Bill #2110 A Bill Forming a Coronavirus Relief Package Be It Enacted By the Congress Here Assembled That: 1. Section 1: The Coronavirus Relief Fund, established by the CARES Act, currently provides $150 billion to States and Governments. The Fund shall be altered such that Congress and the IRS will provide $200 billion to the States, local governments, and tribes. The allocations of money shall be split based on the percent of the United States population in each State, as continued before the alteration. The District of Columbia will also receive funds through the same process as the States. 2. 3. Section 2: A fund is defined in this bill as a package of economic measures put together by a government to stimulate a floundering economy. The objective of a fund is to reinvigorate the economy, improve safety, assist the citizens, and prevent or reverse a recession by boosting employment and spending. 4. 5. Section 3: The Internal Revenue Service will oversee implementation of this legislation. 6. 7. Section 4: The legislation will be implemented immediately upon passage and expire on October 1st, 2021. 8. 9. Section 5: All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Respectfully Submitted, Rock Ridge High School -- Sritan Talluri RESOLUTION #3064 TO CREATE A BALANCED SUPREME COURT 1. WHEREAS Increasing polarization of the Supreme Court nomination and 2. confirmation process has led to the politicization of the judiciary; 3. and 4. WHEREAS Confidence in the independence and impartiality of the judiciary ​ 5. protects the legitimacy of the judicial branch of government; and 6. WHEREAS Weakening the judicial branch of the government undermines the ​ 7. rule of law and threatens to erode the checks and balances 8. enshrined in the Constitution and upon which the United States 9. Government rests; now, therefore, be it 10. RESOLVED By this Congress that: the Supreme Court be comprised of ten ​ 11. permanent associate justices, five representing the Republican 12. party and five representing the Democratic party; be it 13. FURTHER RESOLVED that these ten permanent members of the court choose ​ 14. five colleagues from the circuit court bench for one year terms, 15. two years in advance, agreed upon by a supermajority of the ten 16. permanent members, thus restoring partisan balance to the court. Respectfully submitted by Representative Margaret Rouse Of Woodgrove High School Bill #1405 A Bill to Regulate Fracking 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: 2. ARTICLE 1. The United States federal government will impose a 10% tax on the total 3. revenue from products produced as a result of fracking. 4. ARTICLE 2. The products affected include, but are not limited to, shale gas, shale oil, 5. and all byproducts of fracking. 6. ARTICLE 3. The Environmental Protection Agency will be responsible for the 7. enforcement of this legislation. 8. ARTICLE 5. This legislation shall take effect at the beginning of fiscal year 2022. 9. ARTICLE 6. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Respectfully Submitted, Senator Amara Poling Broad Run High School Bill #989 A Bill to Reform the Supreme Court 1. Article I: All future justices, exempting the current 9 justices, 2. will hereby have term limits not exceeding 18 years 3. of service. 4. Article II: Article III of the U.S Constitution states that [judges and 5. justices] “hold their offices during good behavior” in which 6. “offices” could be interpreted as a federal office. 7. Article III: Therefore after serving on the Supreme Court for the 18 term limit, 8. justices will serve elsewhere on the judiciary. 9. Article IV: This arrangement will produce Supreme Court openings every 2 years. 10. Article V: This bill will be implemented by January 1st 2020. 11. Article VI: Congress will oversee the implementation of this legislation 12. Article VII: All other laws that are in conflict with this new policy should therefore 13. be declared null and void. Respectfully submitted, Representative Sanjula Chitty Potomac Falls High School Resolution #3063 A Resolution to Affirm the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact 1. WHEREAS, the electoral college can allow a candidate ​ 2. who lost the popular vote to win the presidency; and 3. WHEREAS, the most popular candidate winning is vital ​ 4. to United States citizens having confidence in 5. the United States democracy; and 6. WHEREAS, United States citizens losing confidence in ​ 7. the United States democracy causes the democracy 8. to lose its legitimacy; now, therefore, be it 9. RESOLVED, that the Congress here assembled make the ​ 10. following recommendation for the state legislatures to 11. adopt the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to confirm 12. that the most popular presidential candidate becomes the president. Respectfully submitted by Representative Claire Harvey Of Woodgrove High School Bill #1574 A Bill to Ban Fracking to Save Our Environment 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: 2 ARTICLE I. The United States shall ban any and all fracking activities. Any individuals or 3 companies found in violation of this fracking ban shall be fined $100,000 per 4 fracking site, as well as a 100% tax on all profits generated by the site. 5 ARTICLE II. Fracking shall be defined as the process of injecting liquid at high pressures into 6 subterranean rocks, boreholes, etc. so as to force open existing fissures and 7 extract oil or gas. 8 ARTICLE III. This legislation shall go into effect on January 1, 2030. 