Topics
1. Armed Services
2. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affaires
3. Foreign Relations
4. Finance
2. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affaires
3. Foreign Relations
4. Finance
Special Rules of Procedure
Please email the Secretary-General for any clarification on these rules of procedure.
General overview
This committee will be set in 2013.
Our aim is to simulate the political dynamics of the US Senate while also maintaining traditional Model UN elements. In US Senate, delegates will represent real senators who will create and propose legislation that fall under the four committee topics. Legislation that falls outside of the four committee topics will be ruled dilatory by the chair. While senators are assigned to work with their political party, they are encouraged to reach across the aisle and broker bipartisan legislation. Occasionally, a crisis update may interrupt debate. The committee will then end with one very long voting bloc where all submitted bills are debated and voted on.
Opening Presentations
Senators are allowed to write their bills before the start of the conference. The chair will then immediately move into introducing bills at the start of conference. To qualify as an opening presenter, you must email your bill to the Secretary-General by March 16, 11:59pm. These bills will not be voted on yet. Instead, this is a chance for legal pre-writers to present their legislation first. This is entirely optional.
Party Caucus
After opening presentations, delegates will move into an unmoderated caucus by chairs discretion to meet with their political party and discuss the overall party agenda with respect to the four committee topics. It is also during this time that new bills can be drafted or merged, but only within the party. By the end of this caucus, each political party should elect their senate leader to give a speech summarizing their party's position. Delegates do not have to work with their political parties once this phase is over.
Debate
Delegates will then multitask between writing bills, giving speeches, and merging legislation. This will function similar to crisis front room. A bill may address either one or all of the committee topics. Delegates can write as many bills as they want. As long as the bill reaches a minimum threshold of sponsors, it can be submitted to the chair for voting. This minimum sponsor threshold will be set by the chair.
Voting bloc
Once the committee moves into voting bloc, no more bills can be submitted for rest of the conference. Most of session II will consist of debating on and voting on submitted bills. Bills will be voted on in the order of most sponsors & signatories, to bills having the least. Unlike in traditional Model UN voting bloc, a moderated caucus could be entertained to extend discussion on a particular bill. This means there may not be enough time for every bill to be voted on.
We hope you take part in this fun experience!
The Chair and Secretary-General reserve the right to rule any bill dilatory if it violates our DEI policy or any standard of professional conduct they deem fit.
General overview
This committee will be set in 2013.
Our aim is to simulate the political dynamics of the US Senate while also maintaining traditional Model UN elements. In US Senate, delegates will represent real senators who will create and propose legislation that fall under the four committee topics. Legislation that falls outside of the four committee topics will be ruled dilatory by the chair. While senators are assigned to work with their political party, they are encouraged to reach across the aisle and broker bipartisan legislation. Occasionally, a crisis update may interrupt debate. The committee will then end with one very long voting bloc where all submitted bills are debated and voted on.
Opening Presentations
Senators are allowed to write their bills before the start of the conference. The chair will then immediately move into introducing bills at the start of conference. To qualify as an opening presenter, you must email your bill to the Secretary-General by March 16, 11:59pm. These bills will not be voted on yet. Instead, this is a chance for legal pre-writers to present their legislation first. This is entirely optional.
Party Caucus
After opening presentations, delegates will move into an unmoderated caucus by chairs discretion to meet with their political party and discuss the overall party agenda with respect to the four committee topics. It is also during this time that new bills can be drafted or merged, but only within the party. By the end of this caucus, each political party should elect their senate leader to give a speech summarizing their party's position. Delegates do not have to work with their political parties once this phase is over.
Debate
Delegates will then multitask between writing bills, giving speeches, and merging legislation. This will function similar to crisis front room. A bill may address either one or all of the committee topics. Delegates can write as many bills as they want. As long as the bill reaches a minimum threshold of sponsors, it can be submitted to the chair for voting. This minimum sponsor threshold will be set by the chair.
Voting bloc
Once the committee moves into voting bloc, no more bills can be submitted for rest of the conference. Most of session II will consist of debating on and voting on submitted bills. Bills will be voted on in the order of most sponsors & signatories, to bills having the least. Unlike in traditional Model UN voting bloc, a moderated caucus could be entertained to extend discussion on a particular bill. This means there may not be enough time for every bill to be voted on.
We hope you take part in this fun experience!
The Chair and Secretary-General reserve the right to rule any bill dilatory if it violates our DEI policy or any standard of professional conduct they deem fit.
Additional guidelines for bill writing will come out on Sunday, March 10.