cyclical period of time described in subparagraph (B).”.

(b) Dumping.—The term ‘dumping’ refers to the illegal practice of when a country or company exports a product at a price that is lower in the foreign importing market than the price in the exporter's domestic market.

Section 3. Improvements to Countervailing Duty Procedures for Core Seasonal Industries

1. A core seasonal industry, if the domestic producers or workers who support the petition account for at least 50 percent of the total production of the domestic like product in any State or group of States that accounts for at least 50 percent of total production of the domestic like product during the season or cyclical period of time specified in the petition, determined by averaging production over the 3 seasons or cyclical periods of time preceding the filing of the petition, may report suspected instances of dumping to the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).

2. The Tariff Act of 1930 is hereby amended.—

(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);

(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking “, and” and inserting a comma; and

(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:


“(C) in cases involving dumping that affects a core seasonal industry solely during a specific season or cyclical period of time, the administering authority shall limit the application of any rate determined under subparagraph (B) to that season or cyclical period of time, and”.

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AN ACT
To tax large multinational organizations and to promote a global tax overhaul


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Global Corporate Taxation Act.

Section 2. Definitions

(a) Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI).—The term 'Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income' (GILTI) is a category of income (from intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, and copyrights) that is held abroad by Atlasia-controlled international corporations.

(b) International Company.—The term 'International Company' is a corporate organization that owns or controls the production of goods or services in at least one country other than its home country.

Section 3. Global Minimum Tax

(a) A global minimum tax of 21% shall be levied on international companies, whose annual global revenue (GILTI) meets or exceeds $20 billion, for goods and services sold abroad.

Section 4. Support for G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Communiqué

(a) The Republic of Atlasia officially endorses the framework outlined by the June 2021 G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Communiqué to address "the tax challenges arising from globalisation and the digitalisation of the economy and to adopt a global minimum tax."

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AN ACT
To promote COVID-19 vaccination efforts by recruiting volunteers for house visits


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Direct COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution Act.

Section 2. At-home vaccinations for COVID-19

1. The Atlasian Department of Health and Human Services shall be tasked with collaborating with regional, state, and local governments in recruiting volunteers to administer at-home vaccinations for COVID-19.

2. Regional, state, and local governments shall be in charge of collaborating with hospitals, pharmacies, academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations in recruiting volunteers to administer COVID-19 vaccines.

3. All volunteers must either be a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or higher in order to volunteer, or a student in the nursing field under the supervision of a teacher or mentor.

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AN ACT
To establish a Universal Basic Income pilot program for parents with children


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Children's Universal Basic Income Act.

Section 2. Monthly Universal Basic Income for Families with Children

1. Beginning in January of 2022, parents or legal guardians of persons under the age of 18 and have a disposable income of less than $150,000 ​shall be entitled to $1,000 monthly checks.

2. The income received shall not be taxed or counted toward existing benefits.

3. This program shall run until 2026, but may be extended by Congress.

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AN ACT
To ban the trade of Chinese imports produced by forced labor


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.

Section 2. Findings

The Senate finds the following:

1.) In the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, the Government of the People’s Republic of China has, since April 2017, arbitrarily detained more than 1,000,000 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other persecuted groups in a system of extrajudicial mass internment camps, and has subjected detainees to forced labor, torture, political indoctrination, and other severe human rights abuses.

2.) Forced labor, a severe form of human trafficking, exists within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region’s system of mass internment camps, and throughout the region, and is confirmed by the testimony of former camp detainees, satellite imagery, and official leaked documents from the Government of the People’s Republic of China as part of a targeted campaign of repression of Muslim ethnic minorities.

3.) Researchers and civil society groups have issued reports documenting evidence that many factories and other suppliers in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are exploiting forced labor, on July 22, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce added 11 entities to the Entity List set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, after determining the entities had been “implicated in human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China’s campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labor and high-technology surveillance against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other persecuted groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region”.

4.) Since October 2019, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce has added a total of 48 entities of the Government of the People's Republic of China to the Entity List set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, in connection with their implication in human rights abuses in the implementation of China’s campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labor, and high-technology surveillance against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. As a consequence of their addition to the Entity List, comprehensive restrictions apply to the export, reexport, and in-country transfer of most Atlasia-origin items to those 48 entities. Audits and traditional due diligence efforts to vet goods and supply chains in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are unreliable for identifying the absence of forced labor in the production of goods because of interference by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, including through intimidation of potential witnesses and concealment of relevant information.

