A Resolution to Ban Chocolate WHEREAS, Millions of child slaves are being forced to produce up to % of the world s cocoa beans that are grown in West Africa. WHEREAS, There is an estimated. million children working in the fields and most are victims of trafficking and slavery, and; WHEREAS, Major chocolate producers, such as Hershey, Nestle and Mars, need to be stopped; as these children are being forced to engage in hazardous work, including working with sharp tools, agricultural chemicals, and carrying heavy loads; and WHEREAS, If we continue to allow cocoa producers to force these children, from ages to, to work in these dangerous conditions the issue will only continue to be forgotten and eventually erased; therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Congress here assembled ban the import of any cocoa beans, powder, or other cocoa product from African countries that continue to utilize child labor in the production of cocoa; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That the United States will restrict the sale of all commercial chocolate candies, cocoa drinks, and all products made with cocoa produced from child labor. Upon passage this resolution will go into immediate effect. Introduced for Congressional Debate by Ransom Everglades.
A Bill to Engage Saudi Arabia on Human Rights SECTION. The United States should redact all military aid to the Kingdom Arabia until the kingdom implements standards to protect basic human rights. SECTION. A. Military aid shall be defined as all arms sales, security assistance (including, but not limited to, Foreign Military Financing) and security cooperation. B. Standards to protect human rights shall be defined as the allowance of free speech, freedom from religious and sexual expression, the abolition of Sharia law and the protection of women s rights to travel and control their own bodies. SECTION. A. The Department of State and Department of Defense shall be responsible for enforcing the provisions of this bill. B. The Sanctions outlined in Section, and defined in section A shall not be removed until the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense and the President all release public statements acknowledging that Saudi Arabia has met the human rights SECTION. The enforcements of this provision will take effect immediately upon passage. SECTION. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Respectfully submitted by Bak Middle School of the Arts
The CHASE Act 0 SECTION. The United States Federal Government will hereby separate federal funding for STEM programs in half. Half of the funding with continue to go to STEM programs, while the remaining half will go towards CHASE programs. SECTION. The CHASE programs are defined as classes taught to prepare high school students about the reality of life through Culture, Humanities, Arts and Social Education. An example range of courses would be: Personal Finance, Logic and Reasoning, Industrial Education, Home Economics, as well as more personalized, regional classes, such as the history of your state and Native American Studies, however the exact curriculum developed is decided state by the state. SECTION. The US Department of Education will work the U.S. Treasury Department to ensure funding and ability to teach. A. The US Department of Education will ensure parallelism between the budgets and classes of STEM and CHASE. B. The US Treasury will allocate the same amount of money to both STEM and CHASE programs. SECTION. This bill will go into effect on July, 00, and CHASE classes will begin the school year of 00-0. SECTION. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Introduced for Congressional Debate by Chase Freeman American Heritage School Plantation
A Bill to Protect Human Jobs. SECTION. Retail and Restaurant chains in the united states will be required to have a certain minimum human worker quota relative to their GDP. SECTION. Per,000 USD of Gross Domestic Product, a Retail business must employ human employee. Per 00,000 USD of Gross Domestic Product, a Restaurant chain must employ human employee. If a chain does not comply they will be required to pay a compensation fee x the amount of GDP one worker is worth in taxes. SECTION. All intricacies of this bill will be handled by the United States Department of Labor, with oversight from congress. SECTION. This piece of legislation will go into effect months after being put into law. SECTION. All laws in conflict with this bill are hereby declared null and void.
