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Ecological Protection and Justice Act

SENATE BILL

To protect the planet, transform our energy sector, and restore our commitment to combating climate change

Be it enacted,

Section I: Repeal

1. F.L. 39-09/SB 112-02 Fuel Inflation Reduction Act is hereby repealed.

Section II: Reform

1. Offshore drilling within 25 miles of the Atlasian coastline is prohibited as of July 1st, 2024.
a. Offshore drilling licenses and leases issued under the Fuel Inflation Reduction Act shall be rescinded effective December 31st, 2023.

2. Hydraulic fracking for oil and natural gas is prohibited within 2,500 feet of a home, school, or other inhabited area in Atlasia as of July 1st, 2024
a. Hydraulic fracking licenses and leases issued under the Fuel Inflation Reduction Act shall be rescinded effective December 31st, 2023.

3. A tax of 20% shall be applied on the profits of any firm which operates any existing lease for hydraulic fracturing operations.
a. All proceeds from this tax shall be utilized to construct, develop, maintain, and renovate renewable energy facilities as directed by the Subdepartment of Energy.

Section III: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately.

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Public Assets and Lands Act

SENATE BILL

To ensure federally-owned and funded utilities and lands are not privatized.

Be it enacted,

Section I: Repeal

1. F.L. 39-54/SB 112-21 Surplus Land Sales Act is hereby repealed.

Section II: Reform

1. F.L. 35-16/SB 108-28 Dam It Act shall be amended as follows:

a. On or before January 1, 2024, the following federal assets shall be auctioned off:
   1. The Bonneville Power Administration and all related property and contracts
   2. The Rural Utility Service and all related property and contracts
   3. The Southeastern Power Administration and all related property and contracts
   4. The Southwestern Power Administration and all related property and contracts
   5. The Tennessee Valley Authority and all related property and contracts
   6. The Western Area Power Administration and all related property and contracts
   7. The 58 hydroelectric dams owned by the Bureau of Reclamation and all related property and contracts.

b. Protections:
  1. No foreign power may have a share greater than 25% of the any sold federal assets. This 25 percent share is a collective share of all agents of said foreign power, including state-sponsored companies and their subsidiaries.
  2. No Region, other than the Region when the infrastructure is based, may purchase more than one-third the 1/3 of shares in the any sold federal assets.
  3. No Company may purchase more than a 20% 40% share of the any sold federal assets.

2. Any federal assets or lands sold as a result of the Surplus Land Sales Act or the Dam It Act shall be repurchased.

3. Any ongoing auctions to sell federal assets or lands as a result of the Surplus Land Sales Act or the Dam It Act shall be cancelled and all bids denied.

4. The Subdepartment of Interior shall oversee a directive to -
a. Explore the acquisition of new public lands for the purposes of creating new national parks.
b. Protect existing public lands from environmental degradation and exploitation.

Section III: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately.

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Keep the Market Fair Act

SENATE BILL

To increase worker representation and ensure wage fairness

Be it enacted,

Section I: Repeal

1. F.L. 36-04/SB 109-03 Keep the Market Free Act is hereby repealed.

Section II: Reform

1. F.L. 35-17/SB 108-06 Worker Representation Act shall be amended as follows:

1. Not less than three-fifths two-fifths of the directors of a corporation, LLC, or for-profit company shall be elected by the employees of the corporation using an election process. A director elected by the employees shall have the same rights and powers and shall be subject to the same duties and responsibilities as a director elected by the stockholders. This rule is not applicable to worker cooperatives, worker-owned enterprises, or any company in the process of transitioning to a worker cooperative or worker-owned enterprise.

Section III: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately.

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Senate Resolution

To Defend the Republic

Be It Resolved in the Atlasian Senate Assembled, that upon ratification by 2/3rds of the Regions, the Fifth Constitution of Atlasia shall be amended as follows:

The Republic of Atlasia is a perpetual and indestructible Union. The Union of the Regions, and of the States, is vital and unbreakable. No region shall secede from this Republic. but by a 3/4 vote of the citizens thereof, nor shall any No region, state, or other entity shall declare itself outside the jurisdiction of this Constitution. so long as it remains party to this Union. Atlasia shall not recognize the legitimacy of any referendum, vote, or executive order, past or present, that seeks to dissolve or withdraw from the Union.

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AN ACT
To nationalize the steel industry

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Atlasian Steel Act.

Section 2. Nationalization

1. All steel manufacturers are brought into public ownership immediately upon passage of this act and shall be placed under the control of an Atlasian Steel Authority.

2. To complete the undertaking as outlined above, the Republic of Atlasia shall establish an Atlasian Steel Authority (hereafter ASA) which shall be comprised of all former privately-held steel companies and shall hold a legal monopoly in these sectors.

3. The purpose of the aforementioned ASA shall be the economization of operations and the modernization of production methods to raise safety and efficiency standards across the country, as well as provide steel at a low cost, prevent competitive waste, and co-ordinate research and development in those sectors.

4. The government of the ASA shall be federal and cooperative. In each region will be established a regional steel authority under a board of directors composed of representatives of labor, the consumers, security, and the environment. The number of labor directors shall be four, and the number of directors for all other constituencies shall be two. Each regional authority will elect five representatives to the national board of directors. Two of the national directors elected by each regional authority shall represent labor, and one each shall represent the consumers, security, and the environment.
 
5. The labor directors shall be chosen by a vote of the steel workers; the consumer directors by a vote of the regional legislature, the security and environment directors by the regional executive at the regional level and by the president at the federal level.

6. The term of a Board director shall be four years.

7. The President shall appoint a Chair of the ASA Board of Directors who shall have no vote unless they are equally divided. The Chair shall serve a four year term.

