A Resolution to Amend the Constitution to Impose Term Limits on Supreme Court Justices
1. Be it enacted by the student congress here assembled that:
2. By two-thirds of the Congress here assembled, that the following article is proposed as an
3. amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and
4. purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the
5. several states within seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress:
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7. Section 1: All persons confirmed to the Supreme Court after the ratification of this amendment
8. shall serve for no longer than eighteen (18) years after the day he or she is confirmed.
9. Section 2: This Amendment shall take effect on January 1 of the year following its adoption
10. by three-fourths of the states.
Respectfully submitted,
Half Hollow Hills High School East
A Bill to Revive the Oak Ridge National Lab
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
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SECTION 1.
250 million dollars in federal research funds shall be given to the Oak
Ridge National Lab.
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SECTION 2.
Research shall focus on liquid fluorine thorium reactors.
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SECTION 3.
The Department of Energy will provide funding and oversee research at
the Oak Ridge National Lab.
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SECTION 4.
This law will be enacted at the start of the 2014 fiscal year.
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SECTION 5.
All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.
Introduced for Congressional Debate by Kate Rose, Loyola School.
A Bill to Strengthen US Cyber Security
1) BE IT ENACTED BY THE STUDENT CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
2) Section 1: $15 billion shall be allocated towards the creation of new cyber security
3) technologies as well as the strengthening of existing technologies.
4) Section 2: Cyber security technologies shall be defined as any software or hardware that may
5) lessen the damage caused by any computer based attack on network systems.
6) Section 3: Cyber security technologies may also include software or hardware that may
7) damage or disrupt existing network technologies.
8) Section 4: The United States Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) shall be responsible for
9) oversight of this piece of legislation.
10) Section 4A: The United States Cyber Command shall award contracts to private contractors
11) which must be renewed every two (2) years.
12) Section 4B: All contracts awarded by the US Cyber Command will be subject to annual
13) review by the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee.
14) Section 5: The United States Cyber Command shall be responsible for distribution of said
15) technologies to other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
16) Section 6: This legislation will be enacted at the start of the following fiscal year.
17) Section 7: All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.
Respectfully Submitted,
Roslyn High School
A Bill to Reinstitute the Stop Trading on Congressional
Knowledge (STOCK) Act
1: All aspects of the STOCK Act shall be fully reinstated
2: All investigations pertaining to the STOCK Act shall be carried out by the Federal
Bureau of
3: Investigation
4: Criminal trials for violators of the STOCK Act will be carried out in federal courts
5: This law shall go into effect one month after passage
6: All laws in conflict with this bill shall be declared null and void
Respectfully submitted,
Chaminade High School
The Transparency Health Insurance Act of 2014
1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
2. SECTION 1. All hospitals, pharmacies, and doctors are required to provide prices for
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all procedures and products they provide.
4. SECTION 2. All prices must be posted:
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A. In a public area within the institution such that all consumers may
access them.
B. On the website of the provider.
8. SECTION 3. The Department of Health and Human Services will oversee the
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enforcement of this legislation.
10. SECTION 4. This legislation will go into effect 6 months after passage.
11. SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and
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void.
Respectively submitted,
Syosset High School
A Bill to Counter Chinese Naval Modernization
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
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SECTION 1. A. The Department of Defense shall establish additional naval bases in
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Japan and Australia.
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B. $100 million annually shall be allocated to the budget of the navy with
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the intent of funding naval modernization programs.
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SECTION 2. A “naval modernization program” shall be defined as any program that
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modernizes the US Navy in order to protect against potential threats from
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China; this includes any program that reforms or improves cyber-security,
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maintenance, logistics, naval doctrine, personnel quality, education, or
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training.
SECTION 3. The Department of Defense shall be responsible for the implementation of
this legislation.
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SECTION 4. This legislation shall take into effect one year after passage.
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SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.
Introduced for Congressional Debate by Stuyvesant High School.
A Bill to Cut Federal Funding From Any Police Department
That Employs “Free Speech Zones”
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
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SECTION 1. Any state, municipal, or federal police agency that employs a “free speech
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zone” will have its federal funding cut.
SECTION 2. A “free speech zone” is defined as an area to which a public protest or
demonstration is defined.
SECTION 3. A. The Department of Justice will oversee the implementation of this
amendment
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SECTION 4. This law will take effect within six months of passage.
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SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.
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Introduced for Congressional Debate by Bronx Science