SEPTEMBER 2025 LEGISLATION DOCKET

National Speech & Debate Association • updated 8/25/25

SEPTEMBER 2025 DOCKET

A Bill to Fund the Completion of the East Coast Greenway        3

A Bill to Ban the Wearing of Non-PPE Masks by Federal Law Enforcement Agents        4

A Bill to Amend the Home Rule Law to Strengthen Executive Power        5

A Bill to Provide for Automatic Facial Copyrighting        6

A Bill to Modernize Aerial Light Celebrations        7

The Bye-Bye One Big Beautiful Bill Act (BBOBBBA)        8

A Bill to End Federal Subsidization of Healthcare for Congresspeople        9

A Bill to Fund and Encourage Public Composting Initiatives        10

A Bill to Provide a Simple, Common-Sense Resolution to the Hudson Islands Dispute        11

A Resolution to Encourage the Criminalization of Vehicular Pet Abandonment        12

A Bill to Fund the Completion of the East Coast Greenway

  1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED:
  2. SECTION 1. Congress shall allocate $500 million per year for each of the next five years to the
  3. Department of Transportation (DOT) to fund completion of the approximately 2,000
  4. remaining miles of the East Coast Greenway (ECG), thereby linking Calais, Maine, to Key
  5. West, Florida, with trails built for pedestrians and cyclists.
  6. SECTION 2. The DOT shall oversee the implementation of this legislation and shall be tasked with
  7. designing an efficient, equitable, accessible process by which states and other jurisdictions

8        may apply for and receive funding to complete their portions of the ECG.

  1. SECTION 3. This legislation shall take effect at the start of the next congressional fiscal year.
  2. SECTION 4. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

A Bill to Ban the Wearing of Non-PPE Masks by Federal Law Enforcement Agents

  1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED:
  2. SECTION 1. No federal law enforcement agent, including those working for Immigration and Customs
  3. Enforcement (ICE), shall obscure their face in the line of duty unless to do so is medically
  4. indicated or otherwise legitimately required for the safe and effective discharge of their
  5. duties.
  6. SECTION 2. Federal law enforcement agents are specifically forbidden from wearing facemasks for
  7. purposes of intimidation or to disguise their identities from the public.
  8. SECTION 3. Any federal law enforcement agent found to be in violation of this legislation shall be
  9. issued a formal warning on first offense, placed on two weeks of unpaid leave on second
  10. offense, and terminated on third offense. Any federal agent in a supervisory role who is
  11. found to have ordered their employees to violate this legislation shall be immediately and
  12. permanently terminated.
  13. SECTION 4. This legislation shall be jointly overseen by the Occupational Safety and Health
  14. Administration (OSHA), which shall be tasked with determining which situations do and do
  15. not require federal law enforcement agents to obscure their faces with personal protective
  16. equipment (PPE), and the Department of Justice, which shall be tasked with general
  17. enforcement.
  18. SECTION 5. This legislation shall take effect immediately upon passage.
  19. SECTION 6. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

A Bill to Amend the Home Rule Law to Strengthen Executive Power

  1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED:
  2. SECTION 1. Section 740(b–c) of Public Law 93–198 (the District of Columbia Home Rule Act) shall be
  3. amended such that no time limit is imposed on the right of the President of the United
  4. States to seize control of the Metropolitan Police Force of the Federal District.
  5. SECTION 2. Henceforth, should the President take command of the Metropolitan Police Force, such
  6. control shall only terminate through the President’s voluntary relinquishment or resulting
  7. from a joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives explicitly ordering
  8. the end of such a state of affairs.
  9. SECTION 3. This legislation shall take effect immediately upon passage.
  10. SECTION 4. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

A Bill to Provide for Automatic Facial Copyrighting

  1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED:
  2. SECTION 1. All citizens and residents of the United States and its territories henceforth shall
  3. automatically possess full and unconditional copyright on their own faces and any images
  4. or likenesses thereof, excluding normal exceptions such as Fair Use.
  5. SECTION 2. Any person, corporation, or other entity wishing to use a citizen or resident’s face in a
  6. manner protected by copyright law must obtain explicit written permission and provide
  7. just compensation or face civil and, under extreme circumstances, criminal penalties. This
  8. shall include any future usage of faces by artificial intelligence services.
  9. SECTION 3. When a citizen or resident passes away, the copyright to their face shall pass to their heirs
  10. of beneficiaries as part of their estate. If none are named, relevant laws of interstate
  11. succession shall come to bear. The copyright shall remain enforceable by its rightful
  12. owner(s) for 70 years following the death of its original owner, after which point the face in
  13. question shall enter the public domain. This provision shall not apply retroactively to those
  14. who are already deceased at the time this legislation takes effect.
  15. SECTION 4. The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress shall oversee implementation of this
  16. legislation.
  17. SECTION 5. This legislation shall take effect on January 1, 2026.
  18. SECTION 6. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

