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A BILL TO Ban the Sale of High Capacity Firearm Magazines

BE IT ENACTED BY THE STUDENT CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

Article I: The sale, manufacturing and transporting of High Capacity Firearm

Magazines in the United States will be illegal.

All Law Enforcement and Military Personnel will be exempt

Article II: A High Capacity Firearm Magazine will be defined as “any magazine for

any firearm that contains more than 10 round of ammunition”.

Article III: This bill shall be implemented exactly 30 days after the passing of the

legislation.

Article IV: The United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

will oversee the implementation and enforcement of this bill.

Article V: All other laws in conflict with this new policy shall hereby declared null

and void.

Respectfully submitted,

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A Bill to amend the National Drinking Age Act of 1984 to

allow States to change their Alcohol Consumption Laws.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

SECTION 1. States will be allowed to lower the age of purchase, consumption, and

public possession of alcoholic beverages from twenty-one to eighteen

without any form of penalty.

SECTION 2. An alcoholic beverage is defined as any drink that contains more than .5%

of the total liquid as alcohol.

SECTION 3. Each respective State Legislature will be allowed to change their laws as

they see fit, while the Secretary of Transportation shall be in charge of the

allocation of funds.

A. The State Legislature will decide if it will alter the current drinking

age of the State, or leave it unchanged through regular legislative

means.

B. The Secretary of Transportation will withhold funds to States that

lower their drinking age below eighteen, as it currently does for States

with a drinking age below twenty-one.

SECTION 4. This law will go into effect for the 2018 fiscal year.

SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

Introduced for Congressional Debate by Sean Taltavall of Montville Township High School.

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A Bill to Increase Immigration to the US in order to Promote Economic Growth

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:SECTION 1. The number of available lawful permanent resident cards for immigration

will be increased by 10% of current US demographics. Foreign business

owners and entrepreneurs that receive U.S. investment may move and

grow their business in the U.S.

SECTION 2. A. U.S. investment is defined as money or capital from a U.S. centered

corporation to promote the foreigner’s business.

B. A U.S. centered corporation is defined as a corporation whose

headquarters and more than 50% of its workforce reside in the U.S.

C. US demographics will be defined as population data collected by

private corporations and the US Census Bureau.

SECTION 3. The Department of Homeland Security will oversee implementation,

auditing employers believed to be hiring illegal aliens.

A. Businesses found in violation will be ordered to cease and desist, and

are subject to a fine not less than $15,000 and not more than $50,000

per infraction of current illegal alien employment laws.

B. Magnitude of compensation will go by a case by case basis and will be

decided by the courts.

SECTION 4. This bill will begin implementation over the course of its inaction to the end of fiscal year 2017.

SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.Presented by Senator Patel from Abington Heights

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A RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN THE ACTIONS OF PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP

ERDOGAN TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF TURKS

WHEREAS, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is acting in ways befitting a dictator

WHEREAS, President Erdogan and his government have taken over a newspaper and

conducted mass arrests

WHEREAS, the rights of the Turkish people are at stake as long as President Erdogan

is in power; and

WHEREAS, President Erdogan has expanded his power and attempted to crush

political opposition

RESOLVED, That the Congress here assembled make the following recommendation

for solution and, be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, That President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his actions are

formally condemned by Congress and that he is called upon to step down

from office.


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A BILL TO REFORM CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTING


SECTION 1. Congressional districts shall now be drawn according to a population of eligible voters, instead of general population.SECTION 2. Under this system, illegal immigrants, felons, children, and other non-voters would not be factored into the population determination of districts.

A. This will safeguard the democratic interests of American voters who may live in an area heavily populated by one of the above non-voting groups.

SECTION 3. This bill will only apply to national, House of Representative-based elections and districts. The time between elections will remain at 2 years each.SECTION 4. This bill will be implemented January 1, 2017.

SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null

and void.


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A RESOLUTION TO SAVE BANANAS FROM EXTINCTION

1 WHEREAS the Cavendish Banana sold in supermarkets today is in danger by a disease

2 known as Tropical Race 4; and

3 WHEREAS previously the Gros Michel was used as the world’s export banana but has

4 gone commercially extinct because no protective measures were taken

5 against Panama Disease, a plague caused by the same fungus; and

6 WHEREAS Bananas are a essential food supply and income generation source for 100

7 million African denizens; Therefore

8 BE IT RESOLVED The United States work with the international community to stop

9 the spread of the Tropical Race 4 and the Fusarium fungus that causes it.

10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the student congress here assembled pledge to support

11 banana dependent economies in Africa, the Middle East, Asia , South

12 America and the rest of the world


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A BILL TO MANDATE PATERNITY LEAVE TO DECREASE THE WAGE GAP

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SECTION 1. The United States shall require that all workplaces offer male employees a

paid paternity leave.

