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SAMPLE WINTER CONGRESS BILLS

A BILL TO TEACH COMPARATIVE RELIGION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS

PART OF SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES

 The study of comparative religion should not solely available toprivate school students in the United States, but public school studentsas well. Religion shapes the worldview and thinking of theoverwhelming majority of the people in the world. You cannot properlyunderstand a culture without understanding the beliefs that shape it. This subject would be open as an elective class just as any other minorcourse taught by a school. By taking this course students will becomeinformed on different religions, get a better understanding of differentcultures and be able to more effectively engage the world they live in.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, that:

Section 1: Public schools throughout America be requiredto offer a Comparative Religion course on the ten leading religions of the United States and the world as part of their Social Studiescurriculum.

Section 2: Comparative Religion curriculum shall bedeveloped by each State’s Local School Districts that already develop

the class curriculum for their Social Studies courses.

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A BILL TO CREATE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR FUEL EFFICIENTVEHICLES

Currently there is an Income Tax credit in place for buyers of newhybrid vehicles. However, hybrids are not the only recreationalvehicles with high fuel economy. For example, the Toyota Yaris is moreefficient both on the highway and the city than the Honda AccordHybrid. Therefore a tax credit should also be provided for buyers of cars whose fuel economy is greater than the current CorporateAverage Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard. Currently, people who ownhybrids receive a credit of $130 per additional mile per gallon on thehighway, however because of their lower performance in the city, non-hybrids should have a smaller credit per additional mile per gallon.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, that: 

Section 1: The Internal Revenue Code be amended to allow

an Income Tax Credit to the buyers of new non-hybrid vehicles thathave better fuel economies than the current CAFE standard. This creditcan only be taken on the year of the purchase of the new automobileand only applies to recreational vehicles weighing 8,500 pounds orless.

Section 2: The credit shall be $100 per additional mile pergallon of the vehicles fuel economy (on the highway) above the currentCAFE standard to a maximum of $3600. Vehicles without EPA FuelEconomy ratings shall not qualify for this credit.

Section 3: The Internal Revenue Service shall compile andmaintain a list of all eligible cars and the tax credits given to therespective vehicles. _______________________________________________________________________  _ 

A BILL TO MANDATE THE HPV VACCINE FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOLFEMALES

HPV is a great public health concern in our society today. It is

associated with genital warts and many types of cancers. The HPVvaccine limits the risk of cervical cancer, which is a very common riskfor women today, and is almost 100% effective in preventing infectionand disease. As of right now, there are no federal laws mandating thisvaccine, but if one were to be mandated, it should be mandated for allhigh-school females. High-school-aged students are ideal candidates toreceive this vaccine because they are still young enough for thisvaccine to be effective, with many not yet engaged in sexual activity,but are more mature than elementary-school-aged children. Mandatingthis vaccine would only be beneficial; it would lower the risk of variouscancers and save many lives.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and the House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, that:

Section 1. A vaccination against HPV be mandated for high-school-aged female students.

Section 2. A sign out option will be available.

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A BILL TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

In order to facilitate the efficient and efficacious storage and retrievalof a complete compendium of government information relating to aparticular citizen, a National Identification System is to be created. Thiscard-based system would incorporate personal information, licensures,insurances, medical information, legal history, taxation information,social security information, passport and visa information, andeducational records. This card would serve as a universal source of allrelevant information to government officials as they interact with thecitizen, expediting the process and providing all necessary resources inone unit.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, that:

Section 1. A National Identification Card program beestablished amongst the United States of America and its associatedterritories.

Section 2. The National Identification Card is to be issued at birth ortime of immigration.

Section 3. The National Identification Card make use of an

electronically encrypted access code to a database of information.

Section 4. The database of information shall contain allgovernmental records of citizens, which are to be is to be organized bythe citizen.

Section 5. Any government official requesting to see aparticipating citizen’s card shall not be denied. Refusal to present thecard will result in a minimum prison sentence of 3 months or a $1,000fine.

Section 6. Participation in the card program is voluntary, butrefusal to participate will rescind all government-given rights.

Section 7. With admission into this program, a citizen shoulduse this card for any and all identification purposes.

Section 8. The government reserves no right to preserve acitizen’s non-legal data without the approval of that citizen.

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A BILL TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

One of the main focuses against capital punishment is that itcosts more to convict a person with capital punishment than to holdthem for life in prison without the possibility of parole. Lethal injectionalone costs around $2,000,000 for each case while keeping a personfor life is prison is only $25,000 a year. Even keeping a person for 40years in prison is only half that cost. This money can be used to helppay for better equipment for police officers, helping to keep othercriminals off the streets. The court system cannot always be perfect,and there have been many cases in which innocent people have beenconvicted with capital punishment and were proven innocent with newevidence against their wrongful conviction. Since 1973, over 125

people have been released from death row because of this. The factthat system errors result in the deaths of innocent people isunacceptable. Whereas capital punishment does not leave room formistakes, life in prison allows mistakes to be corrected. Capitalpunishment is not an effective deterrent against crime. A study foundthat a state with no executions, a state with one execution, and a statewith over 200 executions in the year 1989 and 2002 all had verysimilar murder rates. Because a state does not have capitalpunishment does not mean that a criminal will be more influenced tomurder someone because they cannot be killed by the law. Life inprison is an equally, if not more, effective way of treating crimes than

simply killing off the convicted felons.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, that:

Section 1. Capital punishment be abolished in all states of the UnitedStates of America.

Section 2. Money used to provide capital punishment will instead beused for better equipping police officers to prevent other crimes fromhappening.

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A BILL TO ESTABLISH ENGLISH AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THEUNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Currently eight in ten United States residents speak only English.Immigrants are less inclined to learn to speak our language without

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motivation such as a law to help encourage them to speak English.Establishing English as the official language will promote the learningof English by immigrants, therefore helping to ensure economicstability. As a majority of United States inhabitants speak English,those who cannot have limited resources. In order to obtain more

resources, they must integrate themselves into society, and learningEnglish will help them to do so. This bill may not directly encourageimmigrants to learn English; it will act more as a stepping stone,making a statement of our heritage and culture. Our country’s successderives from unity, thus if we cannot properly communicate as asociety, we will not be able to succeed or be a unified nation.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, that:

Section 1. English shall be deemed the official language of the United

States of America.