Bill: Draft Congressional Session Name Act

[HatManMC]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING, MAKE AN INTUITIVE NAME FOR THIS CONGRESSIONAL SESSION AND FUTURE ONES

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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:​

PART I - PRELIMINARIES

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “Congressional Session Name Act” or the "CSNA".

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

(3) This Act has been authored by Representative HatManMC, co-authored by EmeraldGuuy, and reviewed by MJL_.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator ElegantAlly.

(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Legislative Standards Act
(b) Standing Orders of the House of Representatives
(c) Standing Orders of the Senate


2 - Reasons and Intent
(1) As agreed by clerk EmeraldGuuy Goodman, the naming convention for the new congressional session (elected July 25th) is currently set to be the 38th Congress (Second Congressional Session).

(2) This naming convention is unreasonably long and complex, and would be unpractical and unnecessary for bill drafting, administrative documents, and records in the Department of Education.

(3) A change to a more simple and intuitive name for the 38(2CS) Congress would benefit most everyone working in, on, or with the Congress stated.

PART II - AMENDMENTS

(1) The following section shall be added to the Legislative Standards Act:

22 - Congressional Naming After Dissolution

(1) In the event of dissolution of the Congress;

(a) The congressional numbering shall go to the next number as if a general election had occurred.

(2) In the case of a dissolution of the Congress within 1 week of general elections finishing;

(a) The Congressional name shall stay from that general election due to the Congress having barely been elected.

(i) The above shall also apply if the Congress had passed 0 bills during their time in congress and or;

(ii) The Congress passed 0 motions during their time in office.

(2) The current Standing Orders of the House of Representatives shall be amended as follows:

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Establish Standing Orders for the 38th House of Representatives' Second Congressional Session39th House of Representatives ​

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 - Standing Orders
(1) These Standing Orders of the House of Representatives are extant until another Standing Orders of the House of Representatives are passed by the House.
(a) The passage of new Standing Orders of the House of Representatives shall repeal all previous Standing Orders of the House of Representatives.
(2) Amending the Standing Orders
(a) Standing Orders can be amended through a motion during the entire duration of the House term. Changes need to be agreed upon by a simple majority in the House unless otherwise specified by law.
(3) Consistent with Section 5, Subsection 3 of the Constitution, "[t]he Speaker's first order of business is to amend or reaffirm the extant standing orders of the House of Representatives".

(3) The current Standing Orders of the Senate shall be amended as follows:

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Establish Standing Orders for the 3839th Senate​

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 - Election of the President of the Senate
(1) A Clerk is to assume the chair of the Senate and ask for those who wish to be elected President of the Senate to nominate themselves or another Senator by notifying the Chair.
(a) If a Clerk fails to initiate this process within 24 hours of the Senate election results being announced, or if there is no Clerk, then the Director of Legislative Services may initiate this process within 24 hours thereafter.
(b) If there is no Director of Legislative Services, or the Director of Legislative Services fails to initiate the process within 48 hours of the Senate election results being announced, the most Senior Senator shall assume the chair of the Senate.
(c) The most senior Senator is to be the Senator who:
(i) Has served the most time in the Senate; or if equal:
(ii) Has won election to the Senate the most times; or if equal:
(iv) by common agreement among them or by an informal Senate vote; and if still undecided:
(v) the President will serve in place of the Senior Senator.
(d) In the occurrence that the position of President of the Senate is vacant while the position of Deputy President of the Senate is filled, the Deputy President of the Senate shall assume the Chair of the Senate and initiate the President of the Senate election process.
(2) Voting Period. The voting period lasts 24 hours, or less once an absolute majority has been reached and declared by the Chair of the Senate.
(a) In case of a failure for a candidate to reach an absolute majority, the election shall be redone with the top two candidates.
(b) In the event of a tie when only two candidates remain, the election shall be re-done on first occurrence. If a tie with two candidates shall remain after a re-vote, the Vice President will cast a tie-breaking vote.
(3) Announcement Period. The President will announce the winning Senator from the election as the President of the Senate.
(a) Once announced, the President of the Senate is to assume the authority to enforce these Standing Orders and call the Senate to order.