Public Office of the White House
Joseph Cao:
Quote from: President Joseph Cao on December 02, 2022, 02:27:37 PM
Signing statement
We're not going to let any huge sudden increases in electricity prices be thrust all the way down to people who have to pay the bills. The Atlasian people and everyone struggling to make ends meet deserve protection from stuff like this. Certainly the producers partially responsible for price increases in the vast majority of such cases can stand to absorb some of the shock in their stead.
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ELECTRICITY PRICE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
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1. FERC is hereby prohibited from approving any Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) request to increase transmission costs by more than four percent (4%) in any year or by more than ten percent (10%) in any five (5) year period.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Passed 12-1-0-5 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled.
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Joseph Cao, President of the Republic of Atlasia
Joseph Cao:
Quote from: President Joseph Cao on December 02, 2022, 02:31:38 PM
Signing statement
There have been several regional and federal bills tackling the vital issue of digital data handling, though this one establishes new best practices for a particular type of transaction that has flown under the radar or been federally addressed in the broadest of terms. So it is good to see a bill that fleshes out that much-needed detail to prevent our data from being sold off without our consent and protects the Atlasian people's privacy online.
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DATA BROKERS ARE PARASITES ACT
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A. A consumer may invoke the consumer rights authorized pursuant to this act at any time by submitting a request to a controller specifying the consumer rights the consumer wishes to invoke. A known child's parent or legal guardian may invoke such consumer rights on behalf of the child regarding processing personal data belonging to the known child. A controller shall comply with an authenticated consumer request to exercise the right:
1. To confirm whether or not a controller is processing the consumer's personal data and to access such personal data;
2. To correct inaccuracies in the consumer's personal data, taking into account the nature of the personal data and the purposes of the processing of the consumer's personal data;
3. To delete personal data provided by or obtained about the consumer;
4. To obtain a copy of the consumer's personal data that the consumer previously provided to the controller in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows the consumer to transmit the data to another controller without hindrance, where the processing is carried out by automated means; and
5. To opt out of the processing of the personal data for purposes of (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of personal data, or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this act, a controller shall comply with a request by a consumer to exercise the consumer rights authorized pursuant to section A as follows:
1. A controller shall respond to the consumer without undue delay, but in all cases within 45 days of receipt of the request submitted pursuant to the methods described in section A. The response period may be extended once by 45 additional days when reasonably necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the consumer's requests, so long as the controller informs the consumer of any such extension within the initial 45-day response period, together with the reason for the extension.
2. If a controller declines to take action regarding the consumer's request, the controller shall inform the consumer without undue delay, but in all cases and at the latest within 45 days of receipt of the request, of the justification for declining to take action and instructions for how to appeal the decision pursuant to section C.
3. Information provided in response to a consumer request shall be provided by a controller free of charge, up to twice annually per consumer. If requests from a consumer are manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive, the controller may charge the consumer a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs of complying with the request or decline to act on the request. The controller bears the burden of demonstrating the manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive nature of the request.
4. If a controller is unable to authenticate the request using commercially reasonable efforts, the controller shall not be required to comply with a request to initiate an action under subsection A and may request that the consumer provide additional information reasonably necessary to authenticate the consumer and the consumer's request.
5. A controller that has obtained personal data about a consumer from a source other than the consumer shall be deemed in compliance with a consumer's request to delete such data pursuant to subsection A 3 by opting the consumer out of the processing of that data for targeted advertising, sale, or profiling pursuant to subsection A 5.
C. A controller shall establish a process for a consumer to appeal the controller's refusal to take action on a request within a reasonable period of time after the consumer's receipt of the decision pursuant to subsection B 2. The appeal process shall be conspicuously available and similar to the process for submitting requests to initiate action pursuant to section A. Within 60 days of receipt of an appeal, a controller shall inform the consumer in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If the appeal is denied, the controller shall also provide the consumer with an online mechanism, if available, or other method through which the consumer may contact the Attorney General to submit a complaint.
D. As used in this act:
1. Consumer means a natural person who is a resident of Atlasia acting only in an individual or household context. It does not include a natural person acting in a commercial or employment context.
2. Controller means the natural or legal person that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purpose and means of processing personal data obtained in interregional commerce.
E. This act shall take effect forty-five (45) days from the date of passage.
Passed 11-0-0-7 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled.
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Joseph Cao, President of the Republic of Atlasia
Joseph Cao:
Quote from: President Joseph Cao on December 03, 2022, 12:41:25 PM
Signing statement
Higher education fees have been out of control for a long time and adversely impacted the students at home and abroad who depend upon our institutions for quality learning. By drawing an additional source of federal revenue, this bill encourages our colleges and universities to think more carefully about their budgets and put some of their funds forward to assist students instead of saddling them with massive debt from tuition inflation that requires years if not decades to be paid forward.
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TAX THE WOKE ACT
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SECTION I: NAME
1. This act shall be referred to as Tax the Woke Act
SECTION II: TAXES
1. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 there shall be levied a minimum tax of 1% on the investment earnings of any private college or university that has at least 500 tuition-paying students and net endowment assets of at least $500,000,000.
2. The investment tax shall increase by 1 percentage point per each additional $1,000,000,000 in total investments held by a university endowment fund.
3. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 the ability of tax filers to deduct Regional taxes or State and Local taxes (SALT) is hereby eliminated.
