PART 1 - STATUSES OF LAW

1. Status
   1. The highest status of law is the Constitution
   2. The second highest status of law is primary legislation
   3. The third highest status of law is common law, as determined by the Court
   4. The fourth highest status of law is secondary legislation
   5. The fifth highest status of law is interpretations/determinations by permitted ranks, not including common law
   6. In any case where there is a conflict, the higher status of law shall override all others
       
2. Validity
   1. All pieces of legislation and law made after the moment of the ratification of the Constitution are legal and statute law

PART 2 - PROCESSES OF LEGISLATION

1. All primary legislation shall be split into the following stages:
   1. Stage 1 - The legislation has been submitted to the House of Representatives
   2. Stage 2 - The legislation has passed a committee via majority vote
   3. Stage 2B - The legislation has been blocked by a committee via majority vote
   4. Stage 3 - The legislation has passed a chamber activity via majority vote
   5. Stage 4 - The legislation is being voted upon
   6. Stage 5 - The legislation has passed the House of Representatives via majority vote
   7. Stage 5F - The legislation has failed House of Representatives via majority vote
   8. Stage 6 - The legislation has been signed by the President
   9. Stage 6V - The legislation has been vetoed by the President, and is not law
   10. Stage 7 - The legislation has passed a Judicial Review
   11. Stage 7F - The legislation has failed a Judicial Review, and is not law
   12. Stage G - The legislation has been sent to the graveyard
   13. Stage R - The legislation has been repealed
        
2. Provisions
   1. All legislation shall be submitted on the website
   2. Only legislation which is in Stage 3 may be put to vote
   3. Legislation which reaches Stage 3 shall be put to vote unless held from voting
   4. The House Majority Leader or House Minority Leader shall put all legislation to vote which has not been held from voting by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   5. Legislation may only be held from voting a maximum of three times

PART 3 - HOLDING LEGISLATION

1. The Speaker of the House of Representatives may hold a bill from going to Stage 4 for one of the following reasons:
   1. The bill meets any of the requirements for graveyard in Part 11 of this act
   2. The bill is not one of the 8 oldest bills at Stage 3

PART 4 - VOTING ON LEGISLATION

1. All members of the House of Representatives are required to vote on all legislation, unless on Leave of Absence
2. No other person may vote on legislation, except for the Vice President voting on a tied bill
3. Votes cast may be: in favor (YEA), opposed to (NAY), or decline to vote (ABSTAIN)

PART 5 - PROCLAMATION ON LEGISLATION

1. The President shall be the only person to proclaim legislation, except in the case of a Veto Override, or a bill which is to commence upon a specific moment as written in said bill after being signed
2. The President shall sign or veto legislation which is at Stage 5
3. The President has six days to sign or veto a bill, and if time expires, the bill shall enter Stage 6 as if the President proclaimed it
4. The President must regularly notify the Department of the Interior’s Communication Division of all bills signed as well as the changes they make to the law, which shall then be published as an article by the Department of the Interior’s Communication Division
5. If the President vetoes a bill and sends said bill to Stage 6V, they must include a reason why
   1. The reason why must be displayed for employees to view

PART 6 - VETO OVERRIDE

1. The House of Representatives may override a Presidential veto via a resolution
   1. Any member of the House of Representatives may request the House Majority Leader or House Minority Leader to create a resolution for the veto override
   2. The override resolution must be supported in writing by at least five other verified Representatives
   3. The override resolution must pass by at least eighty percent to be successful
   4. If successful, the legislation shall enter Stage 6 as if the President proclaimed it

