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Bill: National Security Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2778
Description[?]:
| This act will ensure our nations security by the build up of the military and the advancement of the equipment, health, and tools used by the military. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Current: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Proposed: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Current: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Proposed: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Current: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Proposed: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:09:13, June 28, 2009 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the National Security Act |
| Message | Let's make our country safer and stronger. |
| Date | 04:40:56, June 28, 2009 CET | From | Federalist Party | To | Debating the National Security Act |
| Message | Strongly agree. |
| Date | 12:49:39, June 28, 2009 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the National Security Act |
| Message | "Safe from what exactly? Solentia is strictly neutral and isolationist, we barely speak to our neighbours let alone go into battle with them." |
| Date | 22:40:06, June 28, 2009 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the National Security Act |
| Message | It is better to be safe than sorry. We should have "peace through strength" as Ronald Reagan said. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 154 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 212 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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