9 ARTICLE IV. The Environmental Protection Agency shall work in cooperation with the 10 Department of Energy to oversee the implementation of this legislation. 11 ARTICLE V. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. Respectfully submitted, Rep. Bharath Dileepkumar Thomas Jefferson High School For Science and Technology Bill #1567 A Bill to Break Up Large Tech Monopolies BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: ARTICLE I. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shall investigate potential monopolies in ​ technology industries, including, but not limited to, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet Inc., Facebook, and Intel. The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division will cooperate with the FTC to prosecute said monopolies and break them up and/or remove them from the marketplace. ARTICLE II. A monopoly is defined as any corporate body that holds significant market power ​ over an industry. ARTICLE III. This legislation shall be implemented immediately upon its passage. ARTICLE IV. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust ​ Division shall jointly implement this bill. A. The FTC will be provided 8 months for its investigation. B. The DOJ Antitrust Division will be given 3 months after the conclusion of the FTC investigation to register charges and take action against declared monopolies. ARTICLE V. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. ​ Respectfully submitted, Esha Karlekar Thomas Jefferson High School For Science and Technology Bill #1568 A Bill to Provide Funding to the UN for Humanitarian Aid BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: ARTICLE I. The American government will donate 50 billion dollars to the UN to alleviate ​ hunger and end starvation worldwide. ARTICLE II. The UN is defined as the United Nations, the international organization to ​ increase economic and political cooperation. ARTICLE III. This legislation shall be implemented immediately upon its passage. ARTICLE IV. This bill will be implemented by the Department of State. ​ ARTICLE V. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. ​ Respectfully submitted, Aarya Kumar Thomas Jefferson High School For Science and Technology Bill #1561 A Bill to Sanction China for Violation of Human Rights BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: ARTICLE I. The United States shall enforce sanctions upon China’s textile industry in response ​ to their human rights abuses on the Uyghur Muslims of the Xinjiang region. ARTICLE II. Textile imports is concerned with the design, production and distribution of ​ ​ ​ ​ yarn, cloth and clothing. ARTICLE III. This bill will go into effect on January 1st, 2021. ​ ARTICLE IV. The US Department of Commerce and the Office of Foreign Assets Control will ​ oversee the implementation of the bill. ARTICLE V. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. ​ Respectfully submitted, Hardeeep Mann Thomas Jefferson High School For Science and Technology Bill #1571 A Bill to Stimulate Small Tech Competition to Counter Big Tech Monopolies BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: ARTICLE I. The United States will offer low-interest loans to small technology businesses ​ who have survived for at least two years and who pass an application. ARTICLE II. Small businesses are defined as businesses with an annual gross income of less ​ than 10 million dollars and less than 750 employees. ARTICLE III. This bill will go into effect June 1st, 2021. ARTICLE IV. An unbiased committee shall be formed by the Small Business Administration, ​ which shall review applications and determine eligibility and risk involvement concerned with the receiving of loans. A. Loans, the amount of which shall be determined by the aforementioned committee, shall be paid out of the Small Business Administration. B. The application will include a report on overall earnings and expenses over the last year and 6 months, background checks on owners, and a report on the current market pertaining to the business in question. ARTICLE V. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void. ​ Respectfully submitted, Spencer Miller Thomas Jefferson High School For Science and Technology Bill #1575 A Bill to Sanction China as Condemnation for their Treatment of Uyghur Muslims BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT: ARTICLE I.