Employment Support Act of 2019

Whereas the founding fathers intended for a healthy balance of state and federal power to exist;  Whereas states deserve the right to set their own employment laws and regulations;   Whereas different states have different economies, needs, and demands;

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 Act may be cited as the “Employment Support Act of 2019”, or simply as the “Employment Support Act”.

SECTION II. FINDINGS

(1.) The Congress finds that the current minimum wage of the State of Sierra is eleven dollars an hour, that the current minimum wage of the State of the Great Lakes is eight dollars and twenty five cents, that the current Minimum Wage of the State of Dixie is eight dollars and forty six cents, that the minimum wage of the Commonwealth of the Chesapeake is seven dollars and twenty five cents with a raise to eight dollars and fifty cents to take effect next January, and that the minimum wage of the Atlantic Commonwealth is eleven dollars and ten cents with a gradual raise to fifteen dollars an hour to complete in 2022. The Congress further finds that these numbers indicate that even those who support the existence of a minimum wage can remain assured that states have on their own acted to establish minimum wages.

(2.) The Congress finds that studies taken after the raising of the Minimum Wage by the city of Seattle in Sierra hurt hirings and make it harder to obtain a job, and that these studies have been replicated in other cities such as San Francisco and New York to show similar results. The Congress further finds that in addition to hurting workers, an increased minimum wage harms consumers, with the most common response in the city of Seattle being “to raise prices or fees of child tuition and to reduce hours of or number of staff”.

(3.) The Congress finds that a federal minimum wage goes against the original intent of the Founders of the United States and relies upon a threadbare interpretation of the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.

(4.) The Congress finds that a federal minimum wage has its most significant effect on youth workers who are unable to obtain much needed working experience.

(5.) The Congress finds that different regions of the United States have vastly different economies, wages, and needs, all of which can be most accurately and delicately addressed at the local level.

SECTION III. PROVISIONS

(1.) (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)), Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, is repealed upon the enactment and passage of this act.

SECTION IV. ENACTMENT

(1.) This act shall take effect three months following its passage into law.

(2.) The provisions of this act are severable. If any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this act shall remain valid.

This act is authored and sponsored by Senator /u/DexterAamo (R-DX), and co-sponsored by Senator ChaoticBrilliance (R-SR), and Representative ProgrammaticallySun7 (R-US)

Reduce All Inequality in Salary Elimination (RAISE) Act

AN ACT to increase the federal minimum wage and to ensure equal pay for all Americans.

WHEREAS, the current federal minimum wage in the United States is seven dollars and twenty-five cents per hour, which has not been updated since 2009

WHEREAS, since 2009, the cost of living in the United States has gone up by twenty percent

WHEREAS, every state has a minimum wage above the federal minimum wage, besides Dixie

WHEREAS, women currently earn 82 cents for every dollar a man earns

WHEREAS, the gender pay gap is more prevalent among people of color

WHEREAS, ensuring equality in pay should be a major priority of our nation.

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

Sec. 1: Title and Severability

(a) This act shall be known as the Raise and Inequality in Salary Elimination Act.The “RAISE Act” shall be an acceptable acronym.

(b) The provisions of this act are severable. If one part of this is to be found unconstitutional, then that part will be struck.

Sec. 2: Definitions

(a) Minimum Wage shall be defined as in 29 U.S. Code § 203 3(m)(2)(A)(i)

Section 3: Minimum Wage Increase

(a) 29 U.S. Code § 206 (a)(1) is amended to read as follows:

(1) except as otherwise stated in this section, shall be no less than-
(a) $10.00, upon the enactment of this section into law;
(b) $11.00, beginning 6 months after such effective date;
(c) $12.00, beginning 12 months after such effective date;
(d) $13.00, beginning 18 months after such effective date;
(e) $14.00, beginning 24 months after such effective date;
(f) $15.00, beginning 30 months after such effective date;

(b) 29 U.S. Code § 203(m)(2)(A)(i) is amended to read as follows:

(1) The cash wage paid to such employee, which for the purposes of determination shall be no less than-
(a) $10.00, upon the enactment of this section into law;
(b) $11.00, beginning 6 months after such effective date;
(c) $12.00, beginning 12 months after such effective date;
(d) $13.00, beginning 18 months after such effective date;
(e) $14.00, beginning 24 months after such effective date;
(f) $15.00, beginning 30 months after such effective date;

(b) The paragraph following section 3(m)(2)(ii) is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The additional amount on account of tips may not exceed the value of the tips actually received by an employee. The preceding 2 sentences shall not apply with respect to any tipped employee unless such employee has been informed by the employer of the provisions of this subsection. Any employee shall have the right to retain all tips they receive, except that this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the pooling of tips among employees who customarily and regularly receive tips”

(c) 29 U.S. Code § 206 (g) shall be struck in its entirety.

Section 4: Equal Pay

(a) 29 U.S. Code § 206 (d) is struck in full and is amended to read as follows:

(1) No employer having employees subject to any provisions of this section shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are employed, between employees on the basis of race, sex, gender identiy, sexual orientation, education, previous emplyoment, or religion by paying wages to employees in such establishment at a rate less than the rate at which they pay wages to employees who differ in ace, sex, gender identiy, sexual orientation, education, previous emplyoment, or religion in such establishment for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions, except where such payment is made pursuant to (i) a seniority system; (ii) a merit system; (iii) a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or (iv) a differential based on any other factor other than sex: Provided, That an employer who is paying a wage rate differential in violation of this subsection shall not, in order to comply with the provisions of this subsection, reduce the wage rate of any employee.

(b) It shall be unlawful to discriminate payment on any factor, including but not limited to, race, sex, gender identiy, sexual orientation, education, previous emplyoment, or religion.

Section 5: Enactment

(a) This bill is enacted 60 days upon being signed into law.

This bill was written and sponsored by House Majority Leader /u/ItsZippy23 (D-AC-1). It was cosponsored by Speaker of the House /u/Brihimia (D-DX-4), House Majority Whip /u/AIkex (D-GA-2), and Representatives /u/NeatSaucer (D-FR-3) and /u/Entrapta12 (D-SP-3). It was cosponsored in the Senate by Senator /u/alpal2214 (D-DX).

The Crack Down on Pornography Act

AN ACT to crack down on vices in the United States

Whereas, Porn is to wide spread in the United States Whereas, Pornographic industries make to much profit from exploiting the young by selling them pornography Whereas, We must protect our young and vulnerable from the exposure of porn

Authored by /u/PGF3 on 3/24.

The United States House and Senate Pass

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE

(a) This Act may be entitled the “The Crack Down on Pornography Act.”

SECTION II. Definitions (a) Pornographic material shall be defined as pictures, videos, film and/or writings of sexual activity intended solely to excite lascivious feelings of a particularly blatant and aberrational kind.

SECTION III. Anti Pornography Law

(a) The Legal Code of the United States is hereby amended to read. “It shall be unlawful to sell, distribute and produce any pornographic material in the Atlantic commonwealth.” (b) The Legal Code of the United States is hereby amended to read. “all internet service providers and search engine companies which are located in the United States, shall not host any site which contains pornograhpic content, punishment for doing so shall be a fine of hundred thousand dollars per violation.”

SECTION III. Punishment

(a) If anyone is caught, selling, distributing or producing a pornographic material they will be given two days jail time or a one hundred dollar fine or both.

SECTION IV. SEVERABILITY

(a) If any provision of this bill shall be found unconstitutional, unenforceable, or otherwise stricken, the remainder of the bill shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION V. ENACTMENT

(a) This Act shall take effect immediately following its successful passage. This Act shall take precedence over all other pieces of legislation that might contradict it.

