Katy Taylor TFA TOC NIETOC Fall Classic

2026 — NSDA Campus, TX/US

Varsity Congressional Debate

Abbreviation CONG
Format Congress
Entry Fee $40.00
Overall Entry Limit 100
Entry 1 competitors per entry

Event Description:

For our tournament, we will follow the rules established for TFA State clarifying the rules for debate under a pre-set docket:

  1. The Congress Docket for each round of debate is locked. No other items may be debated. Legislation must be debated in the order listed.
  2. No item may be tabled until it has been debated, per definition in #3.
  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