4. No corporation, LLC, or business enterprise that is required to file and pay a tax on net business income may deduct the cost of luxury fringe benefits provided to employees as a business expense for purposes of calculating net income. For purposes of this act, luxury fringe benefits shall mean any complimentary tangible benefit exceeding $10 per employee per year that an employer provides to an employee that is not necessary for the employee to perform his or her job. Luxury fringe benefits includes but are not limited to complimentary towels, alcohol, mixed beverages, meal and snack services, promotional items, tickets to sporting or other entertainment events, entertainment performances, limousine services, private use motor vehicles, vessels, or aircrafts, spas, quiet rooms, cry closets, and crayons and coloring books.
5. For purposes of income taxation, any money received by a person resulting from any online tutorial, video, podcast, song, picture, post, or other content created by such person and uploaded to the internet shall be treated as taxable income, if the cumulative amount of such money exceeds $1,000.00 annually. This includes but is not limited to any advertising revenue earned and any donation, tip, superchat, or subscription fee.
Passed 11-0-0-7 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled.
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Joseph Cao, President of the Republic of Atlasia
Joseph Cao:
Quote from: President Joseph Cao on December 03, 2022, 12:46:53 PM
Signing statement
Earlier we gave the relevant federal agencies some guidance on handling regional spikes in electricity prices, with an emphasis on protecting Atlasians from the worst effects of such spikes. This legislation comes the other way to assist the regions with lowering electricity costs directly by fixing existing deficiencies in our electricity generation and funding new sources and operations. In tandem with the preceding bill and previous bills by my predecessors, we are continuing to tackle electricity costs and enable the nation to warm up for the holidays without fear.
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Affordable Energy Act
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Section 1. Purpose
1. This bill is to provide for a less costly energy grid because many areas of Atlasia precluded from benefiting from earlier efforts made by the federal government to invest in rural electrification throughout regions.
a) This bill will provide for interconnection of regional electrical grids are not interconnected to those in other states or territories, and many communities in the state have isolated microgrids.
b) This bill will fix the isolation of many electric systems throughout the regions. This means that consumers in communities served by those systems cannot benefit from a reduction in energy bills by utilizing lower-cost power from other areas of the state;
c) This bill is intended to lower the average retail price of electricity where in rural communities this is the highest. The average cost of electricity per capita is $3,891.
d) The bill, through the energy authority, will reduce high energy costs for heating, electricity, and transportation that have a multiplying effect, which increases the cost of all goods and services in rural communities.
e) Many residents in communities with the highest power costs are unable to shoulder the financial burden of developing large-scale power infrastructure without significant government investment;
f) The bill will establish for lower carbon emissions through the development of economically feasible renewable energy projects and investment in an electric vehicle charging network.
Section 2. Implementation
a. BE IT RESOLVED that the Congress of the Republic mandates a creation of a national Energy Authority, in coordination with utility providers throughout the regions and with statewide power and electrical organizations.
b. This energy authority will develop a comprehensive 10-year infrastructure plan to reduce power costs by 25% in areas of the regions that endure extremely high electric and heating costs.
c. Be it FURTHER RESOLVED that Congress requests that the Energy Authority deliver a plan for the reduction of power costs in the region to the Senate by May 31, 2023, and notify the legislature that the plan is available.
d. The Congress hereby establishes a energy sustainability fund, this fund will be appropriated the amount of $50,000,000.
Section 3. Grant criteria
a. A "grant" shall be defined as a sum of money awarded for an energy related project in any of Atlasia's regions.
b. These grants shall be categorical in nature by funding upgrades to Atlasia's regional energy grids, for projects to reduce carbon emissions, increase electrical grid inter-connectivity.
c. Grants can only be made available for energy-related projects that will have substantial impact or effect upon the electrical grid in each region.
d. Eligible entities: Grants can be allotted for subsidies or incentives to regional energy companies, nonprofits, or independent contractors
Section 4. Funding
a. The Congress of the Republic of Atlasia will appropriate $25,000,000 in grants to each region for the establishment of a regional energy authority; these grants shall be up for renewal every 5 years.
b. Hereafter, the Congress shall appropriate monies to the amount of an additional $20,000,000 to establish electrical vehicle charging stations across Atlasia's regions.
Passed 11-0-0-7 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled.
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Joseph Cao, President of the Republic of Atlasia
Joseph Cao:
Quote from: President Joseph Cao on December 03, 2022, 12:59:13 PM
Signing statement
This bill creates much-needed jobs and busy work for our nation by employing Wulfricist traitors to the Republic in an additional guardrail to ensure our federal agencies can state clearly, transparently, and to the letter where the costs of their proposals are coming from and how the Atlasian people will be able to pay for them. We have been a fiscally responsible nation in the past and we can stride further in that direction, and this bill is a fine pollution of the public sphere with the garbage of ensuring those handling Atlasia's finances have the ability to count. A small cabal of leaders wanted very badly to kill this bill; with it we are bringing a measure of transparency and accountability back to this nation's government and continuing the decades of progress and hard work on that front. I'm happy to sign this.
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REGULATORY PROCESS REFORM ACT
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A SENATE BILL
To reform the process of regulations being implemented by executive agencies
Be it enacted
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Section I: Title
1. This bill shall be called the Regulatory Process Reform Act.
2. This act shall take effect thirty (30) days from the date of passage.
Section II: Process Changes
1. A cost benefit analysis shall be required to be done of any regulations proposed by an executive agency before the regulation gets implemented.
2. Any regulation deemed to have a higher cost than a benefit, shall not be implemented unless that regulation is approved by statute.
3. Future Regulations which are implemented are required to periodically have a cost benefit analysis every five (5) years after implementation to see if the benefits of the regulation outweigh the costs.
Passed 5-4-1-8 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled.
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Joseph Cao, President of the Republic of Atlasia
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