Federal Deficit Reduction Act

An ACT to take steps to lower the federal deficit

Whereas the legislature finds that the pattern of overspending and borrowing is dangerous for the country

Whereas the legislature finds that steps must be immediately taken to lower the federal deficit

*BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED

SECTION 1: SHORT TITLE

(a) This bill may be referred to as the “Federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2021

SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS Unless otherwise defined, the following words have the following definitions

(a) Deficit - The difference between total federal spending and total income raised via taxes

(b) Budget- The full yearly budget for the federal government

SECTION 3: GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) The rules regarding the federal budget

(i) The first yearly budget after this bill is signed into law may not have more than 1 trillion dollars in deficit spending

(ii) The second yearly budget after this bill is signed into law may not have more than 750 billion dollars in deficit spending

(iii) The third yearly budget after this bill is signed into law may not have more than 500 billion dollars in deficit spending

(iv) The fourth yearly budget after this bill is signed into law may not have more than 250 billion dollars in deficit spending

(v) The fifth yearly budget after this bill is signed into law may not have any deficit spending

(vi) The sixth yearly budget after this bill is signed into law must have a 100 billion dollar surplus at a minimum, at least 100 billion of which must go towards paying off the federal deficit.

(vii) The seventh yearly budget after this bill is signed into law must have a surplus of no less than 200 billion dollars, at least 150 billion dollars of which must go towards paying off the federal deficit.

(viii) The eight yearly budget and onward after this bill is signed into law must have a surplus of no less than 250 billion dollars, at least 200 billion dollars of which must go towards paying off the federal deficit.

(b) What to do with the remaining surplus funds

(i) Any remaining surplus from the budget shall be placed into a rainy day fund that can be used at Congress’ discretion.

(1) The “rainy day fund” shall consist of a reserve of funds to be maintained by the Treasury in order to fund contingency actions by the United States Congress, including but not limited to military actions, economic stimulus, and appropriations for infrastructure projects.

SECTION 4: ENACTMENT

(a) The provisions of this bill shall go into effect immediately after its passage into law

Authored by /u/ch33mazrer of Dixie, and sponsored in the Senate by Mr. Adith_MUSG

United States Welfare Reform Act

AN ACT To Reform welfare of US

Whereas, We need more Welfare Whereas, Workers shouldn’t have to pay for work place injuries Whereas, Workers should be protected

Authored by PGF3 3/24/21.

The United States senate and House pass

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE

**(a)**United States Welfare Reform Act.”

Section II. Definitions Used in Bill

**(a)**A worker owned cooperative is a business that is owned and controlled by the people who contribute their labor to the business, hereafter called members or employee-owners. A business shall be considered a worker owned cooperative if it meets the following standards: Those who contribute their labor to the business (“members” or “employee-owners”) own and control the business

(b) Members or employee-owners receive a share of any profits or revenues of the business on the basis of and in proportion to their labor contribution or value to the business and not upon the basis of any initial investment, capital, or non-labor contribution

**(c)**Members or employee-owners have representation on and vote for the board of directors or other management of the business, and each member or employee-owner has an equal and single vote in any such election **(d)**No non-member or person other than an employee-owner receives any portion or share of any profits of the business.

(e) No non-member or person other than an employee-owner has any voting power in the election of a board of directors or other management of the business and no member or employee-owner has more than a single vote

SECTION III. Government mandation of covering all workplace illnesses or injuries (a) the legal code of the United States shall be amended to establish the following. “Any corporation that currently resides or has locations, offices, factories or any other corporate entity, that resides in the Atlantic Commonwealth, will be mandated to cover the full cost of all medical treatment for injuries or illnesses that occurs at the workplace, this includes prescriptions, surgeries, ambulance rides and other medical cost.”

SECTION IV. The furthering of unemployment benefits (a) Unemployment Insurance Law of the United States shall be amended to establish the following. “Any individual who has recently found themselves unemployed, in a two week to six month period, shall be entitled to a weekly unemployment check of 800 dollars that will be automatically registered in their bank account, or distributed through mail or through distribution at a welfare office.” (b) Unemployment Insurance Law of the United States of the Atlantic Commonwealth shall be amended to establish the following. “Any individual who has recently found themselves unemployed, longer than six months, shall be entitled to a weekly unemployment check of 1200 dollars that will be automatically registered in their bank account, or distributed through mail or through distribution at a welfare office.”

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SECTION IV. Establishment of a Living Income for Americans

(a) The Office for the Administration of Living Income is hereby created within the United States Department of Health and Human Servicces.

(b) The Office for the Administration of Living Income shall have the authority to promulgate appropriate rules and regulations to facilitate the implementation of this Act and the distribution of funds pursuant to this Act with the purpose of furthering economic and social equality within the United States

(c) The Office for the Administration of Living Income shall be headed by the Secretary of Department of Health, and Human Services, if no such position is filled it shall be headed by President or Vice President.

(d) The Office for the Administration of Living Income, shall be tasked with distributing to every American citizen, three thousand dollars every month, which shall be distributed automatically through their bank accounts, or be distributed at welfare offices and or mailed to the recipients.

SECTION V. Workers Purchasing (a) A private company shall be required to give its employees an option to purchase, at a fair market price determined by the Department of Health and Human Services the private company if it declares bankruptcy and, if its employees accept this option, they shall re-organize the private company into a worker owned cooperative. The funds for this purchase shall be provided by the Worker Owned Cooperative Fund. (b) Any private company that is closing any store, office, factory, or other business location shall be required to give its employees an option to purchase, at a fair market price determined by the Department of Health and Human Services the store, office, factory, or other business location and any capital goods ordinarily located there and such employees shall organize the purchased store,office, factory, or other business location into a worker owned cooperative. The funds for this purchase shall be provided by the Worker Cooperative Fund. (c) A private company shall be required to give its employees an option to purchase, at a fair market price determined by the Department of Health and Human Services, and organize into a worker owned cooperative, any store, office, factory, or other business location, including any capital goods ordinarily located there if the private company is moving such store, office, factory or other business location or the production or other business activities performed there overseas in connection with the closure of the store, office, factory, or other business location. The funds for this purchase shall be provided by the Worker Cooperative Fund.

SECTION IV. Establishment of Worker Cooperative Fund (a) Under the Department of Health and Human Services, a Worker Cooperative Fund (“The Fund”) shall be established. (b) The Fund shall provide funding to employees of a private company covered under Section III of this act to purchase the business, per Section III(1) of this act, or any store, office, factory, or other business location in accordance with Section III(2) and Section III(3) of this Act and reorganize it into a worker owned cooperative. (c) The Fund shall be managed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who may apportion a certain amount of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Fund and may request further funding from Congress.. (d) This fund shall also pay off any debt currently on the books for any private company purchased under Section III(1) following its purchase by employees, or any debt obligation inherited by workers through the purchase of any store, office, factory, or other business location under Section III(2) or Section III(3). (e) It shall be unlawful for any private company to transfer ownership of any private company or corporate property to employees under this act for the purposes of discharging debt through the Worker Cooperative Fund and attempting to repurchase such private company or property, and violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine equal to the value of the debt liquidated or attempted to be liquidated plus $200,000,000. (f) It shall be unlawful for any group of employees to purchase a private company or any store, office, factory, or other business location under this Act for the purpose of re-selling it to the private company from which it was purchased or to any other business entity except for the purpose of merging with another worker owned cooperative and violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine equal to the value of the debt liquidated or attempted to be liquidated plus $50,000.