SECTION 2. The paternity leave will be equal to that of the maternity leave given to

female employees.

SECTION 3. This will be overseen by the U.S. Department of Labor.

SECTION 4. This bill shall take effect January 1, 2017.



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A BILL TO IMPLEMENT LEAD TO LOWER INCARCERATION RATES NATIONWIDE

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SECTION 1. The United States Federal Government shall grant any state or local police

department funds necessary to implement Law Enforcement Assisted

Diversion (LEAD).

SECTION 2. LEAD shall be defined a programs similar to the ones recently

implemented by the Seattle Police Department and Santa Fe Police

Department, in which police officers are trained to identify low-level

offenders involved in drugs and prostitution and enroll them in

community-based services rather than entering them into the court system.

A. Low-level offenders and community-based services shall be

defined in the same way that the Seattle and Santa Fe Police

Departments have defined them.

SECTION 3. The Department of Justice and Department of the Treasury shall oversee

the implementation of this legislation.

A. The Department of Justice shall evaluate programs implemented

by states and local police departments in order to determine if they

qualify for federal funding provided by this legislation.

B. The Department of the Treasury shall determine how much

funding is needed by each state or police department to implement

an LEAD program and provide that funding.

C. The Department of the Treasury may disperse up to one (1) billion

dollars total under this legislation.

SECTION 4. This bill shall go into effect upon passage.



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A RESOLUTION TO INVEST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FARMING

PRACTICES TO BOOST FOOD PRODUCTION

1 Whereas: The development of certain techniques can reduce the amount of

fertilizer

2 necessary without diminishing the crop yield; and

3 Whereas: Farming practices could be designed to simultaneously improve

crop

4 yields and reduce environmental damages substantially; and

5 Whereas: Unless we change how we grow our food and manage our natural

capital,

6 food security will be at risk; and

7 Therefore, Be it resolved by this NCFL Student Congress here assembled that

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8 United States should invest in the development of new farming

practices

9 to boost food production.


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A BILL TO GUARANTEE TWO YEARS OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION


SECTION 1. The United States federal government will subsidize tuition costs for the

first forty-eight credits of post-secondary education taken at non-profit

institutions which issue accredited degrees, certificates, or diplomas.

SECTION 2. The terms of this bill are defined as follows:

A. Tuition costs refers to only the amount paid to the institution for course

in which the student is enrolled. Books, fees, room, and board are not

covered by this legislation, but are still eligible for other federal grants or

loans.

B. Forty-eight credits is calculated based upon models of credit calculation

in which one credit is roughly equivalent to fourteen hours of post-

secondary instruction.

SECTION 3. The Office of Postsecondary Education within the United States

Department of Education will oversee the implementation of this

legislation.

A. Funds will be provided through the normal fiscal year 2017 budgeting

process.

SECTION 4. This law shall go into effect in the fiscal year 2017.


Submitted for Congressional Debate by York Catholic High School

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A Resolution to Engage in Nuclear Stockpile Reduction

WHEREAS, China, Russia and the United States attain too many nuclear weapons; and

WHEREAS, Nuclear weapons from all these countries pose a major threat if misused or

not handled properly; and

WHEREAS, the most pressing security threat is not nuclear war, but nuclear terrorism

and proliferation; and;

WHEREAS, nuclear stockpile reductions can translate into greater global support for

stopping the spread of nuclear weapons to other states or terrorist

organizations; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, By the Congress here assembled that the United States enters into nuclear

stockpile reduction negotiations that include discussions about increasing

transparency with China and Russia.

Introduced for Congressional Debate by Suchritha Patlolla.

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A Bill to Prohibit Drone Strikes Until Precision Technology Advances Further

BE IT ENACTED BY THIS CONGRESS THAT:

1. SECTION 1. Drone strikes directed at urban areas will be prohibited for a

2. stretch of time of 5 years. During this time, $10M will be earmarked from

3. the federal budget for funding unmanned aircraft research

4. and development each year.

5. SECTION 2. The ban will be in effect in areas classified as “urban” or with high civilian

6. populations (over 10% civilian inhabitants).

7. SECTION 3. A. The military will be responsible for the cancellation of any scheduled

8. strikes and enforcing the ban on future strikes throughout their various

9. branches.

10. B. They will also be responsible for the most efficient dispensation of

11. provided funds to the correct departments to ensure that when the ban is

12. lifted, strikes can be made with pinpoint accuracy.

13. C. In order for the military to continue to receive funding, inspectors

14. unaffiliated with the military must confirm responsible fund usage and

15. significant progress annually.

