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The 2027 Conference will be held from to . Registration is now open.

Advocate for the change you want to see.

Founded in 1997, Model Congress at Penn provides educational and social programming to enhance understanding of the United States government.

Register your schoolGuide to being a delegate
College Hall on the University of Pennsylvania campus

Model Congress at Penn

Delegates
200
Committees
20
Delegates per Committee
10
Schools
To be announced

How the conference works

Prepare

Delegates should be well-versed on specific knowledge concerning your bill and general knowledge concerning your committee.

Delegates do not need to prepare any formal research. Any relevant information on other bills proposed in your committees will be provided by the author or asked of the chair through “points of information.” You will also be given all bills in your committee on the first day and may choose to do further research on specific bills if you so choose.

Debate

Committees receive a set of bills written by the members of the committee on a wide variety of issues under the committee’s jurisdiction.

Committee members act as Senators or Congresspeople and debate the policy written in a bill.

Committee members are allowed to defend or debate any and all sides of a bill or issue, regardless of their own beliefs on the topic.

Vote

Committees vote on whether to pass the bill or to fail the bill.

Bills that receive a plurality of votes will pass.

A round of applause is given when a bill passes and then the next bill is selected for debate.

Guide to being a delegate

Committees

The following are the committees that have been offered in the past. Advisors submit ranked preferences on behalf of delegates. Committees are subject to change due to registration numbers. Special Committees will include Executive Branch and the Supreme Court

All Committees

House

  • Education and the Workforce
  • Energy and Commerce
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Oversight and Reform
  • Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Judiciary
  • Ethics
  • Science, Space, and Technology
  • Natural Resources

Senate

  • Foreign Relations
  • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • Commerce, Science, Transportation
  • Environment and Public Works
  • Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
  • Judiciary
  • Armed Services
  • Small Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Special Committees

For Advisors

Bring your school to Penn.

Register your school, gather your Delegates, and plan around the Conference deadlines and fees.

Register your school

For Delegates

Prepare for Committee.

Learn how debate works, write your Bill, and see what to have ready before the Conference.

Guide to being a delegate

For Parents

Delegates spend the Conference on Penn's campus, debating in Committee by day and staying at a hotel a few blocks away with their school's Advisor. Your school's Advisor registers the delegation, handles rooming and fees, and is the person to ask about the weekend; everything the Conference charges is published on the Advisor's Deadlines and Fees page.

From an Advisor

To be announced

To be announced

Dates and fees

Advisor deadlines and fees
Delegate Fee
$100
Rooms
$336.31 per night (includes tax)
  1. Financial Aid Application Deadline
  2. Regular Registration Deadline
  3. All Committee Application Deadline
  4. Committee Preferences Deadline
  5. Delegate Fee/Deposit Due
  6. Hotel Fees Due
  7. Roommate List Due
  8. Bill Submission Deadline
  9. Model Congress at Penn Conference Start