Here is the bill: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelUSGov/comments/6n5x9s/s_856_american_energy_revolution_act/

Section 5 was amended to read as follows:

SECTION 5: COAL USE REGULATION (Amended)

(A) The burning of all types of coal for the purposes of electricity generation shall be illegal within the territory of the United States effective January 1, 2035.

(B) Coal imports into and exports from the United States shall be illegal effective January 1, 2036.

(C) The Department of Justice, in coordination with the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Energy, shall establish appropriate penalties for activities made illegal under (A) and (B) to enforce this Section.

Amendment proposals for the bill located here.

Bill: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelUSGov/comments/6hptem/s_con_res_35_military_assets_protection_and/

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I would like to announce that I am stepping down from chairmanship of this Committee.

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Bill has been amended to read as follows:

The Prevention of Misuse of Nuclear Weapons Act

A BILL

To restrict the President of the United States’s ability to launch first strikes, which will help move towards a safer world; to encourage other nations to adopt similar restrictions on their governments.

Be it enacted by the United States Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled,

Section I - Short Title & Definitions.

This act may be cited as “The Prevention of Misuse of Nuclear Weapons Act”.

The term “first strike” refers to an initial use of nuclear weapons against any entity, without the entity in question launching a nuclear attack against the United States.

The acronym “SoD” refers to the Secretary of Defense.

The acronym “DoD” refers to the Department of Defense.

The term “entity” will be defined as any nation, organization, or individual that has the ability to launch a nuclear strike.

"The term “entity” will be defined as any nation that has the ability to launch a nuclear strike.

The term "non entity" will be defined as any organization or individual that has attained the capability to launch a nuclear strike."

Section II - Restriction.

(a) Other than as indicated in this act or any other provision of law, the President of the United States may not use the United States Armed Forces to launch a first strike.

(b) Section II(a) shall not apply in the event of

(1) The United States Congress passing a declaration of war against the entity that the President wishes to launch a first strike against, with the express provision that the President may use a first strike against the entity in question, or;

(2) The Secretary of Defense has issued an official statement declaring that an entity is in the process of launching a first strike on the United States, or;

(i) The SoD may, in a case of his or her absence, appoint a member of the Department of Defense to fulfill the duty specified in Section II(b)(2).

(I) In the event that the SoD is absent and he or she has not appointed anyone pursuant to Section II(b)(2)(i), the duty specified in Section II(b)(2) may be fulfilled by the Speaker of the House, Secretary of State, Secretary of Homeland Security, or Director of National Intelligence

(3) The entity in question has launched a nuclear weapon against the United States. The entity in question has launched a nuclear weapon against the United States or a non entity within such an entity is confirmed to be in the possession of one.

(4) The President has received sufficient intel for him to determine that the entity is planning a strike against the United States and that a preemptive strike is needed to stop the entity. The President has received sufficient intelligence for him to determine that the entity or a non entity organisation is planning a strike against the United States and that a preemptive strike is needed to stop the entity or non entity.

(i) Should the President launch a first strike under Section II(b)(4) of this bill, an ad-hoc committee shall be created, called “A Committee to Investigate the Use of a First Strike”.

(I) This committee shall be tasked with investigating the first strike to determine if there was sufficient intel for Section II(b)(4) to apply.

(II) The committee shall report to the presiding officer of the chamber it is created in within at least one year after it is created on its investigation.

(A) The chairman of the committee may increase the length that the committee has to do its investigation by no longer than six months, but he must inform the presiding officer of the chamber before the one year deadline in Section II(b)(4)(i)(I) of this act.

Section III - Punishment.

(a) Violation of this act shall be considered a jailable offence of up to ten years in prison.

(b) Violation of this act shall be an impeachable offense.

Section IV - Opinion

This Congress declares its opinion that all nations, which have nuclear weapons, should adopt similar legislation as to this bill.

This Congress also encourages the President of the United States to work towards accomplishing this goal.

Section IV - Enactment.

(a) This act shall go into force immediately after its passage.

(b) If any provision of this act is considered unconstitutional, the remainder of the act shall remain in effect.

Written and sponsored by Senator /u/please_dont_yell (D-AC). Co-sponsored by Senator /u/PhlebotinumEddie (D-AC) and Senator /u/ZeroOverZero101 (D-CH).

