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5A State Congress PRELIM Legislation Item Legislation Authoring ESC P1 A Bill to Establish the Affordable College Act 2 P2 A Bill to Change the United States Physical Currency to

Cryptocurrency Modeled off of the Bitcoin 3

P3 A Bill to Send American Soldiers to Latin America to Promote Humanitarian Aid and Peace

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P4 A Bill to Offer a Tax Break to Parents Who Enroll Their Children in a Sexual Education Course Outside of School

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P5 A Bill to Extend Federal Production Tax Credits to Include Additional Wind Farms

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P6 A Bill to Restrict the Gender Assignment of Intersex Individuals 13 P7 A Bill to Disallow Federally Funded Schools to Bear the Name of any

Confederate Figure 14

P8 A Resolution to Move to an ”Opt-‐Out” Organ Procurement Policy 15 P9 A Bill to Make Abortion Illegal in all 50 States to Protect the Rights of

all Human Life 17

P10 A Resolution to Release Prisoners Incarcerated for Minor Drug Offenses to Decrease Prison Overcrowding

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5A State Congress FINALS Legislation Item Legislation Authoring ESC F1 A Bill to Protect Assault Victims in the Military 1 F2 The Ukraine Support and Security Recovery Act of 2016 4 F3 A Bill to Expand the United States’ STEM Field 5 F4 A Bill to Raise the Refugee Ceiling to Allow Syrian Refugees

Admittance into the United States 6

F5 A Resolution to End Economic Assistance to Yemen 10 F6 A Bill to Offer Four-‐Year College for No Tuition 11 F7 A Bill to Assist Undocumented Immigrants Who Have Lived in the US

for more than 10 Years 16

F8 A Bill to Lower the Corporate Tax Rate 19 F9 A Bill to Re-‐Fund and Repurpose the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration to Achieve Feats *

F10 A Resolution to Encourage the Creation of a Federal Shield Law *

Chambers may set the order of their docket. Legislation does not belong to the chamber until it has first been introduced by the author or sponsor. ESC authorship is designated. If none is designated (indicated by *), the legislation will be introduced by the State Congressional Debate Clerk and thus is open to a sponsorship speech by any school.

A Bill to Establish the Affordable College Act

BE IT ENACTED BY THIS UIL CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: 1

SECTION 1. No United States college may charge more than $1000 USD per student 2

per college semester. In addition, United States colleges and other 3

organizations providing college textbooks for sale or rent may not charge 4

in excess of $50.00 USD per textbook, or $25 USD per semester for such 5

textbooks. Taxes, legal fees, and other additional charges are not 6

included in the given $1000 USD per semester or $50/$25 USD per 7

textbook. 8

SECTION 2. United States college is defined as any organization within any US state or 9

territory that is authorized to issue a college degree. College textbook is 10

defined as any reading material required for any college course provided 11

by a United States college. 12

SECTION 3. The Federal Government shall oversee the implementation and 13

enforcement of this legislation. 14

Section 4. This legislation shall go into effect at the beginning of the first college 15

semester of the year 2016. 16

SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. 17

P1

Introduced for UIL Congressional Debate by ESC 2.

A Bill to Change the United States Physical Currency to Cryptocurrency Modeled off of the Bitcoin


SECTION 1. The United States of America shall cycle all of its physical currency out of 2

usage by the year 2018 and shall adopt a model of cryptocurrency styled 3

off of Bitcoin. 4

SECTION 2. Cryptocurrency shall be defined as any form of currency that is stored in 5

a digital wallet and transferred electronically. 6

SECTION 3. The United States Department of Treasury will oversee the enforcement 7

of the bill. 8

A. All citizens shall have a digital wallet where their paychecks shall be 9

directly deposited by employers starting September 1, 2016 10

B. Citizens shall go to the nearest bank where they can exchange 11

physical currency for the same amount of money in their digital 12

wallet. 13

C. The United States Department of Treasury shall smelt all coins for the 14

further bolstering of the United States economy 15

SECTION 4. This bill shall be enacted starting September 1, 2016 at the beginning of 16

the fiscal year and all physical currency shall be phased out by September 17

1, 2018. 18

SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.19


P2

A Bill to Send American Soldiers to Latin America to Promote Humanitarian Aid and Peace

BE IT ENACTED BY THE UIL CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: 1

SECTION 1. American soldiers will be sent at the request of Latin American countries to bolster 2 humanitarian aid and help keep and maintain peace. 3

SECTION 2. To further strengthen ties with Latin American countries, The U.S. will send troops 4 to help governments keep peace within any nation struggling to support itself. 5

SECTION 3. The U.S. will send military forces into Latin American countries that are deemed to 6 be in need of humanitarian intervention and support. 7

