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WRITE A BILL AND RESOLUTION

Instructions ONLINE

Mrs. Woolf – Government B

GO TO ONLINE INSTRUCTIONS

Number all lines in Bill and Resolution\

Follow ALL instructions

SEE RUBRICSlide2

BOTH MUST BE

U.S. CONGRESS POWERS!

Expressed, Implied or Inherent

Mandate

if STATE POWER

Justify

with EXPRESSED POWER if it hasn’t been done before.

CANNOT

BE ENACTED/LAW if

already a LAW!

YOUR

Bill

and YOUR

Resolution

must

be

different

topics/issues

.Slide3

BILL – become LAW

Bills are prefixed with

H.R.

when introduced in the House

and

S.

when introduced in the Senate.

Usually applies to

public or public monies.

Bills deal with

domestic and foreign issues

and programs, and they also

appropriate money

to various government agencies and programs.Slide4

JOINT RESOLUTION

H.J. Res

.

or

S.J. Res.

ACT

that CONTROLS

GOVERNMENT agencies directive

– NOT MOST OF THE PUBLIC or public monies.

OR

H.Amdt

.

Or

S.Amdt

.

IDEA for a

CONSTITUTIONAL

AMENDMENT

.

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OR

CONCURRENT Resolutions

H.Con

. Res.

or

S.Con

. Res

Express

the need to pay ___ more.

Express appreciation for _____

Express the need for a “fat tax”.

Recognize

_____ for _____.

Recognize the need for better safety rules/helmets in High School football.

Recognize a disease/disorder and the fight.

Support

_____________________

Directing

the _________ to ______________

Encouraging

the ________ to ______________Slide6

Mock Congress Ideas :

PROJECT CITIZEN TOPIC IF IT CAN BE APPLIED TO U.S. Congress

Increase or cut taxes (on the wealthy, businesses, on capital gains and/or across the board)

Increase or decrease education spending

Increases or decrease military spending

Increase or ban the national missile defense system

Increases or decrease health insurance spendingSlide7

Ratify the Kyoto Protocols (environmental treaty on carbon emissions)

Increase or decrease foreign aid spending

Strengthen or weaken abortion restrictions

Strengthen or weaken affirmative action

Strengthen or weaken AIDS research

Strengthen or weaken animal rightsSlide8

Legalize Marijuana Legalize Prostitution

Lift Mandates – Drinking age

Establish an official language

Metric system

Athletes must represent state of residence etc.

Ban boxing

Space exploration $

Stem Cell

Other Research

Ban Trans fat

Donor’s rights and $Slide9

Strengthen or weaken gun control

Strengthen or weaken our U.N. involvement

Strengthen or weaken gay rights

Strengthen or weaken help for the homeless

Allow more or restrict more immigration

Strengthen or weaken migrant labor laws

Strengthen or weaken campaign finance laws

Strengthen or weaken hate crimes laws

Strengthen or weaken the Patriot ActSlide10

Allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife RefugeBan or allow cloning of mammalsAllow all or ban stem cell research.

Ban the death penalty

Limit or eliminate the welfare system

Legalize/decriminalize one, some, or all drugs

Lower the age for tobacco and/or alcohol restrictions

Eliminate the sentencing of minors as adults

Allow the voluntary copying and transfer of data files for free without copyright restrictions.

Allow certain forms of school prayer

Tie the minimum wage to inflation and/or increase it several dollarsSlide11

Have 2 different topics

(

1 for Resolution & 1 for Bill

)

Go to

Congress.gov

:

put in topic or click on legislation (LINK)

.

Find similar RESOLUTION OR BILL

DO NOT

use it if it is a

SIMPLE RESOLUTION

(

H.Res

or

S.Res

)

Or do a google search on the topic(s)

USE:

Bills –

H.R. Or S.

Resolutions to USE

-

S.Con.Res

,

H.Con

Res., S.

Amdt

., H.

Amdt

, H.J. Res or S.J. Res.Slide12

DON’T have TOPICS?

Project Citizen topic as a U.S. Congressional bill OR resolution.

2. Go to

Congress.gov

,

click on

legislation

(LINK) and look at different bills/resolutions

.

Don’t use one that has been made law!Slide13

Found a Bill

and

Resolution?

Use Template

(USE

Senate

heading if in SENATE).

(USE

House

heading if in HOUSE).

Leave

BLANKS

for

#

and

Committee

NUMBER THE LINES!

MAKE IT YOUR OWN!

ONLY

ONE PAGE or Less EACH

.

+ FACTS

CANNOT

have passed (President signed).

Change words and take out unneeded words.Slide14

Sponsor

YOU

are the

sponsor

of the bill

and resolution. (Sponsor of bill/resolution gets the

grade

)

May have

ONLY

ONE co-sponsor

.

If passes (

ALL of processes

needed

)

, the

sponsor AND co-sponsor

will get

+5 points on BONUS.

-

MAY turn in as many as you want –

ALL

must be put in

YOUR WORDS

!Slide15

ATTACHED

PURPOSE

AND

FACTS!

Separate page from Bill/Res.

-*EXCEPTION

– Concurrent Resolution- FACTS ARE

IN

THE RESOLUTION!

1. First Paragraph –what is the purpose for your bill/resolution – SELL IT!

2.

10

Facts for BILL

and

5

Facts for RESOLUTION

!

Not

well known facts!

3.

ANSWER QUESTIONS

one may have about Bill and Resolution.

4

.

Source

where ALL FACTS were found. (URL)Slide16

Need them for

MOCK CONGRESS!

DUE: Jan. 9

th

(Thur.)–first of class.

NOTE:

¼ off

EACH DAY LATE

Go through

RUBRIC

to verify that you have what you need.