Bill: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelUSGov/comments/6cqbnu/s_778_keystone_xl_approval_act/

Please vote below.

Please vote on the below amendments. Original bill: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelUSGov/comments/6cgzho/s_776_the_prevention_of_misuse_of_nuclear_weapons/

AMENDMENT 1

Strike: Section IV - Opinion

AMENDMENT 2

Strike Section II. (4). (i):

AMENDMENT 3

Change within section I from:

"The term “entity” will be defined as any nation, organization, or individual that has the ability to launch a nuclear strike.

To

"The term “entity” will be defined as any nation that has the ability to launch a nuclear strike.

The term "non entity" will be defined as any organization or individual that has attained the capability to launch a nuclear strike."

AMENDMENT 4

Section II (3) (4) changes to:

"(b) Section II(a) shall not apply in the event of"

(3) The entity in question has launched a nuclear weapon against the United States or a non entity within such an entity is confirmed to be in the possession of one.

(4) The President has received sufficient intelligence for him to determine that the entity or a non entity organisation is planning a strike against the United States and that a preemptive strike is needed to stop the entity or non entity.

Please vote on this bill: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelUSGov/comments/6ch1de/s_777_export_security_act/

Please vote on this bill: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelUSGov/comments/6cal2d/s_762_improvement_of_security_for_private/

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Railroad Fairness Act

Whereas the Congress of the United States has previously mandated Amtrak to act as though it were a private, for-profit corporation; and

Whereas the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 took an unprecedented step in granting Amtrak the authority to regulate its competitors”; and

Whereas it is improper for a corporation to hold coercive regulatory power over its competitors;

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*

Section I: Short Title

This piece of legislation shall be referred to as the Railroad Fairness Act.

Section II: Definitions

PRIIA - The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008

Section III: Amending Section 207 of PRIIA

The relevant passage from Section 207 (a) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 is amended to read “... the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak shall~~ jointly~~, in consultation with Amtrak, the Surface Transportation Board…”

Section IV: Prohibition of Amtrak from Serving as an Active Participant in Drafting Regulations

(A) Amtrak is henceforth prohibited from participating in the drafting of regulatory metrics with any federal or state regulatory agency in any manner that is not permissible to a private entity under federal law, irregular for a similar private entity to engage in during the normal course of business, or that could possibly constitute special privilege in favor of Amtrak.

(B) This prohibition applies to the entirety of PRIIA.

Section V: Severability and Implementation

(A) The provisions of this Act are severable. Should any portion of this Act be found in violation of the United States Constitution, the remaining sections of the Act shall remain unaffected unless so adjudicated.

(B) This act shall go into effect immediately.

*Written and Sponsored by /u/iThinkThereforeiFlam (R-DX2). Co-sponsored by Representative /u/ProgrammaticallySun7 (R-US).

Authored and sponsored by Senator /u/ChaoticBrilliance (R-WS), co-sponsored by Congressmen /u/ProgrammaticallySun7 (R-WS-1), /u/InMacKWeTrust (R-U.S.), /u/bandic00t_ (R-U.S.), and Senator /u/PrelateZeratul (R-DX).

Whereas, approximately nineteen million Americans go without Internet access according to the Eighth Broadband Progress Report by the Federal Communications Commission,

Whereas, it is imperative that the United States, as a developed nation, must work out of this frighteningly high statistic,

Whereas, small satellite networks are a rising technology that would provide cost-effective and reliable source of broadband Internet to Americans if utilized,

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled:

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE

(1) The aforementioned Act can be referred to as “the America Online Act” or “the A.O.L. Act”.

SECTION II. DEFINITIONS

(1) Broadband - a high-capacity transmission technique using a wide range of frequencies, which enables a large number of messages to be communicated simultaneously.

(2) Broadband desert - a census area in which less than thirty-three percent of persons have access to broadband Internet.

(3) Constellation - a group of artificial satellites working in concert.

(4) Government contractor - a private company that produces goods and services for public government agencies

(5) Private company - a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations.

(6) Small satellite - those satellites weighing less than 2,204 lbs (1,000 kg).

(7) Government official - an employee, official, or functionary of any agency, ministry, or department of the United States Government.

(8) National security - a collective term encompassing both national defense and foreign relations of the United States. Specifically, the condition provided by: a. a military or defense advantage over any foreign nation or group of nations; b. a favorable foreign relations position; or c. a defense posture capable of successfully resisting hostile or destructive action from within or without, overt or covert.

