United States of America — Official Federal Program & Implementation Framework

Working Draft, May 2026

Preamble

We, the People of the United States, establish this New Deal 2.0 to implement the principles of justice, equality, and sustainability enshrined in the Constitution. Its purpose is to provide social and economic security, promote civic responsibility, ensure universal access to essential services, and guarantee opportunities for present and future generations.

The programs established herein translate constitutional rights into lived reality. A right that cannot be accessed is not a right — it is a promise. These programs are the mechanism by which promises become reality.

All programs herein are designed to scale automatically with economic, demographic, and environmental changes. No program shall require annual legislative reauthorization to maintain its basic function — scaling shall be built into each program’s architecture so that the people’s needs are met continuously rather than subject to the political calendar.

All programs herein apply to all persons legally residing and contributing to the social system within the jurisdiction of the United States. The specific eligibility conditions for each program reflect the principle that benefits shall be proportional to contribution, with a humanitarian floor below which no person falls regardless of contribution status.

Article I — Universal Basic Income

Eligibility and Payments

Coverage: All persons legally residing and contributing to the social system within the jurisdiction of the United States shall receive a monthly Universal Basic Income. Contributing to the social system includes: lawful employment within the jurisdiction; civic service participation; caregiving for dependents; and active job seeking. Persons who have contributed for a minimum of one year shall be eligible for full UBI. Persons in their first year of legal residence who are actively contributing shall receive a prorated amount.

Progressive Structure: UBI payments shall be structured progressively. Persons below the median household income shall receive the full UBI amount. Payments shall taper for persons above the median income threshold and shall reverse into a contribution — effectively a UBI tax — for persons above an upper threshold indexed annually to median household income. The system shall be designed so that no person who works is worse off than a person who does not, and no person who earns more is net worse off than a person who earns less after accounting for UBI and contributions.

Payment Amount: The UBI payment shall be set at a level sufficient to cover basic essential needs — food, utilities, communications, and personal necessities — when combined with the housing guarantee established in Article IV. The specific dollar amount shall be set annually by the Federal UBI Bureau based on independent cost of living assessment and shall be published no later than October 1st of the preceding year.

Interaction with Pay Ratio Cap: The UBI floor shall be incorporated into the pay ratio calculation established by the Constitution’s Article III. As UBI increases the ceiling for executive compensation rises proportionally — creating a structural incentive for all economic participants to support a well-funded and adequate UBI.

Scaling Mechanism

The UBI payment amount and income thresholds shall adjust annually based on: the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers; median household income growth as measured by the Census Bureau; and regional cost of living variations that shall produce locally calibrated supplements for high-cost areas. No act of Congress shall be required for annual scaling adjustments — they shall occur automatically by operation of this framework.

Administration

The Federal UBI Bureau, integrated with the Treasury Department, shall administer all UBI payments. The Bureau shall maintain a real-time registry of eligible persons; process payments monthly without delay; publish annual public reports on payment levels, eligibility rates, coverage gaps, and program costs; and operate a simple, accessible appeals process for persons whose eligibility is disputed. Payment delays caused by administrative underfunding shall constitute a constitutional violation subject to enforcement under Article XI.

Article II — Universal Healthcare

Coverage

Universal and Free: Healthcare in the United States shall be universal, comprehensive, and free at point of service. No person shall be billed, charged a copayment, required to meet a deductible, or denied care at the moment of receiving it. The distinction between “covered” and “uncovered” services is abolished. If a licensed healthcare provider determines that a service is medically necessary, it is covered.

Comprehensive Scope: Coverage includes without limitation: primary and preventive care; specialist care; emergency care; surgical care; hospital care; mental health services; substance use treatment; reproductive healthcare including contraception and abortion services; maternal and infant care; dental care; vision care; hearing care; physical therapy and rehabilitation; long-term care; palliative care; end of life care; and any other service that a licensed provider determines to be medically necessary.

Mental Health Parity: Mental health and substance use services shall be funded, staffed, and delivered at full parity with physical health services. Wait times for mental health appointments shall be subject to the same maximum wait time standards as primary care appointments. The historic underfunding of mental health infrastructure shall be addressed through a dedicated ten-year Mental Health Infrastructure Investment Program.

Automatic Enrollment: All persons within the jurisdiction shall be automatically enrolled in universal healthcare upon establishing legal residence. No application, no paperwork, no eligibility determination at point of care. Enrollment is the default.

