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Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

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1950minecrafter
20th President of the Commonwealth of Redmont
Member of the WPR
 

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

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1950minecrafter
20th President of the Commonwealth of Redmont
Member of the WPR
 
House Vote: 9-0-0
Senate Vote: 4-3-0
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BILL
To

Amend the
Legislative Standards Act and Change Bill Quorums

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 'Bill Quorum Change Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Senator CaseyLeFaye.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator CaseyLeFaye.

2 - Reasons
(1) To make quorum on Bills in Congress dependent on statutory seats, not filled seats.
(2) To make the quorum on Bills in Congress equal to or greater than 50% rather than just greater than 50%.
(3) Note that this basically just makes Bills’ quorums the exact same as all other quorums in Congress, as defined in the Constitution.
(4) To amend the Legislative Standards Act.

3 - Amendment
(1) 10(3)(b) of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:
“(i) Passage shall be considered as a simple majority of ayes out of all non-abstention votes cast, and rejection shall be a failure to reach such a majority.​
(ii) No bill shall pass the House unless over at least 50% of all sitting statutory Representatives have voted on the bill.”

(2) 10(5)(b)(ii) of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:
“(i) Passage shall be considered as a simple majority of ayes out of all non-abstention votes cast, and rejection shall be a failure to reach such a majority.​
(ii) No bill shall pass the Senate unless over at least 50% of all sitting statutory Senators have voted on the bill.”
 
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House Vote: 9-0-0
Senate Vote: 4-0-0
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BILL
To

Amend the Legislative Standards Act and Codify the Process and Rules for Resolutions

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 'Resolution Process Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Senator CaseyLeFaye.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator CaseyLeFaye.

2 - Reasons
(1) Currently, resolutions do not have any explicit process or rules. This Bill seeks to codify that they have the same process and rules as Bills.
(2) To amend the Legislative Standards Act.

3 - Amendment
(1) Section 9 of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:
“(1) Congress may pass non-binding resolutions to express opinions or make formal requests as formal requests to the Executive and the Departments. These do not require presidential assent.​
(2) The template for Resolutions will be annexed to this act in a separate thread. Any amendments to the Resolution format will be an amendment to the Legislative Standards Act.​
(3) Resolutions shall follow the same process and rules of Bills as outlined in this Act unless otherwise specified.
(4) Standing orders and other legislation may still make distinctions between Bills and Resolutions.
(5) Sub-subsection 10(5)(a) and Subsection (6) do not apply to Resolutions. After a Resolution passes both chambers of Congress, it shall be moved to the Resolutions forum rather than await assent.”​
 
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House Vote: 8-0-1
Senate Vote: 4-0-0
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BILL
To

Amend the Legislative Standards Act to Clarify How Motions of Reconsideration Work

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 'Motion of Reconsideration Clarification Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Senator CaseyLeFaye.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator CaseyLeFaye.

2 - Reasons
(1) Currently, restrictions about the re-proposal of bills and motion still exist even if a new Congressional session has begun.
(2) Some have previously interpreted Motions of Reconsideration to mean that the same bill is automatically reproposed. Clarifying it as simply allowing the same or a similar bill to be proposed gives legislators more flexibility.
(3) To amend the Legislative Standards Act.

3 - Terms
(1) Subsection 8(2) of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:
“(2) A rejected bill or a bill of the same nature will not be proposed for a period of 14 days unless a motion of reconsideration has been approved by Congress.​
(a) A motion to reconsider, if passed, permits the proposal of an identical bill to the rejected bill or a bill of the same nature.
(b) Vetoed bills and bills that failed at referendum are considered rejected bills, and are thus subject to the same limitation.
(c) All bills will automatically be reconsidered following the enactment of results of a congressional general election."​
 
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House Vote: 9-0-0
Senate Vote: 4-0-0
A
BILL
To

Amend the
Legislative Standards Act

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 'Renumbering Act'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by xEndeavour.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator xEndeavour.

2 - Reasons
(1) Fix the numbering of acts (when required)!
(2) To amend the Legislative Standards Act.

