Bill: Draft SALTED FROG Act

[zLost]

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 'Stopping Advertising and Lobbying Tactics and Eliminating the Display of Firms and References to Organisations in Government Act’ or ‘SALTED FROG Act’
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by ToadKing, reviewed by President Juniperfig and PoS Omegabiebel.
(4) This Act has been sponsored by Representative zLost.
(5) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator Omegabiebel.

2 - Reasons
(1) To prevent the legislative process from being used as a vehicle for commercial advertising or brand promotion.
(2) To ensure that bill titles remain neutral, professional, and focused on the substantive purpose of the legislation.
(3) To prevent businesses from gaining unfair competitive advantages through prominent placement of their names or trademarks in acts of law.
(4) To maintain the dignity and impartiality of the legislative process by prohibiting the use of bill titles for commercial or promotional purposes.

3 - Amendments
(1) Section 7 of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

"7 - Bills

(1) Representatives have the ability to officially propose bills to Congress. In order to propose a bill, the Representative will follow the congressional process as defined in §9.

(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) Vetoed bills and bills that failed at referendum are considered rejected bills, and are thus subject to the same limitation.
(b) This limitation only applies to bills rejected during the current congressional session.

(3) The template for bills will be annexed to this act in a separate thread. Any amendments to the Bill format will be an amendment to the Legislative Standards Act.

(4) The title of a bill must explain the purpose of the bill and may not contain any personal identifiers such as names, initials and abbreviations referring to persons, business names, company names, trademarks, brand names, or any other commercial identifiers.

(5) Title Enforcement and Clarifications
(a) For the purposes of subsection (4):
(i) "Business names" include the names of any for-profit or non-profit organisations, corporations, sole proprietorships, or other commercial entities.
(ii) "Trademarks" include registered trademarks, service marks, trade names, and any other distinctive commercial identifiers.
(iii) "Brand names" include product names, service names, and any other commercial branding elements.

(b) This prohibition does not apply to:
(i) Generic descriptive terms that happen to coincide with business names (e.g., "Transportation Act" even if a business named "Transportation" exists);
(ii) References to government departments, agencies, or programs;
(iii) Geographic locations that may share names with businesses.

(c) The relevant Presiding Officer shall have authority to determine whether a bill title violates subsection (4) before allowing the bill to proceed to voting.

(d) If a bill title is found to contain prohibited commercial identifiers:
(i) The Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives shall require the sponsor to amend the title before the bill may proceed to voting;
(ii) This requirement does not constitute a Motion to Amend and may be issued at the sole discretion of the Presiding Officer without a vote; and
(iii) If the sponsor refuses or fails to amend the title within 48 hours, the bill shall be rejected and moved to the Rejected sub-forum."