113th Congress 1st Session H.R. (Add your # here) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 15, 2013 Mr./Ms. (Add your name here) introduced the following bill, which was referred to the Committee on ____________________. Student of (Add your teacher’s name here) Period (Add your period here) A BILL To (describe the general purpose of the law here) Provide a general explanation of your bill: 1-2 sentences 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of 2. American in Congress assembled, that this Act may be cited as the (type the title of you 3. bill here). 4. The Content of the Bill is as follows: 5. Section I: 6. In paragraph form, the first section should address your proposed bill by addressing the 7. following: (Model Congress Bill Part I) – 8. What is the current law? This is the background information that justifies why the 9. current law doesn’t work and why we need your proposed law. You need to use 10. statistics, facts and figures to back-up and explain the problem and to propose your 11. solution. If there is a current law that relates to your idea, explain why it needs to 12. be changed or is no longer needed. 13. Justify why this topic falls within federal jurisdiction. Explain why this is a federal 14. issue and not a state issue. Where in the Constitution is Congress given the power 15.
113th Congress 1st Session H.R. (Add your # here) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 15, 2013 Mr./Ms. (Add your name here) introduced the following bill, which was referred to the Committee on ____________________. Student of (Add your teacher’s name here) Period (Add your period here) A BILL To (describe the general purpose of the law here) Provide a general explanation of your bill: 1-2 sentences 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congress assembled, that this Act may be cited as the (type the title of you bill here). The Content of the Bill is as follows: Section I: In paragraph form, the first section should address your proposed bill by addressing the following: (Model Congress Bill – Part I) What is the current law? This is the background information that justifies why the current law doesn’t work and why we need your proposed law. You need to use statistics, facts and figures to back-up and explain the problem and to propose your solution. If there is a current law that relates to your idea, explain why it needs to be changed or is no longer needed. Justify why this topic falls within federal jurisdiction. Explain why this is a federal issue and not a state issue. Where in the Constitution is Congress given the power