Criminal Justice

Section 1: The United States Department of Justice will establish a national database to report child abuse and neglect. This will be combined with the current Sex Offender Registry system.

Section 2: Child Neglect and Abuse will be defined as; “Any act or failure to act on the part of a caretaker or parent , which results in death, grave injury, emotional trauma, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.”

Section 3: The United States Department of Justice shall oversee implementation and will be allocated .10% of the current funds used on child welfare services. A. The Department of Justice will share all information to surrounding states in which the most recent allegations and claims of child abuse have occurred. B. All states are required to report cases within 30 days of conviction. For Failure to report convictions, federal funding for interstate highways shall decrease by 5%, and for each month of non-compliance following, funding will decrease by 5% until compliance has been achieved, at which time future funding will be restored on the basis allegations have been reported.

Section 4: This bill will go into effect January of 2021 to allow for the set-up of this database. Section 5: All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

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I hereby sign it into law

President CollinMatthew

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

(a) This Act shall be known as the “Prison Educational Promotion Act of 2019”.

SEC 2. FINDINGS

(a) Congress finds that, many prisoners would highly benefit from access to more educational resources that may not be offered currently in prison.

(b) Congress agrees that, educating prisoners will undoubtedly help fix the root cause of crime.

SEC 3. EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION

(a) The Federal Bureau of Prisons and Justice Department along with the Department of Education shall compile a list of educational online resources, books and other education material suitable for distribution in a prison.

(i) The Federal Bureau of Prisons no less than 180 days after the enactment of this Act shall start a system for the application process and distribution of the educational material collated by subsection (a) to prisoners.

(ii) The list of educational material shall be updated according to prison requests outlined in subsection (b), and should be re-evaluated every year.

(iii) The list of educational material approved for prison distribution and purchasing shall be in some form available to the public.

(b) The Federal Bureau of Prisons and Justice Department shall ensure a system for inmates at a prison with an accessible library to request educational books is created.

(i) Every 140 days each prison should be responsible for reviewing prisoner’s requests for educational books, and as such decide on the purchasing of such material.

(ii) The adoption of such a request system by individual prison is optional.

SEC 4. GRANTS

(a) The Federal Bureau of Prisons shall be appropriated $15,000 per prison every 2 years for a total period of 6 years, for the funding of the provisions outlined in Section 4.

(b) All grants provided under this Act shall go solely to purchasing educational resources for use of the inmates of a prison.

SEC 5. ENACTMENT

(a) This bill shall take effect 30 days after its passage into law.

(b) The provisions of this act are severable. If any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, that declaration shall not affect the part which remains.

(c) The Federal Bureau of Prisons shall have the responsibility of overseeing that subsection (b) of Section 4, is complied with.

I hereby sign this bill into law

President CollinMatthew

Legalization of Prostitution Act

A bill to legalize the practice of prostitution to provide safer rendering of services, increased employee and public health protections, and for other purposes.

Whereas, consenting adults are capable of making their own choices;

Whereas, a regulated prostitution industry would create fewer health risks;

Whereas, prostitution is an age old business that will not be going away anytime soon;

Whereas, unregulated prostitution is often a very unsafe environment for its workers;

Whereas, workers in prostitution don’t have any legal recourse for abuse, and do not have any labor rights;

Whereas, if prostitution is regulated, it can provide for a safer environment for its workers and clients, and can provide a new source of federal revenue;

Be it enacted by the Virtual Congress of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1: Short Title;

This Act may be referred to as the “Regulation of Prostitution Act.”

Section 2: Definitions

A. Commercial sexual services, or prostitution, shall be defined as any service that provides the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone in return for a financial transaction.

B. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Infections, and Viruses (STDs, STIs, and STVs respectively), shall be defined as any of various diseases or infections that can be transmitted by direct sexual contact

Section 3: Guidelines for Commercial Prostitution Contracts

A. States may qualify for grants for the legalization of prostitution on the following conditions:

i. No contract concerning commercial sex services shall be considered illegal or void, and shall be considered legal, so long as that contract complies with the following guidelines:

1. All owners of a commercial sex services business must:

a. Ensure that no service worker provide their services without the use of a contraceptive;

b. Provide health information to workers and clients, which includes;

c. Proper information on STDs, STIs, and STVs, and the possibilities and consequences of acquiring such diseases and health complications;

2. Provide adequate health benefits pursuant to state laws, administer STD tests, and alert clients of the possible diseases of commercial sex service workers;

3. Establish and register their businesses with their local and state Departments of Commerce;

a. A business registration application may be refused if:

i. The owner or employees in the business have a history of any criminal action;

4. All commercial sex businesses must be business cooperatives, and must be formed in accordance with the rules and regulations of such cooperatives outlined in the guidelines provided by the US Small Business Administration, and the local state commerce departments

ii. Failure to comply will result in a $10,000 fine, and the temporary closure of such businesses until the respective Departments of Commerce deems it is ok for the business to reopen;

iii. All commercial sex services shall be taxed the same as any other business;

Section 4: Protections for Sex Workers

A. If states qualify for the grants established in section 3 of this Act, then they must establish the following protections and restrictions for commercial sex service workers:

i. No owner of a commercial sex service may:

1. Threaten any workers or clients of the business, whether it be through an abuse of power or existing relationship;

2. Acquire any sensitive information and blackmail clients or workers;

3. Produce libel or false information about any person;

4. Acquire, withhold, or sell any illegal drugs;

5. Force any worker to provide services to a client, if the worker has refused to provide these services to a specific client, then the owner must respect their wishes;

a. Consent to provide such services must be explicitly given and recorded;

6. Employ a worker under the age of 18 years old;

a. Failure to comply with this will lead to a prison sentence, as determined by local courts;

7. Create a contract with a client under the age of 18 years old;

a. Failure to comply with this will lead to a prison sentence, as determined by local courts;

8. Be under the age of 18 years old.

ii. All workers within these commercial sex services shall have the right to create and participate in trade unions;

1. Such unions will abide by the same rules and regulations as other trade unions, and will have the same rights;

B. Failure on the state’s part to comply with the provisions of this section shall lead to immediate repayment of all grants given for this Act;

Section 5: Health Inspections

A. If states qualify for the grants established in section 3 of this Act, then they must establish the following provisions:

i. State public health departments shall create a health code specifically for the businesses in this Act;

ii. State public health departments shall conduct inspections which:

iii. Determine whether such businesses are in accordance with section 4 of this Act;

iv. Determine that all workers have access to medical education, and benefits;

v. Determine that places of business are up to the health code created by the state public health departments;

vi. An inspector may conduct an inspection at any given time, announced, or unannounced;

B. Failure on the state’s part to comply with the provisions of this section shall lead to immediate repayment of all grants given for this Act;

Section 6: Oversight and Appropriations

A. The Department of Commerce shall ensure that commercial sex services are properly regulated and registered, and shall ensure the proper implementation and oversight of this Act, and shall administer the grants appropriated throughout this bill;

i. The Department of Commerce shall appropriate two hundred and fifty million dollars for the grants established in this Act, and shall appropriate at least two million dollars to each state who meets the criteria for the grants established in this Act;

B. The Department of Health and Human Services shall ensure the proper implementation and oversight of section 5 of this Act;

C. The Department of Labor shall ensure the proper implementation and oversight of section 4 of this Act;

Section 7: Enactment

A. This Act shall take effect 90 days after its enactment;

B. Severability;—The provisions of this Act are severable; If any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, that declaration shall not affect the part which remains

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The Red, White, and Blue Freedoms Act

To change the age of adulthood to 18 for the purpose of consuming, purchasing,

or manufacturing Alcoholic beverages, Tobacco products, and decriminalizing Marijuana.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 19th, 2020