3 - Amendments
(1) The following shall be added under Section 7 - The Office of Congressional Affairs of the Legislative Standards Act:

(8) The Office of Congressional Affairs is authorised to adjust the numbering of sections and subsections within acts, provided that such changes do not alter the substantive meaning of the act and are limited to correcting administrative errors in the sequential numbering.”​
 
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Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

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1950minecrafter
20th President of the Commonwealth of Redmont
Member of the WPR
 
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To



Amend the Legislative Standards Act to expand on bill formatting standards.​

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 'Parts and Subsections Act'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Senator xEndeavour.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator xEndeavour.

2 - Reasons
(1) To provide for clearer communication of bill content.

3 - Amendments
(1) To amend the formatting of bills from:

SECTION FORMATTING
(1) Subsection
(a) Sub-subsection


To:

FORMATTING STANDARDS

PART I - <PART NAME> (if required; stylistic choice)

1 - <Section>

(1) Subsection

(a) Subsubsection

(i) Subsubsubsection
 
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This would allow for 1 person in the house or senate to aye something and for it to pass if no one else votes.
This is quite literally not true, because we have the quorum clause in the Constitution which states, "Quorums apply to all voting conducted in Congress, and a quorum to make a decision must be no less than 50% of the statutory number of seats in the chamber." I don't know how you're forgetting this, considering you literally proposed the amendment that added quorums to the old Constitution.
 
With the power vested in me as Vice President, I hereby vote in favor of this bill.
 

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

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1950minecrafter
20th President of the Commonwealth of Redmont
Member of the WPR
 

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

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1950minecrafter
20th President of the Commonwealth of Redmont
Member of the WPR
 
House Vote: 8-0-0
Senate Vote: 4-0-0
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BILL
To

Amend the Legislative Standards Act to Reform Congressional Hearing Procedures

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 'Congressional Hearing Reform Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Senate President CaseyLeFaye.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senate President CaseyLeFaye.

2 - Reasons
(1) Our law on hearings is currently written as if all hearings are held in-game.
(2) Much of the law is repetitive, contradictory, and redundant.
(3) There are unreasonable limitations, such as not allowing Congress to require testimony from a Secretary more than once in a 6 week period — something that applies to no other government position. This is a restriction on Congress’s ability to hold the Executive accountable.
(4) There is currently no procedure on how to close a hearing.
(5) To amend the Legislative Standards Act.