5.) Reports cited by the Department of Labor estimate that hundreds of thousands of ex-detainees who are Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members of other persecuted groups in the People’s Republic of China may be working in conditions of forced labor following detention in re-education camps. Moreover, nongovernmental organizations estimate that more than 80,000 Uyghurs were transferred out of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to work in factories across the People’s Republic of China between 2017 and 2019, and some of them were sent directly from detention camps.

6.) The Department of State’s June 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report found, “Authorities offer subsidies incentivizing Chinese companies to open factories in close proximity to the internment camps and to receive transferred detainees at satellite manufacturing sites in other provinces. Local governments receive additional funds for each inmate forced to work in these sites at a fraction of minimum wage or without any compensation. The government has transported tens of thousands of these individuals to other areas within Xinjiang and to other provinces for forced labor under the guise of poverty alleviation and industrial aid programs.”.

7.) Atlasian Customs and Border Protection has issued 11 withhold release orders on goods suspected to be produced with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Goods subject to the withhold release orders include all cotton, cotton products, tomatoes, and tomato products, as well as certain garments, hair products, apparel, computer parts, and other goods.

8.) Under section 1091(a) of title 18, Atlasian Code, a person commits genocide if the person “whether in time of peace or in time of war and with the specific intent to destroy, in whole or in substantial part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group as such—

“(1) kills members of that group;

“(2) causes serious bodily injury to members of that group;

“(3) causes the permanent impairment of the mental faculties of members of the group through drugs, torture, or similar techniques;

“(4) subjects the group to conditions of life that are intended to cause the physical destruction of the group in whole or in part;

“(5) imposes measures intended to prevent births within the group; or

“(6) transfers by force children of the group to another group.”.

9.) As a direct result of the campaign of targeted and coercive population control of the Government of the People’s Republic of China’s against Uyghurs, the birthrate of the Uyghur population in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region plummeted by 24 percent from 2017 to 2018, with birthrates in the Uyghur majority regions of Hotan and Kashgar decreasing by more than 60 percent from 2015 to 2018.

10.) The policies of the Government of the People’s Republic of China are in contravention of its human rights commitments and obligations, including under—

(A) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

(B) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which the People’s Republic of China has signed but not yet ratified; and

(C) the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children (commonly known as the “Palermo Protocol”), to which the People’s Republic of China has been a state party since February 2010.

Section 3. Definitions

1.) FORCED LABOR.—The term “forced labor”—

(A) has the meaning given that term in section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); and

(B) includes convict labor and indentured labor under penal sanctions.

3.) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term “foreign person” means a person that is not a Republic of Atlasia person.

4.) PERSON.—The term “person” means an individual or entity.

5.) REPUBLIC OF ATLASIA PERSON.—The term “Republic of Atlasia person” means—

(A) An Atlasian citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the Republic of Atlasia; or

(B) an entity organized under the laws of the Republic of Atlasia or any jurisdiction within the Republic of Atlasia, including a foreign branch of such an entity.

Section 4. Statement Of Policy.

It is the policy of the Republic of Atlasia—

1.) to strengthen the prohibition against the importation of goods made with forced labor, including by ensuring that the Government of the People’s Republic of China does not undermine the effective enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), which prohibits the importation of all “goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by … forced labor”;

2.) to lead the international community in ending forced labor practices wherever such practices occur through all means available to the Atlasian Government, including by stopping the importation of any goods made with forced labor, including those goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region;

3.) to actively work to prevent, publicly denounce, and end human trafficking, including with respect to forced labor, whether sponsored by the government of a foreign country or not, and to restore the lives of those affected by human trafficking, a modern form of slavery;

4.) to regard the prevention of atrocities as a priority in the national interests of the Republic of Atlasia; and

5.) to address gross violations of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region—

(A) through bilateral diplomatic channels and multilateral institutions in which both the Republic of Atlasia and the People’s Republic of China are members; and

(B) using all the authorities available to the Atlasian Government, including visa and financial sanctions, export restrictions, and import controls.

