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Practice bills

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H.J. Res. 9·High School Beginner
A Bill to Lower the Federal Voting Age to 16
Rep. Yoon (D-WA)

Lowers the voting age in federal elections from 18 to 16.

electionsyouth
S. 533·High School Beginner
A Bill to Require Paid Federal Internships
Sen. Romero (D-NM)

All federal agency internships must pay at least the federal minimum wage.

laboryouth
H.R. 720·High School Beginner
A Bill to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage to $15
Rep. Walker (D-NC)

Phases the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour over 4 years.

laborspending
H.R. 758·High School Beginner
A Bill to Double the Maximum Pell Grant
Rep. Adams (D-IL)

Doubles the maximum federal Pell Grant for low-income college students.

educationspending
S. 612·High School Beginner
A Bill to Establish 12 Weeks of Federal Paid Family Leave
Sen. Tran (D-VA)

Creates a federal paid family and medical leave program of up to 12 weeks per year.

laborfamily
H.R. 779·High School Beginner
A Bill to Require Automatic Voter Registration at the DMV
Rep. Edwards (D-NY)

States receiving HAVA funds must automatically register eligible adults applying for state IDs unless they opt out.

elections
H.R. 802·High School Beginner
A Bill to Fund Free Driver's Education in Title I High Schools
Rep. Carter (D-LA)

Provides federal funds for free driver's education at Title I high schools.

educationsafety
H.R. 820·High School Beginner
A Bill to Raise Federal Juror Pay to $80 Per Day
Rep. Diaz (D-FL)

Increases federal grand and petit juror pay from $50 to $80 per day.

justicespending
H.R. 845·High School Beginner
A Bill to Make National Parks Free for Students Under 22
Rep. Becker (D-WA)

Free national park admission for any student under 22 with valid school ID.

environmenteducation
S. 644·High School Beginner
A Bill to Raise the Federal Vaping Age to 21
Sen. Hill (R-AZ)

Codifies a federal minimum vape-purchase age of 21 with enhanced retailer penalties.

healthyouth
H.R. 866·High School Beginner
A Bill to Require a Civics Exam to Graduate High School
Rep. Stewart (D-MN)

Conditions ESSA funds on requiring students to pass a 100-question civics exam to graduate.

educationcivics
S. 612·High School Intermediate
A Bill to Subsidize Vertical Farming to End Domestic Food Insecurity
Sen. Hayes (R-IA)

USDA grants and tax credits to build indoor vertical-farming facilities in food-insecure regions.

agriculturefood
H.R. 905·High School Intermediate
A Bill to Cancel Up to $20,000 in Federal Student Loan Debt
Rep. Nguyen (D-CA)

Cancels up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for borrowers earning under $125,000.

educationspending
H.R. 928·High School Intermediate
A Bill to Use Ranked-Choice Voting in Federal Elections
Rep. Park (D-NJ)

Requires ranked-choice voting in all federal House and Senate general elections.

electionsreform
S. 711·High School Intermediate
A Bill to Create a Federal Housing Construction Tax Credit
Sen. Sato (D-CA)

Tax credit for builders constructing for-sale homes priced below 120% of area median.

housingtax
H.R. 962·High School Intermediate
A Bill to Require AI Training Datasets to License Copyrighted Works
Rep. Tan (D-CA)

Requires commercial AI developers to license copyrighted works used for model training.

techip
S. 738·High School Intermediate
A Bill to End Federal Cash Bail
Sen. Cortez (D-NM)

Replaces cash bail in federal criminal cases with risk-based pretrial release assessments.

justicereform
S. 765·High School Intermediate
A Bill to Reform the H-1B Visa Program
Sen. Hartman (R-WY)

Replaces the H-1B random lottery with a wage-tier-priority allocation.

immigrationlabor
H.R. 1004·High School Intermediate
A Bill to Create a Medicare Public Option
Rep. Riley (D-MI)

Establishes Medicare-X, a public health insurance option available on ACA exchanges.

healthspending
H.R. 1037·High School Intermediate
A Bill to Require Secure Storage for Firearms in Homes with Minors
Rep. Mendez (D-FL)

Federal misdemeanor to store firearms unsecured in homes with minors.

gunssafety
S. 803·High School Intermediate
A Bill to Set a 100% Clean Electricity Standard by 2040
Sen. Owens (D-MA)

Requires U.S. electricity sector to reach 100% zero-emission generation by 2040.

environmentenergy
H.R. 1071·High School Intermediate
A Bill to Create a Federal AI Workforce Transition Fund
Rep. Coleman (D-NJ)

Tax on AI-driven labor displacement funds retraining and wage insurance.

labortech
S. 401·High School Experienced
A Bill to Establish a National Carbon Tax with Dividend
Sen. Mwangi (D-IL)

Imposes a $45/ton carbon tax at point of extraction, rising $10/year. 70% of revenue is rebated quarterly to households.

environmenttax
S.J. Res. 14·High School Experienced
A Bill to Condition NATO Funding on 2.5% GDP Defense Spending by Allies
Sen. Kowalski (R-OH)

Reduces U.S. NATO contributions by 25% for any ally that fails to spend 2.5% of GDP on defense.

foreign-policydefense
H.R. 1109·High School Experienced
A Bill to Expand the Supreme Court to 13 Justices
Rep. Edwards (D-NY)

Adds four seats to the Supreme Court over a single presidential term.

justicereform
S. 853·High School Experienced
A Bill to Tax Unrealized Capital Gains for Households Over $100M
Sen. Mwangi (D-IL)

Annual tax on unrealized capital gains for households with net worth above $100 million.

taxspending
H.R. 1153·High School Experienced
A Bill to Establish Medicare for All
Rep. Adams (D-IL)

Replaces private health insurance with a single-payer Medicare for All system over a 4-year transition.

healthspending
S. 894·High School Experienced
A Bill to License Frontier AI Models Above 10^26 FLOPs
Sen. Patel (R-TX)

Federal licensure regime for training and deploying frontier AI models above a defined compute threshold.

techregulation
H.R. 1189·High School Experienced
A Bill to Admit the District of Columbia as the 51st State
Rep. Becker (D-WA)

Admits the Douglass Commonwealth as a state, shrinking the federal district to federal buildings.

governancereform
H.R. 1217·High School Experienced
A Bill to Impose Reciprocal Tariffs on Chinese Imports
Rep. Hartman (R-WY)

Imposes tariffs on Chinese imports calibrated to match Chinese tariffs and non-tariff barriers on U.S. goods.

tradeforeign-policy
S. 932·High School Experienced
A Bill to Create a Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers
Sen. Vega (D-CA)

10-year conditional residency leading to citizenship for those brought to the U.S. as minors.

immigrationreform
H.J. Res. 22·High School Experienced
A Bill to Abolish the Electoral College
Rep. Edwards (D-NY)

Constitutional amendment electing the President by national popular vote.

electionsconstitutional
H.R. 1268·High School Experienced
A Bill to Preempt Single-Family-Only Zoning Near Transit
Rep. Sato (D-CA)

Federal preemption of single-family-only zoning within a half-mile of fixed-rail transit stations.

housingreform