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The Underhusen is inviting all citizens to review this proposed amendment. Please feel free to share your thoughts about it, you can do so publicly here or privately by contacting any member of the Underhusen. We value your feedback.

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1. This bill shall be cited as the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen Amendment Act XVI.

Amendments

2. Section 2(a) of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be amended to read:

(a) At the beginning of the term, the Speaker may choose to designate one Skrifa other than him/herself or the Speaker pro tempore as Secretary of the Underhusen.  The Secretary shall be responsible for posting newly introduced proposals to the Citizens' Platform and to notify Citizens of new proposals through various means of communication.

3. Section 8(b) of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be amended to read:

(b) The nomination and/or voting period may be shortened at the discretion of the Monarch if the relevant Underhusen session is shortened.

4. Section 14 of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be rendered null and void.

5. Section 16 of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be added before section 16(a) and shall read:

16. The Speaker of the Underhusen, or Speaker Pro Tempore if he/she is in use, may deem members of the Underhusen "inactive" if they are not present for a prolonged period of time; this status may be ignored if supplanted by either the "inactive" member stating they are no longer inactive in the Underhusen or by majority vote of all current Skrifa. This status must be noted and maintained in a public listing in the Underhusen.

6. Section 16(a) of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be amended to read:

(a) The "inactive" label may only be placed on a Skrifa that has not taken part in any discussion or vote in the Underhusen for the last 14 days (336 hours).

7. Section 16(b) of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be amended to read:

(b) If the majority (equal to or more than 50%) of the Underhusen is deemed "inactive", then requirements on the speaker to not initiate motions may be waived for the interim. Namely, in Sections 3(b) and 3(c). Thus, the Speaker would be able to initiate motions to vote or table discussions.

8. Section 16(c) of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be amended to read:

(c) If all Skrifa bar the Speaker, or Speaker Pro Tempore if he/she is in use, are deemed "inactive", then the term will be immediately suspended until either the Skrifa return, or the term ends. During this suspension, no proposals may be introduced, motioned on, or voted on in the Underhusen.

9. Section 16(d) of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be rendered null and void.