Section 5. Rebuttal Presumption That Import Prohibition Applies To Goods Mined, Produced, Or Manufactured In The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Or By Certain Entities.

(a) In General.—The Commissioner of Atlasian Customs and Border Protection shall, except as provided by subsection (b), apply a presumption that, with respect to any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China or produced by an entity on a list required by clause (i), (iii), or (iv) of section 4(d)(2)(B)—

1.) the importation of such goods, wares, articles, and merchandise is prohibited under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); and

2.) such goods, wares, articles, and merchandise are not entitled to entry at any of the ports of the Republic of Atlasia.

(b) Exceptions.—The Commissioner shall apply the presumption under subsection (a) unless the Commissioner determines that—

1.) the importer of record has—

(A) fully complied with the guidance described in section 4(d)(5) and any regulations issued to implement that guidance; and

(B) completely and substantively responded to all inquiries for information submitted by the Commissioner to ascertain whether the goods were mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor; and

2.) the good was not mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor.

(c) Report Required.—Not less frequently than every 180 days, the Commissioner shall submit to the Senate and make available to the public a report that lists all instances in which the Commissioner declined to apply the presumption under subsection (a) during the preceding 180-day period.

(d) Regulations.—The Commissioner may prescribe regulations—

1.) to implement paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b); or

2.) to amend any other regulations relating to withhold release orders in order to implement this section.

(e) Effective Date.—This section takes effect on the date that is 300 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Section 6. Diplomatic Strategy To Address Forced Labor In The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

(a) In General.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State's Office, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes an Atlasian strategy to promote initiatives to enhance international awareness of and to address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.

(b) Matters To Be Included.—The Secretary shall include in the report required by subsection (a) the following:

1.) A plan—

(A) to coordinate and collaborate with appropriate nongovernmental organizations and private sector entities to raise awareness about goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and

(B) to provide humanitarian assistance, including with respect to resettlement and advocacy for imprisoned family members, to Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other persecuted groups, including members of such groups formerly detained in mass internment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

(c) Additional Matters To Be Included.—The Secretary shall include in the report required by subsection (a), based on consultations with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury, the following:

1.) To the extent practicable, a list of—

(A) entities in the People’s Republic of China or affiliates of such entities that use or benefit from forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and

(B) foreign persons that act as agents of the entities or affiliates described in subparagraph (A) to import goods into the Republic of Atlasia.

2.) A plan for working with private sector entities seeking to conduct supply chain due diligence to prevent the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor into the Republic of Atlasia.

3.) A description of actions taken by the Republic of Atlasia Government to address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under existing authorities, including—

(A) the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); and

(B) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note).

(d) Form.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex, if necessary.
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AN ACT
To federally outlaw diploma mills


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Diploma Mill Ban Act.

Section 2. Freedom of information for students

All individuals must have access to any and all information about the accreditation of any college, university, or institute of higher learning.

Section 3. Ban on misrepresentation of diploma authenticity or value

A person or group who is guilty of the following shall be guilty of fraud: "Any individual or group which distributes diplomas, and are not accredited or in the process of accreditation, without the student knowing that the diploma comes from a university that is not accredited or recognized as an institution of higher learning."

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In accordance with Senate rules, I am obligated to make the following announcement in this thread:

Both the Resolution Honoring Fast-Food Burger Restaurants and the Wulfric Resolution are frivolous and as such will not be brought to the Senate floor.

We're not wasting time on stupid memes. Use Discord for that.

Also in accordance with the rules: "the sponsoring Senator of the legislation shall have ninety-six (96) hours to challenge this action in a public post, and with the concurrence of one-third (1/3) of office-holding Senators in the affirmative, may override the actions of the PPT. (Nasolation clause)"

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AN AMENDMENT
To clarify procedure for impeachment of Regional and Federal officials


Be it enacted by two-thirds of the Senate and of the Regions concurrently

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Federal Impeachment Amendment.

Section 2. Amendment to the Fifth Constitution

1. Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution is hereby amended:

The President, Vice President and all federal civil officers of the Republic of Atlasia, shall be removed from office on Impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

Amendment Explanation: This amendment clarifies that only federal civil officers may be removed via Senate impeachment instead of regional officials, which must be removed by the regions.

