Bill: Draft Presidential Succession Order Allotment Act

[HatManMC]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO
PROVIDE A LIST OF SUCCESSION OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT AS PROVISIONED IN THE PSIA


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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 'Presidential Succession Order Allotment Act" or "PSOAA".

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

(3) This Act has been authored by Representative HatManMC with review and revision from Representative ameslap, Stanley582, Representative _GreyMC, and Deputy Secretary winterwolf.

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

(5) This Act is to be utilized in accordance with §26(2)(b) of the Constitution as amended in the Presidential Succession Insurance Act.

2. Reasons and Intent
(1) After the succession crisis involving the dissolving of both House and Senate, the resignation of the Presidency under Multiman155, and the resignation of the Presidency under Just_Jada, it was proven that our current succession provisions in the Constitution are not extensive enough.
(2) The Act working in tandem with this one, the Presidential Succession Insurance Act, provides that Congress is to create a list of succession for the Presidency past the President of the Senate, as to ensure changes to succession (and administrative changes) can be done without having to amend the Constitution.
(3) This Act will provide said list.

3. Definitions
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Succession. The rising to the office of the Presidency due to vacancies in higher seats.
(b) Bumping. A newly appointed President being removed from their position due to their appointing or the replacement of a seat higher than their previous position in the list of succession.
(c) Administrative. A change done to this Act solely to accord with naming provisions of other acts. "Administrative" shall only apply to the renaming of a position currently on the list of succession and not the inclusion of more offices. For example, if the Department of Commerce changed their name to the Department of the Treasury, the change to "Secretary of the Treasury" in Part II, §4(c) would be considered "administrative".

PART II - PROVISIONS
4. Order of Succession
(1) As stated in §26(2)(b) of the Constitution, this act shall set the order of succession past the President of the Senate.

(2) Any person succeeding the Presidency shall begin a caretaker administration as stated in §26(2) of the Constitution.

(3) The list for the succession of the office of the Presidency, assuming that the offices of the President, Vice President, and President of the Senate are all vacant, shall go as follows, with (a) being the start of the list and (j) being the end.
(a) The Speaker of the House
(b) The Secretary of State
(c) The Secretary of Commerce
(d) The Secretary of Justice
(e) The Secretary of Homeland Security
(f) The Secretary of Construction and Transport
(g) The Secretary of Health
(h) The Secretary of Public Affairs
(i) The Secretary of the Interior
(j) The Secretary of Education

(4) Any person on this list who becomes the President through succession shall be considered the President in terms of succession, and the replacement of an office higher on the list from their original position will not cause said President to be bumped from their position.
(a) Any Acting Secretaries shall be skipped in the list of succession and will not be considered to fill the office of the Presidency.
(b) If there are no other options in the list of succession other than an Acting Secretary, the Acting Secretary will be entered into the list for succession of the Presidency.

5. Entrenchment
(1) Any changes not considered "administrative" (see §3(c)) which repeals, replaces, or substantively alters this Act shall require a supermajority in both chambers of Congress.
(a) Any amendment which repeals, replaces, or amends this section shall also require a supermajority in both chambers of Congress.

(2) In accordance with § 55 of the Constitution, this Act is enacted subject to the same requirement.

(3) Nothing in this section prevents the amendment of "administrative" concerns as defined in §3(c).