Can your bill become law?

Students whose bills become law will be given 20 points extra credit!

DAY 1 & 2: Bill Writing

1. Class will be divided between 9 in the Senate and the rest in the House.
a. The Senate elects a leader who will be the Senate Majority Leader
b. The House elects a leader who will be the Speaker of the House
2. Each person writes their own bill
3. For examples of current bills proposed in either house, visit their, current Senate
Bills or current House Bills being considered

Bill Title (think of a catchy title): Better environment at public parks

Bill Number (Choose a 3 digit number---If you are in the House label your bill H.R. ###, if
you are in the Senate label your bill S.B. ###)H.R. 129

Text of your bill, make sure it has organization (outline format or bullet points or okay),
grammar, and completeness of ideas:

Having the community bathroom parks rebuilt at parks and have them cleaned often to
have a better environment for kids when they go to the parks

What is the fiscal impact of your bill if it were to become law?

It would cost the cities more money to build and maintain clean bathrooms

Is your bill Constitutional? Would your bill withstand a court challenge?

Yes i believe having better cleaner bathrooms in parks would withstand in court challenge

Two possible positive consequences of this bill:

1. More people go to the parks when they are a cleaner place to be in
2. More park activities

Two possible negative consequences of this bill:

1. Waste more money on reconstructing restrooms
2. Have them treated bad and tagged up

What types of groups might benefit from your bill?

The people living in the communities

What types of groups might be harmed by your bill?

The city because they have to pay for the bathrooms to be built

What are alternative solutions to the problem you are solving?

Not pay to rebuild bathrooms but have more janitors to often clean up the bathrooms

What hard evidence do you have that your "solution" has ever worked in a cost effective
manner?

Is it possible that society would be better off if this situation was left alone?
No, many bathrooms are very dirty to use and may have many bacterias

DAY 3 & 4: Congress in Action

1. Each person presents to their house.
2. Only 4 bills are allowed to pass the House and 4 bills are allowed to pass the
Senate. The four bills with the MOST votes in either house will be sent to the
other house
3. The four bills will then be sent to the other side.
4. Next, they will choose their 2 favorite bills to send on to the President for signing
5. If it passes both houses they are sent to President Petty for signing.

DAY 5: Executive Action

The President has four options:
1. If he chooses to sign the bill, it becomes law.
2. If he chooses to do nothing for 10 days, the bill becomes a law.
3. If he chooses to do nothing for 10 days and during that time Congress adjourns, the
bill dies.
4. If he chooses to veto the bill, she must write his objections and return it to the house in
which it originated. That house must record the Presidents objections and reconsider the
bill. If after reconsideration of the bill and the objections the house can override the veto
with a two-thirds majority vote, the bill along with the objections are sent to the other
house for reconsideration. If that house also has a two-thirds majority vote to override
the veto, the bill becomes a law.