A Bill to End the Use of Fossil Fuels SECTION. SECTION. SECTION. A. The United States shall progressively end the use of fossil fuels for energy and begin transitioning to cleaner energy alternatives. B. 0 Billion dollars shall be allocated in block grants evenly to every state to transition to cleaner energy. A. Fossil fuels shall include but not be limited to fuel such as coal or gas. B. A cleaner energy alternative shall include but not be limited to solar, wind, water, and nuclear energy. C. Block grants are grants from the federal government that a local authority can allocate to a wide variety of services. A quarterly audit shall be implemented by the Department of Energy. The audit will consist of the Department of Energy determining if progress has been made in each state and observing to see if a state needs more funding. If the DOE determines that there has been inadequate progress in transitioning to cleaner energy, that state will lose % of their federal funding. SECTION. This bill shall be implemented on January st, 0. SECTION. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Introduced for Congressional Debate by Ronald Thompson of Nova High School
A Bill to Promote Net Neutrality SECTION. Internet service providers must provide users a no ce of privacy policies, with respect to the services. Such internet providers are to obtain opt-in/out approval from users to permit access, use, or disclosure of sensi ve user informa on. SECTION. (A) Internet service providers are to provide a no ce of privacy policies, and are to be made available to all prospec ve users of the service. No ce of policies are to be disclosed to the consumer prior to or during the point of which sale, subscrip on, or establishment of an account is made. A provider shall also provide users in advance a no ce of any change of the provider's privacy policies. (B) An internet provider shall obtain opt-in approval from users to use, access, or disclose any sensi ve user informa on. Sensi ve User Informa on included any of the followingfinancial informa on, health informa on, informa on pertaining to children under the age of, social security number, precise geoloca on informa on, and web browsing history. SECTION. The Federal Communica ons Commission shall oversee the implementa on of this legisla on. SECTION. This bill will go into effect in January 0. SECTION. All laws in conflict with this legisla on are hereby declared null and void. Introduced for Congressional Debate by Richard Vuong of Nova High School.
A Bill To Reduce Paraguayan Corruption SECTION. The U.S. government shall reduce the poli cal and governmental corrup on in Paraguay through an internet transparency system. SECTION. A. An internet transparency system is defined as public electronic system for purchasing and hiring, based on an Internet pla orm, specifically the regarding purchasing and hiring of the Paraguayan state. B. The internet system shall be implemented by NGO s working with Paraguay. SECTION. A. The Department of State shall be responsible for choosing the NGO s that implement the system. B. The Department of State shall have oversight of the system a er it has been established and will conduct quarterly progress reports of the success of the opera on. SECTION. This bill shall be implemented immediately a er ra fica on. SECTION. All laws in conflict with this legisla on are hereby declared null and void. Respectfully Submitted For Debate By Joseph Perbtani, Nova High School
The Immigration Reform Act of 0 SECTION. The United States will take extensive measures towards creating a more comprehensive immigration policy by defunding sanctuary cities. All federal funding given to sanctuary cities and counties shall cease immediately. SECTION. Sanctuary cities and counties shall be defined as cities and counties whose law enforcement agencies fail to comply with this newly established federal immigration law. SECTION. The Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, and National Border Patrol will jointly be responsible for the enforcement of this bill. A. The number of H-B visas shall be increased by 0,000, with at least 0,000 of these new visas to be given to immigrants residing in newly defunded sanctuary locations. SECTION. This bill will go into effect in January 0. SECTION. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Introduced for Congressional Debate by Western High School.
