Pay The Draftsmen Act

[antonfr]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

AMEND THE ECONOMIC STANDARDS ACT TO ENSURE PAYMENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL DRAFTSMEN




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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 ‘Pay The Draftsmen Act’

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

(3) This Act has been authored by Speaker Antonfr.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Representatives Stanley582 and Musclebound.

(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Economic Standards Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) Draftsmen were recently reintroduced by the Office of Congressional Affairs.

(2) They are currently not entitled to payment on the same level as Clerks.

(3) This bill amends the Economic Standards Act to ensure the fair payment of Draftsmen for their work.

(4) This bill has been reviewed by the Director of Legislative Affairs Sofia2750.

PART II — AMENDMENTS

3. Amendments to the Economic Standards Act

(1) Section 4(5) of the Economic Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

"(5) Commission

(a) Issued at the following rates from the Department/Branch Budget, or as otherwise provided in the written policies of executive departments, the judicial branch, or the Office of Congressional Affairs, in addition to these statutory commissions.

Commission Type	Position	Amount
Case Loading	Justice	$800	(per case, per day* presiding) *includes up to seven days of recess. Additional days of recess beginning on the eighth day of recess are compensated at 50% of the specified base rate.
	Judge	$600	(per case, per day* presiding) *includes up to seven days of recess. Additional days of recess beginning on the eighth day of recess are compensated at 50% of the specified base rate.
	Magistrate	$400	(per case, per day* presiding) *includes up to seven days of recess. Additional days of recess beginning on the eighth day of recess are compensated at 50% of the specified base rate.
Departmental Loading (per month)	Secretary	Category A: $20,000 Category B: $16,000 Category C: $12,000	Awarded vide s5(b)
	Deputy Secretary	Category A: $10,000 Category B: $8,000 Category C: $6,000	Awarded vide s5(b)
Legislative Loading	Clerk	Processing an Act of Congress: $1,000 Processing a Motion: $350 Fixing an Error in Legislation**: $750	**capped at $750 per document/act/resolution per week
	Draftsmen	Comprehensive policy/bill review: $2,000 Standard policy/bill review: $500 Advising Congress on what it can do: $1,000

 

[Gluonmaster]

I'm going to be in the minority on this but I'm voting no for two reasons.
1 : Missing a co sponsor.
2 : I feel like that's too much money to be spending per law review. Plus I'm not sure if comprehensive is defined by past Judicial precedent but it's not defined here.

 

[Anthony_Org]

How do we define standard vs. comprehensive?