SECTION III. PROVISIONS

(1) The Congress of the United States shall appropriate a total sum of $1 billion to a fund specifically designated for research, development, and implementation of a constellation of small satellites.

(a) This constellation of exactly five hundred small satellites will be used explicitly for the purpose of providing satellite broadband to Americans living broadband deserts.

(i) Only under the recommendation of the National Aeronautics and Space, Administration, hereby referred to as N.A.S.A., and at the discretion of Congress will the number be changed.

(b) Any misappropriation of these funds will be met with the consequences addressed in Section 3 of this bill.

(2) The funds shall be appropriated to N.A.S.A. to auction off in the form of a contract with government contractor(s).

(a) Depending on the proposals received, N.A.S.A. will have the latitude to determine whether to proceed with either one or multiple government contractors

(3) The budget planning for the project of building and implementing a constellation of small satellites shall be divided into three phases, as follows:

(a) Phase One

(i) Two-thirds of the cost of this constellation will be covered by the government contractor (s), the exact amount of which is to be decided, among themselves, while a third of the cost will be covered by N.A.S.A.

(1) The cost to be paid for by N.A.S.A includes the money paid to the contractor through the Government contract.

(2) If consented on by the Administrator of N.A.S.A, additional money may be spent by N.A.S.A towards a deal originating from the N.A.S.A budget.

(b) Phase Two

(i) Upon full completion and implementation of this constellation, N.A.S.A. will look to auction off its ownership of the constellation to that of any interested private companies.

(1) This private company does not necessarily have to be the same company that assisted in the completion and operation of this constellation, but can be.

(2) The contractor which has built the constellations alongside N.A.S.A has a month following the final construction of the satellites to develop a deal alongside N.A.S.A to either buy the satellites for themselves, or sell them to another company. If consented on by the Administrator of N.A.S.A, this time may be extended. Once the time is over, N.A.S.A takes full control over the future sale of the satellites.

(ii) All revenue generated from the sale of this constellation, or from the money earned from the operation of these satellites, to one or multiple private companies will be used towards the national deficit.

(1) Additionally, 1% of all revenue generated by the operation of these satellites will be divided between the contractor and N.A.S.A, with 2/3rds of this 1% going to the contractor and 1/3rd of this 1% going to N.A.S.A.

(iii) The contract for selling the ownership of the constellation from N.A.S.A. must stipulate that the constellation be used for American consumers only.

(4) The deadline for this project is to be the year 2023, by which, if the project has still not yet been completed, it is the responsibility of N.A.S.A. to provide a detailed report to the Congress of the United States as to reasons for delay and what can be done to resolve them.

(5) The Administrator of N.A.S.A. is given the authority to enforce the clauses found within this section of the bill.

SECTION IV. PUNISHMENT(S)

(1) Should the funds for this project be found to be misappropriated by a government official, the following consequences are to apply:

(a) The government official is to pay a fee no greater than $700,000 to N.A.S.A.

(b) A criminal investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, hereby referred to as the F.B.I., is to be opened, with information becoming available to the public regarding the extent and effect of such crime.

(i) At the discretion of the Director of the F.B.I., information deemed sensitive to national security may be removed from the official public report.

(2) Should the funds for this project be found to be misappropriated by a government contractor, the following consequences are to apply:

(a) The government contractor is to pay a fee no greater than $1,000,000 to N.A.S.A.

(b) A criminal investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, hereby referred to as the F.B.I., is to be opened, with information becoming available to the public regarding the extent and effect of such crime.

(i) At the discretion of the Director of the F.B.I., information deemed sensitive to national security may be removed from the official public report.

(c) The government contractor is to be blacklisted from being considered for future government contractors by the United States Government.

(3) The Director of the F.B.I. is given the authority to enforce the clauses found within this section of the bill.