SECTION V. SEVERABILITY

(a) If any provision of this bill shall be found unconstitutional, unenforceable, or otherwise stricken, the remainder of the bill shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION VI. ENACTMENT

(a) This Act shall take effect immediately following its successful passage. This Act shall take precedence over all other pieces of legislation that might contradict it.

The Crack Down on Pornography Act

AN ACT to crack down on vices in the United States

Whereas, Porn is to wide spread in the United States Whereas, Pornographic industries make to much profit from exploiting the young by selling them pornography Whereas, We must protect our young and vulnerable from the exposure of porn

Authored by /u/PGF3 on 3/24.

The United States House and Senate Pass

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE

(a) This Act may be entitled the “The Crack Down on Pornography Act.”

SECTION II. Definitions (a) Pornographic material shall be defined as pictures, videos, film and/or writings of sexual activity intended solely to excite lascivious feelings of a particularly blatant and aberrational kind.

SECTION III. Anti Pornography Law

(a) The Legal Code of the United States is hereby amended to read. “It shall be unlawful to sell, distribute and produce any pornographic material in the Atlantic commonwealth.” (b) The Legal Code of the United States is hereby amended to read. “all internet service providers and search engine companies which are located in the United States, shall not host any site which contains pornograhpic content, punishment for doing so shall be a fine of hundred thousand dollars per violation.”

SECTION III. Punishment

(a) If anyone is caught, selling, distributing or producing a pornographic material they will be given two days jail time or a one hundred dollar fine or both.

SECTION IV. SEVERABILITY

(a) If any provision of this bill shall be found unconstitutional, unenforceable, or otherwise stricken, the remainder of the bill shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION V. ENACTMENT

(a) This Act shall take effect immediately following its successful passage. This Act shall take precedence over all other pieces of legislation that might contradict it.

Spending Limitation Act

AN ACT to limit over budget and budgeted spending by the United States federal government

*BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED

SECTION 1: SHORT TITLE

(a) This bill may be referred to as the “Spending Limitation Act”

SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS

Unless otherwise defined, the following words and phrases have the following definitions

(a) Budget- the yearly federal budget as enacted by the federal government of the United States

(b) Budgeted spending- Spending as allowed for by the yearly budget

(c) Raised income- Income collected by the federal government through taxation

(d) Borrowed income- Income raised by the federal government through borrowing from other nations

SECTION 3: GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) Behavior of the Impacted Departments, Agencies, and Committees

(i) Immediately upon passage of this bill, the House and Senate budget committees will begin collaborating on how best to reduce the spending of the United States Federal Government in future budgets.

(ii) Immediately upon passage of this bill, the Executive Branch and its departments will begin collaborating on how best to reduce the necessary funds required for successful operations.

(b) Regulation of the Yearly Budgets

(i) In the 1st year after this bill is passed, the new yearly budget must consist of no more than 10% borrowed funds, and cannot exceed 10 trillion dollars in total spending

(ii) In the 2nd year after this bill is passed, the yearly budget must consist of no more than 9.5% borrowed spending, and cannot exceed 9 trillion dollars in total spending

(iii) In the 3rd year after this bill is passed, the yearly budget must consist of no more than 8.5% borrowed spending and cannot exceed 7 trillion dollars in total spending.

(iv) In the 4th year after this bill is passed, the yearly budget must consist of no more than 7.5% borrowed spending, and cannot exceed 6 trillion dollars in total spending.

(v) In the 5th year after this bill is passed, the yearly budget must consist of no more than 5.5% borrowed spending, and cannot exceed 5 trillion dollars in total spending.

(vi) In the 6th year after this bill is passed, the yearly budget must consist of no more than 5% borrowed spending, and cannot exceed 4 trillion dollars in total spending.

(vii) In the 7th year after this bill is passed, the yearly budget must consist of no more than 4% borrowed spending, and cannot exceed 3.5 trillion dollars in total spending.

(viii) In the 8th year after this bill is passed, the yearly budgets going forward must consist of no more than 3% borrowed funds, and cannot exceed 2.75 trillion dollars in total spending.

(c) Use of Excess Funds

(i) If federal taxes are not lowered alongside the decrease in spending, any extra funds generated must be evenly distributed amongst all tax paying American citizens in a lump sum at the end of every fiscal year.

SECTION 4: ENACTMENT

(a) The provisions of this Act shall come into effect immediately upon its successful passage into law.

(b) The provisions of this Act are severable. If any portion is found to be unconstitutional, the rest shall remain law.

Authored by /u/Ch33mazrer of Dixie, and sponsored in the Senate by Mr. Adith_MUSG (R-DX).

Consponsored by Mr. Superpacman04

The bill can be found HERE

Spending Limitation Act

AN ACT to limit over budget and budgeted spending by the United States federal government

*BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED

SECTION 1: SHORT TITLE

(a) This bill may be referred to as the “Spending Limitation Act”

SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS

Unless otherwise defined, the following words and phrases have the following definitions

(a) Budget- the yearly federal budget as enacted by the federal government of the United States

(b) Budgeted spending- Spending as allowed for by the yearly budget

(c) Raised income- Income collected by the federal government through taxation

(d) Borrowed income- Income raised by the federal government through borrowing from other nations

SECTION 3: GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) Behavior of the Impacted Departments, Agencies, and Committees

(i) Immediately upon passage of this bill, the House and Senate budget committees will begin collaborating on how best to reduce the spending of the United States Federal Government in future budgets.

(ii) Immediately upon passage of this bill, the Executive Branch and its departments will begin collaborating on how best to reduce the necessary funds required for successful operations.

(b) Regulation of the Yearly Budgets

(i) In the 1st year after this bill is passed, the new yearly budget must consist of no more than 10% borrowed funds, and cannot exceed 10 trillion dollars in total spending

(ii) In the 2nd year after this bill is passed, the yearly budget must consist of no more than 9.5% borrowed spending, and cannot exceed 9 trillion dollars in total spending

(iii) In the 3rd year after this bill is passed, the yearly budget must consist of no more than 8.5% borrowed spending and cannot exceed 7 trillion dollars in total spending.

(iv) In the 4th year after this bill is passed, the yearly budget must consist of no more than 7.5% borrowed spending, and cannot exceed 6 trillion dollars in total spending.

(v) In the 5th year after this bill is passed, the yearly budget must consist of no more than 5.5% borrowed spending, and cannot exceed 5 trillion dollars in total spending.

(vi) In the 6th year after this bill is passed, the yearly budget must consist of no more than 5% borrowed spending, and cannot exceed 4 trillion dollars in total spending.

(vii) In the 7th year after this bill is passed, the yearly budget must consist of no more than 4% borrowed spending, and cannot exceed 3.5 trillion dollars in total spending.

(viii) In the 8th year after this bill is passed, the yearly budgets going forward must consist of no more than 3% borrowed funds, and cannot exceed 2.75 trillion dollars in total spending.

(c) Use of Excess Funds

(i) If federal taxes are not lowered alongside the decrease in spending, any extra funds generated must be evenly distributed amongst all tax paying American citizens in a lump sum at the end of every fiscal year.

SECTION 4: ENACTMENT

(a) The provisions of this Act shall come into effect immediately upon its successful passage into law.

(b) The provisions of this Act are severable. If any portion is found to be unconstitutional, the rest shall remain law.

Authored by /u/Ch33mazrer of Dixie, and sponsored in the Senate by Mr. Adith_MUSG (R-DX).

Consponsored by Mr. Superpacman04

Vote on the nomination of /u/Eddieb23 to the Secretary of the Treasury.