SECTION 4. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs will have jurisdiction and will see the 8 implementation and enforcement of the bill. The United States will send troops at 9 the request of a foreign Latin American government given that these soldiers will 10 receive immunity within the country and be properly protected. A country that 11 requests humanitarian intervention agrees that military land and naval bases set-‐12 up within the borders of said country is temporarily U.S. soil, therefore local and 13 state laws don’t apply 14

SECTION 5. A majority vote of the U.S. Congress is needed in order to approve the request of 15 the use of U.S. troops on foreign soil. 16

SECTION 6. The President of the United States will be able to veto the use of U.S. troops if 17 proof is given that it hurts foreign policy. 18

19 SECTION 7. This bill will be implemented on January 31, 2016.


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P3

A Bill to Offer a Tax Break to Parents Who Enroll Their Children in a Sexual Education Course Outside of School


SECTION 1. Parents who willingly enroll their children into a registered sexual 2

education course will be allotted a 2% tax break on income taxes. 3

SECTION 2. Children are defined as dependents ranging from 7th grade to 12th grade 4

in school classification. 5

SECTION 3. The Internal Revenue Service will implement the tax breaks by adjusting 6

the filing forms for income tax to include a section for notification of the 7

course which was taken and proof to be attached. 8

SECTION 4. As sexual education clinics are already in place at the state level, the tax 9

break process will be implemented January 2017. 10



P4

A Bill to Extend Federal Production Tax Credits to Include Additional Wind Farms


SECTION 1. The 2.3-cent per-kilowatt-hour wind production tax credit will be 2

extended to include new wind farm construction through December 3

2020. 4

SECTION 2. The legislation extends the production tax credit (PTC) to retroactively 5

include wind facilities for which construction commenced after 6

December 2014. According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind 7

Vision Report, by 2050 wind can be a viable source of renewable 8

electricity in all 50 states and has the potential to support over 600,000 9

jobs in manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and supporting services. 10

SECTION 3. Enforcement will be through the United States Department of Energy 11

with direct implementation by the US DOE Wind Program. 12

A. The bill will retroactively include wind construction begun after 13

December 2014. 14

B. The extension will expire on December 31, 2020. 15

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SECTION 4. This legislation will go into effect on February 1, 2016.

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


P5

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A Bill to Restrict the Gender Assignment of Intersex Individuals


SECTION 1. Physicians will be prohibited from performing gender assignment surgery 2

on intersex individuals under the age of 18. 3

SECTION 2. Intersex is a general term used for a variety of conditions, in which a 4

person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem 5

to fit the typical definitions of female or male. 6

SECTION 3. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will oversee 7

enforcement. 8

A. Exceptions may be made for intersex individuals whose conditions 9

threaten their physical wellbeing. 10

B. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will investigate all 11

exceptions to verify medical necessity. 12

C. A physician found to be in violation of this legislation will have his or 13

her medical license revoked. 14

SECTION 4. This law shall take effect within six months of passage. 15



P6

A Bill to Disallow Federally Funded Schools to Bear the Name of any Confederate Figure


SECTION 1. Any federally funded school which currently bears the name of any 2

Confederate figure will change its name, or lose federal funds. 3

4 SECTION 2. Confederate will be defined as of or relating to the Confederate States of America.

SECTION 3. The US Department of Education will over see the enforcement of this 5

bill. 6

A. The Department Of Education will determine the time frame for 7

schools with confederate names a time to change. 8

B. Any school that refuses to change its name will be defunded until the 9

name change happens. 10

SECTION 4. This bill will go into effect on January 1st, 2016. 11



P7

A Resolution to Move to an ”Opt-‐Out” Organ Procurement Policy

WHEREAS, At present there are over 123,000 people on waiting lists for organs 1

nationally; and 2

WHEREAS, While 79 people receive organ transplants from donors per day, on 3

average 21 Americans per day die awaiting an organ transplant; and 4

WHEREAS, Americans are dying every day from a problem that can be resolved 5

through reform and education; and 6

7 WHEREAS, Implementing an “optv out” system would increase the number of

available organ donations for transplant in the United States; now, 8

therefore, be it 9

RESOLVED, That the UIL Congress here assembled make the following 10

recommendation to reform the organ procurement system to save the 11

12 lives of our fellow Americans.