16. SECTION 4. This law will be effective immediately.

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A BILL TO COUNTER CHINESE AGGRESSION IN ASIA

1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE STUDENT CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

2 SECTION 1. The United States will take measures to counter Chinese aggression in

3 Asia. The United States will give 500 million dollars in economic aid and

4 500 million dollars in military aid to Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and

5 Taiwan. The United States 7th

Fleet will conduct military exercises in the

6 South China Sea.

7 SECTION 2. Economic aid will be defined as aid used to stimulate an economy or

8 provide assistance to an economy. Military aid will be defined as

9 weapons, supplies or money given to buy weapons or supplies. Military

10 exercises will be defined as the employment of military resources in

11 training for military operations.

12 SECTION 3. USAID will oversee the allocation of economic aid. The United States

13 Department of Defense will oversee military aid. The US Navy will

14 oversee the military exercises conducted

15 SECTION 4. This bill will go into effect immediately.

16 SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.


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Chaminade High School

A BILL TO REMOVE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA TO STOP A FAILING INITIATIVE


SECTION 1. The United States of America will remove all economic sanctions placed

on Russia due to an overall failure at making a substantial impact.

SECTION 2. Economic sanctions are defined as any withdrawal of customary trade and

financial relations for foreign and security purposes. This includes trade

barriers and business transactions.

SECTION 3. The Department of State will oversee the passage of this legislation.

SECTION 4. This legislation will be implemented immediately after passage.



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A Bill to Grant Voting Rights to Felons to Ensure that AllCitizens Can Vote


SECTION 1. Felons who have criminal histories will be allowed to participate in the voting

during the next local, state, or federal election after they have served their term of

incarceration.

SECTION 2. A felon shall be defined as an individual who has committed a crime or felony in the

past, and has been sentenced to spend time incarcerated. Term of incarceration is

the duration of time in which a convict must spend in prison. During this time,

felons will not be allowed to vote; after they are released, this legislation will apply

to them.

SECTION 3. The Department of Justice shall oversee the implementation of this legislation.

SECTION 4. This legislation will go into effect immediately upon passage.


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Introduced for Congressional Debate by Ranen Miao, Millburn High School

A Bill to Construct an Artificial Island in the Spratly Islands To Strengthen US Influence in the Region


SECTION 1. The United States shall hereby construct an artificial island, to be used as a

military base, in the Spratly Islands.

SECTION 2. An artificial island shall be defined an island that has been constructed by people rather than natural means. It shall be created by expanding existing islets, constructing on existing reefs, or amalgamating several natural islets into a bigger island. A military base shall be defined as a facility directly owned and operated by, or for, the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and/or personnel, and facilitates training and operations.

SECTION 3. This bill shall be enforced by the Department of Defense.

B. The funding for this bill shall come from the Department of Defense’s budget for the fiscal year of this bill’s implementation.

SECTION 4. This bill shall be effective 3 months after passage.



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A Resolution to Require Gender Neutral Bathrooms

ByE.L. Meyers High School

WHEREAS, the trans* community is increasing; and

WHEREAS, there is increasing violence against trans* people; and

WHEREAS, trans* individuals need area where they can feel safe ; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, by the Pennsylvania High School Speech League Student

Congress here assembled, that gender neutral bathrooms shall be required in public

establishments with public bathrooms .

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A Bill to Promote China’s South-North Water Transfer Project


SECTION 1. Funding and cooperation between the United States and China shall

commence, specifically entailing the promotion of the South-North Water

Transfer Project.

SECTION 2. A. The South North Water Transfer Project is a $62 billion dollar

project to relocate 44.8 billion cubic tons of water from the Yangtze

River to other regions of China.

B. Cooperation encompasses the backing of the United States

Government, additionally providing funding that the Chinese

Government lacks to bolster the project.

SECTION 3. The United States Agency for International Development in conjunction

with the United States Department of State will oversee this legislation

C. Since the project is specifically $62 billion, the funding going into this

legislation is specifically whatever money is left out, included as a

show of good faith.

SECTION 4. This legislation will be implemented immediately upon passage.


Introduced for Congressional Debate by Kishan Gandham.

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A Bill to Ban Civil Forfeiture


SECTION 1. Law enforcement officers shall no longer be allowed to seize assets from

persons suspected of involvement with crime or illegal activity without

necessarily charging the owners with wrongdoing.

SECTION 2. Seizure occurs when the government takes property. Forfeiture means the

legal title is transferred to the government.

SECTION 3. The Department of Justice shall oversee the implementation of this

legislation.

SECTION 4. This bill shall be implemented immediately upon passage


Introduced for Congressional Debate by Ben Levy.

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A Bill to Integrate Fannie Mae Banking Services into Post Offices in the US to Relieve the Lack of Access

Low-Income Neighborhoods Have on BankingBE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

SECTION 1. Post offices in the United States of America will be converted to include

Fannie Mae banking services, so that each Post Office has the power to

offer reloadable prepaid debit cards, mobile transactions, domestic and

international money transfers, and administer Small Loans.

