Congressional Debate Legislation Submission Form

Download this checklist to make sure your legislation will be considered for the 2025 National Tournament Docket!

Any high school or middle school NSDA member student, regardless of their national qualification status, may directly submit legislation to be considered for the 2025 National Tournament Docket! Debate the topics you are passionate about—if you wrote it, you can submit it!

If your legislation is selected to be part of the Nationals Docket, you will be recognized in Rostrum, you’ll receive an award after the tournament, and you’ll be awarded a $100 scholarship. This is a great way to boost your resume and be recognized for your research and writing skills!

Submissions are due February 5, 2025.

Each student may submit up to 11 pieces of legislation — one per category. Please submit one document at a time.

Formatting requirements

Legislation must use the Word version of these templates.
This form only accepts Word documents.
Uploads must in the ".docx" format.
If you need assistance saving a Google Doc as a Word document, check out this link.
If you need assistance saving a Pages document as a Word document, check out this link.

Please email info@speechanddebate.org with any questions.

"*" indicates required fields

Student's Name*

First Last

Student's NSDA ID#*

NSDA District*

Student's School*

Student's Email*

Coach's Name*

First Last

Coach's Email*

Legislation Title*

Category of Legislation*

(Must select only one per submission)

Word Document Upload*

Accepted file types: docx, Max. file size: 195 MB.

By clicking the box below, I affirm that I am the author of this legislation and that it is my original content.*

Yes - I affirm the above statement

By clicking the box below, I affirm that I have permission from my coach and/or teacher to submit this legislation for consideration.*

Yes - I affirm the above statement

Comments

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