SECTION 1.1.
All legislative powers herein delegated shall be vested in a Congress of the Confederate States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
SECTION 1.2.
1. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States; and the electors in each State shall be citizens of the Confederate States, and have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature; but no person of foreign birth, not a citizen of the Confederate States, shall be allowed to vote for any officer, civil or political, State or federal.
2. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and be a citizen of the Confederate States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
3. Representatives and Direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States, which may be included within the Confederate States, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding the whole number of Citizens. The number of Representatives shall be found by multiplying 0.000001 times the population of each individual State and rounding up to the next whole number (each State shall have at least one Representative) and their districts will be divided as evenly as possible by population. Enumerations shall be made every subsequent term of ten years from the last official enumeration, any census questions other than those to establish the official population of the Confederate States is prohibited. Until the next scheduled enumeration shall be made, the States shall be entitled to the same number of Representatives as in the present United States Congress.
4. When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the Executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. If a State loses a majority of their Representatives in cases of terrorism, war, or other disaster then the Executive authority thereof shall have the power to appoint Representatives, which shall be members of the same political party as the representative they are replacing, until writs of election are decided by the electors of the State.
5. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment; except that any judicial or other federal officer, resident and acting solely within the limits of any State, may be impeached by a vote of two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature thereof.
SECTION 1.3.
1. The Senate of the Confederate States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen for six years by the Legislature thereof, at the regular session next immediately preceding the commencement of the term of service; and each Senator shall have one vote.
2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year; of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year; and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year; so that one-third may be chosen every second year; and if vacancies happen by resignation, or otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature of any State, the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the Legislature which shall then fill such vacancies.
3. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of the Confederate States; and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of the State for which he shall be chosen.
4. The Vice President of the Confederate States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
5. The Senate shall choose their officers; and also a President pro tempore in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the Confederate States.
6. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the Confederate States is tried, the Chief Justices shall preside; and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.
7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit, under the Confederate States; but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment according to law.
SECTION 1.4.
1. The times, place and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof, subject to the provisions of this Constitution; but the Congress may, at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the times and places of choosing Senators.
2. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3rd day of January, and the terms of their successors shall then begin. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3rd day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day. If the above dates fall on a Sunday or national holiday, then the terms of office begin the next business day at noon.
SECTION 1.5.
1. Each House shall be the Judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.
2. Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds of the whole number expel a member.
3. Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time punish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either House, on any question, shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
4. Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
SECTION 1.6.
1. Senators and Representatives shall receive for their services compensation, benefits, and allowances for themselves and staff members from the State which they represent with the exception of committees of Congress where extra staff support is required to perform the duties and responsibilities of the committee. The Congress will authorize funds from the Treasury for this expense according to the rules of this Constitution. They shall not receive within their terms of office any other compensation from the Confederate States, any other State, or foreign power.
1a. Senators and Representatives shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place. Each Senator and Representative shall have one vote, which must be cast in person, no proxy voting is allowed either in committees or before the full Senate or House of Representatives and each vote on any subject will be recorded in the respective House's journal.
1b. A person cannot hold the offices of the President, Vice-President, Senator, Representative, or any combination thereof for more than eight years or beyond age seventy years plus the remainder of incumbent's current term if the time or age limit is reached before the normal expiration of their office.
1c. A full expense accounting shall be made of all funds spent by Congress, the President, and Vice-President, all Confederate Departments and Agencies on their operations and shall be made available for public examination.
1d. Each State shall have the power to recall either or both Senators at any time within their term of office and to send others in their stead for the remainder of their term of office and each Senator shall have one vote.
1e. The President, Vice-President, and every Member of Congress shall disclose all sources of income outside of their salaries to include campaign contributions, gifts, and good and services in lieu of cash. The same shall be disclosed in a quarterly report available for public inspection.
2. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the Confederate States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no person holding any office under the Confederate States shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office. But Congress may, by law, grant to the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments a seat upon the floor of either House, with the privilege of discussing any measures appertaining to his department.
SECTION 1.7.
1. All bills for raising the revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments, as on other bills.
2. Every bill which shall have passed both Houses, shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the President of the Confederate States; if he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall become a law. But in all such cases, the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return; in which case it shall not be a law. The President may approve any appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case he shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropriations disapproved; and shall return a copy of such appropriations, with his objections, to the House in which the bill shall have originated; and the same proceedings shall then be had as in case of other bills disapproved by the President.
3. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence of both Houses may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment,) shall be presented to the President of the Confederate States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him; or being disapproved, shall be re-passed by two-thirds of both Houses, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in case of a bill.
4. Congress shall pass no law that does not contain a concise and definite statement of the Constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that law.
5. After a bill or resolution has been rejected by either branch of Congress no bill or resolution containing the same substance shall be passed into a law during the same session.
6. No law shall be revised or amended by reference to its title; but in such case the act revised, or section amended, shall be re-enacted and published at length.
7. No administrative regulation written by any government agency shall not go into effect unless said administrative regulation is voted upon by Congress and shall be presented to the President of the Confederate States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by the President; or being disapproved, shall be re-passed by two-thirds of both Houses, according to the rules and limitations prescribed as in the case of a bill.
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