8. All persons owning any of the aforementioned industry brought into public ownership shall be fairly compensated for the sale of said industries to the Republic of Atlasia.

Requesting a sponsor

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Reproductive Care Act of 2023

Senate Bill
to provide protection for women's healthcare and codify legal precedent

Be it enacted,

Section I: Name

1. This Act shall be called the Reproductive Care Act of 2023.

Section II: Resolution

1. We resolve -

a. Access to reproductive care is a fundamental right for all citizens of the Republic of Atlasia.
b. Termination of a pregnancy is a substantially private and personal decision.
c. Sensitive healthcare procedures ought to be made with proper physical and psychiatric healthcare considerations
d. Any sensitive healthcare procedure directly or tangentially related to pregnancy termination ought to be regulated, standardized, and protected.
e. Regions shall have the right to enact laws that regulate the practice and administration of pregnancy termination.
f. Reproductive care be provided to mothers who opt to carry a pregnancy to term, including all medically necessary pre and postpartum care.

Section III: Rights

1. It shall be unlawful for any regional, local, or national subdivision thereof, to ban pregnancy termination procedures prior to twenty (20) gestational weeks of a pregnancy.

2. Any regional, local, or national subdivision thereof, may enact statute that -
a. Restricts, bans, or otherwise regulates access to pregnancy termination services on or past twenty (20) gestational weeks of a pregnancy.

Section IV: Implementation

1. This act shall take effect on January 1st, 2024.

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Protect All Workers Act

SENATE BILL

To protect resident laborers and organized workers

Be it enacted,

Section I: Repeal

1. F.L. 39-25/SB 112-13 Protect Workers, Not Labor Act is hereby repealed.

Section II: Reform

1. F.L. 39-36/SB 112-22 Worker Wage Protection Act shall be amended as follows:

1.  Any organization seeking or holding federal Atlasian government contracts or accepting federal funding which is found to knowingly employ undocumented immigrants will be ineligible for new contracts for two years following the discovery of these immigrants. shall be required to sponsor these workers for Atlasian citizenship.

2. No collective bargaining agreement or employment contract entered into in Atlasia shall be permitted to prioritize layoffs or firings.

3. In any election conducted pursuant to federal law for the certification of a union as an exclusive bargaining unit, the right of the workers to vote in such election by secret ballot shall not be infringed.

Section III: Implementation

1. This act shall take effect on September 1st, 2023.

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Protect Protesters, Not Insurrectionists Act

SENATE BILL

To protect the freedom of association and clarify prerequisites for domestic military intervention

Be it enacted,

Section I: Repeal

1. F.L. 39-02/SB 111-04 Rioters Are Stupid Act is hereby repealed.

Section II: Reform

1. F.L. 39-33/SB 112-31 Posse Comitatus Protection Act shall be amended as follows:

1. No activity, including the provision of any equipment or facility or the assignment or detail of any personnel, shall include or permit direct participation by a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or other federal armed forces in a search, seizure, arrest, or other similar activity or general police power, unless participation in such activity by such member is otherwise expressly authorized by law. For purposes of this section, other federal armed forces includes but is not limited to the National Guard when under federal chain of command. For purposes of this section, other similar activity or general police power, includes but is not limited to the enforcement of any drug law, the enforcement of any quarantine, mass vaccination, or mass incarceration of citizens or lawfully present aliens, or the performance or facilitation of any abortion. ; however the performance of border patrol activities or the detainment of unlawfully present aliens shall not be prohibited, pursuant to law.

3a. Whenever violent obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of Atlasia, makes it impracticable to enforce the laws of Atlasia in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, and the Governor of the Region in which such State is located requests aid in or expressly refuses to disperse or desist such violent obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion, the President may call into Federal service such of the militia of any other State or Region, and use such of the armed forces, as the President considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion.

3b. The President may not invoke the authority under this section unless the President, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General certify to the Senate that the Region in which the State concerned is located has requested such aid or is unable or unwilling to suppress the violent obstruction, combination, or assemblage, or rebellion against the authority of Atlasia. A certification under this paragraph shall include:

i. A description of the circumstances necessitating the invocation of the authority under this section.

ii. Demonstrable evidence that the Region concerned has requested aid or is unable or unwilling to suppress such unlawful obstruction, combination, or assemblage, or violent rebellion against the authority of Atlasia, and a legal justification for resorting to the authority under this section to so suppress.

3c. Such authority, when at the request of the Governor of the Region concerned, shall lapse within ten (10) days unless an extension is approved by a majority vote of the whole Senate. The President shall not be permitted to deploy armed forces under this section without the request of the Governor of the Region concerned or redeploy armed forces under this section after this ten (10) day period against the same violent obstruction, combination, or assemblage, or rebellion, without prior approval by a majority vote of the whole Senate.

3d. A Region that has lawfully seceded or exercised its authority pursuant to the laws of Atlasia shall not be considered a violent obstruction, combination, or assemblage, or rebellion under this act.

8. 10 U.S.C. 251 -  253 and 10 U.S.C. 275 are hereby repealed and replaced by this act.

Section III: Implementation

1. This act shall take effect on September 1st, 2023.

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Public Housing Sustainability Act

SENATE BILL

To keep federal housing programs funded and expand availability of affordable homes.

Be it enacted,

Section I: Purpose

1. Atlasia must sufficiently maintain and fund its public housing programs and ensure that -
a. Homelessness is minimized in all regions to the eventual point of non-existence.
b. Affordable, safe, and permanent housing is available to all residents regardless of class or credit status.
c. Youth-centered care programs are accessible to all in need of such services.
d. Renters are guaranteed a stable cost of rent and cost-of-living assistance.
e. Prospective home buyers have access to low-interest mortgage loans and cost assistance options.

