Congress Topics

A Bill to Regulate Who Gets Driver’s Licenses

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

Section 1. Due to the possible dangers of mentally and physically handicapped people and DUI arrests, we shall hereby pass stricter restrictions for obtaining a driver’s license.

Section 2.

A. People who have a serious criminal record, serious mental problem, and mental illness such as schizophrenia and serious depression shall be prohibited from obtaining a driver’s license.

B. Citizens over the age of 85 shall retake the “behind the wheel” and written test every year to renew their driving licenses.

C. While all new driving applicants will be required to have at least 50 hours of supervised driving, 10 of these hours will be nighttime driving.

Section 3. The Department of Treasury shall fund $300 million to the Department of Motor Vehicles, which shall enforce this legislation.

Section 4. This legislation shall be enforced starting November 2017.

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

Introduced for Congressional Debate by Taisia Dubinina.

A Bill to Provide Military Support to Ukraine

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

Section 1. The Ukraine bill of 2016 proposes that the United States will give Ukraine military support and aid in their war against Russia. 

Section 2.  America will send military support in the form of

1. Military infrastructure,

2. Intelligence,

3. Unmanned weapons and drones. America will not put any feet on the

ground.

4.As for aid to the country, America will extend the humanitarian aid with the

European Union. This aid will cover medical supplies and food. America will

also give Ukraine 50,000,000 dollars to help strengthen the economy.

Section 3. The government agency that will oversee and enforce this bill will be the U.S. Department of State and Defense.

Section 4. This bill will go into action on April 12th, 2015.

Section 5. All other laws in conflict with this are hereby declared null and void.

Introduced for Congressional Debate by Taisia Dubinina.

A Resolution to Oppose the Common Core Standards

WHEREAS, Many parents, students and teachers oppose the Common Core Standards.

WHEREAS, Many states have withdrawn their support for the Common Core.

WHEREAS, The tests associated with the Common Core standards have many problems.

RESOLVED, Therefore be it resolved by the Student Congress here assembled that the Common

Core standards be declared not beneficial to education.

Introduced for Congressional Debate by Don Heinsohn.

ATUGET Act

The Act to Use Green Energy Trains

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

Section 1. The GET act is an act that will start using green energy trains to deliver products throughout the USA.

Section 2. Using green energy trains will be mandatory for delivering products if the weight of the products is over 450 pounds, and if the distance is greater than 65 km.

Section 3. Green energy trains will all use renewable energy, like wind or solar energy. It is mandatory for green energy trains to be used if products are equal to or over 450 pounds and if the distance is over 65 km.

Section 4. This act shall be enforced by the Department of Treasury, which will give 5 billion dollars to the whole of the delivery industry to develop green energy trains.

Section 5. This act will be enacted on February 17th, 2016.

Section 6. All laws in conflict with this act will hereby declared null and void.

Introduced for Congressional Debate by Taisia Dubinina.

A Bill to Reduce Animal Testing

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

Section 1​​. Due to the cruelties of animal testing, such as food and water deprivation, animal testing shall hereby be reduced by 50% across all industries: medical, cosmetic, and psychological.

All other projects that fall within the 50% that will use animal testing will

require Ethical assessment and/or Compulsory authorisation and should

follow the principle of the 3R’s.

The 3R’s represent Replacement, Reduction, Refinement.

1. Replacement​ which refers to the preferred use of non-animal methods over

animal methods whenever it is possible to achieve the same scientific aims.

2. Reduction​ which refers to methods that enable researchers to obtain comparable levels of information from fewer animals.

3. Refinement​ which refers to methods that minimize potential pain, suffering

or distress, and enhance animal welfare for the animals used.

Section 2.​ To fill the other half of necessary test subjects laboratories shall test using petri dishes, where human cells can be grown, as it would be more helpful if we could test products effects of human DNA directly.

Section 3.​ The Department of Animal and Plant Welfare will be created, which will watch over and regulate animal testing through the Agency of Animal Testing. The Department of Treasury will allocate $10 billion to create the department and all associated agencies.

Section 4​. This legislation shall be enacted in January 2017, which will ensure enough time to create the agency and obtain the funds needed.

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

Introduced for Congressional Debate by Taisia Dubinina.

A Bill to Improve Education

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

Section 1. The California State Government will immediately implement the legal       changes in California laws to comply with the Vergara v. California decision.

Section 2. California teacher tenure laws prevent ineffective teachers from being removed from the classroom. Students of color and/or lower socioeconomic status were more likely to be assigned to ineffective teachers. There is an high economic impact of ineffective teachers in the classroom.

Section 3: Vergara v. California challenges three current employment practices:

1. Tenure/Permanent Statutes- tenure or permanent status is not the guarantee of lifetime employment, but the guarantee of due process;

2. Dismissal Statutes- the process for dismissing teachers goes beyond normal due process for other state employees and is costly for school districts;

3. Layoff Statutes- when staff reductions are necessary, teachers layoffs are reduced under the last in, first out policy (LIFO); seniority is the only criteria for lay-off, teacher evaluations are not considered.

Section 3. This legislation will implemented by the California Department of Education. School districts will be responsible for adhering to the policies set by this legislation.

Section 4. This legislation is to be implemented for the 2015-2016 school year.  

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

Introduced for Congressional Debate by Don Heinsohn.