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Bill: Science and Technology Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Renewal Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes to change the allocation of funds in the budget. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2330
Description[?]:
| This bill seeks to implement the recommendations of the "Status of Science and Technology in Endralon" report issued by the Science and Technology Minister. It also incorporates a change in the budget to account for the decrease in the child benefit. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Current: The government does not subsidize research and development of prescription drugs but regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs but does not regulate their prices.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Current: The government supplies free pharmaceutical drugs to those on low incomes.
Proposed: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Article 3
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 750,000,000 END | 100,000 END | 100,000 END |
| Foreign Affairs | 4,500,000,000 END | 100,258,798 END | 100,258,798 END |
| Internal Affairs | 9,500,000,000 END | 8,313,300,000 END | 8,313,300,000 END |
| Finance | 1,000,000,000 END | 3,313,300,000 END | 3,313,300,000 END |
| Defence | 32,000,000,000 END | 6,626,600,000 END | 6,626,600,000 END |
| Justice | 11,500,000,000 END | 3,310,300,000 END | 3,310,300,000 END |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 22,000,000,000 END | 10,750,000,000 END | 10,750,000,000 END |
| Health and Social Services | 58,500,000,000 END | 52,393,200,000 END | 54,393,200,000 END |
| Education and Culture | 30,000,000,000 END | 39,053,200,000 END | 39,053,200,000 END |
| Science and Technology | 8,000,000,000 END | 13,201,280,000 END | 9,821,280,000 END |
| Food and Agriculture | 4,000,000,000 END | 10,225,320,000 END | 10,225,320,000 END |
| Environment and Tourism | 4,000,000,000 END | 5,038,620,000 END | 5,038,620,000 END |
| Trade and Industry | 6,000,000,000 END | 9,025,320,000 END | 9,025,320,000 END |
| Total | 191,750,000,000 END | 161,350,798,798 END | 159,970,798,798 END |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:47:26, December 16, 2006 CET | From |  Orange Party | To | Debating the Science and Technology Reform Act |
| Message | We cannot support this, because there should be a right to good health. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 51 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 92 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 107 |
| Random fact: Submitting a bill without any proposals in it will not attract or detract voters. It will not raise your visibility or change your political position. |
| Random quote: "By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." - John Maynard Keynes |