- Click for National Topics prior to the NDT - 1921-1946
- 1946-1947
- RESOLVED: "That labor should be given a direct share in the management of industry.
- 1947-1948
- RESOLVED: "That a federal world government should be established."
- 1948-1949
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should adopt a policy of equalizing educational opportunity in tax-supported schools by means of annual grants."
- 1949-1950
- RESOLVED: "That the United States should nationalize the basic nonagricultural industries."
- 1950-1951
- RESOLVED: "That the non-communist nations should form a new international organization."
- 1951-1952
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should adopt a permanent program of wage and price control."
- 1952-1953
- RESOLVED: "That the Congress of the United States should enact a compulsory fair employment practices law."
- 1953-1954
- RESOLVED: "That the United States should adopt a policy of free trade."
- 1954-1955
- RESOLVED: "That the United States should extend diplomatic recognition to the communist government of China."
- 1955-1956
- RESOLVED: "That the nonagricultural industries should guarantee their employees an annual wage."
- 1956-1957
- RESOLVED: "That the United States should discontinue direct economic aid to foreign countries."
- 1957-1958
- RESOLVED: "That the requirement of membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment should be illegal."
- 1958-1959
- RESOLVED: "That the further development of nuclear weapons should be prohibited by international agreement."
- 1959-1960
- RESOLVED: "That Congress should be given the power to reverse decisions of the Supreme Court."
- 1960-1961
- RESOLVED: "That the United States should adopt a program of compulsory health insurance for all citizens."
- 1961-1962
- RESOLVED: "That labor organizations should be under the jurisdiction of anti-trust legislation."
- 1962-1963
- RESOLVED: "That the non-communist nations of the world should establish an economic community."
- 1963-1964
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should guarantee an opportunity for higher education to all qualified high school graduates."
- 1964-1965
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should establish a national program of public work for the unemployed."
- 1965-1966
- RESOLVED: "That law enforcement agencies in the United States should be given greater freedom in the investigation and prosecution of crime."
- 1966-1967
- RESOLVED: "That the United States should substantially reduce its foreign policy commitments."
- 1967-1968
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should guarantee a minimum annual cash income to all citizens."
- 1968-1969
- RESOLVED: "That executive control of United States foreign policy should be significantly curtailed."
- 1969-1970
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should grant annually a specific percentage of its income tax revenue to the state governments."
- 1970-1971
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should adopt a program of compulsory wage and price controls."
- 1971-1972
- RESOLVED: "That greater controls should be imposed on the gathering and utilization of information about United States citizens by government agencies."
- 1972-1973
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should provide a program of comprehensive medical care for all its citizens."
- 1973-1974
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should control the supply and utilization of energy in the United States."
- 1974-1975
- RESOLVED: "That the power of the Presidency should be significantly curtailed."
- 1975-1976
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should adopt a comprehensive program to control land use in the United States."
- 1976-1977
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should significantly strengthen the guarantee of consumer product safety required of manufacturers."
- 1977-1978
- RESOLVED: "That the United States law enforcement agencies should be given significantly greater freedom in the investigation and/or prosecution of felony crime."
- 1978-1979
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should implement a program which guarantees employment opportunities for all United States citizens in the labor force."
- 1979-1980
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should significantly strengthen the regulation of mass media communication in the United States."
- 1980-1981
- RESOLVED: "That the United States should significantly increase its foreign military commitments."
- 1981-1982
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should significantly curtail the powers of the labor unions in the United States."
- 1982-1983
- RESOLVED: "That all United States military intervention into the internal affairs of any foreign nation or nations in the Western Hemisphere should be prohibited."
- 1983-1984
- RESOLVED: "That any and all injury resulting from the disposal of hazardous waste in the United States should be the legal responsibility of the producer of that waste."
- 1984-1985
- RESOLVED: "That the United States federal government should significantly increase exploration and/or development of space beyond the earth's mesosphere."
- 1985-1986
- RESOLVED: "That more rigorous academic standards should be established for all public elementary and/or secondary schools in the United States in one or more of the following areas: language arts, mathematics, natural sciences."