A Bill to Modernize Aerial Light Celebrations

  1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED:
  2. SECTION 1. Municipalities throughout the United States and its territories are hereby banned from
  3. staging elaborate fireworks shows to commemorate holidays, festivals, and other
  4. celebrations.
  5. SECTION 2. In lieu of fireworks shows, municipalities are encouraged to stage large-scale drone light
  6. shows instead.
  7. SECTION 3. This legislation shall be jointly overseen by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
  8. Explosives (ATF) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
  9. SECTION 4. This legislation shall take effect on January 2, 2026.
  10. SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

The Bye-Bye One Big Beautiful Bill Act (BBOBBBA)

  1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED:
  2. SECTION 1. Public Law 119–21 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) is hereby fully and unconditionally
  3. repealed, with all relevant statutes to be restored to their statuses prior to that legislation.
  4. SECTION 2. This legislation shall take effect immediately upon passage.
  5. SECTION 3. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

A Bill to End Federal Subsidization of Healthcare for Congresspeople

  1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED:
  2. SECTION 1. Elected members of federal Congress (Representatives and Senators) shall no longer
  3. receive any employer contributions from the federal government toward their healthcare
  4. costs, including dental and vision insurance. Should a Representative or Senator choose to
  5. purchase health, dental, or vision coverage, they shall be responsible for covering these
  6. costs on their own.
  7. SECTION 2. Should universal healthcare someday be provided to citizens of the United States and its
  8. territories, Representatives and Senators shall of course reap these benefits along with
  9. their constituents, unless specifically excluded from them.
  10. SECTION 3. The money saved through this legislation shall be redirected to the Centers for Medicare &
  11. Medicaid Services (CMS) to support insurance for those in need.
  12. SECTION 4. This legislation shall take effect on January 1, 2026.
  13. SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

A Bill to Fund and Encourage Public Composting Initiatives

  1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED:
  2. SECTION 1. Congress shall establish a fund of $2 billion to support municipalities throughout the United
  3. States and its territories in establishing public composting programs.
  4. SECTION 2. To be eligible for these funds, a municipality must propose a program that makes
  5. composting accessible and functional to its citizens free of charge (or as part of whatever
  6. fees they already pay for waste services), and which also creates regular opportunities for
  7. citizens to obtain mature compost for gardening and other personal uses.
  8. SECTION 3. This legislation shall be overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which
  9. shall be specifically tasked with establishing an equitable and efficient system for
  10. municipalities to apply for and receive these funds.
  11. SECTION 4. This legislation shall take effect at the start of the next fiscal year.
  12. SECTION 5. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

A Bill to Provide a Simple, Common-Sense Resolution to the Hudson Islands Dispute

  1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED:
  2. SECTION 1. The Hudson River islands of Ellis Island, Liberty Island, and Shooters Island shall henceforth
  3. exist entirely under the dominion of New Jersey and shall be shared in no part with New
  4. York.
  5. SECTION 2. Those portions of these islands that are under federal ownership and operation shall
  6. continue to be administered in the same manner.
  7. SECTION 3. This legislation shall take effect on January 1, 2026.
  8. SECTION 4. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.

A Resolution to Encourage the Criminalization of Vehicular Pet Abandonment

1

WHEREAS

It is estimated that hundreds of pets die from being abandoned in cars every year; and

2

WHEREAS

These deaths can occur not just due to heat but also due to cold, thirst, and other factors

3

besides; and

4

WHEREAS

In many parts of the United States and its territories, there are no laws protecting pets from

  1. such mistreatment, and those laws that exist elsewhere are often too vague to be
  2. meaningfully enforceable; and
  3. WHEREAS Pet ownership is a privilege, not a right, and one which requires significant maturity and
  4. responsibility; now, therefore be it
  5. RESOLVED by the Congress here assembled that all jurisdictions throughout these United States are
  6. encouraged to enact tough laws that protect pets by criminalizing their abandonment in
  7. motor vehicles under any and all circumstances; and be it
  8. FURTHER RESOLVED that Congress also urges the passage of Good Samaritan laws that protect others
  9. from entering a vehicle without the owner’s permission to rescue an abandoned pet, even
  10. if to do so would result in damage to the vehicle.