3 - Terms
(1) The Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

14 - Congressional Hearings
(1) Functionality
(a) To ensure transparency and accountability, all hearings must be summarised in writing by the Presiding Officers' Office and published.
(b) There must be a minimum of three representatives in attendance at each question time and the most Senior Member will act as Chair of the Committee overseeing question time.
(1) Location
(a) Hearings must take place in a Discord channel visible to the public.
(2) Initiating a Hearing
(a) Through a simple majority vote in a chamber of Congress, that chamber can open a chamber-specific hearing. Through a simple majority vote in both chambers of Congress, Congress can open a joint hearing.
(b) In chamber-specific hearings, only members of Congress from that chamber shall be able to participate. In joint hearings, members of both chambers of Congress shall be able to participate.
(c) A motion to hold a hearing may specify whether it is a chamber-specific hearing or a joint hearing. If unspecified, then it shall automatically be assumed to be a chamber-specific hearing.
(d) A chamber-specific hearing can become a joint hearing through a simple majority vote in both chambers, with such a motion initiating in the chamber that the hearing began in.
(i) If a subpoena is issued in a chamber-specific hearing that later becomes a joint hearing, the subpoena is still valid and in effect.
(e) A motion to hold a hearing may include one or more subpoenas as a part of the motion. Further subpoenas can be issued through passage of a motion in the chamber(s) holding the hearing.
(3) Closing a Hearing
(a) A hearing shall automatically be closed after five (5) days of no:
(i) invitations to testify;
(ii) questions asked by participating members of Congress;
(iii) proposals of motions to subpoena;
(iv) votes on motions to subpoena; and
(v) passage of motions to subpoena.
(b) A hearing may be closed through a consent of a simple majority of the chamber(s) holding the hearing.
(c) No hearing shall close solely as the result of a Congressional election.
(d) The five-day count mentioned in 3(a) of this Section shall pause when:
(i) at least one of the chambers of Congress participating in the hearing has no presiding officer;
(ii) at least one of the chambers of Congress participating in the hearing has not amended or reaffirmed its extant standing orders as required by law; and/or
(iii) the hearing has no chairperson.
(4) Attendance Subpoenas
(a) Through a simple majority, the chamber(s) of Congress holding a hearing Congress can subpoena any citizen number of persons or entities to appear before a that hearing. The Presiding Officers' Office will arrange a time that works for Congress and the individual being subpoenaed. Failure to attend the agreed meeting time appear within 72 hours of being summoned will result in a Contempt of Congress charge.​
(b) The subpoena must state the reasoning for the hearing its reason.​
(c) In extraordinary circumstances, the executive member may be granted the ability to submit a written response to questions put forward by the Congress. This will be reviewed and decided upon by Congress.
(c) Where the subpoena relates to is for a Government or business entity, the subpoenaed citizen entity may offer an alternative representative to attend in their place. However, if any individual (e.g. the President or a Secretary) is specifically summoned, then an alternative representative cannot be offered. e.g. The President may nominate a member of cabinet to attend in their place.
(d) Subpoenaed persons and entities are required to testify in the hearing when questioned by any member of a participating chamber of Congress.
(5) Invitations to Testify
(a) The chairperson of a hearing may offer an invitation to testify to any person or entity. This does not require the consent of any other member of Congress, but may be overridden through a simple majority in the relevant chamber(s). An invitation to testify may still be overridden even if it has been accepted to the invitee, which the invitee shall no longer have permission to testify in the hearing.
(i) If an invitation to testify in a specific hearing is overridden, then another invitation to testify in that hearing cannot be offered to the same person or entity.
(b) Those invited to testify cannot provide false testimony, but they may choose to not answer certain questions as long as they explicitly state that they are opting not to answer.
(c) A person or entity invited to testify may dismiss itself from the hearing at any time, and the chairperson of the hearing may dismiss any invited persons or entities at any time.
(i) If dismissed, the person or entity shall require another invitation to testify or a subpoena to testify in the hearing once more.
(d) Any offered invitations to testify must be disclosed to the chamber(s) of Congress holding the hearing.
(6) Chairperson
(a) The chairperson of a hearing shall be the member of Congress who proposed that hearing.
(b) If the chairperson of a hearing ceases to be a member of a chamber participating in that hearing, the presiding officer of the chamber in which the hearing motion was proposed shall become the new chairperson of that hearing (once elected, if not yet elected).
(c) The chamber(s) holding the hearing may change the chairperson of the hearing to a different member of Congress through a simple majority vote.
(7) Right to Not Self-Incriminate
(a) A person or entity that is subpoenaed and/or invited to testify may invoke their right not to produce self-incriminating evidence during the hearing.
(8) Confirmation Hearings
(a) A Confirmation Hearing shall occur within 24 hours whenever an individual is nominated for a position in which the Senate must vote on the nomination.
(i) Positions may be exempt from this as specified in the Standing Orders of the Senate.
(b) Confirmation Hearings shall be Senate chamber-specific hearings and may not be expanded to include both chambers.
(c) The nominee shall automatically be subpoenaed.
(d) Unless otherwise specified by the Standing Orders of the Senate, the President of the Senate shall be the initial chairperson of a Confirmation Hearing.
(9) Standing Orders
(a) Each chamber of Congress may create further rules for their own chamber-specific hearings in their Standing Orders, as long as such rules do not conflict with any law.
(i) The Senate may create separate rules for Confirmation Hearings and other hearings specific to the Senate.
(b) Further rules for joint hearings must be agreed upon by both chambers of Congress.
(c) Further rules may substitute the provisions for the automatic closure of hearings described in Subsection 3(a) of this Section.
15 - Congressional Question Time
(1) Functionality
(a) To ensure transparency and accountability all question times must be recorded and written down by the Clerk in a document or by another congressional official if the Clerk is unavailable, These documents should be made available to the general public at the earliest possible time.
(b) There must be a minimum of Three representatives in attendance at each question time.
(2) Schedule
(a) Question time will occur when the Congress passes a motion by a simple majority to request the testimony of a secretary.
(b) The Speaker of Congress shall propose not fewer than two and not more than four times to the Secretary/Secretaries requested to appear before Congress.
(c) If no time proposed by the Speaker works for the Secretary/Secretaries, the Secretary may request an alternate time from the Speaker or a member of their office.
(d) Once a time is agreed upon, the Speaker of Congress is to announce via #government-announcements that a meeting has been scheduled. This announcement is to come no fewer than three days prior to the meeting.
(e) In the event that a time cannot be arranged with a Secretary, they may nominate their deputy or a member of the relevant cabinet department to represent them, or to submit responses to Congress' questions in writing.
(2) Conduct
(a) Testimony is to be heard in either of the hearing rooms in the capitol.
(b) The hearing is to be presided over by either the chair of the committee impaneled to hear testimony or the Speaker of Congress. How the members of Congress determine the chair of the committee is to be up to the members of Congress, as is the composition of the committee.
(c) Representatives will ask questions of the Secretary or their appointed representative in descending order of seniority.
(d) If requested, members of the committee impaneled to hear testimony shall provide written copies of the questions they wish to ask.
(e) Meetings are to be open to the public, and a report is to be published by the congressional Press Assistant following each meeting.
(3) Legal Obligation
(a) When a Secretary's presence is requested by the Congress, they are required to attend a hearing when scheduled as outlined above.
(b) Secretaries are obligated to attend a hearing or provide testimony in writing when summoned by Congress. Secretaries may meet their legal obligation under this clause by appointing their deputy or another member of their department to stand in for them, or by submitting responses to questions asked by Congress in writing.
(c) If a Secretary fails to meet their obligations under this section, they may be fined an amount not greater than 500 dollars if a super majority in Congress holds the Secretary in contempt.
(d) If a Secretary fails to meet their obligations repeatedly, Congress reserves the power to remove the Secretary through Impeachment.
(4) Limitations
(a) Congress may not require testimony from any one secretary more than once in a period of 6 weeks.
(b) This limitation does not apply to summons before an impeachment trial.
16 - Congressional Subpoenas
(1) Process
(a) Any member of the Congress may propose a motion to subpoena any number of people or entities to testify.
(b) Motions to exercise Congressional Subpoenas are accepted or denied by the chamber that they are proposed. Congressional Committees are also able to accept or deny Congressional Subpoenas.
(c) Should the motion pass, the subject(s) of the motion will be compelled to testify before Congress by the date specified in the motion.
(d) Should the subject of a subpoena fail to appear before Congress without reasonable justification they will be charged 1% of their balance for each day with a minimum of $100.
(e) Subjects of Congressional subpoenas may invoke their right not to incriminate themselves during the hearing.”​

