Bill: Vote 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, coauthored by Stanley582, with review and revision from Representative ameslap, Representative _GreyMC, and Chief of Staff winterwolf.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Speaker of the House _GreyMC.

(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 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.

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

(2) 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 (k) being the end.
(a) The Speaker of the House
(b) The Secretary of the Department of State
(c) The Secretary of the Department of Commerce
(d) The Secretary of the Department of Justice
(e) The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
(f) The Secretary of the Department of Construction and Transport
(g) The Secretary of the Department of Health
(h) The Secretary of the Department of Public Affairs
(i) The Secretary of the Department of the Interior
(j) The Secretary of the Department of Education
(k) The Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank

(3) A person who becomes President through succession remains President notwithstanding any subsequent replacement of an office higher on the list.
(a) Any Acting Secretaries shall be skipped in the list of succession and will not be considered to fill the office of the Presidency.

 

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Votes prior to H-50/39