The Cryptocurrency Regulation Act of 0 SECTION. SECTION. SECTION. SECTION. SECTION. Due to a large surge in cryptocurrency trading, the U.S government shall now regulate cryptocurrency through the following means: A. A % tax will be established on all transactions and trading of cryptocurrency B. All institutions that trade cryptocurrency will now be regarded as financial institutions Cryptocurrency shall be defined as a digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds. Cryptocurrency may include but is not limited to Bitcoin, Ether, Monero, and Dogecoin. Financial institutions shall be defined as institutions that are FDIC insured and follow FDIC laws & regulations. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) shall oversee the implementation of this legislation A. The Federal Reserve System will have oversight on cryptocurrency transactions to verify validity This legislation shall go into effect 0 days after passage All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Introduced for Congressional Debate by Veejay Parsotan, Fort Lauderdale High School
A BILL TO BAN ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS TO NURSING HOME PATIENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH 0 BE IT ENACTED BY THE STUDENT CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: SECTION. U.S. nursing homes must phase-out giving antipsychotic drugs to their patients and shall institute the Oasis program. Doctors prescribing these medications to said patients must also phase-out these prescriptions. SECTION. Nursing homes must dispose antipsychotic drugs based on local regulations. Nursing homes are private institutions providing residential accommodations with health care for elderly people. Antipsychotic medications are drugs that treat psychosis. Oasis program trains nursing home staff how to deal with dementia patients. Phase-out program: These drugs shall be given less with each dose until the banned date. SECTION. The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and the Health Care Financing Administration will implement this legislation. A. The HHS Department will audit doctors/locations to ensure these drugs are administered in accordance with the phase-out program. B. The Health Care Financing Administration shall allocate % of their funding to nursing homes to fund Oasis program implementation. C. If a nursing home has these drugs after January, 00, they will be forced to close and the doctor will be stripped of their medical license. SECTION. This bill will be implemented immediately upon passage. The phase out program will end on January, 00. After this, the drugs are banned from being administered. SECTION. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Respectfully submitted, Rep. Jonathan Boulanger from Charles W. Flanagan High School
WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, RESOLVED, A RESOLUTION TO ENCOURAGE THAILAND TO RATIFY THE UN PROTOCOL ON REFUGEES Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar only have Bangladesh and Thailand to turn to; and Thailand s treatment of Rohingyas is significantly more humane than Bangladesh s, but still leaves the refugees unprotected under law and the inherent need for a solution; and The Rohingyas stateless-unprotected status creates a cycle of exploitation and trafficking; now, therefore, be it That the Congress here assembled make the following recommendation that Thailand s government should ratify the Optional Protocol on the Status of Refugees; and, be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That following Thailand s ratification, the United States shall allocate $0 million in humanitarian assistance for Thailand s refugee camps, and following conflict resolution in Myanmar, will assist in repatriating or relocating the Rohingya out of Thailand. Respectfully submitted, Rep. Ian Bluth American Heritage School Plantation
A Bill to Utilize Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAW) BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: SECTION. Due to an increase in threats along the world, the U.S government shall invest $ billion to utilize our technological advances and establish Lethal Autonomous Weapons. This applies to air, sea, and ground vehicles. SECTION. A Lethal Autonomous Weapon is defined as a robot that that can act on it s own based on a program that one has designed for it. In addition, these robots shall contain the ability to withhold lethal weaponry. SECTION. The Department of Homeland Security and the United States military shall oversee the implementation of this legislation. A. The $ billion in funds shall be reallocated from the education budget. SECTION. This bill will go into effect 0 days upon passage. SECTION. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Introduced for Congressional Debate by Gianluca Medigovic, Fort Lauderdale High School
A Bill to Solve the Water Crisis in Yemen SECTION. The United States shall invest $00 million into initiatives to build and repair water-supply infrastructures and to improve access to safe drinking water and sanitation in Yemen. SECTION. Water-supply infrastructure shall be defined as what is built to pump, divert, transport, store, treat, and deliver safe drinking water. SECTION. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) shall be in charge of implementing this legislation. A. The United States shall work with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to carry out proper initiatives. SECTION. This legislation shall go into effect on October, 0. SECTION. null and void. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared Intruduced for Congressional Debate by Lindsay Spruce of Dreyfoos School of the Arts.
