Congress Bills

A Bill to Remove Interstates from City Centers 

1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED: 

2 SECTION 1. Over the course of the ten years that follow this legislation’s passage, all sections of the 

3 Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (interstates) 

4 that currently pass through city centers shall be removed from these areas. Affected 

5 sections may either be re-routed around the city center, sent under it via tunnels, or 

6 removed entirely if workable alternate routes already exist, with decisions to be made 

7 individually by each relevant city government in conjunction with the Federal Highway 

8 Administration (FHA). 

9 SECTION 2. A city center shall be defined as any contiguous census tracts of high population density (at 

10 least 1000 people per square mile) at the center of a city with a population of at least 

11 50,000. 

12 SECTION 3. Land reclaimed via interstate removal shall be given over to the city of which it is a part, to 

13 be developed into affordable multi-family housing, city parks, and/or public educational 

14 institutions such as museums, libraries, and schools. Each city shall decide for itself what 

15 mix of these repurposing possibilities it shall pursue. 

16 SECTION 4. Eminent domain may be invoked to acquire land necessary for rerouting of interstates so 

17 long as economically disadvantaged communities (defined as neighborhoods where the 

18 average household income is less than 150% of the poverty threshold as defined by the 

19 Census Bureau) are not impacted. 

20 SECTION 5. The cost of this project shall be offset by adopting an annual accrual tax on capital gains for 

21 the wealthiest 1% of US taxpayers, to take effect in the next fiscal year following this 

22 legislation’s passage. 

23 SECTION 6. This legislation shall be overseen by the FHA, with the exception of Section 5, which shall 

24 be overseen by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). 

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

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

A Bill to Repeal AEDPA 

1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED: 

2 SECTION 1. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) is hereby repealed. 

3 SECTION 2. Any convicted criminal whose right to appeal is, or has been, limited by AEDPA at the time 

4 of the passage of this legislation shall be entitled to a total reinstatement of those rights 

5 effective immediately. 

6 SECTION 3. This legislation shall be overseen by the Department of Justice. 

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

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

A Resolution to Recommend the Mandating of Indigenous Studies as a High School Graduation Requirement 

1 WHEREAS The overwhelming majority of the history of human inhabitation of the lands of our nation 

2 belongs exclusively to its Indigenous Peoples; and 

3 WHEREAS Even after colonization and the subjugation it has brought upon this nation’s Indigenous 

4 Peoples, they have continued to play crucial roles in its history, contributing enormously to 

5 overall United States’ culture and identity while maintaining distinct and inspiring cultures 

6 and identities of their own; and 

7 WHEREAS The histories and cultures of this nation’s Indigenous Peoples are given little attention in 

8 most high school curricula and are poorly understood by many in the United States; now, 

9 therefore be it 

10 RESOLVED by the Congress here assembled that states, territories, and the Federal District are strongly 

11 encouraged to mandate one year of Indigenous Studies, being a course devoted to the 

12 histories and cultures of this nation’s Indigenous Peoples, as a high school graduation 

13 requirement; and 

14 FURTHER RESOLVED that Congress shall consider wielding its powers to bring about universal adoption 

15 of this recommendation if states, territories, and the Federal District do not heed it on their 

16 own.