Mr. Tarkin (for himself, Mr. YelloTrout, Virginia; Mr. Wilson, North Carolina;

Mr. Wilson, Louisiana; Mr. Hagen, New York; Mr. Johnson, UK) introduce the following:

A BILL

Be it accepted by Congress and the American People that all citizens above the age of eighteen already possess the right to vote, own property, enter into contractual agreements, enter into voluntary military service, and participate in gambling activities, that these persons shall be permitted access and use of all age-restricted products. By the age of eighteen, our laws allow for the adult-like treatment of criminal activities and as such said persons should be permitted the use of all legal items as afforded by this bill.

Section 1. This bill reestablishes the following rights to all American Citizens, Residents, and individuals legally existing within the borders of the United States:

1. Decriminalize marijuana on the Federal Drug Schedules;
2. The consumption and purchase of legal Alcohols shall be no less than the age of 18 as determined by the State Governments;
3. The consumption and purchase of legal Tobaccos shall be no less than the age of 18 as determined by the State Governments;
4. The purchase of legalized rifle-type firearms shall be no less than the age of 18;
5. The consumption, purchase, and taxation of Marijuana shall be no less than the age of 18 as determined by the State Governments.

Section 2. This Congress shall further recommend to the President of the United States that all persons convicted of minor possession or private use of Marijuana be pardoned and have their records expunged by Executive Order.

Section 3. This legislation shall take immediate effect.

A Bill for An Act

RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.

Description: Requires States to gather data and disclose the number of untested rape kits stored in evidence within two years; Requires that all rape kits collected for evidence be tested and results submitted to Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) within 30 days of collection; Increases the sentencing for repeat sexual offenders in Federal jurisdictions; Expands and extends grants under the Debbie Smith Act of 2004 for the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE VIRTUAL CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATURE THAT:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Sexual Crimes Act”.

SECTION 2. ENDING THE BACKLOG. It takes four to six hours of invasive DNA collecting to complete one rape kit. The organization End the Backlog estimates that hundreds of thousands of rape kits sit untested in evidence lockers indefinitely. Most jurisdictions do not have systems for counting or tracking rape kits.

Therefore, Chapter 42 of the U.S.C., otherwise known as the “DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000”, is hereby amended as follows:

1. All States are hereby required to establish tracking systems for rape kits, gather data, and disclose the number of untested rape kits stored in evidence within two years of effective date;
2. The backlog of rape kits, the total number of which having been disclosed, will be tested and all results submitted to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) within five years of effective date;
3. All rape kits collected for evidence will be tested and results submitted to CODIS within 30 days of collection;
4. If a State is found in violation of sections A., B., or C. at the expiration of their respective timelines, a 1 percent reduction in highway funds will be implemented until said State is deemed compliant.

SECTION 3. INCREASED INCARCERATION FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS. Many states have made reforms that have led to a large number of their backlogged rape kits to be tested. The results indicate that more than half the perpetrators whose DNA has been collected and stored in the FBI’s CODIS are repeat offenders. Therefore, the federal criminal justice code is amended as follows:

• Repeat offenders will be given life without parole.

It is the hope of this Congress that States will follow suit and consider criminal justice reforms prudently aimed at deterring repeat offenders.

SECTION 3: AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS. Chapter 42, Section 2, subsection (j) of the U.S.C. is hereby amended as follows:

“Amounts are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General for grants under subsection (a) as follows:

(1) For grants for the purposes specified in paragraph (1) of such subsection— (A) $15,000,000 $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 2021;

(B) $15,000,000 $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 2022; and

(C) $15,000,000 $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 2023.

(2) For grants for the purposes specified in paragraphs (2) and (3) of such subsection—

(A) $25,000,000 $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 2021;

(B) $50,000,000 $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 2022;

(C) $25,000,000 $50,000,000for fiscal year 2003 2023; and

(D) $25,000,000 $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 2024; and

(E) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2025.”

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on June 29, 2020.