Clerk's Desk for ProvGov

If members have any bills which they wish to have considered, please post them here instead of on the ProvGov thread.
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There are two parts of a bill, the Preamble and the Body.

Preamble: This section should provide your reasons for the necessity of your bill. Why is your topic something that should be addressed by the government? This section's clauses should always begin with a "Where as..."

Body: This section should be separated into sections and subsections. Each proposed idea for the implementation of the bill should be a section. Subsections should be used to provide further detail and clarification (definitions, etc.) for their appropriate bill sections.
Enactment Clause: This is the final section of the bill (and can be labeled as a section as normal). EACH BILL MUST HAVE AN ENACTMENT CLAUSE!! The enactment clause tells your fellow congressmen when your bill will take effect if passed. It may specify a future date (September 30, 2005) or a certain number of days following the passage of the bill (7 days after passage). Enactment dates more than 7 days after passage is used for most legislation and is the enactment period for normal legislation. Enactment dates of 2-4 days after passage should be used for Emergency Bills only.

sample:

AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
Committee: N/A
Principal Author: Representative Joe
Bill No: 1
Delegation:
Title of Bill:
An Act to Reduce Government Subsidy Spending
BE IT ENACTED BY THE AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

Preamble: Where as $114,024,265,743 billion has been appropriated to the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) over the past seven years for subsidies, and since 10% of the total
USDA subsidy payment recipients were paid 65% of the total USDA subsidies in 2002, and
since subsidized farm operations drove small farmers off their land to cause a 15% decline
in the number of farmers from 1987 to 1997, and since the 1994 Uruguay Round Agreement
on Agriculture established parameters for freer worldwide trade,
SECTION 1: This act may be cited as, “Freedom to Farm bill.”
SECTION 2: Individual farmers, farming corporations or corporate entities shall not receive
subsidies if that person or entity makes less than 80% of their income from
agricultural operations
SECTION 3: There shall be a limit of total subsidies per person per year of $150,000.
SECTION 4: A farming commission shall be created by the USDA to assess--
Sub-SECTION A: The concentration of the subsidy payments.
Sub-SECTION B: How subsidies influence productivity.
Sub-SECTION C: The influence of subsidies on--
(A) Rural Poverty
(B) Agricultural Growth
(C) Foreign trade
SECTION 5: There shall be an expansion of the quota buy-out program set by the 2002
Farm Bill.
Sub-SECTION A: The industries subject to the quota buy-out program are the
corn, wheat, rice and sugar industries.
Sub-SECTION B: The USDA will create and implement a buy-out program that
will completely abolish quotas in these industries over the 5 years following the
passage of this bill.
SECTION 6: This bill shall go into effect 91 days after passage.

AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
Committee: N/A
Principal Author: Ohioan Democrat NRC
Bill No: 1
Delegation:
Title of Bill: Federal Pregnancy Healthcare Bill
An Act to Mandate Federal Overseeing of Pregnancy Healthcare
BE IT ENACTED BY THE AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

Preamble:
SECTION 1: This act may be cited as, “Federal Pregnancy Healthcare bill.”
SECTION 2: State governments shall abide under federal rules concerning healthcare of pregnancy, abortion, adoption, and other related incidents.
SECTION 3: An agency will be created called the Federal Pregnancy Healthcare Center to enforce this bill.
SECTION 4: Funding for Planned Parenthood should be restarted at $10 million per year.
SECTION 5: This bill shall go into effect 30 days after passage.

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
Committee:
Principal Author: Representative Christopher S.
Bill No: H.R. 2
Delegation:
Title of Bill: An Act to Restore Order

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

Preamble: Where as this Nation is just coming out of Anarchy and is still in a dire state, and since Anarchists have recently been creating chaos in Wisconsin, and since the local Law Enforcement officials are not able to quell the violence, and since the violence is a grave threat to the life of this nation,
SECTION 1: This act may be cited as, "Restoration Act".
SECTION 2: The Writ of Habeus Corpus shall be suspended.
SECTION 3: The Department of Homeland Security shall be given the ability to--
Sub-SECTION A: Send Military forces to quell riots and any violence that the local Law Enforcement cannot effectively deal with, at the request of the State Governor.
Sub-SECTION B: Appoint Generals to lead such forces.
Sub-SECTION C: Establish Military courts to prosecute and punish any violent criminals which they capture. The punishment shall be--
(A) Imprisonment up until the powers in this bill are revoked.
SECTION 4: If the Department of Homeland Security wishes to give the death penalty to a criminal they have captured, they must bring the case to the appropriate State Criminal Court. The Court shall decide the guilt of the detainee and determine if the death penalty shall be applied.
SECTION 5: A grant of 70 million dollars shall be given to each State Governor. This grant may be used only for strengthening the Law Enforcement of each state.
SECTION 6: H. R. 3200, known as "America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009", is hereby repealed.
SECTION 7: Federal spending upon anything other than the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, the Treasury, Justice, Commerce, and Energy, is hereby frozen until this bill is repealed. All funding shall be diverted to the above-mentioned Departments.
SECTION 8: This bill shall go into effect 2 days after passage.

