Bill: Draft Appropriations Act — JAN 2026

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A
BILL
To

Appropriate Money for January 2026​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, 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 'Appropriations Act — JAN 2026.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted at the beginning of the Fiscal Month of January 2026 or upon its signage, whichever comes later.
(3) This Act has been authored by President of the Senate Multiman155.
(4) This Act has been sponsored by Speaker Talion77 and co-sponsored by President of the Senate Multiman155.

2 - Reasons
(1) To appropriate money for January 2026.

3 - Notes
(1) This is an exhaustive list of all expenses.
(2) Commissions are included.
(3) All government departments, the Legislative branch, and the Judicial branch will receive a monthly budget.
(4) The judicial budget does not include court payouts nor fines.

4 - Departments will be apportioned the following from the Government Balance:
(1) Department of State (DOS): $500,000;
(2) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) $350,000;
(3) Department of Justice (DOJ): $400,000;
(4) Department of Commerce (DOC): $550,000;
(5) Department of Public Affairs (DPA): $500,000;
(6) Department of Construction and Transportation (DCT) $400,000;
(7) Department of Health (DOH): $360,000;
(8) Department of Interior (DOI): $335,000;
(9) Department of Education (DOE): $250,000.

5 - Presidential Reserve
(1) The President will have a discretionary fund for the purposes of appropriating to executive departments as required. This reserve is set at: $100,000.

6 - Branches and Additional Entities will be apportioned the following from the Government Balance:
(1) Legislature (LEG): $100,000;
(2) Judiciary (JUD): $350,000;
(3) Federal Reserve Bank (FRB): $150,000.

7 - Budget Tracking
(1) Any expenditure of Commonwealth Funds over $0 is to be reported in the #budget channel with the reason for the expenditure provided.
(2) Expenditure commands from all departments, the Legislature, the Judiciary, and the FRB sent in the budget channel must require a <reason> argument at the end of the command prior to being sent.

8 - Fiscal Accounts
(1) All Departments, as well as the Legislature and the Judiciary, shall have a Minecraft account. Such accounts shall be apportioned the monthly budget in its balance. The entities and the names of their respective accounts shall be:
(a) DOS: GovForeign;
(b) DHS: GovSecurity;
(c) DOJ: GovJustice;
(d) DOC: GovCommerce;
(e) DPA: GovEvents;
(f) DCT: GovDevelop;
(g) DOH: GovHealth;
(h) DOI: GovInterior;
(i) DOE: GovEducation;
(j) LEG: GovLegislature;
(k) JUD: DCGovernmentJUD.

9 - Amendments
(1) This Act may be amended during the Fiscal Month of January 2026 to increase or add money to any entity.

10 - Special Purpose Appropriation
(1) The Department of Education shall be allocated an additional $450,000 for the purpose of paying out trade payments. These funds may only be used for this purpose. For example, they may not be used to support salaries, wages, or any other expenses aside from the payout of trade payments. At the end of the month of January, leftover money shall be returned to the Government balance. These restrictions shall supersede any other conflicting statutes, policies, or other regulations.