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Expell Spark Act
1. Spark shall be expelled from the Senate

Frivolous. Withholding this unless there's a valid reason for expelling Spark.

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AN ACT
To promote conservation and renewal efforts for southwestern water access


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Southwestern Water Conservation Act.

1. Definitions

1. "Southwestern states" shall, for purposes of this legislation, include the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah.

Section 2. Recognizing a Right to Conserved Water

The right of water owners to retain a legal right to control conserved water and to protect it from forfeiture shall be recognized by the Republic of Atlasia, and endorses Regional and State efforts to act accordingly.

Section 3. Split Season Leasing

$400,000,000 shall be appropriated to the States for the purpose of split season leasing.

Section 4. Research Appropriations

$175,000,000 shall be appropriated for research in conservation of water in southwestern States, including $75,000,000 specifically for research in conserving the Great Salt Lake.

Section 5. Agricultural Water Conservation

$100,000,000 shall be appropriated to the Southwestern states for reimbursement costs in incentivizing agricultural water conservation.

Section 6. Appropriation for the Development of Desalination Plants in California

$700,000,000 shall be appropriated to the State of California for the development of new desalination plants.

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ONE - TITLE
1. THIS BILL IS CALLED THE "SCREW IT KOOPA IS IN CHARGE NOW ACT"

TWO - RESOLUTION
1. INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY IS A FAILURE. EVERY "FACT" TAUGHT IN HISTORY CLASS IS AN ATTEMPT TO CONTINUE THE SOCIETY THAT ENABLES SEPERATING THE WORKER FROM THEIR MEANS OF PRODUCTION. THE SENAT EOF ATLASIA THINKS THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS IS TO SEIZE THE GOVRENTMENT AND PUT ME AS HEAD

THREE - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOOPISTAN
1. ATLASIA IS ABOLISHED
2. ATLASIA IS NOW THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOOPISTAN
3. ELECTIONS SHALL BE HELD ON THE ELEVENTH DAY OF EVERY AUGUST TO DETERMINE THE SUPREME RULER OF KOOPISTAN
4. KOOPA IS THE ONLY PERSON TO BE ON SAID BALLOT
5. KOOPA IS THE SUPREME RULER NOW UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION
6. KOOPA IS THE JUDGE, JURY, AND EXECUTIONER
7. THE CAPITAL OF SAID REPUBLIC SHALL BE CEDAR FALLS, JOHN ENGLE DISTRICT OF KOOPISTAN (FORMERLY CALLED IOWA)
8. ALL PREVIOUS LAWS ARE NULL AND VOID UNTIL KOOPA GIVES THE THUMBS UP
9. SCOTT YOU BETTER PUT THIS SH!T ON THE FLOOR ASAP

FOUR - ENACTMENT CLAUSE
1. this bill shall come into effect whenever i feel like it

Frivolous. This will not be on the Senate floor.

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Dissolve Atlasia Amendment
1. The Republic of Atlasia shall dissolve following the passing of this Amendment.

No.

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Ishan, meme bills or not these go in Public Submissions. And then whenever the PPT thing is settled I can reject them there.

(although your last two bills actually can be taken to the floor especially given limited activity, but if they are tabled I won't object)

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AN ACT
To mandate immunization against COVID-19 as a condition of entry, employment, and student enrollment


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Immunization Act of 2021.

Section 2. Mandatory immunization against COVID-19 as a condition of employment and student enrollment

1. All businesses with one hundred or more employees shall be required to enforce compulsory immunization, or a weekly COVID-19 test if preferred, to individuals as a condition of employment.

2. All federal, regional, state, and local agencies shall be required to enforce compulsory immunization, or a weekly COVID-19 test if preferred, to individuals as a condition of employment.

3. All public and private schools, including institutions of higher learning, shall be required to enforce compulsory immunization, or a weekly COVID-19 test if preferred, to individuals as a condition of employment or enrollment for individuals age 16 and above.

4. All companies with one hundred employees or more as well as learning institutions which do not enforce COVID-19 immunization or weekly testing for all individuals, without recommendation from a licensed physician, shall be fined no less than $10,000 per employee or individual.

