👀 I’m Just a Bill#
A pilot project of the Political Expedition Council#
“I’m just a bill, yes I’m only a bill, and I’m sitting here on Capitol Hill.”
— Schoolhouse Rock 1975
The Schoolhouse Rock cartoon ended in 1975. We’re putting it back — with a verification standard, a 30-Crown Council that crosses every line we’ve drawn, and the kind of plain-language explanation the original cartoon couldn’t do at modern legislative scale.
How it works#
- Real bills. Every Bounty Poster covers a real bill currently in (or recently through) the U.S. Congress.
- Plain language. What is it? What does it actually do? Who votes when? How does it affect ordinary families?
- Cooperative composition. Each poster identifies which Liana Banyan Initiatives the bill structurally affects.
- Shirley Temple Truth Score. Every poster carries a vetting status. 🟡 Provisional = drafted but not yet Council-vetted. 🟢 Verified = 16 of 30 active Council members agreed it meets the standard.
30 Bounty Posters (BP039 launch batch)#
Federal economy + reconciliation#
Social Security + retirement + aging#
Voting + civic#
Safety + protection#
Food + agriculture#
Education + workforce#
Healthcare#
Workplace + family#
Veterans#
Manufacturing + infrastructure#
Privacy + technology#
Housing#
The Council that vets these#
The 30-member Political Expedition Council represents the full cross-section of American public life. See the Council Charter for governance details.
Each Crown letter is published on Cephas at crown-initiative/. When 16 of 30 active Council members agree on a Bounty Poster’s accuracy, the 🟢 Verified badge goes up.
Why “I’m Just a Bill”#
The original Schoolhouse Rock cartoon assumed:
- Citizens have time to read legislation
- Bills are written in language non-lawyers can parse
- Public-facing civic information is non-partisan and trustworthy
None of those assumptions hold anymore. The cartoon ended in 1975 because somebody decided kids didn’t need to know how a bill becomes a vote anymore. We’re putting that back.
With the verification standard, with the Council that crosses every line, with the transparency the original cartoon couldn’t match.
Not Left. Not Right. Forward.
Help Each Other Help Ourselves.
👀 I’m Just a Bill — Family Caregiver Tax Credit A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Federal Family Caregiver Tax Credit in the 119th Congress addressing the $11T unpaid-care-work documented economic gap.
What does it actually do? Refundable tax credit for unpaid family caregivers Income-tier based amount (typically $5K maximum) Eligible-recipient definition (spouse / parent / child / Trust Graph node) Coordination with FMLA and Pregnant Workers Fairness Act How does this affect cooperative-class families? Direct composing with #5 The Family Table ($11T unpaid-care-work canonical adversary). Federal recognition of caregiving work composes with cooperative-class care infrastructure.
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👀 I’m Just a Bill — FDA Modernization A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? FDA Modernization Act in the 119th Congress addressing drug approval pathways, generic-drug competition, biosimilar provisions, and FDA-user-fee reauthorization.
What does it actually do? Generic-drug exclusivity-period adjustments Biosimilar interchangeability standards Accelerated-approval pathway reform User-fee reauthorization Drug-shortage prevention provisions How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with #6 Tatiana Schlossberg Health Accords + #7 MSA + multiple drug-pricing Bounty Posters. Cooperative-class healthcare access depends on functional FDA approval pathways and competitive generic markets.
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👀 I’m Just a Bill — Federal AI Procurement Standards A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Federal AI procurement standards legislation in the 119th Congress addressing how federal agencies acquire and deploy AI systems, including transparency, bias testing, and open-source preference.
What does it actually do? Federal-agency AI acquisition standards (NIST AI Risk Management Framework based) Open-source preference for federal AI deployments Bias testing requirements for high-risk applications Transparency provisions for algorithmic decision-making Cooperative-class AI enterprise eligibility for federal contract competition How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with Save-the-World Paper 8 (CAI Substrate Orchestra). The cooperative’s SSPL-licensed Conducted AI Substrate is structurally compatible with federal open-source-preference procurement. Composes with AI Accountability and Innovation Act Bounty Poster.
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👀 Federal Airport Noise Reform What Federal airport noise reform in the 119th Congress addressing FAA NextGen-related concentrated-flight-path complaints.