gmx0 wrote:AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
Committee: N/A
Principal Author: Ohioan Democrat NRC
Bill No: 1
Delegation:
Title of Bill: Federal Pregnancy Healthcare Bill
An Act to Mandate Federal Overseeing of Pregnancy Healthcare
BE IT ENACTED BY THE AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

Preamble:
SECTION 1: This act may be cited as, “Federal Pregnancy Healthcare bill.”
SECTION 2: State governments shall abide under federal rules concerning healthcare of pregnancy, abortion, adoption, and other related incidents.
SECTION 3: An agency will be created called the Federal Pregnancy Healthcare Center to enforce this bill.
SECTION 4: Funding for Planned Parenthood should be restarted at $10 million per year.
SECTION 5: This bill shall go into effect 30 days after passage.

I changed up the necessary enactment dates to real time enactment dates. So you could probably change it to be like, "7 days after passage".

AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
Committee: Primary Committee
Principal Author: Representative Sky-Opera
Bill No: H.R. 3
Delegation:
Title of Bill: An Act to Reduce Food Shortages and Prices
BE IT ENACTED BY THE AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

Preamble: The American economy is currently facing food shortages due to the increase in food prices and the current lawlessness that has destroyed cultural structure. Therefore as there are very few businesses that are able to produce food the government do what it does best in establishing order and making it safe while staying out of the way of free enterprise.

Section 1: The government will hire a media source at low expense to the tax payer to publicize the need and potential for the industries and farming for food production to grow and expand for the good of everyone involved. And also it will inform the people that using a bartering system is perfectly fit for the times and will promote the free-er exchange of needed goods to everyone’s mutual benefit.

Section 2: Then the government will remove all taxes on food produced in the nation; however it may tax imported food goods, for the time being in order to promote internal national growth. This will reduce the price of food.

Section 3: To protect fragile industries and the public peace it will require that mass produced food meet FDA standards to prevent revenge rioting etc.

Section 4: The government will start selling some government lands cheaply to help boost the farming industry by providing legitimate incintives.

Section 5: This bill shall be in effect 2 days after passage.

AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
Committee: Primary Committee
Principal Author: Representative Samuel Garcia
Bill No: H.R. 4
Delegation:
Title of Bill: An Act to cut Budget Deficit
BE IT ENACTED BY THE AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

Preamble: Since our budget is now in deficit of $1.5 billion dollars due to HR 2, or "An Act to Restore Order", I propose the following:

Section 1: Any part or section of any future bill must not include any item that does not adhere to the original purpose or Preamble that will produce monetary loss will be struck out.

Section 2: An businesslike organization shall be created to invest remaining resources for profit directly for government.

Section 3: This bill shall be in effect 2 days after passage.

AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
Committee:
Principal Author: Representative Christopher S.
Bill No: H.R. 5
Delegation:
Title of Bill: An Act to Not Accept the United Nations' Peacekeepers

BE IT ENACTED BY THE AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

Preamble: Whereas H.R.2 was passed and our military has begun to restore order to our nation, and since the violence has been much abated, and our own military, along with our law enforcement officers, shall be able to deal with the last of the violence, and since we no longer need the help of the United Nations' Peacekeepers,
SECTION 1: The United States' Representative to the United Nations shall ask the United Nations to not send Peacekeepers to our nation. He shall show them how the violence is slowing and our forces are strong enough to bring back order and peace. However, he shall let the United Nations know that if the violence in our borders gets out of control, we shall ask for the aid of Peacekeepers.
SECTION 2: Because true peace cannot come until all our citizens are free of criminal tyranny, the Generals of our military shall be encouraged to begin restoring order in our smaller towns and villages.
SECTION 3: In order to discern the further needs of our military and how long the writ of Habeus Corpus needs to be suspended, two of our top Generals shall be called to speak before the Congress and answer questions from our Representatives. They shall be called up three days after this bill is passed and shall remain in the Congress until released by the Speaker of the House.
SECTION 4: This bill shall go into effect two days after passage.

This bill was pulled by its author.

AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
Committee: Primary Committee
Principal Author: Representative Sky-opera
Bill No: H.R. 5
Delegation:
Title of Bill: A Finalizing Act for the Test Gov. Regarding Taxation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE AMERICAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

Preamble: Since this is the remaining element the good Representative from Ohio
has declared, has not been tested for the Test government; I propose the following:

Section 1: Federal taxes shall be levied to all citizens of these united provinces in equal
proportions. There shall be a flat taxation percentage for all legitimate income earners. Meaning those on welfare will not be taxed and neither will retirement funds and savings accounts and all banking accounts will not be taxed.

Section 2: There shall be no ongoing property taxes. Only when the property is sold will there be a tax.

Section 3: There shall be no inter-province taxes on inports and exports through the several provinces.

Section 4: Food shall not be taxed.

Section 5: Items resold with the exception of land property shall not be taxed.

Section 6: New items can be taxed.

Section 7: Taxations should be used in moderation only to support the necessities of running the government. This act shall take effect immediately after passage.