4 - Transition
(1) All ongoing House of Representatives-specific hearings shall hereby have their chairperson be the Speaker of the House.
(2) All ongoing Senate-specific hearings shall hereby have their chairperson be the President of the Senate.
(3) All ongoing joint hearings shall hereby have their chairperson be the Speaker of the House.
(4) All ongoing hearings shall hereby be subject to the rules set out by this Act.
 

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

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1950minecrafter
20th President of the Commonwealth of Redmont
Member of the WPR
 

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

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1950minecrafter
20th President of the Commonwealth of Redmont
Member of the WPR
 

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

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1950minecrafter
20th President of the Commonwealth of Redmont
Member of the WPR
 
House Vote: 9-0-0
Senate Vote: 4-0-0

A
BILL
To

Amend the
Legislative Standards Act

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 'OCA & IG Act.'

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

(3) This Act has been authored by Moyfr and Senator CaseyLeFaye.

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

2 - Reasons

(1) As the Legislative Standards Act currently stands in law, there are multiple references to offices which are no longer used, those being the “Office of Presiding Officers”, “Presiding Officers’ Office”, and the “Speaker’s Office”.

(2) This bill seeks to update the Legislative Standards Act through legislation to replace these outdated terms with the modernly used “Office of Congressional Affairs.”

(3) To guarantee that Congress can use its funds to pay the Inspector General of the Federal Reserve, since it employs that position.

(4) To let Senators also have the opportunity to receive appropriations to assist them in the course of their official duties, just like Representatives.