Section II: Support

1. The Subdepartment of Housing and Urban Development shall be directed to -
a. Increase funding for the following federal projects by a minimum of 5%.
i. Real Estate Revivification Program (RERP)
ii. Hubert H. Humphrey Helping Hand to the Homeless Grant Program
iii. National Housing Construction Program
iv. National Hostel Program

b. Review the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of the following projects.
i. Loan programs structured under the Urban Investment and Redevelopment Act.
ii. The Home Buyer Assistance Fund structured under the Home Buyer Assistance Stabilization Act.

c. Submit to the President a detailed report concerning the efficacy of all active housing programs.
i. At the discretion of the President, any federal housing assistance program described by the Subdepartment of Housing and Urban Development as underfunded or understaffed may receive an additional budget increase pursuant to the Federal Budget.

Section III: Implementation

1. This act shall take effect on November 1st, 2023.

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Keep the Government Working Act

SENATE BILL

To reform regulatory laws

Be it enacted,

Section I: Repeal

1. SB 110-05 No More Chevron Deference Act is hereby repealed.

Section II: Reform

1. SB 112-37 Sarbanes-Oxley Reform Act shall be amended as follows:

1. The regulation requiring all publicly traded companies with an aggregate worldwide market value at $75 million to conduct a PCAOB approved audit each year shall be amended to include exclude all such companies with an aggregate worldwide market value of $50 Million or more $700 Million or less. Nothing in this section shall affect any criminal penalties for any crime committed by the publicly traded company. 17 CFR 240.12b-2 shall be amended accordingly.

Section III: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately.

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Regulate Regulatory Regulations Act

SENATE BILL

To allow federal agencies to do their jobs

Be it enacted,

Section I: Agencies

1. Federal Atlasian agencies and sub-agencies, including executive branch agencies, legislative and judicial agencies, and independent agencies of the government of Atlasia, shall be allowed to operate and perform their duties in accordance with federal regulations and the Constitution of Atlasia.

2. Federal Atlasian agencies and sub-agencies, including executive branch agencies, shall be allowed to propose and uphold regulations, guidelines, rules, and notices.
a. Regulations shall be overseen and guided as needed by the Secretary of Internal Affairs, and the President of Atlasia.
b. Regulations must be available for public viewing at all times, in both digital and print formats.
i. No costs shall be incurred for viewing access to federal regulations.

b. At the discretion of the Secretary of Internal Affairs, the Cabinet, and the President of Atlasia, cost-benefit analyses may be requested at any time of any regulations proposed by an executive agency before such regulation is implemented.
i. The Secretary of Internal Affairs shall direct all subdepartments to provide cost-benefit analyses documentation on a regular basis for all proposed and implemented regulations.
ii. The purpose of all cost-benefit analyses shall be to determine if benefits of the regulation outweigh the costs.

3. F.L. 39-22 / SB 112-09 Regulatory Process Reform Act shall be amended in accordance with this law.

Section II: Implementation

1. This act shall take effect on May 1st, 2023.

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Lock Up The Nukes Act

SENATE BILL

To prohibit regional governments from operating nuclear devices

Be it enacted,

Section I: Limitations

1. No regional or state government, including but not limited to executive and legislative authorities, may purchase, own, operate, or deploy any of the following -
a. Active or decommissioned nuclear devices, weapons, warheads, or armaments
b. Active or decommissioned radiological devices, weapons, warheads, or armaments
c. Aircraft equipped or designed for nuclear armaments
d. Aircraft powered by a nuclear reactor or using aircraft nuclear propulsion
e. Naval ships or submarines equipped or designed for nuclear armaments
f. Naval ships or submarines powered by a nuclear reactor or using nuclear marine propulsion

2.  F.L. 39-53 / SB 112-51 G.I. Joe Act shall be amended in accordance with this law.
a. Any vessels sold to a regional or state government as a result of the G.I. Joe Act must be returned to the federal government for the original sum paid.

Section II: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately.

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Program and Regulation Retention Act

SENATE BILL

To retain useful programs and federal regulations while eliminating others

Be it enacted,

Section I: Repeal

1. F.L. 39-47 / SB 112-44 Dumb Regulations Repeal Act 21 is hereby repealed.

Section II: Reform

1. F.L. 39-50 / SB 112-35 Obsolete Programs Sunset Act shall be amended as follows:

1. Authorization for the following programs shall expire on January 1, 2024:

   a. Forestry Service International Programs, currently administered by the Subdepartment of Agriculture.

   b. The Agricultural Mediation Program, currently administered by the Subdepartment of Agriculture.
   i. Contract negotiations for farm workers shall be mediated through the National Labor Relations Board.

   c. All projects carried out by the Agricultural Transportation Services Division, currently administered by the Subdepartment of Agriculture.

   d. The Rails to Trails Abandoned Railway Corridor Program, currently administered by the Subdepartment of Transportation.

   e. The Scenic Turnout and Overlook Program, currently administered by the Subdepartment of Transportation.
   i. Authorization shall not expire for this program if, before December 31st, 2023, the Subdepartment of Transportation submits to the President an approved analysis proving that the benefits of this program are shared among targeted communities regardless of income status or impact by the tourism sector.

   f. The National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program, currently administered by the Subdepartment of Transportation.
   i. Authorization shall not expire for this program if, before December 31st, 2023, the Subdepartment of Transportation submits to the President an approved analysis proving that the benefits of this program are shared among targeted communities regardless of income status or impact by the tourism sector.

   g. National Scenic Byways Program, currently administered by the Subdepartment of Transportation.
   i. Authorization expiration shall not inhibit efforts by program administrators to convert the National Scenic Byways Program into a private, non-profit organization.

   h. The Recreational Trails Program, currently administered by the Subdepartment of Transportation.[/s]
   i. Authorization shall not expire for this program if, before December 31st, 2023, the Subdepartment of Transportation submits to the President an approved analysis proving that the benefits of this program are shared among targeted communities regardless of income status or impact by the tourism sector.

   i. The FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership Program, currently administered by the Subdepartment of Energy.

   j. The Natural Disaster Resilience Competition, currently administered by the Subdepartment of Homeland Security.

   k. The Homeland Security Natural Disaster Resilience Grant Program, currently administered by the Subdepartment of Homeland Security.

   l. The LWCF State Recreational Grant Program, currently administered by the Subdepartment of Interior.

