Orders of the day. 7. Points of order and personal privileges shall not count off the speaker s time.

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1 1. This body shall act as a federal body. Orders of the day 2. One chair shall be elected every hour and shall appoint a timekeeper based on their own decision. Judges will be instructed to value a student s time as chair as they would one speech. 3. Students will use the docket proposed by the tournament director. The docket should consist of selections from the UDCA-approved list. Students are responsible for printing their own copies of the docket. 4. Speeches shall last three minutes. 5. A mandatory two-minute questioning period will automatically follow each sponsorship speech and each 1st negative speech; all other speakers will have a one-minute questioning period. 6. Speeches shall alternate affirmative, negative, affirmative, etc. 7. Points of order and personal privileges shall not count off the speaker s time. 8. Amendment debates shall be limited to ten minutes, not to count off the original time of the main motion. When the ten minutes have passed, previous question will automatically be in order. Speakers on amendments shall be allowed three minutes of speaking time with a one minute questioning period and amendment speeches will count towards priority. Students proposing amendments are not guaranteed an author/sponsor speech. Any student may give the sponsorship speech, though strict priority must be followed. 9. All amendments shall be written and submitted to the Parliamentarian (or chair if there is no Parliamentarian) before they are to be considered. No amendments to amendments will be considered. 10. Objection to consideration will have a one-on-one debate. The objector will speak, followed by the sponsor. Each speech will last one minute, after which Previous Question is automatically in effect on the motion for objection to consideration. The sponsor s speech in defense will not count against his/her priority. Each congressperson will be limited to one objection to consideration motion/speech during the entire time convened which will count towards priority. 11. Motions for previous question cannot be made until after the first negative speech. 12. Strict Priority will be followed at all times and priority will carry over throughout the tournament. This does not include a Bloodbath round. 13. Obstructionists cannot be removed without permission from the tournament director.

2 14. Orders of the day are NOT debatable or amendable.

3 A Bill to Regulate Pharmaceutical Drug Prices BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: SECTION 1. Pharmaceutical drug companies will now have to be regulated on their pricing. Their prices will not exceed a 15% profit margin. SECTION 2. Pharmaceutical drug companies are defined as any company that sales a drug that requires a doctor s note to use. Profit margins is defined as the amount by which revenue from sales exceeds costs in a business which includes research and development, employees costs, marketing, etc. SECTION 3. The Food and Drug Administration will oversee the implementation of this bill. SECTION 4. This will be in effect on January 1 st, 2019 SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Submitted by Preston Knutson of Grantsville High School. Introduced for Congressional Debate by.

4 A Resolution to Ban the Confederate Flag from Government Property WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, RESOLVED, the Confederate Flag, also known as the Tennessee Battle flag, has been a symbol of hate since 1948; and the majority of states from the south have removed the flag from their own state flags; and the majority of the population doesn t support the flag on government grounds; now, therefore, be it By the Congress here assembled that we take any sign of the Tennessee Battle flag, more commonly known as the Confederate flag, off of federal grounds, with the exception of educational purposes. Submitted by Preston Knutson of Grantsville High School.

5 A Bill to Legalize Physician Assisted Suicide BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: SECTION 1. Doctors be permitted to administer assisted suicide, or euthanasia, to their terminally ill patients, with their consent, in order to painlessly end their lives for the sake of eliminating unnecessary pain and suffering. A. A request to administer or receive euthanasia must be approved by a trained physician and a legal guardian SECTION 2. A terminally ill patient is defined as a patient that has been diagnosed with an incurable or irreversible illness. SECTION 3. The implementation of this bill shall be overseen by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) SECTION 4. This bill shall be implemented at the start of the 2020 fiscal year. SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

6 A Resolution to Limit Civil Asset Forfeiture WHEREAS, The practice of civil forfeiture allows law enforcement to seize people's property without due process. WHEREAS, Police nationwide have seized $2.5 billion in cash from almost 62,000 people since 2001 without warrants or indictments. WHEREAS, Many states have recognized this issue by implementing civil forfeiture reform and restrictions. WHEREAS, RESOLVED, Iowa has been a pioneer of limiting civil asset forfeiture By the Congress here assembled for local law enforcement agencies to receive federal funding they can only seize civil assets if the owner is first convicted in criminal court. Introduced for Congressional Debate by Clearfield High School

7 A Bill to Give Funding to the U.S. Border Patrol for Better Holding Centers 1. Be it enacted by the Congress that: 2. Section 1: The U.S. Border Patrol shall receive funding to create and improve temporary living conditions in Immigrant Holding Centers. 3. Section 2: A Holding Center is defined as a place where people who have entered the country illegally are kept for a period of time. a. Improved living conditions is defined as buildings with 100 rooms or more, 2 beds per room, 4 people max per room, 1 bathroom per 10 rooms for both male and females, and 3 meals a day being provided. 4. Section 3: The Health and Human Services shall oversee this bill. a. The U.S. Border Patrol will receive 4 billion dollars in funding b. The funding for this bill will be taken from the funding of the Department of Defense. 5. Section 4: The U.S. Border Patrol shall begin construction after the passage of this bill 6. Section 5. All laws in conflict with this bill are hereby declared null and void.

8 Bill to Ban Mandatory Standardized Test in the U.S. Be it enacted by the Congress that: 1. Section 1: All mandatory standardized tests shall be banned in all K-12 public schools in the U.S. 2. Section 2: Standardized test are defined as test that require students to answer the same question, or a selection of questions from a common bank of questions. 3. a. Standardized test are scored in a consistent manner, which make it possible to compare the relative performance of individual or groups of students 4. b. College will no longer require college admission standardized tests. 5. Section 3: The Department of Education shall oversee this bill. 6. a. Any K-12 public school who gives mandatory standardized tests shall be fined 500 dollars for every test taken. 7. Section 4: This bill shall be implemented the following school year after the passing of this bill. 9. Section 5: All laws in conflict with this bill are hereby declared null and void.

