Original Status TFB-24-1-2024: In the Tarpeian Forum Date: (Month, Day, Year) Mark Shubert Augmenting Congressional Apportionment Whereas concerns of representation in Congress of the US population has increased over the past century since the last Apportionment Act passed; and, whereas an increase in the number of seats in both the House of Representatives and Senate will alleviate such concerns. Therefore, Section 1: The number of Senate seats per state will increase from two to three. Given the current total of 50 states there will be a total of 150 Senators. Section 2: The number of House seats will be a ratio of 6-1 of the Senate seats. Given the new total of 150 Senators there will be a total of 900 House seats. Section 3: The populated and organized territories of the US will include 1 non-voting House seat each along with the District of Columbia. Section 4: Given the new number of House seats at 900 and Senators at 150, the total count for the electoral college will be 1,053; three electors from D.C. 527 electoral votes will be needed to win the Presidential election.

Original Status AAB-02- 002: 2020 In the Amending Congress Date: February 01, 2020 Authors: Mark Shubert Sponsors: Title: Equal Immigration Preamble: WHEREAS equality of treatment is a right that ought to be recognized, respected, and protected; WHEREAS the United State should not discriminate against the citizens of another nation; and WHEREAS the United States ought to adopt the right of movement as described under the UN declaration of rights. Therefore: Section 1: The immigration from any country will be handled in accordance with AAB-02-001. Section 2: Repeals any law that prohibits residents of a country from being allowed entry into the United States. A. No nation can be selected to prevent the movement of citizens unless a state of emergency is declared by Congress in regards to pandemics or similar disease related emergencies. B. This pandemic state of emergency would need to be renewed every six months.

Original Status AAB-19-002: 2020 In the Amending Congress 3/11/2020 Mark Shubert 888 House Seats Preamble: Whereas Representatives in the House of Representatives are overwhelmed by the number of committees or subcommittees they are in and, Whereas the number of constituents per representatives is too high for anyone to effectively represent and, Whereas the people deserve a public servant that represents them and, Whereas decreasing the number of constituents will decrease the cost of running for office which gives more opportunity to more people to run themselves and, Whereas the amount of money it would take to lobby to more politicians would increase which will decrease the number of companies and industries that can effectively lobby , and that Congress needs more public servants instead of having to rely on independent agencies, departments, or any form of investigator or policy think tank. Therefore: Section 1: Increase the number of representatives by 100 representatives every ten years until the number of representatives reaches 888. Section 2: This will take 40 years and the fourth decade will add 153 members to the house. Section 3: Congress will raise funds to make the necessary changes to the Capitol Building to fit the increase of members of congress. Section 4: Congress shall have the power to enforce this bill with appropriate legislation.

Original Status AAR-03-001: 2021 In the Amending Congress Date: January 13, 2021 Authors: Mark Shubert Sponsors: Title: Aquaculture Preamble: WHEREAS our Agriculture is one of the leading causes of climate change, an expense to our government, and an expense to the land we live on. Aquaculture is a new farming technique that has already proven its usefulness in cultivating large sums of food in a short period of time without being a harm to the fish or crustacean population. This technique has the potential of ending coral reef devastation from over fishing along with decreasing the amount of CO2 we put into the atmosphere. Therefore: Section 1: Add restrictions to fishing that is not from an aquaculture farm as seen below. Section 2: Invest in startup aquaculture farms to get the industry rolling and have them located in deep waters near the shore that is also not close to a vulnerable coral reef. Section 3: Congress ought to pass appropriate legislation to decrease the effects of over fishing and to develop aquaculture.

Original Status AAB-21-001: 2021 In the Amending Congress January 13, 2021 Authors: Mark Shubert Increasing the Number of Justices in the Supreme Court Preamble: WHEREAS our Supreme Court has been overwhelmed with the number of cases it needs to look over and rule on. By increasing the number of justices we are giving the Supreme Court more support in dealing with cases. Therefore: Section 1: Increase the number of Supreme Court Justices to 13 Section 2: Only Require 9 Justices to hear and rule on a case A. Cases will be heard by either 9, 11, or 13 Justices B. If ten justices want to hear a case either one needs to step away from the case or they need to convince one of the other three justices to hear the case to make sure that only an odd number of justices hear the case.

