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Bill: Hobruzian Scientific and Development Agenda of 5177
Details
Submitted by[?]: Transhumanist Party of Hobruzia.
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: April 5178
Description[?]:
Our pro-science platform will help jumpstart Hobruzia into not just the next millennium, but into the post-Singularity world. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards the cloning of human beings.
Old value:: Research in cloning technologies is not regulated.
Current: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Proposed: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Current: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Proposed: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Current: Only charter schools are given government funding.
Proposed: Private schools are given funding on a case-by-case basis.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Current: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Proposed: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Legality of stem cell research
Old value:: All stem cell research is illegal.
Current: All stem cell research is legal.
Proposed: All stem cell research is legal.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Policy on climate change
Old value:: The government has no official position on climate change.
Current: The official government position is that climate change is one of the most important problems of our day and constitutes a global emergency. We have to take drastic measures to stop it.
Proposed: The official government position is that climate change is a problem. However we have to balance environmental protection with economic interests.
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