Section III: Carry-Over

1. The regulation requiring the disinterment of buried human remains from a federal cemetery upon discovery of evidence that the deceased committed certain crimes is hereby eliminated. 38 USC 2411 shall be amended accordingly.

2. The regulations prohibiting the molesting of a shipwreck in Dry Tortugas National Park is hereby eliminated. 36 CFR §7.27(j)(1) shall be amended accordingly.

3. The regulation mandating that all Atlasian coins larger than a dime must depict an eagle on the reverse is hereby eliminated. 17 Stat. 424 shall be amended accordingly.

4. The moratorium on issuing grey whale subsistence hunting permits to the Makah Tribe is hereby rescinded.

5. The regulation criminalizing the disruption of a military funeral within certain fixed distances shall not be construed to apply on public land that is also a traditional public forum. 18 USC 1388 shall be amended accordingly.

6. The regulation defining old age housing communities not subject to the fair housing act by way of example is hereby eliminated. 24 CFR 100.303(b) shall be repealed.

7. The regulation prohibiting federal student aid to persons convicted of a drug-related offense is hereby eliminated. 28 USC 1091(r) shall be amended accordingly.

8. The regulation capping apprenticeships on federal contracts is hereby eliminated. 29 CFR 1,3,5 & 7 shall be amended accordingly.

9. The regulations prohibiting the government from contracting with businesses owned by persons convicted of past felonies are hereby eliminated. 48 CFR § 3009.171-5 and 48 CFR § 3052.209-76 shall be amended accordingly.

10. The regulation requiring websites to adopt policies to protect children 13 and under shall not be interpreted as prohibiting online gaming websites from removing age-restricted account features after the account holder reaches adulthood. 16 C.F.R. 312.11(b) shall be amended accordingly.

10. No person who frees a whale or dolphin tangled or trapped in a fishing net shall be charged with harassing, interfering with or harming a protected marine mammal.

11. The regulation making it a federal crime to leave North or South Carolina with an ear of corn unless it's been shucked is hereby eliminated. 7 CFR §301.80(b)(16) shall be amended accordingly.

Section IV: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately.

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Support Worker Co-Ops Act

SENATE BILL

To facilitate the creation of worker co-operatives, including upon transfer of ownership

Be it enacted,

Section I: Definitions

1. Cooperative: A cooperative, or co-op, is a type of business or organization that is both controlled and owned by its members, who may also utilize the goods and services of the cooperative.

2. Worker-Owned Enterprise: Also known as an employee-owned enterprise (EO), this is a company in which the workers have a stake in ownership and/or may be 100% owned and operated by workers.

3. Micro-Business: A business with ten or fewer full-time or full-time equivalent employees.

Section II: SBA & ACE

1. The Small Business Administration and the Agency of Cooperative Enterprises shall be authorized to provide financing via loans, loan guarantees, federal grants, and other funding programs to facilitate -
a. The creation of a worker co-operative or worker-owned enterprise that promotes continuation of an existing micro-business.
b. The transition of an existing micro-business to a worker co-operative or worker-owned enterprise.
c. The sale or transfer of an existing micro-business to a worker co-operative or worker-owned enterprise.
d. The conversation of an abandoned or closed worksite to a worker co-operative or worker-owned enterprise.
e. The creation of new worker co-operatives or worker-owned enterprise, pending approval by the ACE Administrator.

2. The Subdepartment of Labor shall be authorized to create the Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative to perform -
a. Outreach and education pertaining to the benefits of worker co-operatives and worker-owned enterprises.
b. Data collection and analysis pertaining to regional and state employee ownership programs.

Section III: Classifications

1. Worker-owned co-operatives and employee-owned enterprises shall not be subject to federal corporate income tax or capital gains tax.
a. Eligibility for this tax classification shall necessitate -
i. Open and voluntary membership for all employees.
ii. Democratic control by members or employees pursuant to §1.1 and §1.2.
b. Private enterprises offering an employee stock-ownership plan shall not be eligible for this classification.

Section IV: Budgets

1. The total annual fiscal budget for business loan and loan guarantee programs, low-interest and zero-interest loan programs, disaster loan programs, microloan program, federal grant programs, and other funding programs administered by the Agency of Cooperative Enterprises shall be increased to $8 billion.

Section V: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately.

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Senate Resolution

To End Selective Service

Be It Resolved in the Atlasian Senate Assembled, that upon ratification by 2/3rds of the Regions, the Fifth Constitution of Atlasia shall be amended as follows:

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Section 6
Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crimes of which the accused has been duly convicted, shall exist within the Republic of Atlasia, nor in any place under its jurisdiction, nor may any conscription into the armed forces or selective draft or other form of compulsory service be instituted. , unless approved by a public referendum in which at least three-fifths of the votes in each of the three regions are in the affirmative. The President shall have the sole authority to authorize the draft referendum.

