Appropriations Act - June 2026

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CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

Appropriate Money for June 2026




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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:


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PART I — PRELIMINARIES

1. Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Appropriations Act - JUNE 2026’

(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

(3) This Act has been authored by Sen Incarnation__.

(4) This Act has been sponsored by Rep RaiTheGuy07.

(5) This Act has been co-sponsored by Sen Incarnation__.

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) To appropriate money for June 2026.

(2) One of the biggest problems plaguing real governments, as well as DC governments, is that Departments have been pressured into use-it-or-lose-it spending, where Departments that don't spend their entire appropriations get slashed. This, unfortunately, has the opposite effect of what was intended, leading to increased rather than decreased government spending. Given Congress's unreliability in providing additional funds when needed, this is a rational approach for Departments to take. So, to compensate, Departments that went under budget in April will receive bonuses to their appropriations, with the intention of establishing a standard to overappropriate them in the future if they don't waste excess funding.

(3) The numbers use the April figures due to the lengthy process of tallying and relaying these numbers, making it unfeasible to use the current month's data. The numbers provided as justification for allocating funds to Departments are NOT intended to restrict Department spending. They are ONLY the justification for why Congress sees it appropriate to fund the Departments as requested. I repeat, THE NUMBERS GIVEN IN THE REASONS AND INTENT ARE NOT MEANT TO DETERMINE DEPARTMENT SPENDING. It is also not an exhaustive list, but major expenses incurred in April, such as Activity Pay, that do not appear in the section below are not viewed favorably by the Author of this appropriations.

(4) This is a Draft. The numbers in this are not yet final.
Breakdown of Department appropriations.
DOS (April 270K/500K)
-DOS was originally allocated 500k for a project that didn't end up materializing. For the past few months, the DOS has been massively over-appropriated; however, since the DOS has decided to spend responsibly, no financial damage has been caused to the government. As such, they will be allocated:
400k
-150K for Elections
-50k for SOTC
- 100k for Audits
-50k for Emergency Funds/Special Elections
-50k for Operating Under Budget
DHS
-No data was collected for DHS this time around. Yet.
375k
DOJ
-No data was collected for DOJ this time around. Yet.
400K
DOC
-Not enough data was collected for the DOC this time around.
400K
DPA (210K/500K)
-In the month of April, the DPA had been in the process of a leadership change, with the department going from inactive to active. Although spending picked up in the latter half of the month, they still spent well below their appropriations. The DPA was one of the first Departments we considered for budget cuts amid a governmental financial crisis; however, its low spending in previous months shows that the appropriations were not indicative of actual expenses. As such, reducing the amount appropriated to the DPA will set a dangerously bad example for other Departments, setting the standard that appropriations must be spent or lost. With more events and a potentially new program to mentor new players into government jobs, the reduction in appropriations this month should be kept to a minimum.
450K
-200K Event Payments
-100k Event Hosting
-100k New Player Mentor (Pays $2,500 for every new player successfully hired into a government job)
-50k for Operating Under Budget
DCT (396,750/400,444)
-The DCT is a Department that has clearly adopted the use-it-or-lose-it mentality, and they have been successful. In April, all of their Reports, Pastes, Constructions, and Bonuses only cost them 266K before the end of the month, with a major 130K April 30th Emeninet Domain Expansion making up the rest. Despite that, the DCT has clearly been very diligent with their accounting and is able to fulfill the duties they are responsible for, so I see no reason to cut their expenses. However, it should be noted that the author strongly suggests that the DCT aims not to incur excess costs in June, primarily to protect the budget, or else Congress will be forced to apply greater scrutiny.
430K
-100K Paste Processing
-100K Construction
-100K Reports/Auctions
-100K Variable Expenses
-30K Financial Accountability
DOH (578,305/400K)
-Despite checking the expenditure many times, going into excruciating detail with investigations into the spending, the final expense of 578K did not change. Roughly 378K was spent on patient treatments for Medicare, 92K was spent on training new doctors, and DoTM payments, and 108k was spent on "Activity Pay", which is essentially a weekly salary for Medical Specialists (and others) which is paid at the discretion of the Deputy Secretary/Secretary. Due to the new plugin, which had imbalanced infection rates, expenses for 5 days were triple their usual amount, totaling 141K in only 5 days. However, even if that number is normalized based on the average of the other days, we would still find the DOH to be over by roughly 90K. While some Presidential Reserves were given, to the author's knowledge, the total amount given to the DOH for the entire month was less than 50 K. It is highly likely that something went wrong with appropriations this month due to Congress inexplicably passing an appropriations bill halfway through the month. Either way, this month was an outlier for the DOH, and May shows no signs of the DOH going over budget.
400K
-250K Patient Treatments
-100K Doctor Training
-50K Emergency Funds
-It is recommended for the DOH to look into removing Activity Pay due to this being an irregular expense compared to other departments.
DOI (160,609/400k)
-A very quiet month for the DOI. Nothing out of the ordinary for this month, and expenses were kept to a minimum. Using similar reasoning to other low-spending departments, it appears that the DOI has also successfully fulfilled its duties while staying under budget. This is in contrast to May, when they spent heavily. All things considered, there is no good reason to cut appropriations, given the lack of wastage. It is important to note that the recent DOH raids have not affected the DOH but rather the DOI, as supply costs are funded from DOI budgets.
400K
-100K for Ranger Payments
-200K for Tender Costs
-100K for Operating Under Budget
DOE (308,558/325,000)
-Despite the major expenses put into the mechanics rework, the DOE has managed to stay under budget. However, it should be noted that there is a MASSIVE backlog of patents, and the new secretary will have her work cut out for her reviving the department. No complaints from me, and no need to adjust the budget here until the new Secretary can at least get settled.
325K
-100k for Patent work
-50k for Archivist work
-75k for Professor work
-100k for Operating Under Budget
Special Purpose Appropriations
-Bumped trade payment sum up by 100k in anticipation of the upcoming Jaron wave. Ideally, the full sum is not used, but if it is, we do not want the DOE to be adversely affected.

PART II — Appropriations and Specifications

3. Notes

(1) This is an exhaustive list of all expenses.
(i) Revenue earned by Departments shall not be spent as part of a Department's 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): $400,000;

(2) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) $375,000;

(3) Department of Justice (DOJ): $400,000;

(4) Department of Commerce (DOC): $400,000;

(5) Department of Public Affairs (DPA): $450,000;

(6) Department of Construction and Transportation (DCT) $430,000;

(7) Department of Health (DOH): $400,000;

(8) Department of Interior (DOI): $400,000;

(9) Department of Education (DOE): $325,000.

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): $125,000.

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 from 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 June 2026 to increase or add money to any entity.

10. Special Purpose Appropriation

(1) The Department of Education shall be allocated an additional $550,000 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 June, leftover money shall be returned to the Government balance. These restrictions shall supersede any other conflicting statutes, policies, or other regulations.

(2) The Department of the Interior shall be allocated an additional $15,000 for the purpose of funding Crazy Farmer Tommy. 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 Crazy Farmer Tommy payments. At the end of the month of June, leftover money shall be returned to the Government balance. These restrictions shall supersede any other conflicting statutes, policies, or other regulations.