P8

A Bill to Make Abortion Illegal in all 50 States to Protect the Rights of all Human Life


SECTION 1. Abortion in any form shall be declared illegal in all fifty states. 2

SECTION 2. Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, 3

most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.4

SECTION 3. The Department of Justice shall oversee the enforcement of this bill and 5

shut down all abortion centers in the United States. 6

SECTION 4. The law will be implemented immediately after it is passed through 7

Congress. 8

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


P9

A Resolution to Release Prisoners Incarcerated for Minor Drug Offenses to Decrease Prison Overcrowding

WHEREAS, Federal drug laws are draconian, with harsh mandatory minimum 1

sentences often for nonviolent offenses; and 2

WHEREAS, 48% of federal inmates are incarcerated for drug crimes; and 3

WHEREAS, The average sentence length for federal drug prisoners is now 2 ½ times 4

longer than before federal anti-‐drug legislation passed in the mid-‐1980’s; 5

and 6

WHEREAS, Prison overcrowding is dangerous to both inmates and enforcement 7

officers; now, therefore, be it 8

RESOLVED, That the UIL Congress here assembled revise inmate sentencing to match 9

the federal mandatory minimum sentencing for nonviolent drug offenses; 10

and, be it 11

FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon passage, currently incarcerated inmates, serving 12

sentences longer than the new federal guidelines be eligible for 13

14 immediate parole.

P10

A Bill to Protect Assault Victims in the Military BE IT ENACTED BY THIS UIL CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: 1

SECTION 1. This Congress shall suspend the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the 2

Chain of Command in cases of alleged sexual assault of and by active 3

members of the United States Armed Forces and allow alleged victims to 4

report these crimes to civilian authorities. 5

SECTION 2. When any active member of the United States Armed Forces is accused 6

of committing, charged with committing, commits, or attempts to 7

commit a sexual assault crime upon a fellow active serviceperson, he or 8

she shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the civilian prosecutorial 9

authority of the locale in which the crime was allegedly committed; in 10

cases where the alleged crime occurred off of U.S. soil, the jurisdiction 11

shall reside with the civilian prosecutorial authority where the 12

defendant’s primary base is located. The Armed Forces may only assert 13

prosecutorial jurisdiction if the local prosecutorial authority declines to 14

prosecute. 15

SECTION 3. The Department of Defense and the Department of Justice shall jointly 16

oversee the enforcement of this legislation. 17

SECTION 4. This law shall take effect within one calendar year of passage. 18


F1


The Ukraine Support and Security Recovery Act of 2016


SECTION 1. The United States Federal Government shall allocate humanitarian and 2

military aid to the Ukrainian Government over the course of the year. 3

A. Humanitarian aid worth of $200 million will be dispersed to 4

devastated communities by US troops. 5

B. $300 million worth of military aid will be supplied to the Ukrainian 6

Government and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 7

SECTION 2. Humanitarian aid is defined as supplies and essentials to alleviate 8

destroyed communities in Ukraine. 9

A. Military aid is defined as the both non-‐lethal and lethal aid such as 10

radar equipment, anti-‐tank systems, missiles, etc. 11

SECTION 3. The Department of Defense shall be responsible for the transaction of 12

military aid to the Ukrainian government along with the implementation 13

of US troops to disperse aid to regions within Ukraine that are in need. 14

SECTION 4. This bill will take effect at the beginning of 2016, and aid will continue on 15

an annual basis until 2019. All aid will cease if deemed ineffective or 16

unnecessary after the first annual year of passage. 17


F2


A Bill to Expand the United States’ STEM Field


SECTION 1. The United States Congress should allocate $52 million to support the 2

drastically advancing STEM field. 3

SECTION 2. The allocated funding would accelerate STEM education by providing 4

technological equipment to socioeconomically disadvantaged school 5

districts. 6

SECTION 3. The Department of Education will enforce the bill by statistically 7

analyzing family incomes accompanied by annual studies. 8

A. The annual studies conducted will rank families based on a net 9

income of $44,000 or less. 10

SECTION 4. This bill will go into effect on January 1, 2016. 11


F3


A Bill to Raise the Refugee Ceiling to Allow Syrian Refugees Admittance into the United States


SECTION 1. The Syrian refugee crisis is expanding rapidly, with over 4 million 2

currently displaced from their homes. 3

SECTION 2. The U.S. has admitted only a small portion of these refugees, around 4

1,500. 5

SECTION 3. The United States Refugee Assistance Program (USRAP) will oversee the 6

implementation of this bill. 7

A. They will raise the refugee ceiling from 70,000 to 150,000 to 8

accommodate the crisis. 9

B. The Federal Government will allocate $500 million to the effort. 10

SECTION 4. This bill shall be enacted immediately. 11

SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void12

F4


A Resolution to End Economic Assistance to Yemen

WHEREAS, The security situation in Yemen is highly unstable due to civil war and the 1

presence of terrorist groups such as al-‐Qaeda; and 2

WHEREAS, Yemen is economically unstable and corrupt; and 3

WHEREAS, The United States has given hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to 4

Yemen since 2011; and 5

WHEREAS, Because Yemen is a failed state, its aid to Yemen will not be used 6

properly; now, therefore, be it 7

RESOLVED, That the UIL Congress here assembled halt all aid in the form of funds to 8

