Katy Taylor TFA TOC NIETOC Fall Classic
2026 — NSDA Campus, TX/US
Novice Congressional Debate
Event Description:
For our tournament, we will follow the rules established for TFA State clarifying the rules for debate under a pre-set docket:
- The Congress Docket for each round of debate is locked. No other items may be debated. Legislation must be debated in the order listed.
- No item may be tabled until it has been debated, per definition in #3.
- Debate on an item means that at least one of the following has occurred: one cycle (authorship/sponsorship and a con speech) or three speeches on the same side. At this point, an item may be tabled, or previous question may be moved.
In addition:
Time for debate per legislation item will be limited to no more than one-third of a session’s floor time. If action has not been taken on the legislation by that time, an immediate vote shall be taken.
All legislation is from the TFA fall docket. The docket order for the tournament will be as follows:
Prelims
24—Free Trade with Myanmar
25—Reform Presidential Clemency Powers
21—Right to Repain
23—Expand Castle Doctrine
22—Conditioning Military Aid
Semis
1—HOPE Act
2—Better Seed Initiative
4—Require Air Based Cooling for AI Companies
5—CORAL Act
3—Secrecy of Pathogens Studies
Finals
26—Fair Interest and Lending Quity
28—Gun Licensing
30—Remove Tax Exemptions from Megachurches
27—AI Detection Systems in High Schools for Mental Health
29—Deepfake Prevention