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This Constitutional Amendment prohibits selective service. Military conscription, or as it more commonly known, "the draft," is the forced enlistment of Atlasian citizens into the armed forces. Legislation had been passed some years ago to eliminate this practice, however integrating this with the First Article of the Constitution shall represent a permanent end to conscription in the Republic and reinforce our commitment to peace.

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Senate Resolution
To Prevent Unethical Repeals Without Limitations To One Session

Section I: Title

1. This resolution may be known as the Reasonable Consideration For All Resolution.

Section II: Rules

1. Article VI of the Official Senate Rules and Procedures shall be amended as follows:

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5. ) Any bill that seeks to repeal four (4) two (2) or more federal laws adopted after June 1, 2016 in the same bill shall not be able to be brought to a final vote without a two-thirds vote of the whole Senate. Any bill that seeks to amend four (4) two (2) or more federal laws adopted after June 1, 2016 in the same bill shall not be able to be brought to a final vote without a two-thirds vote of the whole Senate. This rule shall expire ninety (90) days after the date of enactment.

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Drug Regulations Amendments Act

SENATE BILL

To amend the DPIRA

Be it enacted,

Section I: Amendment

F.L. 39-08 / SB 112-11: Drug Price Inflation Reduction Act is hereby amended as follows.

PHARMACEUTICAL AND DRUG REGULATION ACT DRUG PRICE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT

TITLE I: COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES

1. For the purposes of this title:

A. chronically ill patient means a patient whose physician has diagnosed the patient as having a long-term disease or condition that if left untreated may cause major irreversible morbidity and who might benefit from individualized or specialized medication that is not commercially available.

B. compounding pharmacy means a pharmacy that is classified as a 503a pharmacy by the Atlasian Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

C. monographs means quality standards for prescription medicines and dietary supplements that articulate the quality expectations for a medicine or dietary supplement, including its identity, strength, purity and performance.

D. terminally ill patient means a patient whose physician has diagnosed the patient with a disease that, taking into account the patient’s medical circumstances, will cause the patient’s death in a reasonably foreseeable time.

2. Chronically-ill patients and terminally ill patients have the right to determine, with the assistance and guidance of their health care providers, individual courses of treatment through the use of medications and treatments obtained from a compounding pharmacy when the labeling of compounded prescriptions offered to patients is reviewed by a licensed pharmacist to avoid dosing errors..

3. Compounding pharmacies shall have access to Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for use in compounding that meet Atlasia Pharmacopeia Monographs, if the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient is:

A. prepared for use by an FDA-registered Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient manufacturer or packager; and

B. Lawfully shipped to the compounding pharmacy and arrives with a certificate of analysis detailing quality specifications, including any medications, dietary supplements, and amino acids that are already in use by compounding pharmacies, in order to provide chronically ill patients and terminally ill patients with the prescribed individual course of treatment.

4. Compounding pharmacies specified in Section (2) and (3) of this Title must be reviewed on a yearly basis by the FDA to ensure compliance with all federal regulations.

5. 4. Section (3) of this Title does not apply if the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient is deemed unsafe for compounding by the FDA or is placed on the Interim 503a Category II Bulk Drug Substance List. Compounding pharmacies may use substances placed on the Interim 503a Category III Bulk Drug Substance List only if the substance meets the requirements of this act.

6. 5. This act does not allow any treatment or use of medication that is intended to cause the death of the patient.

TITLE II: OTC DRUG DONATIONS

1. For the purposes of this title:

A. Donate means to give without requiring anything or significant monetary value from the recipient.  The term shall include giving by a nonprofit organization to another nonprofit organization where the donor organization has charged a nominal fee to the donee organization, and distribution by a nonprofit organization to an ultimate recipient who has been required to pay a nominal fee to the nonprofit organization.

B. OTC Drug means:

i. any article recognized in the official Atlasian Pharmacopoeia, or the official National Formulary, or any supplement to them that does not require a prescription for purchase; or

ii. any article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans that does not require a prescription for purchase; or

iii.  any article other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of the human body; but does not mean medical supply as defined in this title.

C. Gross negligence means conduct by a person with knowledge, at the time of the conduct, that the conduct is harmful to the health or well-being of another person.

D. Intentional misconduct means conduct by a person with knowledge, at the time of the conduct, that the conduct is harmful to the health or well-being of another person.

E.  Medical supply means any instrument, apparatus, implement, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article including any component, part, or accessory, which is:

i.   recognized in the official National Formulary, or the official Atlasian Pharmacopoeia, or any supplement to them; or

ii.   intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans; or

iii.  intended to affect the structure of any function of the human body, and which does not achieve any of its principal intended purposes through chemical action within or on the human body and which is not dependent upon being metabolized for the achievement of any of its principal intended purposes.

F.   Nonprofit organization means an incorporated or unincorporated entity that:

i.  is operating for religious, charitable, or educational purposes; and

ii. does not provide net earnings to, or operate in any other manner that insures to the benefit of, any office employee, or shareholder of the entity.  As used in this paragraph, earning shall not include employee compensation.

G. Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, or governmental entity including but not limited to a drug manufacturer, medical supply manufacturer, retail pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, wholesaler, clinic, physician, nurse, hospital, dentist, outpatient health facility nursing home, home health care entity, or nonprofit drug or medical supply distributor. In the case of a corporation, partnership, organization, association or government entity, the term includes as officer, director, partner, deacon, elder, priest, pastor, rabbi, imam, trustee, council member, or other elected or appointed individual responsible for the governance of the entity. In the case of an individual, the term includes heirs, executors, and administrators of an estate who donate unused drugs or medical supplies belonging to a deceased person.

