Act of Congress Paying the DPA Backlog (8/26) Act

[HatManMC]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT​

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A BILL TO

ASSIST IN PAYING THE DPA'S BACKLOG BY GIVING AN INCREASE IN BUDGET​

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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 ‘Paying the DPA Backlog (8/26) Act' or 'PDBA'.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Representative HatManMC.
(4) This Act has been sponsored by Representative HatManMC.
(5) This Act has been cosponsored by Representative lovepurplepoodle.

2. Reasons and Intent
(1) The Department of Public Affairs spent most of its money on backlog payments.
(2) This provides money for the DPA to continue to function throughout the month of August.

PART II — Amendments
Part 2, section 4 of the Appropriations Act - AUGUST 2026 will be amended as follows:

4. Departments will be apportioned the following from the Government Balance:
(1) Department of State (DOS): $500,000;
(2) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) $450,000;
(3) Department of Justice (DOJ): $600,000;
(4) Department of Commerce (DOC): $1,100,000;
(5) Department of Public Affairs (DPA): $400,000 $700,000;
(6) Department of Construction and Transportation (DCT) $444,444;
(7) Department of Health (DOH): $790,000;
(8) Department of Interior (DOI): $650,000;
(9) Department of Education (DOE): $500,000.

 

[xXTheoryXx]

Presidential Assent

PRESIDENTIAL ASSENT​

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This Act raises the Department of Public Affairs apportionment in the Appropriations Act - AUGUST 2026 from $400,000 to $700,000 to clear the Department's backlog.

The backlog is money already owed to players who did the work, and the Department cannot function on an empty balance for the rest of the month. I grant assent on that basis.

I record that this is a one-month correction and not a new baseline. $400,000 remains the figure the events and media programme should be built to, and I will treat September on that footing.

My thanks to Representative HatManMC for authoring and sponsoring this Act and to Representative lovepurplepoodle for co-sponsoring it.

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

Theory Fontaine
30th President of the Commonwealth of Redmont​