PCEP Bill Submission for CHS Meet 2014.docx



Bill #1 A Bill to Legalize EuthanasiaBe it enacted by this congress here assembled that..1- Section 1: A patient of a fatal or terminal illness diagnosed by a certified medical authority shall have the right 2- to terminate his or her life by euthanasia by a certified medical authority in the United States of America. 3- Section 2: Euthanasia shall be defined as the legal means of ending one’s life in a medical facility with the 4- approval of at least two certified medical authorities. Two or more certified medical authorities shall be 5-defined as board certified medical professionals who have at least an MD/DO certification and are approved by The 6- American Medical Association. Furthermore, the two certified personal shall be specialized in the patient’s 7- medical condition in order to proceed with the process of euthanasia. A medical facility shall be defined as 8- private or public, board certified medical institution in which said medical professionals are employed.9- Section 3: This legislation shall take effect on January 1, 2017 after passage by this legislative body.10- Section 4: The Department of Health and Human resources shall take responsibility for the implementation 11- and enforcement of this bill. All necessary funding for this bill will come from a 0.05% tax increase on lottery 12- tickets.13- Section 5: All laws or portions of laws in conflict with the provisions of this legislation shall hereby be 14- declared null and void.Respectfully Submitted, Swetha DuraiswamyPlymouth High SchoolBill #2 The Restriction against Explicit Music1. Be it enacted by this Congress here assembled that:2. Section 1: All music that is identified as explicit due to profanity or other mature content3. may not be purchased by subjects less than 18 years old.4. Section 2: (a) All digital music will have to be attached to a Terms of Services that must5. be agreed. By agreeing to these Terms of Service, it must be confirmed the consumer is 6. over the age of 18. (b) All explicit hard copy music must be bought with a driver’s 7. license, showing proof of age. 8. Section 3: This legislation will be funded by the U.S. Department of Health & Human 9. Services.10. Section 4: Any penalties with this law will have a first time fine of $75, a second time 11. fine of $120 and any further penalties will have a fine of $200. Penalties will be fined 12. to the minor’s legal parent or guardian.13. Section 5: Any and all laws conflicting with this bill will hereby be considered null and 14. void.Respectfully Submitted,Maya HamkaDearborn High School Bill #3 Fair WelfareBe it enacted by this Congress here assembled that:1. Section I: Welfare recipients in the United States should undergo and pass drug tests to receive benefits. If they 2. test positive for drug use, then they will be entered into a rehabilitation program. 3. Section II: “Welfare recipients” shall be defined as those who make less than 30,000 dollars a year and those 4. who are on, or eligible, or applying for: Food Stamps, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), etc. “Drug 5. tests” will be conducted by obtaining either urine or blood samples of the welfare recipients to indicate the 6. presence of any illegal substances, such as marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. The rehabilitation program will 7. include standard rehabilitation methods.8. Section III: The United States Department of Health and Human Services will conduct the drug tests on welfare 9. recipients. They will also arrange those who test positive for drug use to reside in rehabilitation centers until 10. their addiction resides. Any funding will come from a 0.05% tax increase on cigarettes.11. Section IV: The legislation shall take effect January 1st, 2018. 12. Section V: All laws or portions of laws in conflict with the provisions of this legislation shall hereby be declared 13. null and void.Respectfully Submitted,Zoha QureshiCanton High SchoolBill #4 Voluntary Abortion Bill1. Be it enacted by this congress here assembled that:2. Section I: All acts of Voluntary Abortion are hereby prohibited. Any and all Voluntary 3. Abortion clinics have a 7 day grace period to shut down their businesses and leave their 4. offices. During this time period no Voluntary Abortions may occur.5. Section II: Every woman of any race, nationality, or ethnic group within the United States of 6. America will be prohibited from engaging in the act of Voluntary Abortion, not including 7. Puerto Rico, Guam, or any other U.S. owned territory. The definition of Voluntary Abortion is 8. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. 9. Section III: This bill will be implemented on January 1, 2015. 10. Section IV: State governments and health departments will be responsible for preventing all 11. forms of Voluntary Abortion by teaching the dangers and moralities of Voluntary Abortion. 12. All those who continue to engage in Voluntary Abortion after the bill is passed will face a 13. maximum of 10 years in prison and a fine of $5000. 14. Section V: All laws or portions of laws in conflict with the provisions of this legislation15. shall hereby be declared null and void.Respectfully Submitted, Kevin YanNorthville High SchoolBill #5 A Bill to Grant Federal Courts Jurisdiction Over Military Sexual Assault1- Be it enacted by this Congress here assembled that:2- Section I: All reported incidents of sexual assault within the U.S Military will now be subject to the 3- jurisdiction of the federal courts and federal law enforcement and will be removed from the 4- jurisdiction of any and all military tribunals.5- Section 2: Sexual assault is defined as, according to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 6- intentional sexual contact characterized by use of force, threats, intimidation, or abuse of 7- authority or when the victim does not or cannot consent. The term includes rape, sexual 8- assault, aggravated sexual contact, abusive sexual contact, forcible sodomy, or attempts to commit 9- these acts. Sexual assault offenses committed both domestically and overseas 10- within the U.S. military will be tried in the Federal Court Circuit. The Federal Bureau of 11- Investigation will conduct a thorough investigation into the offense.12- Section 3: This law will take full effect by January 1, 2016.13- Section 4: The Department of Justice will establish a commission to handle all sexual 14- assault complaints from the military. All funding necessary will be provided for by a 2% 15- increase in taxes on tobacco products.16- Section 5: All laws, bills, acts, or