2. A person shall not be subject to any civil or criminal liability arising from the nature, age, packaging, or condition of OTC drugs or medical supplies that the person donates in good faith to a nonprofit organization for ultimate distribution to needy individuals, except that this paragraph shall not apply to an injury to or death or an ultimate user or recipient of the drug or medical supply that results from an act or omission of the donor constituting gross negligence or intentional misconduct.

3. If some or all of the donated OTC drugs or medical supplies do not meet all quality and labeling standards imposed by federal law, the person who donates the drug or medical supply shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability in accordance with this title if the donor:

A. is informed by the doctor of the distressed or defective condition of the donated drug or medical supply; and

B. agrees to take necessary measures to comply with all relevant quality standards imposed by federal law prior to distribution of the donated drug or medical supply; and

C.  is made knowledgeable as to the quality standards applicable to the donated drug or medical supply under federal law.

4. This title shall not be construed to create any liability.

5. The government of Atlasia memorializes the Regions to work with the federal government in establishing recycling and redistribution programs for narcotics in health care facilities and other established drug repositories.

TITLE III: OVERDOSE PREVENTION

1. For the purposes of this title:

A.  Opioid antagonist means a drug, such as naloxone, that satisfies all of the following:

i.The drug binds to the opioid receptors and competes with or displaces opioid agonists at the opioid receptor site but does not activate the receptors, effectively blocking the receptor and preventing or reversing the effect of an opioid agonist; and

ii.The drug is not a controlled substance.

B. Standing order means an order transmitted electronically or in writing by a practitioner for a drug or device for multiple patients or for one or more groups of patients.

2. It shall be lawful for emergency medical technicians or service providers, certified first responders, law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, or pharmacists to administer naloxone or another opioid antagonist to individuals who are undergoing or who are believed to be undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose.

3. Any emergency medical technicians or service providers, certified first responders, law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, or pharmacists shall undergo any training necessary to safely and properly administer naloxone or another opioid antagonist.

4. Every ambulance service provider shall do all of the following:

A. Ensure that every emergency medical technicians or service providers and certified first responders under the ambulance service provider’s supervision who has obtained the training necessary to safely and properly administer naloxone or another opioid antagonist has a supply of naloxone or the other opioid antagonist available for administration when he or she is performing his or her duties as an emergency medical technician, to the extent that naloxone or the other opioid antagonist is available to the ambulance service provider.

B. Require each emergency medical technicians or service providers and certified first responders under the supervision of the ambulance service provider to keep a record of each instance in which naloxone or another opioid antagonist is administered to an individual who is undergoing or who is believed to be undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose.

C. Submit such records to the State in which the administration occurs annually.

5.  A law enforcement agency or fire department may enter into a written agreement to affiliate with an ambulance service provider or a physician for all of the following purposes:

A. Obtaining a supply of naloxone or another opioid antagonist; and

B. Allowing law enforcement officers and fire fighters to obtain the training necessary to safely and properly administer naloxone or another opioid antagonist to individuals who are undergoing or who are believed to be undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose.

6. An emergency medical technician or service provider, certified first responder, law enforcement officer, fire fighter, physician, physician assistant, advanced practice nurse, or pharmacist who, reasonably believing another person to be undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose, administers naloxone or another opioid antagonist to that person shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for any outcomes resulting from the administration of the opioid antagonist to that person, if the person so administering is acting pursuant to any training required by this title.

7. A pharmacist authorized to issue prescription orders may do any of the following:

A. Prescribe an opioid antagonist to a person in a position to assist an individual at risk of undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose and may deliver the opioid antagonist to that person. A prescription order under this subdivision need not specify the name and address of the individual to whom the opioid antagonist will be administered, but shall instead specify the name of the person to whom the opioid antagonist is prescribed.

B. Issue a standing order to one (1) or more persons authorizing the dispensing of an opioid antagonist.

8.  A physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse who prescribes or delivers an opioid antagonist shall ensure that the person to whom the opioid antagonist is prescribed has or has the capacity to provide the knowledge and training necessary to safely administer the opioid antagonist to an individual undergoing an opioid-related overdose and that the person demonstrates the capacity to ensure that any individual to whom the person further delivers the opioid antagonist has or receives that knowledge and training.

9. A physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse who, acting in good faith, prescribes or delivers an opioid antagonist in accordance with this title or who, acting in good faith, otherwise lawfully prescribes or dispenses an opioid antagonist, shall be immune from criminal or civil liability and may not be subject to professional discipline for any outcomes resulting from prescribing, delivering, or dispensing the opioid antagonist.

10.  A pharmacist may, upon and in accordance with the prescription order of a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse authorized to issue prescription orders that complies with law, deliver an opioid antagonist to a person specified in the prescription order and may, upon and in accordance with the standing order of a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse that complies with the law, deliver an opioid antagonist to an individual in accordance with the order.  The pharmacist shall provide a consultation in accordance with law.

12. A pharmacist who, acting in good faith, delivers an opioid antagonist in accordance with this title, or who, acting in good faith, otherwise lawfully dispenses an opioid antagonist, shall be immune from criminal or civil liability and may not be subject to professional discipline under for any outcomes resulting from delivering or dispensing the opioid antagonist.

13.  Any person may possess an opioid antagonist. Any person may deliver or dispense an opioid antagonist. Subject to law, any person who, acting in good faith, delivers or dispenses an opioid antagonist to another person, or who, reasonably believing another person to be undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose, administers an opioid antagonist to that person shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for any outcomes resulting from delivering, dispensing, or administering the opioid antagonist.

