Bill #1 - Automobile Travel Act
Be it enacted by congress here assembled that:
1 Section I: The United States Federal Government shall enact a per-lane speed limit system on
2 interstates.
3 Section II: A) On all interstate highways with more than one entrance to a single direction every one and one
4 half miles but less than one entrance every three quarters of a mile, the leftmost lane traveling in a single
5 direction shall have a speed limit not less than eighty miles per hour. The rightmost lane on shall have a speed
6 limit not less than seventy miles per hour.
7 B) The determination of speed limits of all interior lanes shall fall to the duty of the state in which an interstate
8 is located. Each lane must have a speed limit greater than or equal to the speed limit of the lane to its right.
9 C) The state in which an interstate is located shall have the power to create speed limits greater than, but not
10 less than, those specified in Section II A of this legislation. The state shall also have the power to set minimum
11 speed limits.
12 D) On interstates with more than or equal to one entrance to a single direction every three quarters of a mile,
13 the state in which the interstate resides shall have the power to set speed limits as they so desire, provided said
14 speed limits are not less than fifty-five miles per hour.
15 E) On interstates with less than or equal to one entrance to a single direction every one and one half mile, the
16 leftmost lane shall have no speed limits. All other provisions of section II A and B shall apply to these
17 interstates.
18 F) The ability to set speed limits for trucks shall remain within the power of the state.
19 Section III: States failing to institute the speed limits stated in this legislation shall lose all federal funding.
20 Funding for this legislation shall be provided by detracting from said federal funding.
21 Section IV: The states shall set up divisions, or use existing divisions, to administrate this legislation.
22 Section V: All legislation in conflict with the provisions of this bill shall herein be declared null and void.
23 Section VI: This legislation shall take effect January 1, 2013.
Respectfully submitted,
Ian Pudney
PCEP
Bill #2 - The Sharing is Caring Act
Be it enacted by the congress here assembled that:
1 Section 1: Polygamous/polyandrous marriages shall be declared legal within the
2 United States.
3 Section 2: Polygamous/polyandrous marriages shall be defined as having a
4 marriage to more than one spouse. All contracts regarding such unions shall be
5 legally equivalent to monogamous marriages. This shall include marriages
6 between people of the same and different sexes. All contracts between one
7 person and another shall be independent of other contracts those people are part
8 of.
9 Section 3: States and local governments enacting bans on
10 polygamous/polyandrous marriages shall lose 25% of all federal funding.
11 Section 4: No additional funding is required.
12 Section 5: All legislation in contradiction with this bill shall be declared null and
13 void.
14 Section 6: This legislation shall take effect January 1, 2011
Respectfully submitted,
Alex McHugh, Allison Wilke, Kishan Patel
(PCEP)
Bill #3 - Felons Suffrage Act
1. Be it enacted by this Congress here assembled that:
2. Section 1: Felons shall retain the right to vote both during and post incarceration in the United States.
3. Section 2: A ‘felon’ shall be defined as any individual who has committed and been convicted of a
4. crime that falls under a felony charge. However, individuals that are on death row, are repeated
5. offenders, or have psychological disorders will be excluded. ‘Incarceration’ shall be defined as the
6. entirety of the duration
7. spent at a correctional facility. The ‘right to vote’ shall refer to participation in federal and/or state
8. elections. Their voting booths shall be located at their current correctional facility.
9. Section 3: After this bill is passed it shall be implemented as of November of 2010.
10. Section 4: The agency responsible for executing this bill will be the Federal Election Commission
11.(FEC). Funding will come from current funds held by the voting sector, and will only be needed for
12.the use of the voting booths and ballots. Seeing as the people who run voting booths are usually
13.volunteers, additional money for employment will not be needed. If a correctional facility is found to
14.not be providing the felons with this opportunity, then they will be fined a total of $2,000. This
15.amount is reasonable because it promotes compliance with this law.
16.Section 5: All laws or potions of laws in conflict with this bill shall be pronounced null and void.
Respectfully Submitted,
Melanie Gingell
Justin Heck
Vishal Amin
PCEP
Bill #4 Reform United States Drug Law Enforcement Policies
1 Section 1: A first conviction of possession of marijuana, without intent to sell,
2 will be punished with a sentence of no more than mandatory drug rehabilitation.