Coverage by Status

Citizens and Permanent Residents: Full comprehensive coverage.

Long-term Visa Holders and Workers: Full coverage commensurate with their period of contribution to the social system.

Short-term Visitors: Emergency care free at point of service without exception. No person shall be turned away from emergency treatment or asked about their immigration or payment status at the moment of emergency.

Undocumented Persons: Emergency care without exception and without immigration consequence at point of care. The provision of healthcare shall never be used as an immigration enforcement mechanism.

Elimination of Private Health Insurance as Primary Delivery Vehicle

Private health insurance as a substitute for or primary vehicle of healthcare delivery is prohibited. The Federal Health Authority shall establish a transition timeline of no more than three years from enactment during which existing private insurance contracts shall be wound down and all persons transitioned to the universal public system.

Supplemental private insurance covering services beyond the public standard — private hospital rooms, elective cosmetic procedures, enhanced amenities — may continue to exist but shall not be used to create a two-tier system in which wealth determines access to medically necessary care.

Workforce Transition

The Federal Health Authority shall operate a comprehensive workforce transition program for displaced insurance workers providing: full income replacement for a period of two years during retraining; priority placement in the expanded public healthcare workforce; funded retraining programs for workers seeking clinical or administrative roles in the public system; and early retirement options with full benefits for workers within ten years of retirement age. No worker shall bear the personal cost of a systemic transition they did not cause.

Drug Pricing

The Federal Health Authority shall negotiate drug prices directly with pharmaceutical manufacturers on behalf of the entire United States population. No drug shall be available through the public healthcare system at a price that exceeds the median price paid for that drug by comparable universal healthcare systems in other developed nations. Pharmaceutical companies that refuse to meet public pricing requirements shall lose patent protection for the relevant drug within the United States jurisdiction, with production opened to generic manufacturers.

Article III — Education & Civic Service

The Civic Service Exchange

Public education in the United States — from primary school through doctoral programs — shall be free at point of delivery. The funding mechanism for higher and vocational education is a civic service exchange: one year of qualifying civic service for one year of publicly funded education. The ratio is consistent across all levels of education.

Exchange Rates: The following exchange rates apply to publicly funded education programs: Vocational and trade programs, Associate degrees, Bachelor’s degrees, Master’s degrees, and Doctoral and professional degree programs all operate at one year of civic service per one year of program duration. Adult and lifelong learning programs: civic service participation proportional to program duration.

Timing of Service: Civic service may be completed before, during, or after the corresponding education program, within a reasonable timeframe. Service need not be completed in a single continuous block — it may be accumulated across multiple periods of service.

Public Institutions Only: The civic service exchange applies exclusively to publicly funded educational institutions. Private colleges, universities, and trade schools may continue to operate and charge tuition as they choose. The public system shall be funded and maintained at a quality level that makes it a genuinely excellent first-rate choice — not a fallback for those who cannot afford private education.

Civic Service Roles

Civic service roles shall include without limitation: healthcare support and patient care assistance; environmental restoration and conservation; primary and secondary education assistance; early childhood care and education support; infrastructure construction and maintenance; emergency response and disaster preparedness; elder care and disability support; community development and social services; digital infrastructure and technology support; and any other role determined by the Civic Service Administration to provide genuine public benefit.

Military service is one option within the civic service framework and shall count toward educational exchange credits at the same rate as civilian service. Military service shall never be required as the only option for fulfilling civic service obligations.

Civic Service Administration

The independent, non-partisan Civic Service Administration shall: maintain the registry of service credits and educational entitlements; classify all approved civic service roles; assess individual capacity through standardized, evidence-based, and non-discriminatory methods; match persons to appropriate service roles based on documented ability and expressed preference; and publish annual public reports on program participation, role availability, and outcomes.

Universal Participation: No person shall be excluded from civic service participation on the basis of disability, chronic illness, age, or other limiting condition. Persons with significant limitations shall be assessed for roles appropriate to their specific capacity — the goal is meaningful contribution at whatever level is possible, not exclusion from civic life.

Incentives and Support

Persons performing civic service shall receive: a living stipend sufficient to cover basic needs during the service period; housing assistance where service is performed in locations away from the person’s home community; healthcare coverage under Article II; career credits recognized by public employers; and professional advancement opportunities in fields related to their service.

Student Debt Transitional Justice

Persons holding educational debt incurred prior to the establishment of universal public education under this framework shall be offered the opportunity to discharge that debt through civic service at the same exchange rate as current students: one year of qualifying civic service discharges the debt equivalent of one year of education costs.

