MSA of Funding Bill Spring 2024

Senate of the Student Government Association of The Johns Hopkins University

{ S. Bill. 23-24, XX}

An SGA MSA cosponsorship Funding Bill

Act to Fund the MSA event InterMSA Iftar Dinner in 2024

Introduced by: KSAS Academic Senator Amani Benouardia and President of Senate Nasreen Naqvi Considering this 27th day of February in the year 2024

Sponsored by: Senior Class Senator Mufasa Cruz of the & WSE Academic Senator Omar Gharib Referred to the Senate by the Committee on Finance which recommends its ____ by a vote of _ to _ Be it enacted by the Senate of the Student Government Association of The Johns Hopkins University assembled that

SECTION 1. TITLE. This Act may be referred to as the InterMSA Iftar Funding Bill

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS.

1. SGA — The term “SGA” shall refer to the Student Government Association of The Johns Hopkins University.
2. JHU, Hopkins - The terms “JHU” and “Hopkins” shall refer to the Johns Hopkins University.
3. JHUMA- The term “JHUMA” Johns Hopkins University Muslim Association
4. UMBC- The term “UMBC” refers to the University of Maryland Baltimore County
5. ABSA - Ahlul Bayt Student Association
6. CCBC - “Community College of Baltimore County

SECTION 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. FINDINGS & PURPOSES: The purpose of requesting supplemental funding from SGA is to accommodate students from all across Maryland for our inaugural InterMSA Iftar dinner. Students from Towson University, McDaniel College, Stevenson, Bowie State, CCBC, and UMBC will be in attendance. The funding would be used to buy decorations and other items that will be used in subsequent years. We hope this becomes a tradition each year to connect Muslim students in the Hopkins network and Maryland at such an auspicious time of the year.

SECTION 4. FUNDING OF ITEMS

1. The total amount would be $1009.08

SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY. Should any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance be held to be unconstitutional or, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

The Bill hereby Passes by a vote of x to 0 with 0 abstentions.

Upon passage, we have hereunto set our hands and caused the seal of the Senate to be affixed to this bill indicating the Senate’s assent and thus officially designated the bill’s adoption as law.

Signatures of Enactment: __________________________________ Ryan Chou Student Body President of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Jackson Morris Student Body Vice President of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Nasreen Naqvi President of the Senate of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Amy Li Student Body Secretary of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Jenny Chen Student Body Treasurer of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Shalala Leny Student Body Chair of Programming for the Johns Hopkins SGA

Signatures of Ceremony:

__________________________________ Amani Benouardia KSAS Academic Senator of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Nasreen Naqvi President of the Senate of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Omar Gharib WSE Academic Senator of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Mufasa Cruz Moreno Senior Class Senator of the Johns Hopkins SGA