Super Session Docket

NATO Support Act

1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

2 SECTION 1. The United States of America shall remain a member of NATO, and may

3 not withdraw or indirectly withdraw from NATO by condemning or

4 reducing contributions to NATO structures, activities, or operations, in a

5 manner that creates a de facto withdrawal.

6 SECTION 2. The United States of America shall continue to work with NATO members

7 to meet their 2014 Wales Defense Investment Pledge commitments.

8 SECTION 3. Funding for the European Deterrence Initiative, which increases the

9 ability of the United States and its allies to deter and defend against

10 Russian aggression, shall continue.

11 SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds are authorized to

12 be appropriated, obligated, or expended to take any action to withdraw

13 the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington, DC

14 on April 4, 1949, between the United States of America and the other

15 founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

16 SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. 

Senate Reform Act

1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT, ACTING UNDER ITS

2 DELEGATED POWERS UNDER THE FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, NINETEENTH, TWENTY

3 FOURTH, AND TWENTY-SIXTH AMENDMENTS:

4 SECTION 1. Each state shall be represented by at least one Senator.

5 SECTION 2. At each decadal census of the total population of the United States shall be

6 divided by one hundred to determine a seat allocation unit. A state with

7 population approximate to or less than the seat allocation unit shall have

8 one Senator; a state with population approximately twice as much as the

9 seat allocation shall have two Senators, and so on, using the same ratio.

10 SECTION 3. The total number of Senators shall be increased to allow for equitable

11 distribution of representation among the states.

12 SECTION 4. New states admitted to the union shall have Senators allocated according

13 to the procedures provided in this Act.

14 SECTION 5. Senators currently serving may continue their full terms. In a state

15 allocated one seat, the seat of Senator whose term ends first would be

16 retired. In states with more than two senators, when to hold elections in

17 alternating two-year class rotations would be subject to lot, rotating first

18 among states with fewer Senators, and finishing with states with the most.

19 Senators of new states would be allocated similarly when admitted. The

20 Senate shall adopt rules so that the Three Classes Clause shall continue to

21 be observed to evenly balance biennial elections of Senators.

22 SECTION 6. This act shall take effect following the 2020 Census. All laws in conflict with

23 this legislation are hereby declared null and void. All laws not in conflict

24 with this legislation shall remain in effect.

A Resolution to Amend the Constitution to Ensure Cabinet Accountability

1 RESOLVED, By two-thirds of the Congress here assembled, that the following article

2 is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States,

3 which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution

4 when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states

5 within seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress:

ARTICLE –

7 SECTION 1: The President may only terminate a principal officer of an

8 executive department upon two-thirds of the whole

9 number of Senators, concurring.

10 SECTION 2: The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by 11 appropriate legislation.