This transitional program shall remain available for a period of ten years from the date of enactment. Interest shall not accrue on qualifying debt during the period in which a person is actively engaged in the transitional service program. No person shall be permanently excluded from the transitional program due to disability, caregiving obligations, or other circumstances beyond their control.

Article IV — Housing Security

Universal Access

Every person within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have access to stable, secure housing that meets the minimum standard established by this Article. No person shall be compelled to live without shelter. The existence of homelessness within this jurisdiction represents a failure of this framework’s constitutional obligation and shall be treated as such — not as an inevitable social condition but as a solvable problem that the state is obligated to solve.

Minimum Housing Standard

All housing provided, subsidized, or guaranteed under this Article shall meet at minimum: structural integrity providing reliable protection from the elements; potable running water and functioning sanitation facilities; electrical service sufficient to power basic appliances, lighting, and communications devices; heating and cooling systems sufficient to maintain safe and habitable temperatures throughout the year; and a lockable private space providing personal security and dignity.

A tent does not meet this standard. A vehicle does not meet this standard. A shelter without private lockable space does not meet this standard. The federal government shall ensure this floor is met through whatever combination of public housing construction, rental subsidies, cooperative housing development, tiny home communities, and other mechanisms produces the best outcomes in each local context.

Affordability

Housing costs shall not constitute an undue burden on household income. The Federal Housing Authority shall maintain a regularly updated affordability standard calibrated to actual local costs. Geographic variation in housing costs shall be reflected in locally calibrated standards so that the right to affordable housing is meaningful in high-cost areas where it is needed most.

Anti-Speculation Program

Ownership Limits: No individual may own more than three residential properties simultaneously. No corporate entity — including real estate investment trusts, private equity firms, hedge funds, and any other non-individual investor — may own single-family residential properties. Corporate ownership of multi-unit residential properties shall be permitted subject to rent control, tenant protection, and maintenance standards enforced by the Federal Housing Authority.

Vacancy Tax: Residential properties held vacant for more than six months in jurisdictions with housing shortages shall be subject to a progressive annual vacancy tax. Revenue from the vacancy tax shall be directed to affordable housing construction in the affected jurisdiction.

Speculation Tax: Residential properties sold within three years of purchase shall be subject to a speculation tax on the gain in excess of inflation. This tax shall apply to all sellers except those selling a primary residence due to documented life circumstances — job relocation, family expansion, health needs, or financial hardship.

Tenant Protections

No person shall be evicted from their housing without: written notice of at minimum ninety days; a documented legitimate reason consistent with federal tenant protection standards; access to free legal representation through the Federal Housing Authority’s tenant protection program; and the Federal Housing Authority’s confirmation that alternative housing meeting the minimum standard is available before the eviction is executed. Eviction shall be a last resort, not a first response to tenant difficulties.

Article V — Sustainability & Environment

Environmental Protection

All environmental protection programs shall be based on the best available scientific evidence, assessed over timeframes appropriate to the systems being measured, and enforced equitably regardless of the income or demographic composition of affected communities. Short-term natural variation shall not be used to justify inaction on long-term trends.

Emissions Reduction: The federal government shall pursue emissions reduction targets consistent with the best available scientific guidance on preventing catastrophic environmental degradation. Targets shall be set by independent scientific bodies, reviewed every five years, and tightened as technology and circumstances allow.

Renewable Energy Transition: The federal government shall fund and facilitate a comprehensive transition from fossil fuel energy to renewable energy sources. This transition shall include: direct federal investment in renewable energy infrastructure; retraining and income replacement programs for fossil fuel workers; research funding for energy storage and grid technology; and incentive structures that make renewable energy the economically dominant choice without requiring ongoing subsidy within ten years of enactment.

Environmental Justice: No community shall bear a disproportionate burden of environmental harm. Where analysis reveals disproportionate concentration of environmental harm in low-income or minority communities, remediation shall be prioritized and new permits in those areas shall be subject to heightened review.

First Nations Ecological Knowledge Integration

Federal environmental policy and natural resource management shall formally incorporate First Nations traditional ecological knowledge through: mandatory consultation with affected First Nations nations before any significant environmental decision affecting their traditional territories; formal partnerships between federal environmental agencies and tribal environmental departments; funded programs to document, preserve, and apply traditional ecological knowledge; and co-management agreements for federal lands within or adjacent to traditional territories.

