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Bill: INFORMAL vote on the Ratification of the International Space Agency
Details
Submitted by[?]: Terran Revolutionary League (TRL)
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 2650
Description[?]:
| International Space Agency Description A treaty to establish the International Space Agency to coordinate the use of outer space among the spacefaring nations of Terra. SECTION I There is hereby established the International Space Agency (ISA), an international agency which will oversee, coordinate, and promote the use of outer space for educational, scientific, and recreational uses. SECTION II All nations agree to the use of space solely for scientific, educational, or recreational purposes and hereby agree that the militarization of space shall not be allowed. SECTION III All nations agree that they shall claim no ownership or jurisdiction over any planet, comet, moon, asteroid, meteor, wormhole, dyson sphere, or black hole, discovered or undiscovered, and that the ISA shall be the only agency given such jurisdiction. SECTION IV All nations agree to share industry, science, technology, ideas, books, science fiction literature, and all sources of scientific space knowledge to improve space technology worldwide. SECTION V The ISA shall be governed by an International Space Senate. Each member nation shall be entitled to appoint three Space Senators to the body in any manner they see fit. The International Space Senate shall vote on laws and rules and resolutions to set space policy and coordinate the use of space among the several nations of Terra in accordance with this treaty. The ISA organization shall be run by a Space President elected by the International Space Senate on a 2/3rds vote of the membership. The Space President will have a term of office of 2 years. The Space President will be assisted by a number of Space Vice Presidents chosen by the International Space Senate in a manner of their choosing. Any nation may send their Minister of Science and Technology to observe and participate in space discussion and space politics, but only Space Senators may vote on issues. The International Space Senate shall meet at least once a year, rotating the meeting place among the member nations who will be responsible for providing a meeting hall and refreshments. SECTION VI All nations agree to establish, or if already existing, direct their national space agencies to regulate the use of spacefaring technology to be in compliance with this treaty. SECTION VII All nations agree to equally fund the ISA budget. Articles[?] The treaty consists of the following articles. Article 1 The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to: Government policy towards space exploration. The policy of their national government and law should be: The government shall fully fund a state-owned space agency which controls all national space-related activity. or The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies. or The government shall issue permits to private space-exploration companies. NOTE: This is NOT the actual treaty. If this is passed it means that we agree to have the Renewal Party formally bring this Treaty up for legislation. If anything this is an INFORMAL vote to see where the all the parties stand on this issue. Yes= The Renewal Party MUST bring up the Treaty for debate/voting No= Basically the opposite of yes and then some.... |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:46:46, October 07, 2008 CET | From |  Terran Revolutionary League (TRL) | To | Debating the INFORMAL vote on the Ratification of the International Space Agency |
| Message | In the long run, this could lead to us forming new allies across the world; and not to mention the trade possibilities... |
| Date | 15:46:58, October 07, 2008 CET | From | Republican Party of Endralon | To | Debating the INFORMAL vote on the Ratification of the International Space Agency |
| Message | i will vote yes |
| Date | 23:24:49, October 08, 2008 CET | From | Æ’ortenohÆ’iv (ACN) | To | Debating the INFORMAL vote on the Ratification of the International Space Agency |
| Message | ¡Sí señor! |
| Date | 03:31:41, October 09, 2008 CET | From | Renewal Party | To | Debating the INFORMAL vote on the Ratification of the International Space Agency |
| Message | You realize this is not an actual treaty? |
| Date | 03:28:47, October 10, 2008 CET | From | Terran Revolutionary League (TRL) | To | Debating the INFORMAL vote on the Ratification of the International Space Agency |
| Message | uhh i know, i'm saying if its passed YOU'D (RENEWAL PARTY) have too reccomed we FORMALLY pass it. This is just a debate on wether or not we should consider this treaty. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 322 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 259 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 169 |
| Random fact: Real-life religions should not be referenced in Particracy. Terra has its own religions, many of which mirror real-life ones. See: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion |
| Random quote: "The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them." - Mark Twain |