PART 7 - JUDICIAL REVIEWS

1. Primary Legislation
   1. The Supreme Court shall review all Stage 6 legislation for incompatibilities with existing law or the Constitution
   2. The Supreme Court has up to seven days from the date of entering Stage 6 to review primary legislation, and if time expires, the bill shall enter Stage 7 as if passing a Judicial Review
   3. The Supreme Court may not review any legislation which is any stage other than Stage 6, except in the case of an appeal
   4. A failed review may be appealed by the bill creator a maximum of once, which the Supreme Court may review it again, their decision being final
   5. If the Supreme Court sends a bill to Stage 7F, they must include a reason why, as well as the number of votes for each determination
       
2. Secondary Legislation
   1. The Supreme Court may review all secondary legislation
   2. The Supreme Court has up to seven days from the date of publication to review secondary legislation
   3. The Supreme Court may only review secondary legislation to declare it invalid of parent, which may not be appealed
      1. “Invalid of parent” meaning the legislation violates or conflicts with any current law, or goes beyond the powers set out in the primary legislation which granted the power to submit the secondary legislation
          
3. Provisions
   1. The Supreme Court may not fail a piece of legislation which does not conflict with existing law or is not invalid of parent
   2. The Chief Justice may not be liable for the breaking of this Section

PART 8 - REPEAL ON SECONDARY LEGISLATION

1. The House of Representatives may only repeal a piece of secondary legislation via primary legislation
2. A position which may amend an act via secondary legislation may also repeal any secondary legislation made under the same power to amend

PART 9 - HIDDEN VOTING

1. Any resolution or bill shall have its voting record hidden during the duration of the vote, and the only member allowed to see the voting record shall be the Sponsor.

PART 10 - LEGISLATIVE ORPHANS

1. Any legislative orphan shall be repealed from law and put into Stage R once found by the Digital Services Administration
2. Legislative Orphan shall be defined as:
   1. A piece of legislation which has the sole purpose of amending one or more acts which are no longer statute law
   2. A piece of legislation which has had all amendments entirely overridden by another act
   3. A piece of secondary legislation which has been ordered, and the legislation which gave it the power to be ordered has been repealed

PART 11 - LEGISLATIVE GRAVEYARD

1. Establishment
   1. Stage G shall be a publicly viewable list of bills, called the graveyard, which fails to meet the Common Frameworks
   2. The House of Representatives CommitteeChairperson shall send a bill to the graveyard if it meets one or more of the requirements in Section 2 of this Part
   3. If questioned, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall provide a valid reason for sending the bill to the graveyard, as stated in Section 2 of this Part
       
2. Requirements
   1. The author requests that the bill be graveyarded
   2. The bill does not have a summary, preamble, or legislative body
   3. The bill does not follow the Common Frameworks
   4. The bill was submitted as a joke, threat, or is deemed inappropriate by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
   5. The bill is in the incorrect committee
   6. The bill amends or repeals an act or order which does not exist
   7. The bill has not progressed to Stage 3 of the Legislative Process within thirty days of its submission
       
3. Restoration
   1. The Speaker of the House of Representatives may restore a bill from the graveyard
   2. The creator of the bill may request the House Majority Leader or House Minority Leader to create a resolution for the restoration of the bill with the following information:
      1. The bill title
      2. Committee voting records, if any
      3. Debate voting records, if any
      4. Author testimony
      5. Speaker of the House of Representatives testimony
   3. If the resolution is majority YEA, the bill shall be restored; if NAY, it shall remain in the graveyard and may not have another restoration resolution

