Bill: Pending Budget Publication Act

[Silly Billy(Raz0Baz0)]

A
BILL
To


Amend the Appropriations Process Act of 2024.​

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 'Budget Publication Act'

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

(3) This Act has been authored by Representative Raz0Baz0.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Representative TrueDarklander.

2 - Reasons

(1) The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont deserve transparency in the activities of their government in regards to its spending and budget.

3 – Amendments

(1) Section 7 of the Appropriations Process Act of 2024 is to be amended as follows:

7 - Budget and Financial Transparency

(1) A #budget channel will be made under the Government category on Discord.
(a) All members of Congress shall be able to read this channel. The #budget channel is to be publicly viewable.
(b) The Presiding Officers of Congress, the Deputy Presiding Officers of Congress, the Cabinet, Deputy Secretaries, Executive Officers, Judicial Officers, and heads of any federal government institutions — including, but not limited to, the Federal Reserve Bank — shall be able to view and write in this channel.
(i) Additional positions may be able to view and write in this channel if permitted by the President or Chief Justice.
(c) A transcript of this channel will be made available to the public at the end of each Fiscal Month.
(i) Confidential data such as trade secrets may be redacted from this transcript.
(d) (c) All payments made for any reason by federal government institutions will need to be declared in this channel; all money received by federal government institutions must be reported in this channel.
(i) Federal government institutions without a corresponding Minecraft account are exempt from this. Instead, they must submit a transcript of all transactions in #budget following the end of each Fiscal Month.

 

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