POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR STUDENT CONGRESS LEGISLATION
--Incorporating a flat rate income tax
--Legalizing prostitution
--Banning Plan Colombia
--Banning junk food in school cafeterias
--The US should no longer support the “One China” policy
--Divert biofuel funding to development of nuclear energy
--The US should place sanctions on Sudan
--The US should lift economic sanctions on Cuba
--The US should withdraw from Iraq
--The US should support the establishment of tribunals of justice in East Timor
--The US military should ban the use of dolphins in its military activities
--The US should ban drilling for oil by US companies in Nigeria
--Oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
--The US should cut subsidies for Amtrak
--The US should open its borders
--Lift the tariff on the imports of Brazilian ethanol
--The US should remove “God” from the Pledge of Allegiance.
--The US should repeal the Patriot Act.
--The US should legalize cloning.
--Fund mandatory drug testing in US high schools
--Increase AIDS funding in developing nations
--The US should impose term limits for congressional representatives and senators.
--The US government should place a cap on the amount of monetary rewards for medical malpractice suits.
--The US should ban the use of cellular devices while driving.
--Increase the minimum wage.
--The US should incorporate women in the draft.
--Increase funding and military aid to the African Union
--The US should end the electoral college system.
--The US should repeal the “No Child Left Behind Act”.
--The US military should intervene in Sudan.
--The US should cease contracting with corporations that outsource for its workers.
--The US should raise the legal driving age to 18 years of age.
--The US should require four years of physical education requirements in American high schools.
--The US should authorize the Department of Defense to target drug traffickers in Afghanistan.
--The US should make voting mandatory.
--The US should adopt a universal health care system.
--The US should advance a resolution in the UN to establish a peacekeeping operation in Darfur.
--The US should withdraw from the United Nations.
--The US should revoke the President’s Trade Promotion Authority.
---The US should pass a resolution supporting the dissolution of OPEC
--The US should amend the BCS to equitably distribute revenue to the participants and their respective
conferences.
--Ban NASCAR and other forms of motor vehicle racing
--Legalize waterboarding
--The US should provide economic incentives to corporations to develop seeds for drought-resistant crops.
--Giving tax incentives to corporations who produce hybrid-fuel vehicles
--Establish federal infrastructure funds for public education
--Replace the federal minimum wage requirement with a tax credit
--Establish a US – Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement
--Repeal Affirmative Action laws in the US