A Bill to Send Infrastructure Aid to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan SECTION. The United States shall send three billion dollars in the form of water infrastructure aid to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. SECTION. Each country shall receive. billion dollars out of the three billion dollar total sent. Aid will be sent in the form of block grants to each country s government in order to improve water infrastructure. SECTION. The Department of State will be in charge of allocating the funding, and overseeing its proper usage. A. If the aid is misallocated, it shall be retracted from the given country. B. If either country makes an aggressive attempt to secure regional reservoirs aid shall also be retracted from the given country. SECTION. This legislation shall take effect immediately upon passage. SECTION. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Introduced for Congressional Debate by Satya Alagarsamy, American Heritage School Plantation
A Bill to Send Aid to the African Union Be it enacted by the Student Congress here assembled that:. Section. The United States government will allocate $. billion in humanitarian aid toward the ongoing. humanitarian crisis in Africa.. Section. Humanitarian aid will be defined as infrastructure,. medical, and food aid that is beneficial to Africa.. Section. The money being allocated through this legislation. will be sent to the African Union.. Section. The United States Government Accountability Office. will oversee all transactions and use of aid.. A. If any misuse of the aid is detected, all funds. allocated will be taken away and no future aid. will be sent.. Section. This legislation will take effect January, 0.. Section. All laws in conflict with this legislation are. hereby declared null and void. Introduced for Congressional Debate by Western high School
A Bill to Restrict the Permittance of Seismic Surveying SECTION. SECTION. SECTION. Companies using off-shore seismic surveying with the purpose of identifying hydrocarbon locations within the North-Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, and South-Atlantic will be cut in half. A. Specifically, each company will split their general testing months in half. Seismic surveying will be defined as the use of compressed air streams or focused sonic waves to gather data of hydrocarbon locations on the seafloor. A. Hydrocarbons will be defined as oil and natural gas deposits. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency will enforce new guidelines that will limit surveying to companies that can obtain permits within every new calendar year. SECTION. This legislation shall take effect on January, 0. SECTION. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. This legislation was submitted by Christian Campbell of McArthur High School for Congressional Debate. Watson Street, PO Box, Ripon, WI -00 (0) -0 www.speechandebate.org
A Bill to Reform Narcotics Control in the Philippines SECTION. The United States shall encourage the Philippines to reform the Philippine National Police organization. A. If adequate reforms aren t made to the Philippine National Police the United States shall place sanctions on the export of electronic equipment and aircrafts to the Philippines. B. million USD, contingent on adequate reforms being made, shall be contributed to the narcotics control division of the Philippine National Police upon compliance. SECTION. SECTION. SECTION. SECTION. Adequate reforms shall be defined as implementation of anti-corruption policies and use of non-lethal apprehension methods. The United States Department of State and United States Department of Treasury shall be in charge of the implementation of this legislation and will determine whether reforms are adequate to avoid sanctions. This legislation will go into effect immediately upon passage. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Respectfully submitted by, Rep.Aamir Lacewala American Heritage School Plantation
A Bill to Reform Flood Insurance BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: SECTION. Insurance companies be mandated to provide flood insurance to all policyholders with homeowners or renters insurance in areas at risk of flooding. SECTION. Insurance companies shall be defined as companies that provide insurance namely in the form of homeowners and renters insurance. A. Areas at high risk of flooding shall be defined as the areas designated by the US geological survey. B. Insurance companies will not be allowed to raise individual rates past percent of current value due to the addition of flood insurance. C. The deductible standard to all policies will be % of the total value of the home affected. SECTION. The Department of Commerce will oversee the implementation of this legislation. SECTION. This bill will take effect at the beginning of the fiscal year 0 SECTION. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Introduced for Congressional Debate by Sebastian Avella of Nova High School
A Bill to End The War In Afghanistan SECTION. The United States will hereby send an additional,000 peacekeeping forces to Afghanistan. The peacekeeping forces shall conduct solely defensive military maneuvers. SECTION. Peacekeeping forces will refer to military personel tasked with conflict reduction. Military maneuvers will refers reactive military responses to attacks on densely populated civilian centers. SECTION. The Department of Defense will be responsible for implementing this legislation. SECTION. This legislation shall go into effect immediately upon passage. SECTION. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Introduced for Congressional Debate by Vivian Liu American Heritage School Plantation