PART 12 - COMMITTEES

1. Establishment
   1. The following shall be the House of Representatives’ Committees:
      1. Judiciary and Justice
         1. Any and all affairs relating to the Judiciary, the prosecution of offenders, the Department of Justice, the application of the law, judicial reviews, legal evidence requirements, the Investigations Service, the Supreme Court, the District Court, the Court of Appeals, and the Chief Justice.
      2. Defense and Foreign Relations
         1. Any and all affairs relating to the Secret Service, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, foreign and external affairs, alliances and members of alliances, National Security, the Presidential Protection Detail, and the Director of the Secret Service.
      3. Ways and Means
         1. Any and all affairs relating to Discord, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of the Interior, welfare and employment at the White House, the Code of Conduct, protection/equality of rights, Freedom of Information, Civil Rights, the Founders, and the Voting and Electoral Commission.
      4. Government and Oversight
         1. Any and all affairs relating to the Executive, the Office of the President, the Executive Office of the President, the Legislature, the legislative process, censures, the Digital Services Administration, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and oversight;
         2. As well as all other legislation which does not fall into the remit of any committee.
   2. Each Committee specifies in the area indicated by their subclause
   3. The Speaker of the House is restricted from being the Chairperson/Vice Chairperson of the Government and Oversight Committee
   4. All Committee Chairpersons must be a member of House Leadership, with Legislature 5iC+ having priority.
   5. If there is a disagreement or a tie vote within a committee meeting/vote, either the House Majority Leader or the House Minority Leader shall make the decision.
      1. If either of these positions are in the committee in question, they shall be disqualified from making a decision on the above.
          
2. Members
   1. Chairperson - who shall be responsible for Meetings and Hearings
   2. Vice Chairperson - who shall be responsible for Meetings and Hearings in the absence of the Chairperson
   3. Member - who shall be responsible for voting on Committee bills and participating in hearings
       
3. Responsibilities
   1. Review and vote on bills submitted to their Committee
   2. Hold any hearings on their specified area
       
4. Appeals
   1. The sponsor of any Stage 2B bill may submit an appeal to the Supreme Court, who has up to three days to answer the question “Is this bill, in its current state, properly structured and constitutional?”, a majority YEA vote moving the bill to Stage 2

PART 13 - RESOLUTIONS

1. Resolutions may only be posted by House of Representatives SHR (6iC+)
2. All voting on resolutions shall last 48 hours, unless stated otherwise in law
3. Resolution titles must be clearly labeled
4. Resolutions shall be available to the public after the voting period is over
5. Representatives reserve the right to remove and/or re-cast their vote on any ongoing resolution
6. Any secondary legislation which requires the House of Representatives’s consent shall undergo a 24 hour resolution

PART 14 - IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTIONS

1. The House of Representatives shall vote on all impeachment resolutions, submitted by the Department of Justice to the House of Representatives through the House Majority Leader or House Minority Leader
2. Voting on impeachment resolutions shall last 72 hours, or the time it takes for every eligible Representative to vote, whichever comes first
3. Any person who is hired or transfers into the House of Representatives branch while an impeachment resolution is under vote may not vote on said resolution
   1. Any votes made in violation of this section may not count toward the final count, and the Digital Services Administration shall remove them

PART 15 - STANDING ORDERS

1. The House of Representatives Leadership shall be charged with keeping a document which lists the procedures and instructions for chamber activities called the House of Representatives Standing Orders (HSO) which shall be available for all employees to view
2. If the HSO is amended, the House of Representatives shall be informed with details about what changed
3. The HSO shall be considered law, but breaking it shall not result in a punishment outside of in-chamber restrictions or being removed from the chamber, unless the member has also broken another law

PART 16 - CO-SPONSORING LEGISLATION

1. Representatives may publish bills with co-sponsors
2. All members cited as co-sponsors must have actively worked on the production of the bill in some way
3. Co-sponsors shall be listed in the relevant Sponsor section of the bill in a list format, but the bill submitter must be a member of the House of Representatives

PART 17 - COMMON FRAMEWORKS

1. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be charged with keeping a document which lists a set of rules for the structure of legislation called the Common Frameworks which shall be available for all employees to view
2. If the Common Frameworks is amended, the House of Representatives, Supreme Court and the Voting and Electoral Commission shall be informed with details about what changed

PART 18 - POWERS TO AMEND

1. The Speaker of the House may amend Parts 3, 11, 12, 15, and 16 via order via consent of the House of Representatives
2. All amendments made to this Act by primary legislation must have received the Speaker’s response