A. Converting post offices into joint-Fannie Mae Banking Services.

B. Each Post Office will get $2,000 to preform any actions needed to

proceed with the conversion.

SECTION 2. Post Offices will be defined as any and all post offices in the United

States.

SECTION 3. The US Postal Service and the Department of the Treasury will oversee

enforcement of this legislation

D. Post Offices who fail to integrate banks into their services will not get

federal funding under FY 2018.

SECTION 4. This piece of legislation will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2017


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A Resolution to Amend the Constitution to Give Representation to Puerto Rico and Guam

WHEREAS, American citizens living in Puerto Rico and Guam have not voting

representation in the United States legislature, and

WHEREAS, Such people may not contribute to decisions made in the government by

which they are governed, and

WHEREAS, Extreme impoverishment and economic issues in Puerto Rico as well as

indigenous representation in Guam are pressing matters that must be

resolved on the federal level; now therefore, be it

RESOLVED, By two-thirds of the Congress here assembled, that the following article is

proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which

shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when

ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states within

seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress:

ARTICLE I

SECTION 1: The House of Representatives shall be composed of

Members chosen every second Year by the People of the

several States, Puerto Rico, and Guam; and the Electors in

each State, Puerto Rico and Guam shall have the

Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous

Branch of the State, Puerto Rican and Guamanian

Legislature.

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appropriate legislation.

Introduced for Congressional Debate by Rep. Noah Clapacs, East Chapel Hill High School.

A Bill To Suspend the BMI From Being Used To Calculate Healthiness

1. Section 1: The Body Mass Index (BMI) will be replaced by the skin fold

2. test to determine healthiness in workers.

3. Section 2: Skin fold test will be defined as a pair of calipers used to form

4. and measure the thickness of skinfolds in order to calculate the amount of

5. body fat.

6. Section 3: Any business not complying with this piece of legislation will be

7. fined $10,000.

8. The money from the fines will be collected by the U.S. Department of

9. Health and Human Services (HHS)

10. Section 4: This bill will be enacted 3 months after passage.

11. Section 5: All laws in conflict with this bill are hereby declared null and

12. void.

Respectfully SubmittedTyler HarperSouthern Lehigh MS

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A Bill to Establish an Official Language in the United States to

Promote the English Language in America

1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

2. SECTION 1. The United States will establish English as its official language.

3. SECTION 2. By establishing English as the official language, all documents

4. authored by the United States government will be written in English only.

5. SECTION 3. The implementation of this legislation will be overseen by the U.S.

6. Department of State.

7. SECTION 4. The implementation of this bill would take place immediately after

8. passage.

9. SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and

10. void.

Respectfully Submitted,Cameron Hines

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A Bill to Limit Death Row Inmate’s Appeals


SECTION 1. A. Death row inmates residing in federal prisons shall be limited to a

maximum of three appeals.

B. Executions after third appeal is denied shall be scheduled to occur

within one month of the failed appeal.

C. Current death row inmates will be allotted their three appeals at time of

passage.

SECTION 2. A. Death row inmates shall be defined as inmates residing in federal

prisons awaiting execution.

B. Appeal shall be defined as an application to a higher court for a

decision to be reversed.

SECTION 3. The implementation of this bill shall be overseen by the Department of

Justice.

SECTION 4. This bill will be put into effect 2 months after passage


Introduced for Congressional Debate by Kullen Yurchak.

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A Resolution to More Clearly Define What a Religion is to

Prevent the Abuse of Tax Exemption and Evasion of Criminal Charges by Fabricated Religious

OrganizationsWHEREAS, It is particularly facile to establish a religion; and

WHEREAS, The tax-exempt status of religious organizations can be abused; and

WHEREAS, Some religions already take advantage of this status and make substantial

amounts of money that should be going to the government; and

WHEREAS, The establishment of such religions allows these religions to justify the

committing of crimes; therefore be it

RESOLVED: That the Congress here assembled clarify and limit the definition of what a

religion is; and, be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, That institutions that follow religions that do not fit these

guidelines be taxed accordingly.

Introduced for Congressional Debate by Benjamin Becker

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A Bill to Reform Police Indictments

1. Section 1: The Department of Justice will create the Federal Indictment Bureau

2. specifically to review indictment cases made against police misconduct in federal,

state,

3. and local law enforcement.

4. Section 2: Indictment is defined as the statement charging a law enforcement

officer for

5. misusing power as an upholder of the law. The review process will range from

inspection

6. and oversight, to full investigation and prosecution.

7. Section 3: $100 million will be allocated to fund this agency for its first year of

8. enactment.

9. Funding after the first year of enactment will be decided by how many cases the

Federal

10. Indictment Bureau receives.

11. Section 4: This bill will be enacted on January 1, 2017.

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void.

Respectfully Submitted,

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