SB 111-01: You Will Eat Bugs Act of 2022 (Debating)

[Devout Centrist]

Aye

[West_Midlander]

Aye

[Saint Milei]

nay

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

Aye

[Utah Neolib]

Aye

[rpryor03]

Present

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Abstain

[Spark]

Abstain.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Abstain

[Mr. Reactionary]

Nay, wtf is this dumb bill.

[WD]

By a vote of 6-2-5-5, this is passed and goes to the President for his signature or veto

[WD]

You Will Eat Bugs Act of 2022

I. Title

The title of this legislation shall be called the “You Will Eat Bugs Act of 2022” and cited as “EBA”

II: Purpose

To establish subsidies for the industry of Crickets and Grasshoppers for human consumption.

III: Establishment of Programs

This legislation will create the “Tasty Bugs Subsidy Initiative” which will provide federal funding for farms to harvest crickets and grasshoppers.

IV: Definitions

a. A “cricket” shall be defined as an insect edible for human consumption in the Grylliodea family of insects.
b. A “grasshopper” shall be defined as a ground-dwelling, herbivorous insects suitable for human consumption.

V: Subsidies
a. $10,000 shall be allocated evenly to regional governments, statewide governments, and local jurisdictions to farmers willing to harvest insects.

VI: Implementation
a. This shall go into effect one year following the bill’s passage.

Passed 6-2-5-5 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

 

Western Democrat, President Pro Tempore

[Joseph Cao]

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