Federal Deficit Reduction Act

An ACT to take steps to lower the federal deficit

Whereas the legislature finds that the pattern of overspending and borrowing is dangerous for the country

Whereas the legislature finds that steps must be immediately taken to lower the federal deficit

*BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED

SECTION 1: SHORT TITLE

(a) This bill may be referred to as the “Federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2021

SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS Unless otherwise defined, the following words have the following definitions

(a) Deficit - The difference between total federal spending and total income raised via taxes

(b) Budget- The full yearly budget for the federal government

SECTION 3: GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) The rules regarding the federal budget

(i) The first yearly budget after this bill is signed into law may not have more than 1 trillion dollars in deficit spending

(ii) The second yearly budget after this bill is signed into law may not have more than 750 billion dollars in deficit spending

(iii) The third yearly budget after this bill is signed into law may not have more than 500 billion dollars in deficit spending

(iv) The fourth yearly budget after this bill is signed into law may not have more than 250 billion dollars in deficit spending

(v) The fifth yearly budget after this bill is signed into law may not have any deficit spending

(vi) The sixth yearly budget after this bill is signed into law must have a 100 billion dollar surplus at a minimum, at least 100 billion of which must go towards paying off the federal deficit.

(vii) The seventh yearly budget after this bill is signed into law must have a surplus of no less than 200 billion dollars, at least 150 billion dollars of which must go towards paying off the federal deficit.

(viii) The eight yearly budget and onward after this bill is signed into law must have a surplus of no less than 250 billion dollars, at least 200 billion dollars of which must go towards paying off the federal deficit.

(b) What to do with the remaining surplus funds

(i) Any remaining surplus from the budget shall be placed into a rainy day fund that can be used at Congress’ discretion.

(1) The “rainy day fund” shall consist of a reserve of funds to be maintained by the Treasury in order to fund contingency actions by the United States Congress, including but not limited to military actions, economic stimulus, and appropriations for infrastructure projects.

SECTION 4: ENACTMENT

(a) The provisions of this bill shall go into effect immediately after its passage into law

Authored by /u/ch33mazrer of Dixie, and sponsored in the Senate by Mr. Adith_MUSG

Reduce All Inequality in Salary Elimination (RAISE) Act

AN ACT to increase the federal minimum wage and to ensure equal pay for all Americans.

WHEREAS, the current federal minimum wage in the United States is seven dollars and twenty-five cents per hour, which has not been updated since 2009

WHEREAS, since 2009, the cost of living in the United States has gone up by twenty percent

WHEREAS, every state has a minimum wage above the federal minimum wage, besides Dixie

WHEREAS, women currently earn 82 cents for every dollar a man earns

WHEREAS, the gender pay gap is more prevalent among people of color

WHEREAS, ensuring equality in pay should be a major priority of our nation.

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

Sec. 1: Title and Severability

(a) This act shall be known as the Raise and Inequality in Salary Elimination Act.The “RAISE Act” shall be an acceptable acronym.

(b) The provisions of this act are severable. If one part of this is to be found unconstitutional, then that part will be struck.

Sec. 2: Definitions

(a) Minimum Wage shall be defined as in 29 U.S. Code § 203 3(m)(2)(A)(i)

Section 3: Minimum Wage Increase

(a) 29 U.S. Code § 206 (a)(1) is amended to read as follows:

(1) except as otherwise stated in this section, shall be no less than-
(a) $10.00, upon the enactment of this section into law;
(b) $11.00, beginning 6 months after such effective date;
(c) $12.00, beginning 12 months after such effective date;
(d) $13.00, beginning 18 months after such effective date;
(e) $14.00, beginning 24 months after such effective date;
(f) $15.00, beginning 30 months after such effective date;

(b) 29 U.S. Code § 203(m)(2)(A)(i) is amended to read as follows:

(1) The cash wage paid to such employee, which for the purposes of determination shall be no less than-
(a) $10.00, upon the enactment of this section into law;
(b) $11.00, beginning 6 months after such effective date;
(c) $12.00, beginning 12 months after such effective date;
(d) $13.00, beginning 18 months after such effective date;
(e) $14.00, beginning 24 months after such effective date;
(f) $15.00, beginning 30 months after such effective date;

(b) The paragraph following section 3(m)(2)(ii) is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The additional amount on account of tips may not exceed the value of the tips actually received by an employee. The preceding 2 sentences shall not apply with respect to any tipped employee unless such employee has been informed by the employer of the provisions of this subsection. Any employee shall have the right to retain all tips they receive, except that this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the pooling of tips among employees who customarily and regularly receive tips”

(c) 29 U.S. Code § 206 (g) shall be struck in its entirety.

Section 4: Equal Pay

(a) 29 U.S. Code § 206 (d) is struck in full and is amended to read as follows:

(1) No employer having employees subject to any provisions of this section shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are employed, between employees on the basis of race, sex, gender identiy, sexual orientation, education, previous emplyoment, or religion by paying wages to employees in such establishment at a rate less than the rate at which they pay wages to employees who differ in ace, sex, gender identiy, sexual orientation, education, previous emplyoment, or religion in such establishment for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions, except where such payment is made pursuant to (i) a seniority system; (ii) a merit system; (iii) a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or (iv) a differential based on any other factor other than sex: Provided, That an employer who is paying a wage rate differential in violation of this subsection shall not, in order to comply with the provisions of this subsection, reduce the wage rate of any employee.

(b) It shall be unlawful to discriminate payment on any factor, including but not limited to, race, sex, gender identiy, sexual orientation, education, previous emplyoment, or religion.

Section 5: Enactment

(a) This bill is enacted 60 days upon being signed into law.

This bill was written and sponsored by House Majority Leader /u/ItsZippy23 (D-AC-1). It was cosponsored by Speaker of the House /u/Brihimia (D-DX-4), House Majority Whip /u/AIkex (D-GA-2), and Representatives /u/NeatSaucer (D-FR-3) and /u/Entrapta12 (D-SP-3). It was cosponsored in the Senate by Senator /u/alpal2214 (D-DX).

United States Welfare Reform Act

AN ACT To Reform welfare of US

Whereas, We need more Welfare Whereas, Workers shouldn’t have to pay for work place injuries Whereas, Workers should be protected

Authored by PGF3 3/24/21.

The United States senate and House pass

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE

**(a)**United States Welfare Reform Act.”

Section II. Definitions Used in Bill

**(a)**A worker owned cooperative is a business that is owned and controlled by the people who contribute their labor to the business, hereafter called members or employee-owners. A business shall be considered a worker owned cooperative if it meets the following standards: Those who contribute their labor to the business (“members” or “employee-owners”) own and control the business

(b) Members or employee-owners receive a share of any profits or revenues of the business on the basis of and in proportion to their labor contribution or value to the business and not upon the basis of any initial investment, capital, or non-labor contribution

**(c)**Members or employee-owners have representation on and vote for the board of directors or other management of the business, and each member or employee-owner has an equal and single vote in any such election **(d)**No non-member or person other than an employee-owner receives any portion or share of any profits of the business.

(e) No non-member or person other than an employee-owner has any voting power in the election of a board of directors or other management of the business and no member or employee-owner has more than a single vote

SECTION III. Government mandation of covering all workplace illnesses or injuries (a) the legal code of the United States shall be amended to establish the following. “Any corporation that currently resides or has locations, offices, factories or any other corporate entity, that resides in the Atlantic Commonwealth, will be mandated to cover the full cost of all medical treatment for injuries or illnesses that occurs at the workplace, this includes prescriptions, surgeries, ambulance rides and other medical cost.”

