Automatic Embargoes Bill of 1979 (Political Simulation Game)

 The Automatic Embargoes Bill of 1979 is a bill proposed by Republican Senator Angelo Pastore of Connecticut. The bill states that should a nation engage itself with violent actions against the United States, an embargo against it shall be enforced, with no need to be passed over the Congress or the President. Text IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Senator Pastore introduced, for himself, the following bill:

A BILL

To establish automatic embargoes against nations with war-like attitude to the United States

Section 1. This act shall hereafter be referred to as the Automatic Embargos Bill of 1979.

Section 2. Should any country be deemed by the United States Congress, with support of the President of the United States, politically violent against the United States of America, despite the absence of a state of war, an economical, financial and trade embargo is automatically imposed, and to be enforced.

 (1). This embargo will be effective over the United States government, private companies with headquarters in the United States territory and the American people. Any person, or entity, that continues to trade with an embargoed nation is subject to criminal charges and the payment of a fine, and the value of such fine will be equal to the double of the full cost, and profits, made with the trade.

 (2). The violent country, and any of its citizen living there, will have their assets in American companies frozen, will not be able to buy, or sell, to American companies and people.

 (3). For protection of the American people, the people of the nation deemed violent shall not be allowed to enter United States territory, and all that were present in the national territory in the start of the embargo will be granted one week to leave the American soil.

 (4). When the Congress, with support of the President, stops considering the country violent against the United States, the embargo automatically ends, with trade being allowed to resume.

 (5). An embargo over weapons of any kind, and military supplies, is to be enforced together with this embargo, as automatic as the economical one, but will remain until ten years after the end of the economical embargo.

Section 3. Should any country, or its people, commit an violent act, considered extremely violent against the American nation by the President of the United States, and the Secretaries of Defense and State, the country will be, thereafter, considered violent against the United States, and the terms of Section 2 of this bill will apply.

 (1). Assaults on diplomatic missions are to be considered violent acts, regardless of the presidential consideration over the matter, and the terms of Section 2 of this bill will be applied after the confirmation of such violent act.

 (2). Seizure of goods or companies or money owned by the United States government, or American citizens, by any foreign government will be deemed violent act, regardless of the presidential consideration over the matter, and the terms of Section 2 of this bill will be applied after the confirmation of such violent act.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Section 4. In order to inform the American people, annually shall be published, by the United States government, a list of nations, with them being considered violent or non-violent against the United States.

<p style="font-weight:normal;"> (1). Such list must be published across the nation, and be available at every government facility, be it federal, state or city government.

<p style="font-weight:normal;"> (2). Should a nation status be changed, a warning must be issued nationwide in radio or television, should the status be changed to violent, or a update announcement must be put together with the list of nations.

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 * Q1 1979 - Introduced by Senator Angelo Pastore (R-CT)
 * Q1 1979 - Cosponsored by Senator XYZ
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