Act of Congress Presidential Firing Powers Constitutional Amendment Act

[HugeBob]

House Vote: 5-2-1
Senate Vote: 4-1-0

A
BILL
To

Amend the Constitution​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives and Senators in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “Presidential Firing Powers Constitutional Amendment Act”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) Authored by Representative hugebob23456

2 - Reasons
(1) It is not entirely clear who the President has the authority to fire and who he does not.
(2) Presidents have in the past fired low level employees, this practice can lead to corruption or patronage.
(3) To modernize the terms of the Cabinet Approval Act.

3 - Terms
(1) Added to “Powers of the President”: “The President may, at any time and for any reason or no reason at all, remove a Secretary, Principal Officer, or General Advisor from their position. The President may NOT remove any department employee, excluding those that may be removed under the terms of the previous clause, or the Vice President of the Commonwealth of Redmont. The President may advise their Secretaries to fire an employee. In the event that the serving President is simultaneously serving as Secretary, they may fire any employee of the department for which they are Secretary only.”

 

[Westray]

This amendment has received presidential assent and may be put to a referendum.
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