CGOC Classification and Insight Act

BE IT ENACTED BY THE STATE OF FIRESTONE STATE LEGISLATURE HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

SECTION I: The Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall have the ability to classify anything within the Congressional Government Oversight Committee, and anything that is applicable to any operation or action of the Congressional Government Oversight Committee that falls under the Congressional Government Oversight Committee. The Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall not be able to classify anything outside of itself, however, may be able to classify any action or operation or anything that the Congressional Government Oversight Committee can do that involves anything outside of itself, but may not classify that particular thing in general. If anything is legally and officially classified by the Congressional Government Oversight Committee, the entirety of the Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall still be given full and unrestricted access to what is classified.

SECTION II: The only way that the Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall be able to classify anything is by a proposal from only a committee member, excluding the Scribe(s). If, at anytime, the Congressional Government Oversight Committee passes a proposal in which it classifies something it can via SECTION I, the Chairman/Chairwoman shall have the authority to veto it within 24 hours of the submission of the vote that passes the proposal. If the Chairman/woman vetoes, the Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall have the ability to override the veto with more than ½ of the members in favor of the overriding of the veto, and the Chairman/Chairwoman shall not be permitted to vote in the overriding of the veto. The Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall only be able to declassify anything legally classified by itself with a proposal that recognizes what is classified being declassified. The Chairman/Chairwoman shall also be able to veto a proposal to declassify within 24 hours of the submission of the vote that passes the proposal, however, the Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall be able override this veto with more than ⅔ of the members in favor of the overriding of the veto, and the Chairman/Chairwoman shall not be permitted to vote in the overriding of the veto. The Chairman/Chairwoman of the Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall be able to allow who is able to view what is classified by the Congressional Government Oversight Committee. The Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall be able to override this with a proposal, which must pass with more than ½ of the members in favor.

SECTION III: The Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor shall be given undenied, unrestricted, and unaltered insight into the Congressional Government Oversight Committee. Should the Speaker of the House be a sitting member of the Congressional Government Oversight Committee, then the Speaker Pro Tempore shall be given the same permissions as the Speaker of the House would, should he/she not be serving on the Congressional Government Oversight Committee. Should the Speaker Pro Tempore be serving on the Congressional Government Oversight Committee alongside the Speaker of the House, then the Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall vote on who to give insight to from the House of Representatives. Any member may propose a Representative, and should that Representative be approved by the Congressional Government Oversight Committee with more than ½ of the members in favor, the Representative shall be given the same access as the Speaker of the House would, should he/she not be serving on the Congressional Government Oversight Committee. Should the Lieutenant Governor be a sitting member of the Congressional Government Oversight Committee, then the President Pro Tempore shall be given the same permissions as the Lieutenant Governor would, should he/she not be serving on the Congressional Government Oversight Committee. Should the President Pro Tempore be serving on the Congressional Government Oversight Committee alongside the Lieutenant Governor, then the Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall vote on who to give insight to from the Senate. Any member may propose a Senator, and should that Senator be approved by the Congressional Government Oversight Committee with more than ½ of the members in favor, the Senator shall be given the same access as the Lieutenant Governor would, should he/she not be serving on the Congressional Government Oversight Committee. Anyone who is legally granted insight into the Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall not be given any authoritative powers over the Congressional Government Oversight Committee. Anyone who is legally granted insight into the Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall only be permitted to have full insight into the Congressional Government Oversight Committee via law, and nothing further.

SECTION IV: Anyone legally granted insight into the Congressional Government Oversight, or anyone legally granted the viewing of anything classified by the Chairman/Chairwoman shall be charged with ‘Illegal Distribution of Classified Information’ and sentenced accordingly, as described by SECTION 4A of ‘A Bill to Establish Classified Documents (½) & (2/2)’ should they distribute anything classified by the Congressional Government Oversight Committee to anyone or anything unauthorized. Anyone unauthorized to be in possession of anything classified by the Congressional Government Oversight Committee shall be charged with ‘Possession of Congressional Classified Information’, and shall be sentenced to no less than four hours in the State Penitentiary, and no more than ten hours in the State Penitentiary.

SECTION V: The ‘CGOC Classification Act’ shall be hereby repealed.

SECTION VI: The ‘CGOC Classification Act’ shall be defined as: CGOC Classification Act

SECTION VII: ‘A Bill to Establish Classified Documents (½) & (2/2)’ shall be defined as: A Bill to Establish Classified Documents (1/2) & (2/2)

SECTION VIII: ‘Congressional Government Oversight Committee Formation Act’ shall be defined as: Congressional Government Oversight Committee Formation Act

SECTION IX: The State of Firestone government shall enforce this bill. The Department of Justice shall prosecute anyone who leaks anything classified and is unauthorized, and anyone who is not authorized to be in possession of classified information.

Respectfully submitted to the State of Firestone State Legislature,

Senator JamesDitomosso,
Author, Chief Sponsor

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