Original Status AAB- 23- 001: In the Amending Congress 7/9/2021 Mark Shubert Enumerated Executive Power Preamble: Whereas the executive branch has assumed more powers than what is enumerated into the Constitution. Therefore: The position of Commander in Chief is in charge of all military affairs but must be approved and organized by Congress. See Article One Section Eight of the US Constitution. The President will not make or break treaties with foreign nations but instead appear before the Senate to propose the creation or secession of foreign treaties. See Article Two Section Two of the US Constitution. The President will acquire Senate's approval on all ministers, consuls, and ambassadors for both foreign and domestic use. See Article Two Section Two of the US Constitution. The President shall not regulate foreign nor domestic commerce with tariffs, taxes, quotas, treaties, subsidies, aide, without appearing before Congress and receiving approval on every decision regarding commerce. See Article One Section Eight of the US Constitution. The President must seek approval from Senate to launch attacks or declare war on a foreign nation. Strictly defensive action may be used but must be reported immediately to the Senate before any further action may be lawful. See Article One Section Eight of the US Constitution.

Original Status AAB- “Committee Number”- “Bill Number”: In the Amending Congress Date: Authors: Sponsors: Title: Preamble: In the WHEREAS clauses, describe individual reasons why this bill should pass. End the WHEREAS clauses with “, and” so that it runs as one long sentence until the last WHEREAS clause. Therefore: Section #: Section #: Section # AAB-09-001 is a bill to standardize the debt market in order to protect debtors from debt buyers who use debt in a threatening way. AAB-09-001: *A new license will be made and required in order to buy and/or collect debt. *When a creditor chooses to sell debt to a debt buyer then a meeting must be held which includes the creditor, debtor, and debt buyer so that all members of the transaction are aware of the transaction. * When a debt buyer purchases debt, the debt will not default to its original amount but instead will only include the current amount owed by the debtor. *Debt buyers will not be allowed to sue debtors for seven years after the purchasing of the debt from the original creditors and the trial of the lawsuits will not favor any side if only one side shows up to court. No winning by default. *Debt will be organized on a proper database that the GOA will maintain and only provide to businesses that have the license to buy debt and those who are in debt.

Original Status AAB- “Committee Number”- “Bill Number”: In the Amending Congress Date: Authors: Sponsors: Title: Preamble: In the WHEREAS clauses, describe individual reasons why this bill should pass. End the WHEREAS clauses with “, and” so that it runs as one long sentence until the last WHEREAS clause. Therefore: Section #: Section #: Section # AAB-11-004 is a bill that will change the direction of cashflow for the increasing of the money supply from the Federal Reserve directly to the American people instead of going directly to the banks. This is a trickle-up policy, the banks will receive their money for investing after the American people have used it for the consumption of goods and services. This will help the American people in need of extra money, help small businesses that need loyal customers not payments to be bought out by bigger companies, and will still help banks. AAB-11-004: *Whenever the Federal Reserve or the Federal Government will increase the money supply, the money will be split up equally and sent directly to individuals who make $76,000 or less. This will not count as income and will not be taxed until the first use of the money by the people, via sales tax when the money is spent.

Original Status AAB- “Committee Number”- “Bill Number”: In the Amending Congress Date: Authors: Sponsors: Title: Preamble: In the WHEREAS clauses, describe individual reasons why this bill should pass. End the WHEREAS clauses with “, and” so that it runs as one long sentence until the last WHEREAS clause. Therefore: Section #: Section #: Section # AAB-09-004 is a bill that addresses the issue with externalities created by businesses such as waste. AAB-09-004: *Businesses will be mandated to directly pay for the cleanup of the externalities their business creates. -A factory that produces air pollution must pay for services that clean the air equal to the amount of waste created by the business. -A factory that produces land or water pollution must pay for the services that clean the land and water equal to the amount of waste produced by the business. * A business does not have to pay for the clean up of pollution when it is their customers that pollute with the business's product. -Civilians are already outlawed from polluting. *Regulations on sound and lighting externalities are to be determined by state and local government. *Congress shall have power to enforce this bill with appropriate legislation.