Disaster Preparedness

The civic service workforce established in Article III shall be a primary resource for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Strategic reserves of food, water, medical supplies, and emergency equipment shall be maintained at levels sufficient to support the full population of affected areas for a minimum of ninety days following any foreseeable disaster scenario.

Article VI — Childcare & Early Education

Universal Access

Pre-kindergarten education and childcare shall be universally available to all children from birth through age five within the jurisdiction of the United States, free at point of delivery. Early childhood education is among the highest-return investments a society can make — the research is unambiguous that quality early childhood programs produce lifetime benefits in health, educational achievement, and economic productivity that far exceed their cost.

Capacity: The Federal Early Childhood Authority shall maintain sufficient program capacity to serve every child whose family wishes to participate. No family shall be placed on a waiting list for more than thirty days. The civic service program established in Article III is a primary source of the early childhood workforce.

Hours: Programs shall be available for a minimum of eight hours per day, five days per week, year-round, to accommodate working families.

Quality Standards

The Federal Early Childhood Authority shall establish and enforce national quality standards for all publicly funded early childhood programs including: evidence-based curriculum frameworks appropriate to each developmental stage; maximum child-to-staff ratios ensuring individual attention and safety; physical environment standards ensuring safety and stimulation; staff qualification requirements including ongoing professional development; and family engagement requirements ensuring parents are active participants.

Quality shall be assessed through regular independent evaluation, not self-reporting. The goal is universal quality improvement, not compliance theater.

Article VII — Technology & Information Access

Digital Access

Universal Provision: Reliable, high-speed internet access shall be universally available to all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States, free or at heavily subsidized rates for persons below the median income threshold. Digital access is essential infrastructure — it shall be treated with the same federal commitment as roads, electricity, and clean water.

Resilient Emergency Infrastructure: The federal government shall maintain independent communications infrastructure capable of functioning when commercial networks fail, providing emergency broadcast capability and basic internet access for emergency information and government services.

Digital Literacy: All public education programs shall include comprehensive digital literacy instruction — the skills necessary to participate safely, effectively, and critically in digital life. Digital literacy shall be treated as a core competency equivalent to reading and mathematics.

Information Integrity

Public Media: The federal government shall fund an independent public media system providing news, information, and educational content to all persons within the jurisdiction. Public media shall be editorially independent of government — funded by constitutional mandate but governed by an independent board appointed through a process that prevents political capture. Public media shall be prohibited from carrying advertising. Its mandate is to inform, not to generate revenue.

Algorithmic Transparency: Social media platforms, search engines, news aggregators, and other digital information intermediaries operating within the jurisdiction shall publicly disclose the principles by which their algorithmic systems rank, recommend, and suppress content; submit to independent audit; and be prohibited from deploying algorithmic systems specifically designed to maximize emotional engagement at the expense of informational accuracy. Platforms that profit from outrage are profiting from the deliberate degradation of democratic discourse. That practice shall be regulated as the public health threat it is.

Support for Independent Journalism: The federal government shall maintain grant programs supporting local, independent, and investigative journalism. The collapse of local journalism is a democratic emergency. This program treats it as one.

Article VIII — Labor & Economic Justice

Workers’ Rights

All persons performing work within the jurisdiction of the United States — regardless of employment classification, citizenship status, visa status, or method of engagement — shall have the right to: organize collectively and bargain as a group with any entity that benefits from their labor; wages and total compensation sufficient to meet basic human needs; safe working conditions free from preventable hazard; protection from retaliation for exercising any right established by this framework; and access to the full benefits of the social system established herein.

The federal workplace safety authority shall be funded at levels sufficient to conduct regular inspections of all workplaces and enforce safety standards without delay. The revolving door between workplace safety enforcement and the industries being regulated is prohibited.

Pay Ratio & Compensation Standards

The 20x Cap: No organization may compensate any individual — in any role, at any level — at a total rate exceeding twenty times the total compensation of the lowest-compensated person whose labor benefits that organization. This cap applies regardless of employment classification.

Comprehensive Compensation Definition: Compensation means total remuneration in all forms including: salary; bonuses; commissions; stock grants; stock options at time of vesting; deferred compensation; retirement contributions; housing allowances; transportation benefits; personal use of company assets; and any other transfer of economic value. No form of compensation shall be excluded through creative structuring.

