Animas High School Model Senate

Committee: US Senate Committee on

Environment and Public Works

Principal Authors:
Dianne Feinstein (Keelin Savage),
Tom Carper (Eliana Rothwell)

Bill No:

Submission Date: 12/8/2015

Title of Bill:
An Act For Reducing Environmental Volatility Omitting CO2 Leaking Unwanted Toxins In
Our Nation
BE IT ENACTED BY THE ANIMAS HIGH SCHOOL MODEL CONGRESS
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PREAMBLE: Whereas the United States and its outlying territories rank second in carbon
emissions, and since gas-fueled vehicles account for more than one half of carbon
emissions worldwide, and since funding for transportation and green energy research have
decreased significantly in the past twenty years, and since more and more green energy
alternatives have become available in the recent years,

SECTION 1: This act may be cited as, REVOLUTION bill.

SECTION 2: Create a financially feasible solution for citizens to increase their cars fuel
efficiency by; or,
Sub-SECTION A: Appropriating more funding to reinstate the Consumer
Assistance to Recycle and Save (CARS) program,
SECTION 3: Increase funding for bike trails and public transportation by; or,
Sub-SECTION A: Creating federal grants for bike-sharing programs to fund
maintenance and expansion
Sub-SECTION B; Increasing funding for protected bike lanes in cities
through block state grants
SECTION 4: Collaborate with cities and states to help transition current public
transportation sources to green alternatives by; or,
Sub-SECTION A: Implementing city-wide light-rail systems in cities with
populations over 1.25 million people
Sub-SECTION B: Transitioning current busing systems to electric and lowemission bus alternatives.

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28 SECTION 5: Make the energy production needed to compensate for these new systems
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Sub-SECTION A: Implementing a carbon tax on major electric companies
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where carbon emissions must be reduced by 3% every fiscal year
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Sub-SECTION B: Implementing a penalty for non-compliant energy33
producing corporations of 1% of projected net revenue per fiscal year
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35 SECTION 6: This bill shall go into effect 101 days after passage.