Original Status

AAB-02- 001: 2020

In the Amending Congress

Date:

January 01, 2020

Authors:

Mark Shubert

Sponsors:

Title: America First

Preamble:

WHEREAS the United States of America has expended a significant amount of money to the rest of the world, money that it could have used to develop domestically the infrastructure that is now failing in order to increase the standard of living of Americans;

WHEREAS the United States does not owe the rest of the world anything, if anything the nations who have received aid, especially nations that are now wealthy themselves, ought to send aid back;

WHEREAS the United States should end its generous donations to the rest of the world along with most alliances in order to allocate funds to domestic projects;

and WHEREAS the United States should only ally itself with friendly republics.

Therefore:

This bill will divert the United States' efforts abroad and focus them on the homeland.

Section 1: Exit out of all foreign agreements and treaties and alliances. Cease all foreign aid to other countries, including to American companies who send aid abroad, eight years after the signing of this bill in order to allow those nations to build up their military and supplies.

Section 2: Return all military assets to the States and sell non-movable assets such as bases to the country they reside in. We will maintain naval ports in countries who allow us to have them and we will pay that country but we will not have military alliances with them.

Section 3: Return all military assets to the States and sell non-movable assets such as bases to the country they reside in. We will maintain naval ports in countries who allow us to have them and we will pay that country but we will not have military alliances with them.

Section 4: Disband most of the US Army but maintain the National Guard and support divisions for times of need such as an invasion or natural disaster. Maintain the US Navy in order to protect US trade routes and both military and non-military assets abroad.

Section 5: Divert the funds that would have went to maintaining our current military operations and foreign policy to the Nations infrastructure and all other funds should be cut from the Federal budget and the deficit should be decreased.

Section 6: Start our own international coalition where countries who desire military and financial aid from the United States will leave any foreign obligations they may have and adopt the US Constitution.

Section 7: After a nation adopts the US Constitution and joins our coalition, the process of statehood for that nation shall begin as follows;

A. After the adoption of the US Constitution, that nation will wait two presidential terms, eight years, before starting an annual poll among that nation's voting population.

B. That annual poll will ask the question if the population desires to become a state within the United States.

C. Once there are four consecutive years where 2/3 of the nation's total voting population votes in favor of statehood then the US Congress's foreign policy committee will examine that nation and determine how many states that nation will become. Regarding the poll votes, 2/3 of the total voting population must be in favor of statehood not just 2/3 of the people who ended up voting.

D. After the US Congress's foreign policy committee determines the number of states that the nation will become, that nation's congress will draw the state lines and vote in favor with 2/3 of their congress.

E. After the nation's congress draws the state lines in a resolution that resolution will be sent to the US Congress for review. After the foreign policy committee's majority votes in favor of the state lines, a bill will be sent to Congress to admit that nation, and the states it is divided into, into the Union.