Amendment 1
The following underlined segments of rules concerning Congressional Debate
found on page 28 of the TFA Constitution
Legislation
Legislation for Invitational Qualifying Tournaments in the regular season shall be available for all schools
and participants on the website at www.txfa.org. An “All Call” for legislation will invite all TFA member
schools to submit up to three (3) pieces of legislation for consideration two times per year: Due by
December 1 and May 1. The Congressional Debate Committee shall establish a docket of exactly 30 pieces
of legislation for each two-month period (August-October; November-December; January-February) and
post for use by all schools equally. In the event there are fewer than 30 items submitted that meet the
Committee’s standard for debate, the Committee shall complete the docket with current topical legislation
from other sources than the TFA membership. Authorship in the regular season shall be anonymous.
Therefore, all opening speeches on a given piece of legislation will be sponsorship speeches. There are NO
guaranteed authorship speeches in the regular season, therefore, no mandatory 2-minute CX. Instead, a
one-minute CX period will follow all speeches in accordance with NFL guidelines.
should be amended to read:
Due by May 1st for debate in the months of August-December, and due by November 1st for debate in the
months of January-March (including TFA State competition). The Congressional Debate Committee shall
establish a docket of exactly 30 pieces of legislation for each of the two halves of yearly competition and
post for use by all schools equally.
Amendment 2
Additionally, these underlined words
Authorship in the regular season shall be anonymous. Therefore, all opening speeches on a given piece of
legislation will be sponsorship speeches. There are NO guaranteed authorship speeches in the regular
season, therefore, no mandatory 2-minute CX. Instead, a one-minute CX period will follow all speeches in
accordance with NFL guidelines.
should be amended to read:
Authorship shall be attributed to submitting schools. Therefore, opening speeches on a given piece of
legislation will be authorship or sponsorship speeches, depending on whether the school authoring the
legislation is in attendance at each tournament. Questioning following these speeches shall follow NFL
rules and procedures.
Respectfully submitted,
The TFA Congressional Debate Committee