Yemen.9

F5


A Bill to Offer Four-‐Year College for No Tuition


SECTION 1. Students will receive four years at a public college free of tuition. 2

SECTION 2. Any student wishing to receive a bachelor degree at a public college may do so 3

without paying tuition. Any student wishing to receive a higher degree, attend 4

classes at a private university, or spend more than the allotted four years in 5

college shall pay the added amount of tuition. A public college refusing to 6

adhere to these standards shall lose any government or public funding. 7

SECTION 3. This legislation will be overseen by the U.S. Department of Education. Funds 8

shall come through a slight increase in public taxes and the re-‐appropriation of 9

current college loan programs. 10

SECTION 4. This legislation will be brought into effect by June 30, 2016. 11


F6


A Bill to Assist Undocumented Immigrants Who Have Lived in the US for more than 10 Years


SECTION 1. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services will provide 2

an advocate to assist undocumented immigrants who have lived in the 3

United States for 10 or more years in completing citizenship 4

requirements. 5

SECTION 2. “Undocumented Immigrant” refers to a citizen of a country other than 6

the United States currently residing in the United States but without 7

legal citizenship status. 8

SECTION 3. This bill will be enforced by the United States Department of 9

Homeland Security. 10

A. Undocumented immigrants found guilty of violent crimes and/or 11

felony crimes will not be eligible for this service. 12

B. An undocumented immigrant may refuse this service and return to 13

their country of origin. 14

SECTION 4. This bill will take effect August 1, 2016. 15

SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and 16

void.17

F7


A Bill to Lower the Corporate Tax Rate BE IT ENACTED BY THIS UIL CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: 1

SECTION 1. The current corporate tax rate of 35% be lowered by 15% in order to slow 2

the number of tax inversions made by major companies. 3

SECTION 2. A tax inversion is defined as a transaction used by a company whereby it 4

becomes a subsidiary of a new parent company in another country for 5

the purpose of falling under beneficial tax laws. Typically they are used by 6

US companies to move to lower tax domiciles. 7

SECTION 3. This bill will be overseen and enforced by the Internal Revenue Service. 8

SECTION 4. This bill is to be implemented within a year of its passage. 9


F8


A Bill to Re-‐fund and Repurpose the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to Achieve Feats

BE IT ENACTED BY THE UIL CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: 1

SECTION 1. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) be given 2

exponentially more funding than it presently receives and that it be 3

repurposed. 4

SECTION 2. “Repurpose” means that a re-‐evaluation of staff, procedures, methods, 5

policies and goals shall occur. NASA will not be focused on geopolitical 6

schemes like it has been in the past. It will be required to instate more 7

efficient policies and mechanisms. “Re-‐fund” means that NASA’s total 8

budget for the next twenty years at minimum shall be at least 200 billion 9

dollars, and the percentage of this budget that is spent on science, 10

research and space exploration shall not fall below 60 percent of the total 11

budget. 12

SECTION 3. The NASA and the Department of the Interior and the US Air Force shall 13

oversee and assist with the reform of NASA. 14

A. NASA shall be the primary agency to oversee this reformation. 15

B. NASA shall have sent at least one manned mission to Mars by 2030. 16

C. NASA shall have sent at least five deep – space probes into the far 17

reaches of space by 2035. 18

D. NASA is to increase research and focus on its Asteroid Redirect 19

Program and asteroid detection programs exponentially by 20

developing “Armageddon” contingency plans. 21

SECTION 4. The reformed NASA must be fully operational by January 1st 2017. 22


F9

A Resolution to Encourage the Creation of a Federal Shield Law

WHEREAS, News organizations and reporters in the United States currently do not 1

enjoy Federal protection from unjust record subpoenas and unlawful 2

confiscation of confidential information; and 3

WHEREAS, The United States Federal government has, in recent years, both taken 4

and withheld sensitive information from news organizations without due 5

process of law, reasonable suspicion or timely explanation of reason or 6

cause, violating first amendment protection of freedom of speech and 7

press; and 8

WHEREAS, The confidentiality and anonymity of sources and individuals who 9

disclose information to the press is threatened by the confiscation of said 10

materials, subsequently damaging the success of free media and greatly 11

limiting information available to the American people, harming 12

democracy in the United States; and 13

WHEREAS, 49 states have already passed legislation regarding the protection of 14

reporters and the media, yet the Federal government has taken no such 15

action; now, therefore, be it 16

RESOLVED, That the UIL Congress here assembled make the following 17

recommendation for the creation of a Federal “Shield Law” to protect 18

both reporters and the media from injustices associated with the forceful 19

disclosure of personal, sensitive or otherwise confidential information; 20

and, be it 21

FURTHER RESOLVED, That this here assembled congress make the recommendation 22

that the United States Federal government discontinue the use of those 23

24 aforementioned unlawful and damaging practices immediately.

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