Federal Government is awash in redundant, nonsensical statutes and regulations having no basis in common sense and negatively and unproductively affecting everyday life of every citizen of the United States.
However the public does not need to buy a book to so see government on a long trajectory of self- destructive auto pilot; it is on news channels or pointed out by pundits of either party every day. Today, Special Interests and Lobbyists in effect control Congress; especially when it comes to reforming the millions and millions of lines of current non-criminal federal code, layered on over a century of writing redundant and conflicting laws that have not only taken away public choice, but have taken away any rational application of principles of common sense.
Amendment XXVIII: UNITED STATES CiviL Public Law Reform
No United States Non-Criminal Public Law (“Federal Civil Law”) shall be in force for longer than ten years unless re-enacted under the non-partisan objectively vetted Re-Enactment Process of this Amendment. After the first Re-Enactment Process has been completed, each current and existing Federal Civil Law shall be subjected to a new non-partisan objectively vetted Re-Enactment Process every 20 years.
Under the Re-Enactment Process; each Congress in current legislative session shall vote to Repeal, Retain, or Reform applicable Federal Civil Law with a simple majority voice vote by both Houses. All votes will go into the public record. All votes on each Federl Civil Law must be based on the final recommendation of a Nine Member Independent Commission of Citizens (ICC).
The final recommendation Findings of the ICC on majority decision regarding the specific expiring Federal Civil Law being considered must be: A.)Repeal: Do not Re-enact. Or B.)Retain: Re-enact As-Is. Or C.)Reform: Amend with Recommended Changes not Already Found in current U.S. Civil Public Law.
Each Repeal, Retain, Reform Recommendation must be shown to be in the Public Good. Each Recommendation must be supported by real world evidence. Every ICC Finding, with concurrent expiring Federal Civil Law, shall be immediately and clearly posted on U.S. Government websites dedicated exclusively to Amendment XXVIII: United States Civil Public Law Reform.
Each Repeal, Retain, Reform Recommendation not only must be shown to be in the Public Good; it must be accompanied with Recommendations to enable Responsibility and Accountability to any public official charged with enforcement so that the Public Good may best be served.
Before voting, each Member of Congress must certify in writing that he or she has actually read at least the summary section of the Findings of the ICC. The summary section of the Findings of the ICC may not be over 25 pages long and may not be written by an attorney.
Each Independent Commission of Citizens (ICC) shall be randomly selected amongst all current U.S. Citizens aged 18 years or older. One ICC shall be separately selected for each expiring Federal Civil Law.
If selected and if agreeing to serve; prior to meeting, each Citizen of the nine member ICC for the specified Federal Civil Law shall be provided information on the expiring Civil Law being considered. Each Citizen member of the ICC designated for the expiring Federal Civil Law shall also be supplied supporting material including all current Public Law related to the expiring Civil Law and public resources being currently expended on the expiring Civil Public Law.
Each ICC per expiring Federal Civil Law shall convene within a two-six month period prior to the specific Federal Civil Law expiration. Each ICC shall meet for at least one day and not longer than 15 days.
Each nine member ICC shall be advised by a three-person Panel of Experts. Each Expert shall be a private U.S. Citizen and shall have thorough knowledge of the subject area of the expiring Federal Civil Law. Each Expert by area of expertise shall provide a different perspective on the expiring Federal Civil Law. Each Expert shall be a U.S. citizen and randomly selected from a large pool of candidates based on appropriate degree, expertise, license, certification, experience, and record of achievement. Expert candidates shall not be selected based on political affiliation. No Expert candidate shall be an attorney. No Expert candidate shall be a Lobbyist by any definition or represent a Special Interest Group by any definition.
Each nine member Independent Council of Citizens – ICC - shall convene quarterly in one of four cities nationwide. Each year a different set of four cities shall be hosting each ICC event. At no time shall a hosting city be Washington D.C.
Each ICC Member and Panel Expert shall be provided a per diem for reasonable transportation airfare, meal, and accommodation expense during the ICC session. ICC Members and Panel Experts shall be compensated according to a median salary per individual job classification for each day the ICC is in session.
Each ICC session shall be open to the public and transmitted live via television, webcast and any other widely available social media at the time. Each ICC shall have real-time feedback available to the public while in session, and ICC Members may choose to address or recognize public feedback at their discretion.
Within 30 days of each quarterly convention of all ICC sessions, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall each issue to the general public through online site and social media summary reports detailing Federal Civil Law Repealed, Retained or Reformed with efficiency and productivity forecasts in addition to estimated cost savings to Federal, State and Local Government.
At the end of each year the CBO and GAO shall issue to the U.S. general public a Joint Summary Findings Report (1-Year JSFR) specifying all Repealed, Retained, Reformed Federal Civil Law since inception of Ammendment XXVIII: United States Civil Public Law Reform. Each 1-Year JSFR will detail efficiency, productivity and savings realized to that point in time as applicable with each Repealed, Retained or Reformed Federal Civil Law. Additionally, each 1-Year JSFR shall review in detail how funds from the current Five-Year ICC Fund were spent.
The cost of all ICC sessions and related items for five years shall come from a Five-Year ICC Fund.
Each Five-Year ICC Fund shall represent an invesment cost of $100 per American Citizen as determined by the most recent U.S. Census. One Fifth shall be included in the Federal Budget each year and shall constitute the maximum funds allowable for that year for all ICC sessions and related activities.
Each Five-Year ICC Fund shall be considered an investment from the American people. The entire amount of each Five-Year ICC Fund shall be returned to all current American Citizens in equal share at the end of each five years in the form of a redeemed 5-Year U.S. Treasury Bond with yield equal to the average reported 5-Year Treasury yields of the previous five years.
At the end of each five-year period, the current Five-Year ICC Fund is liquidated and returned to American Citizens and a new Five-Year ICC Fund created in the amount equal to $100 multiplied by every American Citizen per the most recent U.S. Census report. Representing the next Five-Year ICC Fund cycle; one fifth shall be allocated and taken out of the Federal Budget each year for five years.
At the end of each five- year period the CBO and GAO shall issue to the U.S. general public a lengthy Joint Summary Findings Report (5-Year JSFR) specifying all Repealed, Retained, Reformed Federal Civil Law since inception of Ammendment XXVIII: United States Civil Public Law Reform. Each 5-Year JSFR will detail efficiency, productivity and savings realized as applicable with each Repealed, Retained, Reformed Federal Civil Law for the entire five-year period. The 5-Year JSFR shall review in detail how funds from the entire Five-Year ICC Fund were spent.
If the 5-Year JSFR reveals average annual verified cost savings to the Federal Government and/or the Federal Budget equal to or greater to the entire Five-Year ICC Fund; the redeemed return to all current American Citizens divided in equal share shall equal a doubling of the principal and yearly average yield interest amount represented by the Five-Year ICC Fund 5-Year Treasury Bond.
All information related to Amendment XXVIII: United States Civil Public Law Reform shall be posted for public consumption in multiple government online sites and social media platforms.
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