SECTION IV. The furthering of unemployment benefits (a) Unemployment Insurance Law of the United States shall be amended to establish the following. “Any individual who has recently found themselves unemployed, in a two week to six month period, shall be entitled to a weekly unemployment check of 800 dollars that will be automatically registered in their bank account, or distributed through mail or through distribution at a welfare office.” (b) Unemployment Insurance Law of the United States of the Atlantic Commonwealth shall be amended to establish the following. “Any individual who has recently found themselves unemployed, longer than six months, shall be entitled to a weekly unemployment check of 1200 dollars that will be automatically registered in their bank account, or distributed through mail or through distribution at a welfare office.”

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SECTION IV. Establishment of a Living Income for Americans

(a) The Office for the Administration of Living Income is hereby created within the United States Department of Health and Human Servicces.

(b) The Office for the Administration of Living Income shall have the authority to promulgate appropriate rules and regulations to facilitate the implementation of this Act and the distribution of funds pursuant to this Act with the purpose of furthering economic and social equality within the United States

(c) The Office for the Administration of Living Income shall be headed by the Secretary of Department of Health, and Human Services, if no such position is filled it shall be headed by President or Vice President.

(d) The Office for the Administration of Living Income, shall be tasked with distributing to every American citizen, three thousand dollars every month, which shall be distributed automatically through their bank accounts, or be distributed at welfare offices and or mailed to the recipients.

SECTION V. Workers Purchasing (a) A private company shall be required to give its employees an option to purchase, at a fair market price determined by the Department of Health and Human Services the private company if it declares bankruptcy and, if its employees accept this option, they shall re-organize the private company into a worker owned cooperative. The funds for this purchase shall be provided by the Worker Owned Cooperative Fund. (b) Any private company that is closing any store, office, factory, or other business location shall be required to give its employees an option to purchase, at a fair market price determined by the Department of Health and Human Services the store, office, factory, or other business location and any capital goods ordinarily located there and such employees shall organize the purchased store,office, factory, or other business location into a worker owned cooperative. The funds for this purchase shall be provided by the Worker Cooperative Fund. (c) A private company shall be required to give its employees an option to purchase, at a fair market price determined by the Department of Health and Human Services, and organize into a worker owned cooperative, any store, office, factory, or other business location, including any capital goods ordinarily located there if the private company is moving such store, office, factory or other business location or the production or other business activities performed there overseas in connection with the closure of the store, office, factory, or other business location. The funds for this purchase shall be provided by the Worker Cooperative Fund.

SECTION IV. Establishment of Worker Cooperative Fund (a) Under the Department of Health and Human Services, a Worker Cooperative Fund (“The Fund”) shall be established. (b) The Fund shall provide funding to employees of a private company covered under Section III of this act to purchase the business, per Section III(1) of this act, or any store, office, factory, or other business location in accordance with Section III(2) and Section III(3) of this Act and reorganize it into a worker owned cooperative. (c) The Fund shall be managed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who may apportion a certain amount of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Fund and may request further funding from Congress.. (d) This fund shall also pay off any debt currently on the books for any private company purchased under Section III(1) following its purchase by employees, or any debt obligation inherited by workers through the purchase of any store, office, factory, or other business location under Section III(2) or Section III(3). (e) It shall be unlawful for any private company to transfer ownership of any private company or corporate property to employees under this act for the purposes of discharging debt through the Worker Cooperative Fund and attempting to repurchase such private company or property, and violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine equal to the value of the debt liquidated or attempted to be liquidated plus $200,000,000. (f) It shall be unlawful for any group of employees to purchase a private company or any store, office, factory, or other business location under this Act for the purpose of re-selling it to the private company from which it was purchased or to any other business entity except for the purpose of merging with another worker owned cooperative and violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine equal to the value of the debt liquidated or attempted to be liquidated plus $50,000.

SECTION V. SEVERABILITY

(a) If any provision of this bill shall be found unconstitutional, unenforceable, or otherwise stricken, the remainder of the bill shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION VI. ENACTMENT

(a) This Act shall take effect immediately following its successful passage. This Act shall take precedence over all other pieces of legislation that might contradict it.

Employment Support Act of 2019

Whereas the founding fathers intended for a healthy balance of state and federal power to exist;  Whereas states deserve the right to set their own employment laws and regulations;   Whereas different states have different economies, needs, and demands;

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 Act may be cited as the “Employment Support Act of 2019”, or simply as the “Employment Support Act”.

SECTION II. FINDINGS

(1.) The Congress finds that the current minimum wage of the State of Sierra is eleven dollars an hour, that the current minimum wage of the State of the Great Lakes is eight dollars and twenty five cents, that the current Minimum Wage of the State of Dixie is eight dollars and forty six cents, that the minimum wage of the Commonwealth of the Chesapeake is seven dollars and twenty five cents with a raise to eight dollars and fifty cents to take effect next January, and that the minimum wage of the Atlantic Commonwealth is eleven dollars and ten cents with a gradual raise to fifteen dollars an hour to complete in 2022. The Congress further finds that these numbers indicate that even those who support the existence of a minimum wage can remain assured that states have on their own acted to establish minimum wages.

(2.) The Congress finds that studies taken after the raising of the Minimum Wage by the city of Seattle in Sierra hurt hirings and make it harder to obtain a job, and that these studies have been replicated in other cities such as San Francisco and New York to show similar results. The Congress further finds that in addition to hurting workers, an increased minimum wage harms consumers, with the most common response in the city of Seattle being “to raise prices or fees of child tuition and to reduce hours of or number of staff”.

(3.) The Congress finds that a federal minimum wage goes against the original intent of the Founders of the United States and relies upon a threadbare interpretation of the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.

(4.) The Congress finds that a federal minimum wage has its most significant effect on youth workers who are unable to obtain much needed working experience.

(5.) The Congress finds that different regions of the United States have vastly different economies, wages, and needs, all of which can be most accurately and delicately addressed at the local level.

SECTION III. PROVISIONS

(1.) (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)), Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, is repealed upon the enactment and passage of this act.

SECTION IV. ENACTMENT

(1.) This act shall take effect three months following its passage into law.

(2.) The provisions of this act are severable. If any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this act shall remain valid.

This act is authored and sponsored by Senator /u/DexterAamo (R-DX), and co-sponsored by Senator ChaoticBrilliance (R-SR), and Representative ProgrammaticallySun7 (R-US)

Keeping Our Promise Act

Whereas tens of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan translators have risked their life to help the United States in our military campaigns,

Whereas we promised these Iraqis and Afghans they would have an opportunity to immigrate to the United States in return for their service,

Whereas these heroes are in great danger in their home country; as The International Refugee Assistance Project estimates that an Afghan interpreter is being killed every 36 hours,

Whereas it is estimated there is over 115,000 Iraqi and Afghan translators waiting for a Special Immigrant Visa,

Whereas the United States has not made good on our promise and it is harming our international reputation,

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

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE

a) This Act shall be referred to as the “Keeping Our Promise Act”.

SECTION II. DEFINITIONS

a) “The Secretary” shall refer to the Secretary of State.