3 Section 2: The United States Department of Health and Human Services and state
4 governments will be given the authority to assess drug rehabilitation programs for
5 effectiveness and adherence to applicable federal and state laws and regulations
6 and approve them for use by persons sentenced under Section 1.
7 Section 3: Convicted persons will pay their own medical costs unless judged
8 unable by the court, upon which said costs will be paid from the budget of the
8 Drug Enforcement Agency.
10 Section 4: Only programs approved by the Department of Health and Human
11 Services or state governments will be allowed for the purposes of Section 1.
12 Section 5: All persons possessing marijuana for medical reasons, as determined
13 by a practicing, licensed doctor, are exempted from the measures in this bill.
14 Section 6: This bill does not require additional funding.
15 Section 7: This bill will go into effect immediately upon passage and its funding
16 provisions will be subject to re-approval and amendment one month before the
17 beginning of each fiscal year.
18 Section 8: All laws or portions of laws in conflict with the provisions of this
19 legislation shall be hereby declared null and void.
Respectfully submitted,
Hanlin Yang
Livonia Stevenson High School
Bill # 5 - Import Taxation Act
1 Be it enacted by congress assembled here today:
2 Section 1: Foreign-made products for which there are comparable American products
3 shall have an additional 5% import tax.
4 Section 2: Foreign manufacturers wishing to build manufacturing plants in the United
5 States to produce their products, then their work force at such plants will be composed
6 of at least 90% American workers.
7 Section 3: All American Manufacturers shall have their federal taxes cut by 5% and
8 American Manufacturers that are found not to outsource any jobs out of the United
9 States shall have their federal taxes cut by 10%.
10 Section 4: All smuggling of products or otherwise illegal importation of products to avoid
11 the tax enacted by this legislation will be punished by the highest court authority in the
12 state of which the products were being smuggled at a minimum fine of double the
13 current market value of the items being smuggled.
14 Section 5: Enforcement and jurisdiction of the provisions of this legislation will fall under
15 the Department of Justice and the IRS. This includes the funds either gained or needed
16 for the enactment of this bill.
18 Section 6: All laws or portions of laws in conflict with the provisions of this legislation
19 are herby declared null and void.
Respectfully Submitted,
Senator John Peponis,
Stevenson High School
Bill #6 - Summer Learning Gap Prevention Resolution
1. Whereas, all young people experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational 2.
activities during the summer, and
3. Whereas, in the summer of 2006, an average of 2.85 million children participated in
4. federally funded summer nutrition programs—less than one-fifth of the children
5. served by the free or reduced-price lunch program during the school year, and
6. Whereas, low-income students lose more than two months of reading achievement, despite the
7. fact that their middle class peers make slight gains, and
8. Whereas, more than half of the 9th grade achievement gap between lower and higher income
9. youth can be explained by unequal access to summer learning opportunities during the
10. elementary school years, and
11. Whereas, Summer programs can meet all of these needs, while also providing academic
12. enrichment that mitigates the summer learning gap, which is felt most acutely by lower 13. income
families,
14. THEREFORE be it resolved by this Student Congress here assembled that Elementary
15. schools and youth development organizations should form partnerships to prevent
16. summer loss in reading ability among low-income students as well as providing lunch
17. programs comparable to that of the general school year.
Respectfully Submitted,
Senator Samantha Kelley
Stevenson High School
Bill #7 - to Improve Insurance Coverage
Be it enacted by the Congress of the United States of America:
1. Section 1: That the U.S. Government shall make it illegal for private insurance companies
2. to drop patients with a pre-existing condition or conditions.
3. A pre-existing condition shall be defined as any physical or mental disadvantage and/or
4. Handicap that said person has had prior to association with the company
5. Dropping shall be defined as lack of financial support on the insurance companies behalf
6. Including, but not limited to, medical support, aid and/or total coverage.
7. Section 2: That, also, this bill shall not require any funding due, because the private insurance
8. companies will and must allow coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.
9. Section 3: To enforce said law, the government of the U.S shall force the insurance comanpy to
10. repay the patient for the money lost. In addition, the insurance company will also pay a fine
11. equal to the amount paid by the patient
12. Section 4: All laws in conflict with this bill will hereby be declared null and void.
13. Section 5: This law shall be enacted upon passage.
Respectfully submitted
Brandon Pruitt
Livonia Churchill High School
Bill #8 Equal College Tuition Act
Be it enacted by Congress here assembled that:
1. Section 1: That the U.S. Federal Government shall make college tuition the same
2. amount for both in and out-of-state students.