- 1986-1987
- RESOLVED: "That one or more presently existing restrictions on First Amendment freedoms of press and/or speech established in one or more federal court decisions should be curtailed or prohibited."
- 1987-1988
- RESOLVED: "That the United States should reduce substantially its military commitments to NATO member states."
- 1988-1989
- RESOLVED: "That United States foreign policy toward one or more African nations should be substantially changed."
- 1989-1990
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should adopt an energy policy that substantially reduces nonmilitary consumption of fossil fuels in the United States."
- 1990-1991
- RESOLVED: "That the United States should substantially change its trade policy toward one or more of the following: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan."
- 1991-1992
- RESOLVED: "That one or more United States Supreme Court decisions recognizing a federal Constitutional right to privacy should be overruled."
- 1992-1993
- RESOLVED: "That the United States should substantially change its development and assistance policies toward one or more of the following nations: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka."
- 1993-1994
- RESOLVED: "That the Commander-in-Chief power of the President of the United States should be substantially curtailed."
- 1994-1995
- RESOLVED: "That the federal government should substantially change rules and/or statues governing criminal procedure in federal courts in one or more of the following areas: pretrial detention, sentencing."
- 1995-1996
- RESOLVED: "That the United States government should substantially increase its security assistance to one or more of the following: Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Palestinian National Authority, Syria."
- 1996-1997
- RESOLVED: "That the United States Federal Government should increase regulations requiring industries to substantially decrease the domestic emission and/or production of environmental pollutants."
- 1997-1998
- RESOLVED: "The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its security assistance to one or more of the following Southeast Asian nations: Brunei, Burma(Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam."
- 1998-1999
- RESOLVED: "That the United States Federal Government should amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, through legislation, to create additional protections against racial and/or gender discrimination.
- 1999-2000
- RESOLVED: That the United States Federal Government should adopt a policy of constructive engagement, including the immediate removal of all or nearly all economic sanctions, with the government(s) of one or more of the following nation-states: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Syria, North Korea
- 2000-2001
- RESOLVED: That the United States Federal Government should substantially increase its development assistance, including increasing government to government assistance, within the Greater Horn of Africa.
- 2001-2002
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RESOLVED: That the United States Federal Government should substantially increase federal control throughout Indian Country in one or more of the following areas: child welfare, criminal justice, employment, environmental protection, gaming, resource management, taxation.
- 2003-2004
Resolved: that the United States Federal Government should enact one
or more of the following:
Withdrawal of its World Trade Organization complaint against the European Union’s restrictions on genetically modified foods;
A substantial increase in its government-to-government economic and/or conflict prevention assistance to Turkey and/or Greece;
Full withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;
Removal of its barriers to and encouragement of substantial European Union and/or North Atlantic Treaty Organization participation in
peacekeeping in Iraq and reconstruction in Iraq;
Removal of its tactical nuclear weapons from Europe;
Harmonization of its intellectual property law with the European Union in the area of human DNA sequences;
Rescission of all or nearly all agriculture subsidy increases in the 2002 Farm Bill.2004-2005
Resolved: That the United States Federal Government should establish an energy policy requiring a substantial reduction in the the consumption in the total non-governmental consumption of fossil fuels in the United States.
2005-2006
The United States Federal government should substantially increase deplomatic and economic pressure on the People's Republic of China in one or more of the following areas: trade, human rights, weapons nonproliferation, Taiwan.
2006-2007
Resolved: The United States Supreme Court should overrule one or more of the following decisions: Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 1992); Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942); U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S.598 (2000); Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974).
2007-2008
Resolved: that the United States Federal Government should increase its constructive engagement with the government of one or more of: Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, and Syria, and it should include offering them a security guarantee(s) and/or a substantial increase in foreign assistance.
2002-2003 RESOLVED: that the United States Federal Government should ratify or accede to, and implement, one or more of the following:
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty;
The Kyoto Protocol;
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;
The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty;
The Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions, if not ratified by the United States.