Moderators, this one gets close to political about a House Bill by Dennis Kucinich, and supported by a 79 of Dems and 1 Rep please close if it discussion goes too far.
All: Please be respectful, this is a bill that needs to be discussed.
I thought this was a bad joke when I first saw it, but the link is a Gov site I accessed from United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 2nd Session so it is for real. Obama was talking recently about a Department as big as DOD to use in the Homeland. It is 30 pages, but believe me you need to read it and stop it before there is a Majority in the Supreme Court, the house, and the Senate that will back it. If they have a majority SCOTUS will reinterpret gun rights to accomplish it.
H.R.808 Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act (Introduced in House)
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h808ih.txt.pdf
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PEACE
AND NONVIOLENCE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a Department of Peace and Nonviolence (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Department’’), which shall—
(1) be a cabinet-level department in the executive branch of the Federal Government; and
(2) be dedicated to peacemaking and the study of conditions that are conducive to both domestic and international peace.
(b) SECRETARY OF PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE.—
There shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary of Peace and Nonviolence (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), who shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(c) MISSION.—The Department shall—
(1) hold peace as an organizing principle, coordinating service to every level of American society;
(2) endeavor to promote justice and democratic principles to expand human rights;
(3) strengthen nonmilitary means of peace making;
(4) promote the development of human potential;
(5) work to create peace, prevent violence, divert from armed conflict, use field-tested programs, and develop new structures in nonviolent dispute resolution;
(6) take a proactive, strategic approach in the development of policies that promote national and international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured mediation of conflict;
(7) address matters both domestic and international in scope; and
(8) encourage the development of initiatives from local communities, religious groups, and non governmental organizations.
SEC. 104. OFFICE OF PEACE EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department an Office of Peace Education and Training, the head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Peace Education and Training. The Assistant Secretary for Peace Education and Training shall carry out those functions of the Department relating to the creation, encouragement, and impact of peace education and training at the elementary, secondary, university, and postgraduate levels, including the development of a Peace Academy.
SEC. 109. OFFICE OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND NON VIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department an Office of Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution, the head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution. The Assistant Secretary for Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution shall carry out those functions in the Department affecting research and analysis relating to creating, initiating, and modeling approaches to peaceful coexistence and nonviolent conflict resolution.
All: Please be respectful, this is a bill that needs to be discussed.
I thought this was a bad joke when I first saw it, but the link is a Gov site I accessed from United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 2nd Session so it is for real. Obama was talking recently about a Department as big as DOD to use in the Homeland. It is 30 pages, but believe me you need to read it and stop it before there is a Majority in the Supreme Court, the house, and the Senate that will back it. If they have a majority SCOTUS will reinterpret gun rights to accomplish it.
H.R.808 Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act (Introduced in House)
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h808ih.txt.pdf
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PEACE
AND NONVIOLENCE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a Department of Peace and Nonviolence (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Department’’), which shall—
(1) be a cabinet-level department in the executive branch of the Federal Government; and
(2) be dedicated to peacemaking and the study of conditions that are conducive to both domestic and international peace.
(b) SECRETARY OF PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE.—
There shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary of Peace and Nonviolence (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), who shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(c) MISSION.—The Department shall—
(1) hold peace as an organizing principle, coordinating service to every level of American society;
(2) endeavor to promote justice and democratic principles to expand human rights;
(3) strengthen nonmilitary means of peace making;
(4) promote the development of human potential;
(5) work to create peace, prevent violence, divert from armed conflict, use field-tested programs, and develop new structures in nonviolent dispute resolution;
(6) take a proactive, strategic approach in the development of policies that promote national and international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured mediation of conflict;
(7) address matters both domestic and international in scope; and
(8) encourage the development of initiatives from local communities, religious groups, and non governmental organizations.
SEC. 104. OFFICE OF PEACE EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department an Office of Peace Education and Training, the head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Peace Education and Training. The Assistant Secretary for Peace Education and Training shall carry out those functions of the Department relating to the creation, encouragement, and impact of peace education and training at the elementary, secondary, university, and postgraduate levels, including the development of a Peace Academy.
SEC. 109. OFFICE OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND NON VIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department an Office of Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution, the head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution. The Assistant Secretary for Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution shall carry out those functions in the Department affecting research and analysis relating to creating, initiating, and modeling approaches to peaceful coexistence and nonviolent conflict resolution.