[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1512 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1512

Establishing the Congressional Modernization Competition, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2024

  Mr. Kilmer (for himself, Mr. Morelle, and Mr. Carey) submitted the 
  following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Establishing the Congressional Modernization Competition, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Congressional Modernization 
Competition Resolution of 2024''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The House of Representatives finds the following:
            (1) The House of Representatives was designed to be the 
        representative branch of government closest to the people.
            (2) The House of Representatives must continually assess 
        its capacity to fulfill its constitutional responsibilities.
            (3) Civic education and citizen participation are vital 
        components to the continued health of our democracy.
            (4) Research shows that participation in civic life at an 
        early age allows students to build interest and skillsets that 
        will keep them engaged citizens throughout their lives.
            (5) Ideas to modernize Congress can and should come from 
        Americans of different ages, backgrounds, and walks of life.
            (6) It is therefore appropriate for the House of 
        Representatives to institute a new competition to both 
        encourage students' participation in civic life, while 
        providing Congress with additional recommendations to modernize 
        and improve its work.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL COMPETITION IN EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY, AND 
              TRANSPARENCY.

    (a) Establishment of Competition.--There is hereby established an 
academic competition for the purposes of developing ideas for 
increasing the effectiveness, efficiency, and transparency of the 
operations of the House of Representatives which shall be held each 
year among students in each congressional district.
    (b) Regulations.--The competition under this subsection (a) shall 
be carried out in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed 
by the Committee on House Administration, except that the regulations 
shall permit the office of a Member to seek guidance from outside 
experts in the fields of government, political science, and civics 
education for the purposes of establishing criteria for the selection 
of competition judges and for the judgment of competition submissions.
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