precedents in conflict with any section or clause of this bill shall be 17- rendered null and void.Respectfully Submitted,Meredith AshtonSalem High SchoolBill #6 The Legalization of Marijuana ActBe it enacted by the Congress here assembled that:Section I: Marijuana shall hereby be legalized, and no criminal charges shall be pressed against those who are found in possession of it. Section II: Legalization shall be defined as a status where an adult may own or use marijuana legally, and a business may legally sell it. This legalization shall only apply to persons at or over the age of 21. Only authorized businesses may sell marijuana; an individual may not. Authorized businesses shall be defined as businesses with a license to sell marijuana. To obtain this license, an individual must be over 21 years old, have committed no felonies, and have no mental illnesses. Authorized businesses shall not have more than 10,000 cannabis plants. Adults may possess up to one ounce of the drug. It shall also be taxed at a rate of 20 percent, on top of each state’s sales tax, local sales tax, and excise sales tax. An individual may have up to six cannabis plants, which must be in a locked and enclosed space. Any place where smoking is not allowed, marijuana shall also not be allowed. A person may not smoke marijuana in a public place.Section III: This bill shall require no additional funding. This bill shall be enforced by the Drug Enforcement Agency. A person owning more than one ounce shall receive a sentence and fine depending on the amount of marijuana owned. If an entity who is not an authorized business sells marijuana, or owns more than six cannabis plants with no license, the severity of the sentence and fine shall depend on the amount of marijuana sold, or the amount of cannabis plants illegally owned, respectively. Smoking marijuana in a public place shall be considered a petty offense, with 15 days of incarceration and an $100 fine. Section IV: All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.Section V: This bill shall be implemented on January 1st, 2016, and shall be reevaluated on January 1st, 2021.Respectfully submitted,Paul SabatiniChurchill High SchoolBill #7 The “Gym No More” Bill1 Be it enacted by this congress here assembled that:2 Section 1: the Michigan Department of Education shall declare that a point 5 gym credit 3 may be allotted to any compliant student athlete who participates in an extracurricular 4varsity sports team for one whole season, meeting all the sport’s requirements and 5expectations.6 Section 2: ?A varsity sports team may be defined as the?principal team representing high 7school or college in a sport or other educational team. Also, sports shall be defined?as an 8activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes 9against another or others for entertainment. This bill does not apply to extracurricular 10sports teams relying only on intellect as it is meant to be replaced by activities requiring the 11same physical strength and responsibility as Gym.12 Section 3: Any possible costs that this bill may cause will be handled by the department 13of education.14 Section 4: Any violation of this bill -whether it is a school failing to award a student who has 15 participated on a varsity sports team for a complete season with a point 5 gym credit, or a 16 student/superior who is given an undeserved gym credit- shall be fined $1,000 and a 17 punishment -ranging from repeating the gym class to a larger fine towards the school- will 18be required depending on situation. 19 Section 5: All legislation in conflict with this bill will be declared null-and-void.Respectfully Submitted,Senator Kempisty and Senator ElwoodSouth Lyon High SchoolBill #8 A Bill to Allow Medicinal Suicide for Terminally Ill Patients1. Be it enacted by this Congress here assembled that: 2. Section I: Terminally ill patients may have the choice to end their own life in a painless, medicinal 3. manner.4. Section II: To be eligible to receive medication to end your own life you must be: diagnosed with a 5. disease or illness and be declared terminal by two (2) or more physicians, be either eighteen (18) years 6. of ager or legally emancipated, be able to swallow a pill, and be deemed mentally competent by an 7. actively practicing physician. If the patient is not physically fit to swallow a pill then the next of kin 8. may deliver the drug intravenously with the supervision of a physician. If deemed mentally 9. incompetent then decision may be left up the next of kin through direct power of attorney health care. 10. To be declared terminal you must carry a disease or illness that cannot be cured and an end of your 11. life must be near. The drugs used must cause a rapid and painless death. For a death to be rapid it 12. must occur in under two minutes. A thirty (30) day period is required between the request for the drug 13. and the delivery of the drug.14. Section III: This legislature shall take effect immediately after passage by this legislative body.15. Section IV: The Food and Drug Administration shall test and regulate the drugs used. The Department 16. of Justice shall enforce this bill. Any violators of this bill shall be tried for the crime manufacturing 17. synthetic drugs and shall receive a sentence of a minimum of fifteen (15) years in prison and could 18. extend to life in prison.Section V: All other laws that contradict this piece of legislature are hereby null and void.Respectfully Submitted, Eric LewisStevenson High SchoolBill #9 A Bill to Increase Recreational Activity in Michigan1. Be it enacted by this Congress here assembled that:2. Section I: Retail shops in Michigan are not permitted to be open on Sundays in an effort 3. to encourage Michigan-related recreational activities.4. Section II: A “retail shop” shall be defined as any commercial shop where the primary 5. products sold are not life necessities such as food, medicine, and emergency appliances.6. Section III: This legislation will take effect at the start of 2015 after passage by this 8. Section IV: This bill will be enforced by the Michigan Department of Treasury. Failure to 9. abide by the law shall result in the confiscation of all profits made that day by the 10. Michigan state government. All seized profits shall be used to develop recreational and 11. tourist activities in Michigan. 12. Section V: All laws or portions of laws in conflict with the provisions of this legislation 13. shall hereby be declared null and void.Respectufully Submitted,Shivani KozarekarNovi High School ................
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