Section 3. COVID-19 immunization as a condition for entry into the Republic of Atlasia

Immunization against COVID-19 shall be mandatory for all who seek entry into the Republic of Atlasia, including Atlasians currently living abroad as well as immigrants and refugees of other nations.

Section 4. Exemptions

Any individual may be exempt from a vaccination requirement if recommended to by their doctor, but must agree to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.

Section 5. Effectiveness

This statute shall be effective October 1, 2021.

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AN ACT
To designate October 3rd as Mean Girls Day


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation shall be cited as the Mean Girls Day Act.

Section 2. Findings

The Senate hereby acknowledges the following:

1. Mean Girls is the Citizen Kane of the aughts.

2. October 3rd marks the day when Cady Heron develops a crush on Aaron Samuels.

3. "Fetch" will never happen.

Section 3. Designation of October 3rd as "Mean Girls Day"

Upon passage of this law, October 3rd is officially recognized as a federal holiday.

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AN ACT
To deliver freedom for the people of Lincoln.

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

1. This act may be cited as the Lincoln Freedom Act


Section 2. Definitions

I. Immediately upon enactment, the Fifth Constitution of Atlasia shall be suspended until further notice.

II. Upon enactment of this bill, the Lincoln General Court is disbanded.

III. Effective immediately, the region of Lincoln is dissolved and reorganized into the People’s Republic of Lincoln, which shall be recognized as an independent nation by the Republic of Atlasia.

IV. Upon the establishment of the People’s Republic of Lincoln, the suspension of the Constitution shall be terminated.

Section 3. Sense of the Senate


I. It is the sense of the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia that we, as a body, fully and unequivocally endorse the aims and provisions of LGC 3.3

II. It is the sense of the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia that we, as a body, fully and unequivocally endorse the aims and provisions of LGC 3.4

I am invoking Article 2, Section 2 for this as well. This can be challenged within 96 hours if one-third of the Senate (six senators) vote to bring it to the floor, but otherwise I will not bring any legislation to the floor that dissolves the union or the game itself.

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Senators have 96 hours to vote on the motion to bring the Lincoln Freedom Act to the floor.


NAY. Down with the traitors!

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The Lincoln Freedom Act is blocked, by the way.

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AN ACT
To extend the FY2020 budget


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation shall be cited as the Continuing Resolution - September '21.

Section 2. Extension of FY2020 budget

1. Upon passage of this act, the FY2020 budget shall be extended indefinitely.

2. This act shall expire upon enactment of the 2021 budget.

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Since two senators, a member of our National Security Council, and our Attorney General have expressed valid objections to the bill proposed by Senator Spark, I'm invoking ArtII.S2.

This doesn't solve anything and I wish people would just calm the hell down and move on from this dumb episode.

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AN ACT
To lower the window for moving to another region


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation shall be cited as the Amendment to the Census Act - 2021.

Section 2. Amendment to the Census Act
 
Section 4.2 of the Census Act is hereby amended:

2. If a voter has been registered in more than one region over the previous one hundred and eighty fifty six days, they cannot register outside the region they were most recently registered in.

2. This act shall be effective immediately upon passage.

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AN ACT
To prohibit public funds for drug testing


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation shall be cited as the Workers Privacy Act.

Section 2. Prohibition of funding for businesses that mandate drug testing
 
1. Neither AtlasCare, nor any other healthcare-related program, shall fund drug testing for any business's or corporation's employees.

2. This act shall be effective immediately upon passage.

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AN ACT
To aid the reconstruction of the Republic of Paflagonia


Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia asssembled

Section 1. Title

This legislation shall be cited as the Paflagonia Support Act.

Section 2. Financial aid to the Republic of Paflagonia and Oversight

1. Under the terms of this Act, the government of the Republic of Paflagonia must agree to any audit or review of expenditures pertaining to foreign aid.

2. $100,000,000,000 shall be appropriated, via the Atlasian Department of State, to the Republic of Paflagonia for the purpose of reconstruction following a great civil war.

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AN ACT
To recognize the right to organize

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Labor Rights Act.

Section 2. Right of public workers to organize

Upon passage of this act, the right for public employees to organize and bargain collectively shall not be infringed.