Madison+and+Melanie

Representative Madison and Representative Melanie
Last major action: passesd by the House of Representatives and sent to the Senate


 * Bill Topic**: **Global Warming**

1. //Be it enacted by the Members of the McG Model Congress// 2. //of the United States of America in Congress assembled//, 3. **Section 1. Title** 4.Saving Our Environment One Car at a Time 5. **Section 2. Purposes** 6. To protect the future of the United States by slowing down global warming. 7. To control a major contributors to global warming which are the cars and SUVS that 8. are running on a low miles per gallon and the major car factories that are building 9. these non-efficient cars. 10. By requiring gas stations to provide alternate fuels, by providing funding for 11. finding solutions for alternate energies, and by requiring car companies to sell 12. alternate energy cars that are affordable. 13. **Section 3. Eligibility** 14. The people eligible are gas station owner in the United States who agree with the 15. alternate fueling source, American car companies in the United States that want 16. to build alternate energy fueling, and scientist interested in researching alternate 17. energy fuels. 18. **Section 4: Terms and Benefits** 19. Major Car Companies would have to make 40% of there cars alternate fuels and 20. they would have to be cheap and affordable, they would have a tax break to make 21. cars with a higher gas mileage or alternate fuel, they would have to make these 22.cars by 2016. 23.Gas stations would get 50% to change half of their station to sell an alternate fuel 24. and they would get a 25% tax break. 25. The government would provide funding for the department of energies who want to research to find an alternate energy/ fuel for cars for the future. 26. **Section 6: Administration** 27. Department of Energy


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