Global Application: For organizations earning revenue within the jurisdiction of the United States, all persons whose labor contributed to that revenue — regardless of their physical location — shall be included in the ratio calculation using purchasing-power-adjusted compensation figures.

Wealth Ceiling Implementation

The Ceiling: No individual shall accumulate or hold wealth exceeding one thousand times the current median household wealth. The ceiling shall adjust automatically with each new official measurement.

Compliance: Persons whose wealth exceeds the ceiling shall have a three-year compliance period. Wealth remaining above the ceiling after the compliance period shall be subject to a confiscatory annual tax of 90% on the excess until compliance is achieved.

Hoarding Tax: Wealth above fifty percent of the ceiling held in non-productive forms shall be subject to an annual hoarding tax of 10% designed to encourage deployment into productive economic activity.

Trust and Inheritance Loophole Closure: Trusts and other legal structures shall not be used to circumvent the wealth ceiling. Inherited wealth shall be subject to a progressive inheritance tax: no tax on inheritances below ten times median household wealth; 30% on amounts between ten and one hundred times median; 70% on amounts between one hundred and one thousand times median; and 95% on amounts above one thousand times median household wealth.

Corporate Responsibility

All corporations operating within the jurisdiction shall: maintain sustainability practices meeting federal environmental standards; adhere to fair labor standards including the pay ratio cap; publish annual public reports on their environmental impact, labor practices, and tax contributions; and demonstrate net positive public benefit as a condition of continued operation under the Anti-Extraction Clause.

Worker Cooperative Rights: When any corporation ceases operations, declares bankruptcy, or chooses to exit the United States jurisdiction, the workers of that corporation shall have the first right — for a period of ninety days — to form a worker cooperative and continue operations using the assets being vacated, at fair market valuation with federal financing assistance available.

Article IX — Civic & Democratic Engagement

Voting & Representation

Ranked Choice Voting: All federal elections shall use ranked choice voting as established by the Constitution’s Article V. State and local governments are encouraged to adopt ranked choice voting for their own elections and shall receive federal technical and financial assistance to do so.

Equal Campaign Financing: All candidates qualifying for federal election ballots shall receive an equal public campaign allocation. No private campaign contributions shall be accepted. The equal allocation is both a financing mechanism and a test of fitness — how candidates manage their equal resources reveals genuine qualities relevant to public office.

Ballot Access: Candidates shall qualify for the federal ballot by collecting verified petition signatures from eligible voters. No filing fees shall be charged. No party endorsement shall be required.

No Party Designation: No party affiliation, label, or designation shall appear on any federal ballot. Candidates shall be listed by name with a brief statement of their platform and background, standardized in format so that no candidate receives more visual prominence than any other.

Legislative Process

Single Subject Rule: No bill introduced in the Senate or the Ethics Board shall address more than one subject. The subject shall be clearly stated in the bill’s title. Bills found to violate the single subject rule shall be returned to their sponsor for separation into individual subject bills.

Transparency: All legislative proceedings shall be public, recorded, and archived in a freely accessible public database. All votes shall be individually recorded — no voice votes on substantive legislation. All communications between legislators and any outside party regarding pending legislation shall be disclosed within 48 hours.

Citizen Participation

Participatory Budgeting: A minimum of five percent of federal discretionary spending shall be subject to direct citizen input through a participatory budgeting process administered by the Federal Elections Commission. Results of participatory budgeting votes shall be binding on the relevant agencies subject to constitutional and legal constraints.

Citizen Assemblies: The Senate and Ethics Board shall each convene at least two citizen assemblies per year on major policy questions before the legislature. Citizen assembly participants shall be selected by random lottery from the eligible voting population, stratified to ensure demographic representativeness.

Oversight Boards: Independent citizen oversight boards shall monitor: election integrity and administration; gerrymandering at state and local levels; compliance with campaign finance requirements; and lobbying activity. Board members shall be selected by citizen lottery for fixed terms and shall have subpoena power and public reporting authority.

Article X — Retirement & Long-Term Security

Retirement Benefits

Dignity Floor: Every person who reaches the standard retirement age shall receive a retirement benefit sufficient to cover essential needs — the dignity floor — regardless of their contribution history, prior wage level, or work record. No person shall fall below this floor for any reason. The dignity floor shall be adjusted annually by the same mechanism as the UBI payment.

Proportional Top-Up: Above the dignity floor, persons shall receive supplemental retirement benefits in proportion to their contributions to the social system over their working lives. Contributions include employment with associated payroll contributions, civic service, and documented caregiving for dependents.

