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Chesterton Invitational Debate Tournament
Congress and World School
Congress legislation are the IHSFA bills #1,3,9, and 15. The bills can be found on the IHSFA website in an easy to print format. I have also included a less than easy to print format at the bottom of this email!
Remember that we do a scramble round for Congress! The gist of this is that we make up a realistic scenario; provide documents for the congressmen and time to caucus thru the documents/work on speeches; before introducing a rushed bill for them to debate. It went awesomely last year and was very well received by kids and coaches; we think it will go even better having kids return who have done it once before
World School Topics - we will have 2 prepared rounds and 2 impromptu rounds - unlike most tournaments we will only use 1 prepared topic - this makes sure that kids will debate their PROP and OPP cases (unless they receive a bye). We will utilize two different impromptu topics for the tournament.
The topic for our tournaments' prepared rounds is: "this house believes that confined animal feeding operations ought to be discontinued."
If you have trouble with speechwire or with entry caps (I think I have fixed the problem that was blocking people), please let me know! chslowery@gmail.com
Legislation #1
A BILL TO EXTEND CONCEALED CARRY RECIPROCITY
THROUGHOUT THE NATION
1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE STUDENT CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
2 Article I: A person who is not prohibited by Federal Law from possessing,
3 transporting, or receiving a firearm, who is carrying a valid ID and who is
4 carrying a valid Concealed Carry License which is issued by a state, can
5 carry or transport a pistol in all 50 states, Districts, or Territories.
6 When the laws of any state permit private persons or private entities to
7 prohibit or restrict the possession of concealed firearms on their property,
8 this shall not be superseded by the provisions of this Article.
9 Article II: A valid ID shall be defined as any photo identification, such as a driver’s
10 license or non-driver identification card, issued by the subject’s state of
11 residence.
12 Article III: This Legislation will go into effect January 1st, 2019.
13 Article IV: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will oversee the
14 implementation of this bill.
15 Article V: All other laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and
16 void.
Legislation #3
A BILL TO PHASE OUT THE FEDERAL USE OF PRIVATE PRISONS
1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE STUDENT CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
2 Article I: The United States federal government will phase out the use of private
3 prisons and/or for-profit prisons.
4 Article II: A private prison or for-profit prison shall be defined as a place in which
5 individuals are physically confined or incarcerated by a third party that is
6 contracted by a government agency. Phase out shall be defined as the act
7 of discontinuing a process or project.
8 Article III: Immediately from passage, every year the United States will reduce the
9 number of prisoners in private prisons by an additional 20% from the number
10 at the time of passage.
11 A. All contracts with private prison corporations shall be terminated and
12 no new contracts shall be implemented.
13 Article IV: The United States Department of Justice, along with the Federal Bureau of
14 Prisons, shall be charged with the implementation of this bill.
15 A. $500 million will be allocated to fund the transportation of prisoners to
16 federal prisons and to assist with building new federal prisons as may be
17 necessary.
18 Article V: All other laws in conflict with this new policy shall hereby declared null
19 and void.
Legislation #9
A RESOLUTION TO BOLSTER THE BALTIC TO REDUCE RUSSIAN
AGGRESSION
1 Whereas: Despite mounting Russian aggression in the Baltic region, NATO is not
2 positioned effectively to defend its most vulnerable members; and
3 Whereas: The limited military power and defense capabilities amongst NATO countries
4 has incentivized Russia to take up arms; and
5 Whereas: If attacked, Baltic NATO allies do not have the military capacity to defend
6 themselves; and
7 Whereas: Sweden and Finland hold a significant amount of influence in the region.
8 Therefore, be it resolved that the Student Congress here assembled advocate for
9 the inclusion of Sweden and Finland in NATO
Legislation #15
A BILL TO ESTABLISH MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS
1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
2 Article I. All middle and high schools are now required to have a mental health program
3 that adequately addresses and treats the mental illnesses of their students.
4 Article II. Middle and high schools that receive federal government funding are subject
5 under this legislation. Mental illnesses will include those identified in the most
6 recent version of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
7 A school is considered to have fulfilled the requirement of Article I when it
8 provides treatment to at least 70% of its student body that requests the
9 program’s services and who report positive personal satisfaction regarding their
10 experience.
11 Article III. The Department of Education and the National Institute of Mental Health will
12 oversee this legislation.
13 A. If a school so chooses, they may receive help in the form of resources or
14 programs from community organizations that have a focus on mental health.
15 B. Any school in compliance with this piece of legislation, shall not lose any
16 federal funding they may already receive.
17 Article IV. This law shall go into effect January 1, 2019..
18 Article V. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.
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