3. Section 2: That, also, that students, regardless of state residency shall pay a flat rate for
4. for a given college institution.
5. Section 3: This bill will not require any special funding beyond what the college already
6. has.
7. Section 4: That, also, this bill will be enforced by the college board of directors and the
8. college president.
9. Section 5: That, also, this bill be effective starting in the fall semester of the year 2010
10. and all out-of-state college tuitions’ will be declared null and void upon passage of
11. this bill, and will be revisited in the year 2014.
Respectfully submitted,
Betsy Marietti
Livonia Churchill High School
Bill #9 - Mandated Paid Maternity Leave Act
Be it enacted by the congress here assembled that:
1. Section 1. The U.S. Federal Government shall guarantee 8 weeks of paid maternity leave,
2. plus additional time, if necessary, for medical reasons.
3. Section 2: That, also, all women are guaranteed 8 weeks of paid maternity leave after
4. the birth of the baby. If medical complications take the woman out of work before or
5. after the birth, she will be given no more than 4 additional weeks of paid leave.
6. Section 3: That, also, no additional funding will be necessary for private companies, but
7. women under state – paid salaries will be covered under insurance. This bill will be
8. Regulated by the human resources department of each business.
9. Section 4: That, also, all laws in conflict with this bill are hereby declared null and void.
10. Section 5: That, also, this bill shall take effect upon passage and be subject to
11. re-approval in the year 2012.
Respectfully submitted,
Brenna Hicks
Livonia Churchill High School
Bill #10 - Racism
Be it enacted by this Congress here assembled that:
1. Section one: By the date Sep. 6, 2010, all schools in the state of MI shall make a
2. “End racism Class” mandatory to graduate, and by the date Sep. 5, 2011 all
3. States would have it as a mandatory class to graduate.
4. Section Two: The “End racism Class” will be a class about the History and
5. Cultures of major races in the world. This class will promote equality among
6. Students.
7. The class will teach:
A. Equality.
B. Should end the stereotypes already built into students.
8. Section Three: Any schools not following these guidelines will be fined
9. $2000 and students that don’t take the class will not graduate.
10. Section Four: There will be a 5% tax increase on Alcoholic beverages and
11. Tobacco to Fund this class. Funding will go toward the teacher and supplies for
12. the class.
13. Section Five: All laws in conflict with this bill will be considered null and void.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mohamad Houjaij
Hassan Zreik
Dearborn High School
Bill #11 Terrorist Prisoner Torture Bill
1.Section 1: Torturing terrorists in the United States to obtain information shall now be
2.declared illegal.
3. A). Torture shall be defined as something that causes agony/pain or the
4. infliction of intense pain (such as burning, crushing, or wounding)
5. physically and also psychologically.
6.Section 2: This bill will insure that no terrorists that are captured by the United States
7. experience torture of this magnitude. As a result new ways of inquiring will be made
8.mandatory.
9.Section 3: That, also, no extra funding shall be required for this bill
10.Section 4: That, also, the Intelligence Agency shall enforce this bill through random
11.inspection. Failure to comply with this act will result into imprisonment for the
12.individuals involved.
13.Section 5: This bill shall go into effect 100 days after its passage.
14.Section 6: That, also, all laws that come in conflict with this bill are herby considered
15.null and void.
Respectfully Submitted,
Aniket Ramshekar
Novi High School
Bill #12 - RESOLUTION TO DECREASE THE MINMUM DRINKING AGE TO 18
1.Whereas, 18-year-olds who can marry, drive motor vehicles, vote, adopt a child, have an
abortion,
2.and die fighting for their country cannot consume alcohol.
3.Whereas, the government cannot effectively implement prohibition to young people, a
4.higher drinking age leads to illegal and unsupervised drinking with episodes of binge-drinking.
5.Whereas, Europeans let their children drink at a younger age; however, they do not have
6.alcohol related issues that we do in America.
7.Whereas, society does not want to accept 18 as a mature age to make the
8.decision to consume alcohol, yet they are old enough to be tried and executed.
9.THEREFORE be it resolved by this Student Congress here assembled that the
10.drinking age is too high.
11.The drinking age should be decreased from 21 to 18.
Respectfully Submitted,
Layla Ghali
Dearborn High School