Non-Citizen Workers: Persons who contributed to the social system through lawful work within the jurisdiction — regardless of their current citizenship or immigration status — shall receive retirement benefits in proportion to their period of contribution. A person who worked lawfully and paid into the system for twenty years has earned twenty years of benefit entitlement; their subsequent immigration status does not erase that contribution.

Long-Term Care

All persons within the jurisdiction who require long-term care due to age, disability, or chronic illness shall receive federally guaranteed care meeting quality standards established by the Federal Health Authority. Long-term care shall be provided through a combination of: publicly operated care facilities; in-home care services; and family caregiver support programs providing training, respite care, and compensation for family members who provide primary care. No person shall be impoverished by the cost of their own or a family member’s long-term care needs.

Article XI — Oversight & Enforcement

The Social Rights Implementation Authority

The independent Social Rights Implementation Authority shall serve as the primary oversight body for all programs established by this framework. The Authority shall: monitor compliance across all programs; identify systemic gaps between program design and actual outcomes; compel agencies to meet their obligations through administrative orders; refer violations to the Federal Ethics Commission and relevant courts; and publish comprehensive annual public reports on the state of social rights fulfillment.

The Authority shall be funded by constitutional mandate at levels sufficient to perform its functions. Its budget shall not be subject to reduction by the agencies it oversees.

Annual Audits and Public Reporting

Every program established by this framework shall be subject to annual independent audit. Audit results shall be published in full within sixty days of completion. Program performance data — participation rates, outcome measures, coverage gaps, cost efficiency, demographic disparities — shall be published in real time through a publicly accessible federal data portal updated no less than quarterly.

Legal Recourse

Any person who has been denied a benefit, service, or right established by this framework shall have the right to: an administrative appeal within the relevant agency decided within thirty days; further appeal to an independent administrative law judge decided within sixty days; and judicial review in federal court with free legal representation provided for persons who cannot afford private counsel. Constitutional justice shall not be rationed by wealth.

Whistleblower Protection

Any person who reports in good faith a violation of this framework shall be protected from retaliation in all forms. Whistleblowers who report violations resulting in recovered funds or corrected systemic failures shall receive a share of any financial penalties recovered as a result of their disclosure. The internal reporting mechanism shall be supplemented by an external reporting channel directly to the Social Rights Implementation Authority that bypasses the agency being reported. No agency shall investigate its own whistleblower complaints.

Article XII — First Nations Justice & Sovereignty

Recognition and Commitment

This Article implements the constitutional recognition of First Nations peoples established in Article VI of the Constitution. The federal government acknowledges a debt to First Nations peoples arising from centuries of treaty violation, land theft, forced removal, cultural destruction, and deliberate policies aimed at elimination. This Article does not discharge that debt — it commits the federal government to the process of discharging it through genuine government-to-government engagement without predetermined limits on what justice may require.

The Sovereign Choice Offer

The federal government shall formally offer each federally recognized First Nations nation a genuine choice of future relationship with the United States federal system. This offer shall be made within two years of this framework’s enactment, through direct government-to-government negotiation conducted with full respect for tribal sovereignty. The options offered shall include without limitation:

Enhanced Tribal Sovereignty: Constitutionally protected and significantly expanded tribal sovereignty within existing or negotiated geographic boundaries, with direct federal funding equivalent to state funding formulas and representation in federal policy processes affecting each nation’s interests.

Statehood: Full admission as a state of the United States with all associated rights, resources, and representation in the reformed federal Senate and Ethics Board. Coexistence, shared sovereignty, and dual citizenship models shall be explored as part of statehood negotiations.

Hybrid Sovereignty: Any combination of the above or any other model proposed by the First Nations nation itself. The federal government enters these negotiations without a predetermined preferred outcome.

Treaty Compliance Program

The treaties between the United States and First Nations are the supreme law of the land, binding without statute of limitations. Each First Nations nation shall have direct standing, as a sovereign party, to bring claims of treaty violation before the Ethics Board and the federal courts. The United States, as a party to these treaties, shall not be the sole judge of its own compliance.

Where ongoing work is required, that work shall be directed and controlled by the First Nations nations themselves, with the United States obligated to fund and to participate in good faith. The United States shall not administer the affairs of the nations. Its role is to honor its obligations.