SECTION V. SEVERABILITY

(1) Severability.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, if any provision of this section, or any amendment made by this section, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, this section and amendments made by this section and the application of such provision or amendment to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

SECTION VI. EFFECTIVE DATE

(1) Effective Date.—The provisions made by this section shall take effect 91 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

No Amendments were proposed

The Cadillac Tax Repeal Act of 2019

Whereas, the imposition of the Cadillac Tax, as a result of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has been continually delayed due to consensus by various political parties of the harmful effects which the tax is associated with;

Whereas, empirical evidence exists which validates the claim that the Cadillac Tax, once fully implemented, will be detrimental to the financial security of the American middle class and wage raise prospects;

Whereas, capping the federal income and payroll tax exclusion is of mutual benefit to the operations of the United States federal government and the constituents of the United States of America;

Be it Enacted by the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section I. LONG TITLE

(1) This bill may be entitled the “Reforming the US Federal Tax Code through Cadillac Tax Repeal Act of 2019”

Section II. SHORT TITLE

(1) This bill may be entitled the “The Cadillac Tax Repeal Act of 2019”

Section III. DEFINITIONS

(1)“Federal Income and Payroll Tax Exclusion” for employer-sponsored healthcare shall be defined in accordance with exclusion under 26 U.S. Code § 106.

(2)“Cadillac Tax” shall be defined in accordance with the 40% tax on excess benefits on employer-sponsored health insurance plans under 26 U.S. Code § 4980I.

Section IV. PROVISIONS

(1) The federal income and payroll tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance shall be capped at an annually-calculated value equivalent to 75th percentile of health insurance premiums.

(2) The Cadillac Tax is hereby repealed.

SECTION VII ENACTMENT AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE

(1) This bill will take effect 1 year after passage.

(2) The Internal Revenue Service shall oversee the enforcement of this legislation.

(3) The provisions of this act are severable. If any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, that declaration shall have no effect on the parts that remain.

This bill is authored and sponsored by Representative /u/Speaker_Lynx (R), and co-sponsored by Representative /u/SKra00 (R)

Due to the length of the bill, the author has provided a link to the full text here.

Committee vote will last two days

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

The Infrastructure Bank Act

Whereas: A national infrastructure bank can alleviate financial burdens of massive infrastructure projects by providing loans on the private market.

Whereas: Most developed nations have established Infrastructure Banks as necessary institutions to increase infrastructure investment and spending in order to modernize and produce a successful economy.

Section 1: Short Title

This Act shall be known as the “Infrastructure Bank Act”;

Section 2: Definitions

A) Infrastructure Bank: A government owned corporation which sells securities to the public and private market to acquire capital, and then provide long-term, low-interest loans to state and local governments to invest in infrastructure projects.

Section 2: Organization of the Bank

A) Within six-months of the passage of this act, the Secretary of Transportation will be tasked with establishing a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB);

i.The NIB shall be structured as a government-owned corporation, and shall have the authority to offer stocks and bonds on the private market for existing infrastructure projects;

1.The NIB shall charge interest on bonds at the equivalent of the rates in Treasury bonds,

ii. The President shall appoint the head of the NIB,

1. The head of the NIB, henceforth known as the “Governor”, may serve for four years, and their mandate may be renewed at the end of their term for one additional term, leading to a maximum of two terms;

2. The head of the NIB will report to the Secretary of Transportation and Treasury, and must present quarterly reports on the progress of all loans to the Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of the Treasury, Congress, and President;

iii. The NIB shall have a board of nine members, and a majority of the board as well as the head of the NIB must approve of all potential loans;

1. The members of the board shall be chosen by the Senate, shall serve for six staggered years, and their mandates may be renewed at the end of their terms;

B) Loans issued by the NIB may account for no more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the total financing for each prospective project if the capital is available, and the state and local governments agree to such a loan;

i. The Governor shall determine the appropriate percentage of private capital to fund all projects;

C) In determining whether the NIB ought to issue loans, the Governor and Board ought to consider the potential economic effects of the project, as well as its potential future utility, job creation, environmental effects, or necessity in protecting public safety

Section 3: Appropriations

A) A total of $20,000,000,000 shall be appropriated to the NIB over a period of four years as initial capital;

Section 4: Enactment

A) This act shall take effect immediately after its passage into law;

B) Severability;—The provisions of this act are severable; If any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, that declaration shall not affect the part which remains;

C) Implementation-- The Department of Transportation and Department of the Treasury shall be responsible for the necessary regulations to make effective the provisions of this act;

This act was written by /u/ZeroOverZero101, sponsored by Senator /u/Mika3740

Sponsored by Sen. /u/Dewey-Cheatem (D-AC)

Section 1. Short Title

This act may be referred to as the Sex Discrimination Eradication Act.

