Congress Legislation

A Bill to Return Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills to the Lakota Sioux 

1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED: 

2 SECTION 1. Mount Rushmore National Monument, Jewel Cave National Monument, and Black Hills 

3 National Forest are hereby returned to the Lakota Sioux, the ownership and administration 

4 of these areas to be jointly determined by the Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Lower Brule, Cheyenne 

5 River, and Standing Rock Reservations on behalf of the Lakota Sioux people. 

6 SECTION 2. A fund of $100 million shall be made available to the aforementioned reservations for the 

7 purpose of remediating the returned lands, including, should tribal administration so 

8 desire, the demolition of the four presidential sculptures and surrounding complex at 

9 Mount Rushmore and restoration of that landmark to the mountain the Lakota Sioux know 

10 as Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe (“The Six Grandfathers”). 

11 SECTION 3. Funding for this legislation shall be raised from a one-time annual tax increase of 1% on 12 the revenues of the oil, coal, and natural gas industries. Additional funds procured from this tax 

13 shall be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to be used as that agency sees fit. 

14 SECTION 4. This legislation shall be overseen by the BIA. The National Park Service (NPS) and the 

15 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall be available to support the BIA upon request. 

16 SECTION 5. This legislation shall take effect on January 1, 2023. 

17 SECTION 6. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

A Bill to Amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to Safeguard the American Economy 

1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED: 

2 SECTION 1. The Department of Education (DoE) and the entire executive branch are hereby stripped 

3 of all power to cancel student loans as enshrined in the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Pub.L. 

4 89–329). This power shall become exercised exclusively by Congress. 

5 SECTION 2. A student loan shall be defined as money a student borrows to be paid back with interest 

6 for any purpose related to post-secondary education. 

7 SECTION 3. This legislation shall take effect immediately upon passage. 

8 SECTION 4. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

A Bill to Enact Sanctions on China for the Uyghur Muslim Crisis

1 WHEREAS, The Chinese Government and the Chinese Communist Party are committing

2 human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim Minority, and

3 WHEREAS, Over one million Uyghur Muslims are currently being held by the Chinese

4 government in concentration camps.

5 RESOLVED by the Student Congress here assembled that: The United States will enact 

6 economic sanctions with the products of Electrical Machinery and agricultural products against 7 the People’s Republic of China as a result of their actions against the Uyghur Muslim Minority.

8 Be it further resolved that, Economic sanctions are defined as the withdrawal of customary 

9 trade and financial relations for foreign- and security-policy purposes.

A Bill to Prohibit Disposal of Returned Products 

1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED: 

2 SECTION 1. No retailer may dispose of a non-defective, non-damaged, non-perishable 

3 returned product. Retailers must further make every effort to repair a defective or 

4 damaged returned product or, if repair is not possible, to recycle or reuse whatever 

5 parts of it may be salvageable. 

6 SECTION 2. Disposal shall be defined as destruction, abandonment, or storage without 

7 intention of preservation or reuse, or as relegation to a waste disposal facility, such 

8 as a landfill, for these same purposes. A returned product shall be defined as a 

9 product which a customer has purchased or otherwise acquired from a retailer but 

10 has then for any reason brought or sent back to the retailer to exchange for a refund 

11 in any form, including an exchange or replacement. 

12 SECTION 3. Any retailer found to be in violation of this legislation shall be fined fifty times the 

13 retail price of each product found to have been improperly disposed of and ten times 

14 the retail price of any defective or damaged product for which repair or reuse of 

15 parts was not attempted. 

16 SECTION 4. This legislation shall be overseen by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). 

17 SECTION 5. This legislation shall take effect on January 1, 2023. 

18 SECTION 6. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

A Bill to Ban the Use of Chemical Weapons in Policing  

1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:  

2 SECTION 1. United States law enforcement officers may not use chemical weapons in policing.  

3 A. Federal law enforcement officers may not use a chemical weapon in the course of policing  

4 activities in the United States.  

5 B. In order for a state or local unit of government to be eligible to receive funds under the  

6 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Acts of 1968, the unit of government shall have a law or  

7 policy in place prohibiting the use of chemical weapons in the course of law enforcement officers’  

8 policing activities in that jurisdiction and be in substantial compliance with that policy.  

9 SECTION 2. “Chemical weapon” shall be defined in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 229F.  

10 SECTION 3. The Department of Justice will administer and enforce this legislation.  

11 SECTION 4. This legislation will be implemented one year after its enactment.  

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

A Bill to Protect the US Dollar from the Threat of Cryptocurrency 

1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED: 

2 SECTION 1. No domestic financial transaction at any level of government, including the 

3 payment of a mayoral salary, may be conducted in a currency other than the United 

4 States dollar. 

5 SECTION 2. The request by a sitting politician to be paid in a currency other than the United 

6 States dollar shall be viewed as a treasonous act and grounds for impeachment. 

7 SECTION 3. This legislation shall be overseen by the Department of the Treasury. 

8 SECTION 4. This legislation shall take effect immediately upon passage. 

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