SECTION III. CONSOLATION OF SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAMS

a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, the Secretary shall begin consolidating the following programs into the “Iraqi and Afghani Heroes Assistance Program,” (HAP) under the direction of the guidelines in this Act.

i) “Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for Iraqi and Afghan Translators/Interpreters,” authorized by Section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006.

ii) “Special Immigrant Visas for Iraqis - Who Were Employed by/on Behalf of the U.S. Government,” authorized under Section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.

iii) “Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans - Who Were Employed by/on Behalf of the U.S. Government,” authorized under Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009.

b) The application process for the HAP shall be the same as the “Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for Iraqi and Afghan Translators/Interpreters,” authorized by Section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006; except

i) Any individual who was formerly eligible for either of the three aforementioned Special Immigrant Visa programs shall be eligible for the HAP.

ii) The application processing fee shall be $10 if there is no fee waiver requested.

iii) Any increase to Visa Caps mentioned in Section V.

c) After the Secretary has concluded the aforementioned three programs are consolidated, any applications being processed shall be transferred to the HAP.
d) After the Secretary has concluded the aforementioned three programs are consolidated, the programs shall have their annual visa cap set to 0 and all future applications shall be processed through the HAP.
e) The Secretary shall implement the changes in this section no later than the beginning of 2021.

SECTION IV. MORE EFFICIENT PROCESSING

a) The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security shall have the authority to review its processes for reviewing HAP applications and implement efficiencies to expedite the process where necessary, as long as national security is not hampered.

SECTION V. INCREASE TO VISA CAP AND SUNSET

a) The amount of principal applications accepted for the HAP shall not exceed 20,000 40,000 in the first year applications are processed.
b) Each year following the first year, the maximum amount of principal applications accepted shall be increased by 5,000.
c) After nine years of processing applications, the Secretary shall determine the maximum amount of applications that shall be accepted in succeeding years.

SECTION VI. ENACTMENT AND FUNDING

a) This bill shall be enacted immediately after passage.
b) $500,000 shall be appropriated to the Department of State to carry out the provisions in Section III of this Act.
c) $16,000,000 shall be annually appropriated to the Department of State to provide for the increased need for its Reception and Placement (R&P) Program and other Resettlement Assistance programs.
d) $750,000 shall be annually appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security for assisting in processing the increased application load and implementing efficiencies.

This Act is written and sponsored by Representative ItsBOOM (R-CA), cosponsored by Senator PrelateZeratul (R-DX), Senator ChaoticBrilliance (R-SR), Representative Ranger_Aragorn (R-CH-3), Representative PGF (R-NE), Speaker Gunnz011 (R-DX-4) and Representative srajar4084 (R-US)

The Food Stamps Reform Act of 2019

Whereas the United States spent more than a trillion dollars on welfare spending in 2018;   Whereas the Food Stamps, or SNAP, program began as a part of the War on Poverty, which has failed to reduce poverty rates, encouraged dependence on government welfare, and cost trillions and trillions of dollars in taxpayer money;   Whereas every dollar this Congress spends is a dollar taken out of private capital and that cannot be used for economic investment or growth;   Whereas the federal government pays for 100% of all food stamps, disincentivizing states from reducing waste or food stamp abuse;   Whereas loopholes in the food stamp program have allowed even millionaires to take advantage of its benefits;   Whereas individuals who have purposely chosen to not work should not be given taxpayer funded benefits;   Whereas co-pays are an often used method in healthcare and other forms of subsidies or insurance to discourage unneeded spending and waste;  

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 act may be cited as the “The Food Stamps Reform Act of 2019”.

SECTION II. CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS

     (1.) The constitutional basis for this bill may be found in the second clause of the first Section of the first Article of the United States Constitution, which gives Congress “All legislative powers herein granted”, including the power to repeal, pass, and amend legislation.

SECTION III. FINDINGS

     (1.) The Congress finds that more than 5 million current recipients of food stamps are ineligible for the program under federal law.

     (2.) Food Stamp Fraud jumped by 61% between 2012 and 2016, costing taxpayers more than $592 million.

     (3.) The Congress finds that co-pays are used in the healthcare insurance industry to reduce waste and ensure that spending is used properly.

     (4.) The Congress finds that the federal government is currently responsible for 100% of all food stamp spending, and that this removes any incentive for state welfare fraud prevention.

SECTION IV. PROVISIONS

     (1.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, Part ii of Clause 1, Section B of US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2015 shall be amended as follows:

(ii)for a period of 2 years upon— (I)the second occasion of any such determination; or (II)the first occasion of a finding by a Federal, State, or local court of the trading for benefits or use of a controlled substance (as previously defined in section 802 of title 21) or any other form of illegal recreational drug for benefits; and

     (2.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, a line vii, a line viii, and a line ix of Part 1 of Clause A of Section D of US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2015 shall be added to read as follows:

> (vi) is currently participating in a strike or is voluntarily not receiving pay in the course of their normal work.

> (vii) is an illegal immigrant or any other type of non-citizen resident of the United States

(ix) had a household income in excess of $100,000 as of the most recent fiscal year, adjusted for inflation, or has cash assets in excess of $20,000, adjusted for inflation

     (3.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, Section A of US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2013 shall be amended as follows:

> Subject to the availability of funds appropriated under section 2027 of this title, the Secretary is authorized to formulate and administer a supplemental nutrition assistance program under which, at the request of the State agency, eligible households within the State shall be provided an opportunity to obtain a more nutritious diet through the issuance to purchase them of an allotment for a price equivalent to one tenth of the allotment’s actual purchase value, funded for by federal funds making up 70% of said allotment and state funds making up 30%, except that a State may not participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program if the Secretary determines that State or local sales taxes are collected within that State on purchases of food made with benefits issued under this chapter or if the state has not paid for its share of the allotments. To facilitate the paying of these allotments, the Department of Agriculture shall be hereby authorized by this act to enter into negotiations with state agencies and governments to encourage cooperation and the paying for of the state program dues. The benefits so received by such households shall be used only to purchase food from retail food stores which have been approved for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Benefits issued and used as provided in this chapter shall be redeemable at face value by the Secretary through the facilities of the Treasury of the United States.

     (4.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, Section A, Clause 1 of US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2027 shall be amended as follows:

> To carry out this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2023. Not to exceed one-fourth of 1 per centum of the previous year’s appropriation or $95 billion is authorized in each such fiscal year to carry out the provisions of section 2026 of this title, subject to paragraph (3).

     (5.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, Part A of US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2016 shall be amended as follows:

> Except as provided in subsection (i), EBT cards shall be issued sold only to households which have been duly certified as eligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

     (6.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, Part B of US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2016 shall be amended as follows:

> Benefits issued sold to eligible households shall be used by them only to purchase food from retail food stores which have been approved for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program at prices prevailing in such stores: Provided, That nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary to specify the prices at which food may be sold by wholesale food concerns or retail food stores.

     (7.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, Part C, Section 1 of US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2016 shall be amended as follows:

> EBT cards issued sold to eligible households shall be simple in design and shall include only such words or illustrations as are required to explain their purpose.

     (8.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, Part D of US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2016 shall be amended as follows:

> The Secretary shall prescribe appropriate procedures for the delivery sale of benefits to benefit issuers and for the subsequent controls to be placed over such benefits by benefit issuers sellers in order to ensure adequate accountability.

     (9.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, all instances of “issue” in US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2016 shall be replaced with “sell”, all instances of “delivery” shall be replaced with “sale”, all instances of “issuers” shall be replaced with “sellers”, and all instances of “issued” shall be replaced with “sold”.

     (10.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, all instances of “issue” in US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2017 shall be replaced with “sell”, all instances of “provided” shall be replaced with “sold”, all instances of “issued” shall be replaced with “sold”, and all instances of “provide” shall be replaced with “sell”.

