I propose the Federal legislature be restructured based on democracy by lottery. It would take the following form, which is a rough outline: 1. Agenda Council. The Agenda Council shall consist of 1,000 representatives chosen by democratic lottery to represent the people. The lottery shall be stratified by age, gender, race/ethnicity, level of income, and possibly political viewpoint. All citizens age 18 and over shall be eligible for selection; citizens may opt out if selected. Representatives shall serve a single term of two years, with half of the members rotating out every year. Upon completion, members shall be ineligible for selection again. Each term, the Agenda Council shall execute risk analysis, hear petitions, employ researchers to investigate social problems, and, with the assistance of deliberation facilitators, decide on issues needing legislative attention. It shall deliver all agenda items to the Review Panels. 2. Review Panels. There shall be one Review Panel for every policy area: Agriculture; Arts & Culture; Commerce; Defense; Education; Energy; Health & Human Services; Homeland Security; Housing & Urban Development; Interior; Judiciary; Justice; Labor; State; Transportation; Treasury; and Veterans Affairs—and others as determined by the Agenda Council. Each Review Panel shall consist of 100 members, chosen by the democratic lottery from a pool of people who register and are willing to serve. Members must be 25 years old to be eligible. They shall serve a single term of three years, staggered so that 1/3 of the members rotate out/in every year. Upon completing their term, members shall be ineligible for selection again. The Review Panels shall, with the assistance of deliberation facilitators, generate legislation in accordance with the agenda items received from the Agenda Council. The Review Panels shall function under via consent-based decision making. They shall hold hearings, take to expert testimony, and utilize professional staff for researching, drafting, and amending or combining elements from the proposals submitted by the Interest Panels to produce a final bill. 3. Interest Panels. Voluntary Interest Panels of 10-20 citizens each shall generate legislative proposals for each agenda item received from the House. There shall be as many Interest Panels on a given item as the number of volunteers would fill. They shall be both self-selected and composed randomly. They shall present their proposals to the appropriate Review Panel for consideration. 4. Policy Juries. Each bill generated by a Review Panel shall be placed before a unique individual Policy Jury for final passage. Each Policy Jury shall consist of 501 citizens, chosen via the American Democratic Lottery. All citizens aged 18 and over shall be eligible to serve on a Policy Jury. Service shall be compulsory and compensated. Each Policy Jury shall conduct a trial of the proposed bill, with members of the respective Review Panel speaking for and against adoption, and a judge—selected by lot—presiding to ensure fairness and impartiality. Upon completion and without further deliberation, the Jury shall vote on the bill by secret paper ballot. If 60 percent or more vote to adopt the bill, it shall be adopted. If 40 percent or fewer vote to adopt, it shall be withdrawn. If between 40 and 60 percent vote to adopt, the bill shall be returned to the Senate for reconsideration and revision before being resubmitted to a new Policy Jury. 5. Rules Council. The Rules Council shall establish the rules and procedures for all other bodies, Panels and Councils—such as quorum requirements, means for soliciting expert testimony, procedures to be used in deliberation, compensation for various offices, etc. The Rules Council shall consist of 100 citizens selected via the democratic lottery. Only citizens who have previously served on other allotted bodies shall be eligible for selection. Selected members shall serve a single three-year term and shall not know how rules will affect any particular piece of legislation. The Rules Council shall operate via consent-based decision making. 6. Oversight Council. The Oversight Council shall consist of 100 citizens, generated by the democratic lottery. It shall concern itself with staff performance and fairness. It shall rule on complaints about biased or unfair presentations given by staff, and shall have the power to hire and fire staff serving the various allotted bodies, including deliberation facilitators. All citizens age 25 and over shall be eligible for selection. Selected members shall serve a single three-year term, staggered so that 1/3 of the members rotate in/out every year. It shall operate via consent-based decision making.