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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 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.

Proposed Pledge of Allegiance with explanation. Written by Mark Shubert I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the Republic ordained by the people, I give my life, my fortune, and my sacred honor, to One Union, perpetually indivisible, with prosperity, security, and liberty to all. I switched the "flag" to the "Constitution." "ordained by the people" is a reference to the Constitution."I give my life, my fortune, and my sacred honor" is a reference to the Declaration of Independence. "One Union, perpetually indivisible" is a reference to the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution. "prosperity, security, and liberty" is a reference to John Adams' 1776 essay "Thoughts on Government" where he lays out a plan with justification for a trilateral government and a bicameral legislature.

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-06-001 is a bill that will reorganize government spending within the education industry regarding loans, subsidies and tax exemptions and deductions in order to decrease the cost of education for both the government and the students. AAB-06-001: *The government will no longer provide subsidies to private education. *Private education will no longer be tax-exempt nor deductible. * Schools will no longer receive funding for sports programs from the government nor force students to pay for the sports but must instead fundraise on their own. *All current government loans to students will be replaced with the following. -The only government loan that will be provided is a full-tuition loan, or a loan necessary to complete the remaining years of college, to students within a vocation degree course or one or multiple of the four STEM degree programs. -This loan will not demand repayment until two years after the student graduates from either vocational or STEM degrees. -Payment of this loan will occur over the course of ten years with the first five years including an interest rate of 3% and the remaining five years with 6%. If the student pays off the full loan within the first five years then the only interest rate for that student's loan will be 10%. -During the ten year repayment period, the student will pay the monthly of the loan they received with the interest rate.

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-06-002 is a bill that will reform the administrative system within the school system in order to remove unnecessary bureaucracy and cut educational costs. AAB-06-002: *Administrators will be chosen in the following way. -Administrators must have been a teacher at the high school level for two years before becoming an administrator. -Administrators must be elected by the teachers of the school they work in at the end of every school year for the following school year. *Administrators will not receive a higher salary than that of the lowest-paid teacher within the highest grade level of the school they work at.

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-05-001 bill also known as the MTTR Tax Plan will change the current use of taxes from a political use to a pragmatic one. The foundation of this tax bill is the Laffer Curve as shown in item 05-001-1. AAB-05-001: *All taxes in all sectors of the government's revenue stream will be decreased by 10%. -This includes taxes on types of savings, incomes, expenditures, and inheritances. -The 10% decrease is of the current tax, i.e. if there is a 30% tax on every dollar, which is 30 cents, then the 10% tax decrease will decrease that 30 cent tax to 27 cents or 27% because 10% of 30 cents is 3 cents. *After one year under this new tax plan, the finance committee will look at the streams of revenue and see which of them decreased total revenue and which increased total revenue. -For the streams that decreased in total revenue, the tax rate will be increased by 10% of the starting tax rate. In the example above that would mean that the 30 cent tax on the dollar will increase to 33 cents on the dollar. -For the streams that increased in total revenue, the tax rate will drop another 10% of the new tax. In the example above this means that the 27 cent tax on the dollar will decrease to 24 cents on the dollar or 10% from the 27 cents, rounded up. *Income tax will have the tax brackets change by 10% not the rate of the tax. * This process will occur until total taxes reach its maximized tax revenue point. Item: 05-001-1

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.