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#1: A Resolution on Limiting the Amount of Sperm Donation Donated

 * 1 || __Whereas:__ There is currently no limitation of how many times a person can donate ||
 * 2 || sperm a year and, ||
 * 3 || __Whereas:__ Sperm donors are constantly donating and ||
 * 4 || __Whereas:__ Increasing use of sperm donations lowers the gene pool of America and ||
 * 5 || __Whereas:__ the possibility of incest has risen from anonymous donators ||
 * 6 || __Therefore be it resolved:__ by this congress here assembled: that the sperm bank ||
 * 7 || keep a private record and have donors register with their social security number ||
 * 8 || __Be it further resolved that:__ the amount of sperm donations permitted will be ||
 * 9 || discussed by the leaders of the sperm banks and the Leader of the department of ||
 * 10 || Health and Human services, in order to achieve a census on donation frequency. ||

By Truman High School

#2: A Resolution to Legalize and Regulate Prostitution

 * 1 || __Whereas:__ Prostitution is known as the world's oldest profession; and ||
 * 2 || __Whereas:__ The United States for the most part has made the act of prostitution ||
 * 3 || illegal and ||
 * 4 || __Whereas:__ Around 100 countries have legalized and or regulate prostitution and ||
 * 5 || __Whereas:__ areas such as Bonn, Germany have applied the money to help pay off ||
 * 6 || their national debt ||
 * 7 || __Therefore be it resolved by this congress here assembled:__ The united States ||
 * 8 || will legalize prostitution, prostitutes will be taxed, unionize submitted to medical ||
 * 9 || examinations ||
 * 10 || __Be it further resolved that:__ the money received from the taxing of prostitution ||
 * 11 || will be used to lower the United state national debt. ||

By Truman High School

#3: A Resolution to Help Fund Higher Education in America

 * 1 || **Whereas** ours is a nation dedicated to life, liberty, and the pursuit of ||
 * 2 || happiness; and ||
 * 3 || **Whereas** such rights ought not be reserved solely for those who can afford ||
 * 4 || them; and ||
 * 5 || **Whereas** education beyond grade 12 corresponds to longer lifespan, greater ||
 * 6 || exercise of liberties, and decreased levels of depression; and ||
 * 7 || **Whereas** attendance at institutes of higher learning has become prohibitively ||
 * 8 || expensive for many in the United States, effectively creating a class system ||
 * 9 || **Therefore** be it resolved by the congress here assembled that the Federal ||
 * 10 || Government increase aid of all forms to high school graduates to promote ||
 * 11 || greater attendance at post-secondary institutes of higher learning. ||

Respectfully submitted by Perkiomen Valley High School.

#4: A Bill to Save American Lives

 * 1 || Be it enacted that… ||
 * 2 || **Article I:** The possession of all firearms which the FBI classify as handguns be made a criminal ||
 * 3 || offence in any area with a classification of a high-risk crime area. ||
 * 4 || **Article II:** All owners of handguns previous to the enactment bill be located through gun registration ||
 * 5 || forms and have their weapons confiscated, subject to refund or storage as per their request. If owners ||
 * 6 || have misplaced firearm, then they be charged with negligence. ||
 * 7 || **Article III:** If an area of high crime is to decline to a lower classification, or gun owner moves to a ||
 * 8 || region with a lesser classification, all gun-owners are to have requested to have their gun stored will ||
 * 9 || have their guns returned, subject to later confiscation should crime level rise again. ||
 * 10 || **Article IV:** The Congress and the FBI oversee this projects administration (in three months time), and ||
 * 11 || progress, and both shall be granted the ability to disband this policy immediately after an eight-month ||
 * 12 || probationary period. ||
 * 13 || **Article V:** All laws or bills in conflict with this bill be declared null in these matters. ||

Respectfully Submitted, Wissahickon High School Aidan Welsh

#5: A Resolution to Eliminate Plea-Bargaining
States Justice system. ||
 * 1 || **Whereas:** More then 90% of Criminal Cases are Plea-Bargained in today's justice system, ||
 * 2 || and, ||
 * 3 || **Whereas:** Plea-bargaining potentially violates the 5th and 6th amendment, and ||
 * 4 || **Whereas:** The system of plea-bargaining presumes guilt of individuals accused of crimes, ||
 * 5 || and, ||
 * 6 || **Whereas:** plea-bargaining leads to more potential convictions of the innocent, and ||
 * 7 || **Whereas:** plea-bargaining has been found to lead to poor police investigations, and ||
 * 8 || **Whereas:** plea-bargaining involves negotiating with criminals, a practice against the spirit ||
 * 9 || of the justice system, and ||
 * 10 || **Whereas:** plea-bargaining encourages coercion and intimidation in law enforcement, ||
 * || **Therefore be it resolved that:** The practice of plea-bargaining be dispelled from the United