What it does Community-input requirements for flight-path changes · noise-mitigation funding · health-impact study mandates · Tribal-airspace coordination. Composes Save-the-World Paper 5 (Earth Stewardship — environmental-impact accountability).
🟡 Provisional. Help Each Other Help Ourselves.
👀 Anti-Poverty Coordination Federal anti-poverty program coordination 119th Congress: cross-agency data-sharing for eligible families · unified application portal · benefit-cliff prevention. Composes with Benefit Cliff Smoothing + EITC Expansion + Child Tax Credit Expansion + SNAP Modernization. 🟡 Provisional. Help Each Other Help Ourselves.
👀 I’m Just a Bill — Federal Automatic Voter Registration A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Federal automatic voter registration (AVR) legislation in the 119th Congress. Builds on AVR systems operating in 24+ states. Federal version creates uniform AVR framework for federal-election registration via state DMV, social-services, and Tribal-government interactions.
What does it actually do? AVR via DMV (driver’s license / ID issuance) AVR via Medicaid / SNAP / other social-services interactions AVR via Tribal-government interactions Opt-out provisions (privacy/preference) Citizenship-verification provisions composing with SAVE Act framework How does this affect cooperative-class families? The cooperative does not endorse positions on voting-policy bills. The Council exists to provide accurate plain-language explanation. Concrete impact: cooperative-class members in states without AVR currently face higher registration friction; AVR composes with the cooperative’s broader civic-information infrastructure (Initiative #15).
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👀 I’m Just a Bill — Federal Broadband Affordability Successor A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Successor legislation for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provided $30/month broadband subsidies to ~23 million low-income households before exhausting its funding in 2024. The 119th Congress is debating successor structures.
What does it actually do? Subsidy continuation — restores monthly broadband subsidy for low-income households Eligibility framework — modifies income thresholds and enrollment process Funding mechanism — addresses long-term funding (general fund vs. Universal Service Fund vs. other) Tribal Connectivity Program — separate provisions for Tribal broadband affordability Rural broadband composing — composes with BEAD deployment provisions (BEAD Broadband Expansion) Who votes when? House Energy and Commerce + Senate Commerce active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? Broadband access is structural infrastructure for cooperative-class member participation. Without affordable broadband, members cannot reach #9 Rally Group organizing, #12 + #14 cooperative education, #15 “I’m Just a Bill” civic information, or #3 Lets Go Shopping marketplace. ACP successor is the federal floor for that participation.
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👀 Federal Cash Bail Reform Federal cash bail reform 119th Congress: risk-assessment standards · pretrial-services funding · cooperative-class member bail-pool provisions. Composes with Save-the-World Paper 10 · #5 Family Table · #8 Defense Klaus. 🟡 Provisional. Help Each Other Help Ourselves.
👀 I’m Just a Bill — Federal Childcare Affordability A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Federal childcare affordability legislation in the 119th Congress. Documented childcare costs now exceed in-state college tuition in 28+ states; documented “child-care cliff” where pandemic-era childcare-stabilization funding exhausted in 2023.
What does it actually do? CCDBG expansion — Child Care and Development Block Grant funding expansion Provider compensation — addresses the structural underpayment of childcare workers (~$12-15/hour median nationally) Family co-payment cap — caps family contribution at percentage of income Mixed-delivery system — funds home-based, center-based, and family-friend-and-neighbor care Tribal childcare — separate funding stream Who votes when? House Education and Workforce + Senate HELP active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes directly with #4 Household Concierge (cooperative childcare connection), #5 The Family Table (intergenerational care composing), Save-the-World Paper 12 (Universal Childhood), and Universal Pre-K Funding Bounty Poster.
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👀 Federal Cooperative Development Fund What Federal Cooperative Development Fund expansion in the 119th Congress (builds on existing USDA Rural Cooperative Development Grants).
What it does Cross-sector cooperative-development grants · technical assistance for worker-cooperative conversions · cooperative-class infrastructure financing · Tribal cooperative provisions. Composes Worker-Cooperative Conversion Tax Deferral + Rural Electrification 2.0 + Federal Charter Credit Unions.
🟡 Provisional. Help Each Other Help Ourselves.