Cultural Restoration

The federal government shall fund comprehensive First Nations cultural restoration programs including: language preservation and revitalization programs developed and led by First Nations communities; repatriation of cultural artifacts, sacred objects, and human remains held by federal institutions and museums; support for traditional practices, ceremonies, and cultural transmission; and First Nations-controlled educational programs incorporating traditional knowledge and languages.

Land and Resource Justice

The Treaty Compliance Office shall develop, in direct negotiation with each affected First Nations nation, specific proposals for land return, shared management, conservation partnerships, and resource revenue sharing. The full range of remedies — including land return — shall be on the table. No approach shall be predetermined by the federal government.

Article XIII — Transitional Justice & Workforce Transition

Purpose

The implementation of this framework will disrupt industries, business models, and employment arrangements that have existed under the prior order. Workers in those industries did not create the harms their industries caused — they had jobs, and those jobs are changing. This Article ensures that the transition to a more just economic order does not impose its costs disproportionately on working people who had no role in designing the systems being replaced.

Private Health Insurance Industry Transition

The Federal Health Authority shall operate a comprehensive transition program for displaced insurance workers providing: full income replacement for up to two years during retraining; priority placement in the expanded public healthcare workforce; funded retraining for clinical, administrative, and technical roles in the public system; and early retirement with full benefits for workers within ten years of standard retirement age. Transition program enrollment shall begin no later than six months before any insurance function is transferred to the public system.

Fossil Fuel Industry Transition

The Federal Energy Transition Authority shall operate a comprehensive transition program for affected workers providing: full income replacement for up to three years during transition and retraining; priority employment in renewable energy construction and operation; funded technical retraining for renewable energy roles; community economic development investment in fossil fuel-dependent communities; and early retirement with full benefits for workers within ten years of standard retirement age. Fossil fuel communities shall not be sacrificed to the energy transition — they shall be the first to benefit from it through targeted renewable energy investment that creates local replacement employment.

Private Prison Industry Transition

The Federal Justice Transition Authority shall operate a transition program for workers in private prison facilities providing: full income replacement during transition; priority employment in reformed public correctional facilities; and funded retraining for public safety, social work, mental health support, and related roles.

General Workforce Transition Fund

A General Workforce Transition Fund shall provide transition support for workers in any industry significantly disrupted by implementation of this framework. The Fund shall be permanently capitalized and shall not require annual Congressional appropriation to operate.

Article XIV — International Engagement & the Global Invitation

The Global Invitation

The concentration of wealth and power that this framework addresses is a global phenomenon operating through global mechanisms. The most effective long-term solution is a world in which enough nations have adopted similar ethical architectures that the refuge available to concentrated power shrinks toward zero. This Article establishes the federal government’s approach to sharing the principles of this framework with the international community — not as an export to be imposed but as a proof of concept to be adapted.

The United States shall: publish this framework in all major world languages and make it freely available; offer technical assistance to any nation seeking to develop similar frameworks adapted to their own history and circumstances; use its influence in international institutions to advocate for global minimum standards on wealth concentration, worker rights, and democratic governance; and pursue bilateral and multilateral agreements that close the jurisdictional gaps through which concentrated wealth currently escapes accountability.

International Human Rights

The United States shall fully ratify and implement all major international human rights instruments. American foreign policy shall be evaluated against human rights standards consistently — not selectively applied to adversaries while ignored for allies.

Foreign Aid Philosophy

United States foreign assistance shall prioritize: support for democratic governance, independent judiciary, and anti-corruption infrastructure; public health and education investment; climate adaptation and renewable energy transition; and civil society and independent media support. Foreign assistance shall not be conditioned on economic policy choices that benefit American corporate interests at the expense of recipient populations. The era of structural adjustment programs that dismantled social protections in exchange for aid is over.

Global Tax Coordination

The United States shall use its economic leverage to advance international tax coordination that closes the gaps through which concentrated wealth currently escapes taxation. Specifically: global minimum corporate tax standards with enforcement mechanisms; automatic information sharing agreements that eliminate banking secrecy as a tool of tax evasion; sanctions on jurisdictions that facilitate tax evasion by persons with economic ties to the United States; and reform of international financial institutions to prioritize human development over creditor interests.

The programs established by this framework are not charity. They are infrastructure. They are the mechanism by which a society invests in itself — in the health, education, security, and dignity of every person within it — and receives in return a population capable of participating fully in democratic self-governance, productive economic life, and the ongoing project of becoming what the founding documents promised we could be.