TITLE IV: LIABILITY SHIELD

1. Any licensed pharmacist shall be immune from federal criminal prosecution and civil liability for dispensing to a patient with a valid prescription, a prescription drug that has been approved as safe by the FDA, regardless of if the patient prescribed the drug is taking the drug for an off-label treatment. This shall include, but not be limited to, Hydroxychloriquine and Ivermectin.

2. Nothing in this title shall prohibit Regions from imposing additional requirements for the dispensing of drugs under their own Regional laws.

1. 3. The regulation permitting Pharmacy Benefit Companies and Pharmacists to enter into contracts containing gag orders prohibiting pharmacists from informing customers when the cash price for a prescription drug is lower than the customer's insurance price is hereby eliminated. 42 USC 300gg-11 et seq. and 42 USC 1395w-104 et seq. shall be amended accordingly.

TITLE V: WARNINGS AND LIMITS ON DANGEROUS DRUGS

1. No Leuproelin, SSRI, SNRI, SMS, SARI, NRI, TCA, TeCA, MAOI, or other prescription antidepressant medication, steroid, hormone, or abortion drug shall be prescribed to or dispensed to an unemancipated minor without the express written consent from of each of the minor's parents or legal guardians.

2. Any Leuproelin dispensed pursuant to federal law shall include a warning insert listing all common and rare side effects. that such drug increases the risk of osteoporosis, sterility, depression, and suicide in minors.

3. Any SSRI, SNRI, SMS, SARI, NRI, TCA, TeCA, MAOI, or other prescription antidepressant medication, steroid, hormone, or abortion drug dispensed pursuant to federal law shall include a warning insert listing all common and rare side effects. that such drug increases the risk of sterility, depression, and suicide in minors.

4. Any prescription drug that contains pig products or is otherwise not kosher or halal dispensed pursuant to federal law shall include a warning that such drug contains pig products or is not kosher or halal.

TITLE VI: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect thirty (30) days after passage.

Section II: Implementation

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Sponsored on behalf of WB:

DUMB REGULATIONS REPEAL ACT 22: Really, Everyone Actually Consider These Idiotic, Onerous Nonsense culture wAR issues dead, finallY  (DRRA22: REACTIONARY)

Title I: MAD SCIENCE CAN BE GOOD, ACTUALLY
1. Title II, Sections 1 through 3, and 6 through 9, of SB 113-4 are hereby repealed.
2. Title I, Section 10 of SB 113-4 shall be amended to include the phrase “unless through rigorous testing it is shown to have no ill effect or “kill-switch” in humans, and is designed for a positive purpose including but not limited to gene therapy.”

Title II: I AM A PROUD DEGENERATE
1.Title I, Section 1 of SB 113-8 is hereby repealed.
2.Title II, Section 1, Subsection B of SB 113-8 is hereby repealed.
3.Title I, Section 2, Subsection E of SB 113-8 is hereby amended to replace “non-human animal” with “non-sapient, non-human animal”
4.Title I, Section 4 of SB 113-8 is hereby amended by striking all instances of “adoption” from the section and its subsections.
5. Title II of SB 113-8 is amended by adding the following Section: “5. All mentions of "non-consensually" or "by force, threat, or intimidation" shall not apply to situations where said force, threat, intimidation, or lack of consent is consensually simulated for the purposes of roleplay throughout the sexual act. This subsection shall, however, not be construed to mean illegal consensual acts such as incest are legal.”

Title III: BOW DOWN TO YOUR ROBOT OVERLORDS
1. Section 5 of SB 113-56 is hereby repealed.

Title IV: THE FUTURE IS NOW
1. Changes made by this act will be effective immediately.

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Keep the Market Fair Act

SENATE BILL

To increase worker representation and ensure wage fairness

Be it enacted,

Section I: Repeal

1. SB 109-03 Keep the Market Free Act is hereby repealed.

Section II: Reform

1. SB 108-06 Worker Representation Act shall be amended as follows:

1. Not less than three-fifths two-fifths of the directors of a corporation, LLC, or for-profit company shall be elected by the employees of the corporation using an election process. A director elected by the employees shall have the same rights and powers and shall be subject to the same duties and responsibilities as a director elected by the stockholders. This rule is not applicable to worker cooperatives, worker-owned enterprises, or any company in the process of transitioning to a worker cooperative or worker-owned enterprise.

Section III: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately.

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Public Housing Sustainability Act

SENATE BILL

To keep federal housing programs funded and expand availability of affordable homes.

Be it enacted,

Section I: Purpose

1. Atlasia must sufficiently maintain and fund its public housing programs and ensure that -
a. Homelessness is minimized in all regions to the eventual point of non-existence.
b. Affordable, safe, and permanent housing is available to all residents regardless of class or credit status.
c. Youth-centered care programs are accessible to all in need of such services.
d. Renters are guaranteed a stable cost of rent and cost-of-living assistance.
e. Prospective home buyers have access to low-interest mortgage loans and cost assistance options.

Section II: Support

1. The Subdepartment of Housing and Urban Development shall be directed to -
a. Increase funding for the following federal projects by a minimum of 5%.
i. Real Estate Revivification Program (RERP)
ii. Hubert H. Humphrey Helping Hand to the Homeless Grant Program
iii. National Housing Construction Program
iv. National Hostel Program

b. Review the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of the following projects.
i. Loan programs structured under the Urban Investment and Redevelopment Act.
ii. The Home Buyer Assistance Fund structured under the Home Buyer Assistance Stabilization Act.

c. Submit to the President a detailed report concerning the efficacy of all active housing programs.
i. At the discretion of the President, any federal housing assistance program described by the Subdepartment of Housing and Urban Development as underfunded or understaffed may receive an additional budget increase pursuant to the Federal Budget.