3 - Amendments

(1) Section 10 of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

“(6) If a bill is passed by Congress, the President will do the following:​
(a) The President will sign the Bill and move it to the Acts of Congress forum. The Speaker’s
Office Office of Congressional Affairs will update the relevant Rules and Laws; or”​

(2) Section 10 of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

“(7) Once the changes have been made, the Speaker's office Office of Congressional Affairs will announce the changes to the public, assuming the law is of significant public interest. Laws of significant public interest include but are not limited to the following:”​

(3) Section 12 of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

“(3) Motion of Commendation
(a) Scope of Commendation. The motion must specify whether it seeks a Congressional​
Commendation (requiring approval from both chambers) or recognition in just one chamber.​
(b) Public Acknowledgment. If passed, the Office of the Presiding Officers Office of Congressional Affairs will issue a public statement of commendation, which may be awarded to any community member.”​

(4) Section 16 of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

“(2) Facilitation of Funding​
(a) The Office of the Presiding Officers Office of Congressional Affairs is responsible for appropriating the proper funds once a motion is passed, unless otherwise directed in such motion​
(3) Legislative bonuses​
(a) Congressional members are barred from appropriating themselves and or accepting bonuses for the purpose of extra remuneration.​
(i) The Inspector General of the Federal Reserve and members of the speakers office Office of Congressional Affairs are the only members exempt from this exclusion.​
(b) Representatives and Senators may still receive appropriations to assist them in the course of their official duties (e.g. paying a staffer).​
(4) Any official gifts made to a Representative or Senator are to be property of the state and​
should be surrendered to the Speaker's office Office of Congressional Affairs at the member's first opportunity.​
(a) The speaker's office Office of Congressional Affairs may choose to display or simply retain and archive these gifts.”​

(5) Section 18 of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

"(1) A 'Redundant' prefix will be made available to the Speaker's office Office of Congressional Affairs.​
(2) This prefix may be applied to bills by the Speaker's office Office of Congressional Affairs, where a bill no longer has legal relevance. Bills with the redundancy prefix will be moved to the rescinded / vetoed / rejected forum."​
 
HOR: 6-2-3
Senate: 3-2-0

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BILL
To

Standardize the Motto and Insignia of Redmont and Amend the Legislative Standards Act

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 'In Staff We Trust Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Representative Moyfr.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Representatives Jesseya, ToadKing, and Sir_Dogeington.

2 - Reasons
(1) In the current law, officers who are newly appointed or elected must swear an oath that includes the phrase “So help me End and Tech”.
(2) In the current national coat of arms and numerous seals of high office, the phrase “In End and Tech We Trust” appears inscribed under the Redmont Flag.
(3) To make the Commonwealth of Redmont beholden to no one, as well as to distance herself from figures who may or may not change in popularity overtime, it is necessary to make the coat of arms and oath mirror the sentiment that all may thrive in our society on their own merit.

3 - The Official Motto of the Commonwealth of Redmont
(1) The official motto of the Commonwealth of Redmont shall be: “In Staff We Trust”
(2) The motto of the Commonwealth of Redmont shall never include the name or nickname of a player or person.

4 - Standardization of the Coat of Arms
(1) The Coat of Arms of Redmont shall have the following design:
(2) A shield shape with the Redmont Standard inside shall make up the base of the design.
(3) Hovering slightly above the shield shall be the gray star, the symbol of leadership and excellence.
(4) A white ribbon shall overlay the bottom part of the shield, which shall have the national motto “In Staff We Trust” inscribed on it.
(i) Any seal which contains the coat of arms that does not include “In Staff We Trust” shall be determined as an invalid source of government authority.​
(5) “REDMONT” shall be listed underneath the shield in bold silver lettering.
(6) The outside of the shield shall be lined with mantling, which shall be colored in silver.
(7) The Coat of Arms shall appear on the Seal of the President.
(8) The Coat of Arms shall appear on the Seal of the Vice President.
(9) The Coat of Arms shall appear on the Seal of the Executive Cabinet.

5 - Amending the Legislative Standards Act
(1) The Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

20 - Oath of Office

(2) All Representatives and Senators in attendance of such a ceremony shall be sworn in by the Clerk with the following oath: 'I, (username), do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Redmont for the people. So help me End and Tech Staff.'
 
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Presidential Assent


This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

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Presidential Assent


This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

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