     (11.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, Part C, Section 1 of US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2017 shall be amended as follows:

> The value of the allotment issued sold to any eligible household for the initial month or other initial period for which an allotment is issued sold shall have a value which bears the same ratio to the value of the allotment for a full month or other initial period for which the allotment is issued sold as the number of days (from the date of application) remaining in the month or other initial period for which the allotment is issued bears to the total number of days in the month or other initial period for which the allotment is issued, except that no allotment may be issued sold to a household for the initial month or period if the value of the allotment which such household would otherwise be eligible to receive under this subsection is less than $10 or if the household is resident in a state ineligible due to its lack of payment dues. Eligible Households shall receive full months’ allotments for all months within a certification period, except as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph with respect to an initial month.

     (12.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, Part A, Section 1 of US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2020 shall be amended as follows:

> The State agency of each participating State shall have responsibility for certifying applicant households and issuing EBT cards and for the payment of program dues to the Department of Agriculture.

     (13.) Upon the enactment of this legislation, a Section 5 shall be added to Part A of US Code Title 7, Chapter 51 & 2020 as follows

(5) Payments (A) In General
Each State agency shall be responsible for the payment of its program dues, equivalent to 20% of the total cost of each issued allotment, with 70% of the allotment being paid for by the federal government, and with the remaining 10% to be paid for at purchase time by the purchasing household. (B) Funding Cooperation (i) The Department of Agriculture shall be authorized by this act to engage in all appropriate negotiations with all relevant state governments and state agencies. (ii) The Secretary shall set relevant and appropriate standards to facilitate the paying of dues and simplify the task involved in the paying of dues.

SECTION V. ENACTMENT

     (1.) This act shall take effect three months following its passage into law.

     (2.) The provisions of this act are severable. If any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this act shall remain valid.

This bill is authored and sponsored by Senator /u/DexterAamo (R-DX).

Keeping Our Promise Act

Whereas tens of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan translators have risked their life to help the United States in our military campaigns,

Whereas we promised these Iraqis and Afghans they would have an opportunity to immigrate to the United States in return for their service,

Whereas these heroes are in great danger in their home country; as The International Refugee Assistance Project estimates that an Afghan interpreter is being killed every 36 hours,

Whereas it is estimated there is over 115,000 Iraqi and Afghan translators waiting for a Special Immigrant Visa,

Whereas the United States has not made good on our promise and it is harming our international reputation,

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

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE

a) This Act shall be referred to as the “Keeping Our Promise Act”.

SECTION II. DEFINITIONS

a) “The Secretary” shall refer to the Secretary of State.

SECTION III. CONSOLATION OF SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAMS

a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, the Secretary shall begin consolidating the following programs into the “Iraqi and Afghani Heroes Assistance Program,” (HAP) under the direction of the guidelines in this Act.

i) “Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for Iraqi and Afghan Translators/Interpreters,” authorized by Section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006.

ii) “Special Immigrant Visas for Iraqis - Who Were Employed by/on Behalf of the U.S. Government,” authorized under Section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.

iii) “Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans - Who Were Employed by/on Behalf of the U.S. Government,” authorized under Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009.

b) The application process for the HAP shall be the same as the “Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for Iraqi and Afghan Translators/Interpreters,” authorized by Section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006; except

i) Any individual who was formerly eligible for either of the three aforementioned Special Immigrant Visa programs shall be eligible for the HAP.

ii) The application processing fee shall be $10 if there is no fee waiver requested.

iii) Any increase to Visa Caps mentioned in Section V.

c) After the Secretary has concluded the aforementioned three programs are consolidated, any applications being processed shall be transferred to the HAP.
d) After the Secretary has concluded the aforementioned three programs are consolidated, the programs shall have their annual visa cap set to 0 and all future applications shall be processed through the HAP.
e) The Secretary shall implement the changes in this section no later than the beginning of 2021.

SECTION IV. MORE EFFICIENT PROCESSING

a) The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security shall have the authority to review its processes for reviewing HAP applications and implement efficiencies to expedite the process where necessary, as long as national security is not hampered.

SECTION V. INCREASE TO VISA CAP AND SUNSET

a) The amount of principal applications accepted for the HAP shall not exceed 20,000 in the first year applications are processed.
b) Each year following the first year, the maximum amount of principal applications accepted shall be increased by 5,000.
c) After nine years of processing applications, the Secretary shall determine the maximum amount of applications that shall be accepted in succeeding years.

SECTION VI. ENACTMENT AND FUNDING

a) This bill shall be enacted immediately after passage.
b) $500,000 shall be appropriated to the Department of State to carry out the provisions in Section III of this Act.
c) $16,000,000 shall be annually appropriated to the Department of State to provide for the increased need for its Reception and Placement (R&P) Program and other Resettlement Assistance programs.
d) $750,000 shall be annually appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security for assisting in processing the increased application load and implementing efficiencies.

This Act is written and sponsored by Representative ItsBOOM (R-CA), cosponsored by Senator PrelateZeratul (R-DX), Senator ChaoticBrilliance (R-SR), Representative Ranger_Aragorn (R-CH-3), Representative PGF (R-NE), Speaker Gunnz011 (R-DX-4) and Representative srajar4084 (R-US)

Authored and sponsored by Rep. HazardArrow (D-AC) Cosponsored by Rep. CDocwra (D-CH) and Spkr. Shitmemery (B-AC)

Whereas the World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be a public health emergency of international concern Whereas the United States, as an international leader, must offer assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to any other nation in need of assistance Whereas this must be done swiftly

Be it enacted by the government of the United States, represented in both chambers of Congress.

Section I: Title This bill is titled the “International Public Health Crisis (Ebola) Assistance Act” for all intents and purposes, unless stated otherwise. This bill may be referred to as the “PHCAA” as a short title.

Section II: Definitions The term “WHO” refers to the World Health Organization.

Section III: Provisions A sum of $10,000,000 shall be offered to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assist them in combating the public health threat in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as declared by WHO.

(a) Upon the acceptance of this sum of money by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an additional $15,000,000 shall be appropriated to the purchase of medical supplies and other related equipment for use in combating the public health threat in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as declared by WHO. In the event that another nation receives a similar declaration from the WHO or other qualified and similar agency within the next year succeeding the passage of this Act, an offer of equal value to the one set out in Section III(1) shall be extended to them.

Section IV: Enactment and Severability All provisions set forth in this Act take effect immediately after passage. If any portion of this bill is rendered unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable by a court of law, all other parts of the bill will still take/remain in effect.

S.XXX

IN THE SENATE

October 21st, 2019

A BILL

providing more choice to railway operators

Whereas, one size fits all approaches fail to consider individual differences;

Whereas, individual railway operators may be able to safely exceed limitations placed on them;

Whereas, placing the onus on railway operators to accept requests after being fully informed allows them to earn more while mitigating pressure placed on them by their employers;

Whereas, railroad carriers provided more flexibility in working hours can adjust routes and save on the cost of transport;

Whereas, cheaper cost of transport provides cheaper goods for Americans;

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

Section 1: Short Title

(a) This act may be referred to as the “Railway Operator Freedom Act”.

Section 2: Constitutional Basis

(a) The constitutional basis for this bill may be found in Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress “All legislative powers herein granted”.

Section 3: Provisions

(1) In this act, bold text indicates an addition and strikethrough text indicates striking.

(2) 49 U.S. Code § 21103, s. (a) is amended to the following:

(i) In General.—Except as provided in subsection (d) and (f) of this section, a railroad carrier and its officers and agents may not require or allow a train employee to—

(3) 49 U.S. Code § 21103 has the following added as subsection (f):

(i) (f) An employee may waive the limitations placed upon them by this section provided:

(1) their employer has requested they do so; and

(2) their employer has provided them reasonable information informing them of their ability to refuse at the time the request is made; and

(3) they have reviewed the reasonable information provided to them by their employer; and

(4) they communicate verbally or in writing their acceptance of their employer’s request.