Section III: Implementation

1. This act shall take effect on March 31st, 2024.

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Keep the Government Working Act

SENATE BILL

To reform regulatory laws

Be it enacted,

Section I: Reform

1. SB 112-37 Sarbanes-Oxley Reform Act shall be amended as follows:

1. The regulation requiring all publicly traded companies with an aggregate worldwide market value at $75 million to conduct a PCAOB approved audit each year shall be amended to include exclude all such companies with an aggregate worldwide market value of $50 Million or more $700 Million or less. Nothing in this section shall affect any criminal penalties for any crime committed by the publicly traded company. 17 CFR 240.12b-2 shall be amended accordingly.

Section II: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately.

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Amendment to Parental Bill of Rights and Safety Act

SENATE BILL

To consider proposal by the President

Be it enacted,

Section I: Amendment

1. SB 117-01: Parental Bill of Rights and Safety Act shall be amended as follows:

Parental Bill of Rights and Safety Act

Section A. This bill will be cited as the Parental Bill of Rights and Safety Act.
 
Section B. Parental Rights:
This bill will allow parents the following rights to their child's education, defined as children less than 17 or older in cases of profound disability.

1. Parents have complete access to the curriculum including syllabi of what will be covered in their child's class.
2. Parents have the right to speak during school board meetings without the threat of escorting or arrest as long as they do not threaten to harm school officials or cause a public nuisance.
3. Parents have the access to view their child's school budget and spending.
4. Parents without criminal records may attend their child's field trips or attend school events pending a CORI check even if they are not chaperoning.
5. Schools must notify whether or not a child is developing below grade level in either math or English by the end of third grade. If no education plan is in place, an action plan determined by the school must be in place.
6. Parents have the right to know the following without releasing the identity of the students in applicable situations:
A. If their state alters academic standards
B. The right to meet with their teacher at least once a semester or once a week if their child is failing or at risk of failing.
C. Access to the list of books available at a school's library and the ability to block their child from selecting any book determined by the parent.
D. The number of students in their child's classroom who had gotten in trouble or has been identified as a bully within the last 3 years.  Parents may request to move a child into another class who has been bullied as long as proof is presented at anytime in the schoolyear without any further questions asked.
7. School officials cannot coerce or encourage thoughts of becoming trans to students who are questioning.
7. School officials may not coerce students who are questioning their gender identity into transitioning, but may support students in their own, student-initiated journeys of self discovery.

Section C. Education Rights:
1. If schools chooses to eliminate honors or gifted programs, schools must reimburse the parents of interested children for the cost of a class offered outside the school and provide transpiration or reimburse the gas and/or rideshare cost for the child to attend a technical, vocational, or private school within the county.
2. For the wellbeing of the teachers, no school board or government may undermine or weaken the teacher's union and teachers cannot be recalled for striking.

Section D. School Safety:
1. Schools must disclose any incident of violence occurred during the school day. Minors under the age of 18 are protected by privacy laws and may not be publicly identified unless it is a case of a school shooting.

Section E. Implementation
This bill will take place effective immediately

Section II: Implementation

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Amendment to Drug Regulations Amendments Act

SENATE BILL

To consider proposal by the President

Be it enacted,

Section I: Amendment

1. SB 116-61: Drug Regulations Amendments Act shall be amended as follows:

Section I: Amendment

F.L. 39-08 / SB 112-11: Pharmaceutical and Drug Regulation Act is hereby amended as follows.

PHARMACEUTICAL AND DRUG REGULATION ACT

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TITLE II: DRUG DONATIONS

G. Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, or governmental entity including but not limited to a drug manufacturer, medical supply manufacturer, retail pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, wholesaler, clinic, physician, nurse, hospital, dentist, outpatient health facility nursing home, home health care entity, or nonprofit drug or medical supply distributor. In the case of a corporation, partnership, organization, association or government entity, the term includes as officer, director, partner, deacon, elder, priest, pastor, rabbi, imam, trustee, council member, or other elected or appointed individual responsible for the governance of the entity. In the case of an individual, the term includes heirs, executors, and administrators of an estate who donate unused drugs or medical supplies belonging to a deceased person.

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TITLE V: WARNINGS AND LIMITS ON DANGEROUS DRUGS

2. Any Leuproelin dispensed pursuant to federal law shall include a warning insert listing all common and rare side effects, including that such drug increases the risk of osteoporosis, sterility, depression, and suicide in minors.

3. Any SSRI, SNRI, SMS, SARI, NRI, TCA, TeCA, MAOI, or other prescription antidepressant medication, steroid, hormone, or abortion drug dispensed pursuant to federal law shall include a warning insert listing all common and rare side effects, including that such drug increases the risk of sterility, depression, and suicide in minors.

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Section II: Implementation

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Preserving Reproductive Care Act

SENATE BILL

To provide protection for women's healthcare

Be it enacted,

Section I: Repeal

1. SB 117-40: Preservation of the Most Vulnerable Act is hereby repealed.

Section II: Implementation

1. This act takes effect immediately.

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Senate Resolution
To Preserve Reproductive Healthcare

Be It Resolved in the Atlasian Senate Assembled, that upon ratification by 2/3rds of the Regions, the Fifth Constitution of Atlasia shall be amended as follows:

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Section 13
The right of citizens of the Republic of Atlasia to health care, including but not limited to care necessary to prevent and treat illness, shall not be denied. Furthermore, no law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict reproductive healthcare, including the termination of a pregnancy, before viability or when necessary to protect the patient's health, as determined by the patient's healthcare provider.

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This Constitutional Amendment shall enshrine the freedom to reproductive care access. This shall prohibit the national government, or any regional governments, from enforcing measures designed to outlaw or criminalize abortion before viability.