9 A Bill to remove Budget Caps on the United States Military BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: 1. SECTION 1: The Budget Caps imposed on Military Spending shall be removed. 2. SECTION 2: A. Budget caps are defined as the restrictions to military spending in the Bipartisan Budget Act in section (P.L ). 3. B. The Department of Defense shall receive a $50 Billion budget increase, for research and development of new weapons. 4. SECTION 3: The Department of Defense shall oversee the implementation of this bill. 5. B. The money for the budget increase shall come from a 5% cut to the budget of the department of Health and Human Services. 6. SECTION 4: This bill shall be implemented 6 months after passage. 7. SECTION 5 : All laws in conflict with the legislation are hereby declared null and void.

10 A Resolution to Financially Compensate Division One Power Five Conference College Athletes for Their Duties WHEREAS, Division one power five conference college athletes deserve substantial financial compensation for their dues that earn their respected academic institutions a copious amount of income. WHEREAS, Past and present Student Athletes are at a considerable risk regarding bodily harm while representing their academic institutions in various Athletic events. WHEREAS, The National Collegiate Athletic Association using the likeliness of their 460,000 athletes to bring in 1.1 billion dollars while the athletes risk their personal well-being for a full ride scholarship that o en doesn t fit to the athletes needs. WHEREAS, The National Collegiate Athletic Association s Summary of NCAA Regulations-NCAA Division 1 states a list of bylaws on pages 2-3 that infringe on the student athlete s rights in various situations. WHEREAS, As a result, student athletes have begun to seek out compensation under the table and has created a dangerous black market for elite high school age athletes via agents, shoe companies, and the academic institution s coaches. RESOLVED, Division One Power Five Conference Student Athletes deserve a form of financial compensation based on their role and duties to their respected academic institutions.

11 A Bill to Cut Funding to Nuclear Energy 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE IHSSA CONGRESS ASSEMBLED THAT: 1. SECTION 1. Funding will be cut from nuclear energy plants by half of its funding, to 2. reduce the issue of cost as well as nuclear waste. Instead these funds will be 3. allocated to companies decided by a special committee for the further 4. development of renewable energy. 5. SECTION 2. Nuclear waste shall be defined as: Waste type containing radioactive chemical 6. elements that does not have a practical purpose. 7. Nuclear energy shall be defined as: Energy that is created by splitting apart the 8. nuclei of atoms. 9. SECTION 3. The Department of Energy will oversee the cuts to the budget. 10. SECTION 4. This legislation will take effect at the start of the October 1st, SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void

12 A Bill to Privatize the USPS By Atlantic High School 1 B E IT ENACTED BY THE IHSSA S TUDENT C ONGRESS THAT : 2. SECTION 1. The USPS will no longer be a governmentally supported enterprise and 3. shall be privatized, with current offices to be gradually sold to the private sector. 4. SECTION 2. Privatize: to change from public to private control or ownership. 5. SECTION 3. The USPS will gradually dissolve themselves with oversight from a 6. congressional committee assembled upon passage of the bill. 7. SECTION 4. Phase-out will begin upon passage of this bill with complete privatization 8. set for SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void

13 The Sentencing Reform Act 1. Section 1. When sentencing those accused of a crime judges will henceforth no longer take be permitted to use previous accusations and actions in determining sentences. 2. Section 2. a. Prosecutors will no longer have the ability to prove alleged wrongdoing through preponderance of the evidence. 3. B. Maximum sentences will no longer be increased based on previous wrongdoings of the defendant 4. Section 3. The United States Department of Justice will oversee the implementation of this legislation. 5. Section 4. This legislation will go into effect at the beginning of fiscal year 2019.

14 6. Section 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. A Bill to Allow Sports Gambling in Utah BE IT ENACTED BY THIS STUDENT CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: 1. Section 1: Effective July 1, 2019, the state of Utah will allow sports gambling. 2. Section 2: The Utah Racing and Gaming Commission will oversee implementation of sports gambling. 3. Section 3: All revenue from sports gambling will be directed to support Utah school districts and 4. public universities. The Utah General Assembly will appropriate revenue.

15 A Bill to Replace Winner-Take-All in the Electoral College BE IT ENACTED BY THIS STUDENT CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: 1. Section 1: Effective January 1, 2020, to remove the winner-take-all system in the Electoral College and 2. replace winner-take-all with the congressional district method. 3. Section 2: The congressional district method will allocate a state's electors based on a candidate 4. winning a congressional district instead of statewide popular vote. 5. Section 3: Two at-large electors will be determined by the state s popular vote. 6. Section 4: Congress will certify the Electoral College results.

16 A Bill to Overhaul the Power Grid System BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: SECTION 1. A. The US national power grid system will be comprehensively rehauled to better protect against cyber security threats, natural disasters, and become adaptable to renewable energy. B. $10 billion will be immediately distributed nationwide to begin implementing this legislation. SECTION 2. Comprehensively rehauled refers to modernizing the power grid to be adaptable to renewable energy sources and will implement underground power lines. Cyber security threats refer to potential terrorist attacks or hacks on the power grid system that could render it useless. SECTION 3. The Department of Energy and the Department of Homeland Security shall oversee the funding and implementation of this legislation. SECTION 4. This bill shall go into implementation at the start of the 2019 Fiscal Year. SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.