Section 2. Definitions

For the purposes of this act,

A. “Sex act” is physical sexual activity, designed or tending to appeal to the prurient interest, regardless of culmination in intercourse, which may include, but is not limited to, the touching, penetration, or exposure of a person’s breast, vagina, penis, or anus, or any other intimate part of the body immediately near thereto.

Section 3. Expanding Civil Rights Protections

A. 42 United States Code section 2000e-3 is amended to include a subsection (c) reading as follows: (c) Practicing sex acts in the workplace. It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor organization, employment agency, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining, including on-the-job training programs, to require as a condition of employment, promotion, or any other beneficial element of employment, the performance of, participation in, viewing of, or promotion of, any kind of sex act whatever.

B. 42 United States Code section 1981, is amended as follows

1. Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: “(a) All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States, and without regard to their sex, religion, national origin, race, color, sexual orientation, or gender identity, shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other.

2. A new subsection (b) is inserted immediately subsequent to subsection (a) and all subsequent subsections are renumbered accordingly). The new subsection (b) will read as follows: “No contract may require or induce any person to participate in, perform, view, or promote any kind of sex act whatever. Any instrument purporting to be such a contract shall be unenforceable as against public policy at the option of any party expected to perform a sex act under the contract. Nor shall there be enforced or of any effect any copyright, trademark, or any other right of intellectual property, pertaining to or arising from any sex act prohibited under this section or any material or other thing containing or depicting any sex act prohibited under this section.”

C. For the purposes of this Act, the fact that a person has entered into a contract to perform a sex act does not of itself constitute consent or render enforceable that contract.

Section 4. Exceptions

A. Nothing in this act shall apply to a work, taken as a whole, containing serious and substantive literary, artistic, political or scientific value.

Section 5. Enactment

This Act shall enter effect upon passage.

The Dickie Amendment Clarification Act

Whereas, studying gun violence is a social good that may provide valuable insight into saving lives

Whereas, it is entirely possible to study a concept and provide facts without advocating for an agenda

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE.

This bill may be cited as The Dickie Amendment Clarification Act

SECTION II. PROVISIONS

(a) Funds appropriated by Congress to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for injury prevention and control shall not be prohibited from studying gun violence.

(b) Funds appropriated by Congress to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for injury prevention and control shall be prohibited from being used to advocate for or promote gun control.

(b) The provisions in this bill apply notwithstanding any other law.

SECTION III. ENACTMENT

(a) This act shall take effect immediately following its passage into law

(b) The provisions of this act are severable. If any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, that declaration shall not affect the part which remains

This bill is authored and sponsored by Senator PrelateZeratul (R-DX)

Better Roads Act of 2018

SECTION 1: Short Title

(A) This bill may be referred to as the Better Roads Act

SECTION 2: Provisions

(A) Requires that all roads built using federal grant money must be accredited by the federal highway administration to be able to last a minimum of 25 years without major repair or rehabilitation.

(A.1) Acknowledges that normal basic repair and maintenance is allowed.

(A.2) The federal highway administration will check the plans and materials of a road to determine if its lifespan is within bounds.

(A.2.1) If the lifespan estimate is unsatisfactory then money will be rejected.

(B) Acclocates Allocates $3 million in block grants to basic road matiencence to local governments.

This was written by u/ddyt

The Great Lakes Protection, Conservation, and Improvement Act

SECTION 1. Short Title

(A) This act may be referred to as the Great Lakes Act of 2018

SECTION 2. Definitions

(A) Great Lakes: The lakes, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and Lake Huron who contain 20% of the world’s freshwater.

(B) Conservation: Preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment, natural ecosystems, vegetation, and wildlife.

SECTION 3: Provisions

(A) Commands the EPA to begin research on invasive species in the Great Lakes such as zebra mussels and round gobies.

(A.1) Appropriates $1 million for this.

(B) Commands the EPA to begin efforts to clean beaches on the Great Lakes.

(B.1) Appropriates $500,000 for this.

(C) Creates a grant for communities who send sewage into the Great Lakes to replace aging water pipes with newer cleaner ones.

(C.1) Appropriates $5 million to this.

(D) Limits crude oil shipping over the Great Lakes to 30 million gallons a year.

SECTION 4: Implementation

(A) SECTION 3 a-c will go into immediate effect while d will go into effect in 365 days.

This was written by u/ddyt

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