(4) 49 U.S. Code § 21103 has the following added as subsection (g):

(i) (g) Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, the following limitations in this section may not be waived:

(1) s. (a)(1) where "276 hours" is read as "320 hours"

(2) s. (a)(2) where "12 consecutive hours" is read as "14 consecutive hours"

(3) s. (a)(3) where "10 consecutive hours" is read as "8 consecutive hours"

(4) s. (c)(4) where "12 consecutive hours" is read as "14 consecutive hours"

(5) s. (c)(4) where "12 hours" is read as "14 hours"

(5) 49 U.S. Code § 21103, s. (e) is hereby stricken.

Section 3: Enactment

(a) This act will take effect 180 days 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 will not affect the part which remains.

This act was authored and sponsored by Senate Majority Leader PrelateZeratul (R-DX)

S.638

IN THE SENATE

October 23rd, 2019

A BILL

ending corporate welfare for professional sports leagues

Whereas, corporate welfare is un-American;

Whereas, various professional sports leagues receive corporate welfare in many forms including an exemption from antitrust laws;

Whereas, corporate welfare discourages competition, artificially raises prices and leads to decreased innovation;

Whereas, increased competition in the world of professional sports will drive innovation and lower prices;

Whereas, the government should not be in the business of picking winners and losers and thus distorting the free market;

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

Section 1: Short Title

(1) This act may be referred to as the “Ending Corporate Welfare for Professional Sports Leagues Act”.

Section 2: Constitutional Basis

(1) The constitutional basis for this bill may be found in Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress “All legislative powers herein granted”.

Section 3: Provisions

(1) In this act, bold text indicates an addition and strikethrough text indicates striking.

(2) 15 U.S. Code § 1291 is hereby stricken.

(3) 15 U.S. Code § 1292 is hereby stricken.

(4) 15 U.S. Code § 1293 is hereby stricken.

(5) 15 U.S. Code § 1294 is amended to the following:

(i) Notwithstanding any other provision in United States Law, Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to change, determine, or otherwise affect the applicability or nonapplicability of the antitrust laws are applicable to any act, contract, agreement, rule, course of conduct, or other activity by, between, or among persons engaging in, conducting, or participating in the organized professional team sports of football, baseball, basketball, or hockey~~, except the agreements to which section 1291 of this title shall apply~~.

(6) 15 U.S. Code § 26b is hereby stricken.

(i) 15 U.S. Code § 26b, (a) is exempt from Section 3, (6).

Section 3: Enactment

(a) This act will take effect 180 days 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 will not affect the part which remains.

This act was authored and sponsored by Senate Majority Leader PrelateZeratul (R-DX)

Proposal may be found here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/123l3UVDJuu0aKmwO0-PE9Yc4r1hQnxB12NkMKyIA4WY/edit#gid=0

Vote will be open for two days

Authored and sponsored by Rep. HazardArrow (D-AC) Cosponsored by Rep. CDocwra (D-CH) and Spkr. Shitmemery (B-AC)

Whereas the World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be a public health emergency of international concern Whereas the United States, as an international leader, must offer assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to any other nation in need of assistance Whereas this must be done swiftly

Be it enacted by the government of the United States, represented in both chambers of Congress.

Section I: Title This bill is titled the “International Public Health Crisis (Ebola) Assistance Act” for all intents and purposes, unless stated otherwise. This bill may be referred to as the “PHCAA” as a short title.

Section II: Definitions The term “WHO” refers to the World Health Organization.

Section III: Provisions A sum of $10,000,000 shall be offered to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assist them in combating the public health threat in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as declared by WHO.

(a) Upon the acceptance of this sum of money by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an additional $15,000,000 shall be appropriated to the purchase of medical supplies and other related equipment for use in combating the public health threat in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as declared by WHO. In the event that another nation receives a similar declaration from the WHO or other qualified and similar agency within the next year succeeding the passage of this Act, an offer of equal value to the one set out in Section III(1) shall be extended to them.

Section IV: Enactment and Severability All provisions set forth in this Act take effect immediately after passage. If any portion of this bill is rendered unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable by a court of law, all other parts of the bill will still take/remain in effect.

Proposal may be found here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/123l3UVDJuu0aKmwO0-PE9Yc4r1hQnxB12NkMKyIA4WY/edit#gid=0

Amendment proposal will last two days, followed by two days of amendment voting

S.638

IN THE SENATE

October 23rd, 2019

A BILL

ending corporate welfare for professional sports leagues

Whereas, corporate welfare is un-American;

Whereas, various professional sports leagues receive corporate welfare in many forms including an exemption from antitrust laws;

Whereas, corporate welfare discourages competition, artificially raises prices and leads to decreased innovation;

Whereas, increased competition in the world of professional sports will drive innovation and lower prices;

Whereas, the government should not be in the business of picking winners and losers and thus distorting the free market;

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

Section 1: Short Title

(1) This act may be referred to as the “Ending Corporate Welfare for Professional Sports Leagues Act”.

Section 2: Constitutional Basis

(1) The constitutional basis for this bill may be found in Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress “All legislative powers herein granted”.

Section 3: Provisions

(1) In this act, bold text indicates an addition and strikethrough text indicates striking.

(2) 15 U.S. Code § 1291 is hereby stricken.

(3) 15 U.S. Code § 1292 is hereby stricken.

(4) 15 U.S. Code § 1293 is hereby stricken.

(5) 15 U.S. Code § 1294 is amended to the following:

(i) Notwithstanding any other provision in United States Law, Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to change, determine, or otherwise affect the applicability or nonapplicability of the antitrust laws are applicable to any act, contract, agreement, rule, course of conduct, or other activity by, between, or among persons engaging in, conducting, or participating in the organized professional team sports of football, baseball, basketball, or hockey~~, except the agreements to which section 1291 of this title shall apply~~.

(6) 15 U.S. Code § 26b is hereby stricken.

(i) 15 U.S. Code § 26b, (a) is exempt from Section 3, (6).

Section 3: Enactment

(a) This act will take effect 180 days 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 will not affect the part which remains.

This act was authored and sponsored by Senate Majority Leader PrelateZeratul (R-DX)

Please vote on each amendment.

Amendment 1

Section 3a: a. The Secretary of Education is hereby instructed to create standards to create a program in elementary school systems to introduce the basics of Spanish, French, German, and/or Mandarin Chinese to students.

Amendment 2

Section 3c:

The program as described by section 3 (a) shall meet the following basic requirements; The Spanish program shall teach Spanish numbers 1-20, the alphabet, greetings, and basic foods and drinks. The French program shall teach French numbers 1-20, the alphabet, greetings, and basic foods and drinks. The German program shall teach German numbers 1-20, the alphabet, greetings, and basic foods and drinks. The Chinese program shall teach Chinese numbers 1-20, greetings, and basic foods and drinks.

Each state shall determine an age-appropriate curriculum for each language in consultation with the Department of Education, provided that each curriculum is geared towards each student's general proficiency in their respective language.

Amendment 3

Section 3d:

d. At no time unless this bill were to be amended or repealed may the Department of Education lower the standards as described by section 3 (b).

Amendment 4

Section 3b(i): The Secretary of Education may administer a grant to schools that meet the Department’s criteria exceeding no more than $50,000 per fiscal year per school. (1)The amount of funds used by this grant shall exceed no more than $500,000,000 per fiscal year.