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Congress Vote: 7-2-1
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BILL
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Scrutinise Amendments
The people of Democracy Craft, 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 “Amendment Scrutiny Act”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
2 - Purpose
3 - Enactment
When amending a Bill everything being edited or changed to the bill must be highlighted in this way.
4 - Failure to follow procedure
A
BILL
To
Scrutinise Amendments
The people of Democracy Craft, 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 “Amendment Scrutiny Act”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
2 - Purpose
- The Purpose of this Bill is to ensure when a congressperson is making amendments things aren’t being sneaked in and everyone is understanding what they are voting for and what is being changed.
3 - Enactment
When amending a Bill everything being edited or changed to the bill must be highlighted in this way.
- Any text being removed from the bill must be in red and made bold.
- Any text being added to the bill must be in green and made bold.
- Any changes to the wording of the text in a bill must be made yellow and be made bold.
- In addition changes made must be clear so the previous bill in its entire before any edits must be posted on the thread so it is clear what is being changed.
4 - Failure to follow procedure
- Failure to follow these procedures will result in a verbal warning the first time and logged formal warnings thereafter from the current Speaker.
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