Austin27
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House Vote: 5-1-0
Senate Vote: 4-0-0
The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected Representatives 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 “Proper Appropriations Amendment”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) Authored by Senator hugebob23456
2 - Reasons
(1) To provide for a means by which government funds can be appropriated.
3 - Terms
(1) “Congress can check and approve government spending.” is changed to “Congress can check, approve, or deny government spending.”
(2) “Congress cannot give themselves power over other branches of Government nor can they take power away from them.” is changed to “Congress cannot give themselves power over other branches of Government nor can they take power away from them except through processes codified within this Constitution.”
(3) Added to “Powers of the President”: “The President and his Departments may not spend government funds in a way which would conflict with appropriations.”
(4) Added to “Congressional Jurisdiction Summary”: “The Congress cannot overrule a veto on an appropriations bill.”
(5) Added to “Powers of the President”: “Department balances may not be less than $0.00. In the event that a Department’s balance reaches $0.00 all spending related to this Department must cease, excluding salaries which will then come from the DCGovernment balance. Neither the Executive nor the Congress shall have the power to cease salaries to any person or group which holds a government position.”
(6) “Congress may amend, create, and remove government departments, including the roles and responsibilities they hold, and the positions within them. This is a complex change.” changes to “Congress may amend, create, regulate through appropriations, and remove government departments, including the roles and responsibilities they hold, and the positions within them. All of these except regulation through appropriations are complex changes.”
(7) Added to “Powers of the President”: “The President may at any time, unless otherwise codified in law outside this Constitution, propose a budget for any individual or multiple departments to the House of Representatives.”
(8) Added to “Congressional Jurisdiction Summary”: “The Congress shall have the power to originate an Appropriations bill which shall allocate Government funds for specific purposes. Such a bill may be proposed at any time unless otherwise codified in law outside this Constitution.”
Senate Vote: 4-0-0
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Amend the Constitution
BILL
To
Amend the Constitution
The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected Representatives 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 “Proper Appropriations Amendment”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) Authored by Senator hugebob23456
2 - Reasons
(1) To provide for a means by which government funds can be appropriated.
3 - Terms
(1) “Congress can check and approve government spending.” is changed to “Congress can check, approve, or deny government spending.”
(2) “Congress cannot give themselves power over other branches of Government nor can they take power away from them.” is changed to “Congress cannot give themselves power over other branches of Government nor can they take power away from them except through processes codified within this Constitution.”
(3) Added to “Powers of the President”: “The President and his Departments may not spend government funds in a way which would conflict with appropriations.”
(4) Added to “Congressional Jurisdiction Summary”: “The Congress cannot overrule a veto on an appropriations bill.”
(5) Added to “Powers of the President”: “Department balances may not be less than $0.00. In the event that a Department’s balance reaches $0.00 all spending related to this Department must cease, excluding salaries which will then come from the DCGovernment balance. Neither the Executive nor the Congress shall have the power to cease salaries to any person or group which holds a government position.”
(6) “Congress may amend, create, and remove government departments, including the roles and responsibilities they hold, and the positions within them. This is a complex change.” changes to “Congress may amend, create, regulate through appropriations, and remove government departments, including the roles and responsibilities they hold, and the positions within them. All of these except regulation through appropriations are complex changes.”
(7) Added to “Powers of the President”: “The President may at any time, unless otherwise codified in law outside this Constitution, propose a budget for any individual or multiple departments to the House of Representatives.”
(8) Added to “Congressional Jurisdiction Summary”: “The Congress shall have the power to originate an Appropriations bill which shall allocate Government funds for specific purposes. Such a bill may be proposed at any time unless otherwise codified in law outside this Constitution.”
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