Respectfully Submitted, Wissahickon High School Aidan Welsh

#6: A Resolution to Abolish the Tenure System in Education

 * 1 || **Whereas:** The system of tenure does not in any way encourage teachers to work their best, ||
 * 2 || and ||
 * 3 || **Whereas:** According to TIMES 2.6 million teachers in the U.S have tenure, and ||
 * 4 || **Whereas:** The tenure system makes it virtually impossible to fire teachers, and ||
 * 5 || **Whereas:** In virtually every major city, only one out of 1000 teachers is fired for ||
 * 6 || performance-related reasons due to tenure, and ||
 * 7 || **Whereas:** 87% of teachers in a public agenda survey said that more then a few teachers ||
 * 8 || with tenure in their school “fail to do a good job and are simply going through the ||
 * 9 || motions.”, and ||
 * 10 || **Whereas:** The system of tenure fails to reward accomplished teachers, ||
 * 11 || **Therefore be it resolved that:** The tenure system be removed from education in all public ||
 * 12 || schools ||
 * 13 ||  ||
 * 14 ||  ||

Respectfully Submitted, Wissahickon High School

#7: A Resolution to Protect American Citizens from Previous Felons

 * 1 || **Whereas:** The use of surveillance systems and equipment is an effective means ||
 * 2 || by which to monitor criminal or other illegal activity. ||
 * 3 || **Whereas:** The use of surveillance systems now requires warrants and court ||
 * 4 || orders which are very difficult and timely to obtain under the US Code Title 18, ||
 * 5 || Section 2512 and the Fourth Amendment. ||
 * 6 || **Whereas:** The safety of American citizens should be the top priority of our ||
 * 7 || government. ||
 * 8 || **Whereas:** Elected officials should be entrusted the powers necessary to fulfill ||
 * 9 || their duties to the American public. ||
 * 10 || **Whereas:** Felons have been proven more likely to be repeat offenders, and ||
 * 11 || thus prove to be a greater liability to the American public. ||
 * 12 || **Therefore, let it be resolved that:** The state elected committee be allowed to ||
 * 13 || grant permission to use surveillance systems at his/her discretion, provided ||
 * 14 || that he/she be completely transparent and public regarding the use of said ||
 * 15 || surveillance systems. ||
 * 16 || **Be it further resolved that:** Domestic surveillance be defined as the use of ||
 * 17 || computer, telephone, and audio devises is all places within the United States ||
 * 18 || with the exception of legally confidential meetings. ||

Respectfully Submitted, Wissahickon High School Ethan Welsh, Dahynn Kwon

#8: A Resolution to Regulate Therapeutic Hypnosis in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

 * 1 || **Whereas:** Psychologists use hypnosis as an adjunct to psychotherapy and other forms of ||
 * 2 || therapy aimed to promote psychological healing, and ||
 * 3 || **Whereas:** Hypnosis, improperly applied, can potentially result in significant mental harm, ||
 * 4 || and ||
 * 5 || **Whereas:** Peer-reviewed studies provide documentation of people who were harmed by ||
 * 6 || inappropriate uses of hypnosis, and ||
 * 7 || **Whereas:** The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has no regulations about the training or ||
 * 8 || practice of therapeutic hypnosis, and ||
 * 9 || **Whereas:** Any person may refer to oneself has a therapeutic practitioner of hypnosis ||
 * 10 || without any training, background in clinical psychology, or even any knowledge about ||
 * 11 || hypnosis, and ||
 * 12 || **Whereas:** The current lack of regulations may potentially endanger someone who receives ||
 * 13 || hypnosis-based services from someone who is not qualified, ||
 * 14 || **Be it resolved that:** The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania should create guidelines and ||
 * 15 || regulations in both the training and practice of therapeutic hypnosis. ||

Respectfully Submitted, Cheltenham High School