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👀 I’m Just a Bill — Section 230 Reform A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Section 230 reform legislation in the 119th Congress. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides liability protection for online platforms regarding user-generated content. Current proposals modify the scope of protection, with significant cross-aisle disagreement on direction. What does it actually do? Algorithmic amplification carve-out — some proposals remove Section 230 protection for content algorithmically amplified by the platform Bad-actor carve-out — strips protection for specific content classes (child sexual abuse material, terrorism content, deepfake non-consensual sexual content) Good-Samaritan modifications — adjusts the safe-harbor for platform content moderation AI-generated content provisions — addresses whether Section 230 protects AI-generated content (separate from user-generated) Who votes when? House Energy & Commerce + Judiciary + Senate Commerce + Judiciary active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? The cooperative is structurally configured to avoid the algorithmic-amplification failure mode. The cooperative does not run engagement-maximizing recommender systems. Section 230 reform affects extraction-class platforms more than cooperative-class platforms. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Section 8 Housing Voucher Reform A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Reform of the federal Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program in the 119th Congress, addressing voucher-acceptance discrimination, payment-standard adequacy, and administrative friction. What does it actually do? Source of income protection — federal prohibition on landlord discrimination against voucher holders Payment standard — modifies HUD Fair Market Rent calculation Mobility — easier inter-jurisdictional voucher transfer Landlord recruitment — incentives for landlords accepting vouchers in low-poverty areas Waiting list reform — addresses the documented multi-year voucher waiting lists Who votes when? House Financial Services + Senate Banking active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with Save-the-World Paper 3 (Universal Cooperative Shelter). Voucher reform composes with cooperative-housing trust architecture: voucher recipients can be cooperative members; cooperative-owned housing can accept vouchers; the cooperative composes with the federal floor. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — SNAP Modernization Act A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Modernization of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP / food stamps) in the 119th Congress — addressing benefit adequacy, eligibility administration, and program structure separate from the broader Farm Bill reauthorization. What does it actually do? Benefit adequacy: Updates the Thrifty Food Plan calculation methodology Administrative streamlining: Reduces categorical eligibility friction across state programs Work requirements: Modifies (expands or contracts depending on version) work-requirement provisions Hot foods purchase: Some versions allow SNAP at prepared-foods retailers Online purchasing: Expands SNAP online-purchase access Who votes when? House Agriculture + Senate Agriculture active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? SNAP composes directly with #1 Lets Make Dinner Freezer Host network and #2 Lets Get Groceries city-chapter cooperatives. Hot foods + online purchasing provisions could allow SNAP usage at cooperative-class Freezer Hosts and cooperative grocery chapters. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Disability Benefits Modernization A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Modernization of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in the 119th Congress, addressing backlog, asset limits, and earned-income disincentives. What does it actually do? SSI asset limit reform — raises the long-frozen $2,000 individual / $3,000 couple asset limit Application backlog — funds SSA capacity to clear documented multi-year application backlog Earnings disincentives — modifies the cliff at which earned income terminates eligibility Marriage penalty — addresses SSI marriage penalty Plan to Achieve Self-Support — expands PASS work-incentive program Who votes when? House Ways & Means + Senate Finance active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? SSDI/SSI affect approximately 8.5 million American adults and 1 million children. Composes with #7 MSA member capital-pooling (current SSI asset limit prevents disabled members from participating in MSA at meaningful levels), #5 The Family Table disability-care coordination, and #8 Defense Klaus disability-survivor crisis services. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Social Security Fairness Act Public Law 118-333 — Signed January 5, 2025 A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? The Social Security Fairness Act eliminated two provisions that had reduced Social Security benefits for millions of public-sector workers since the 1980s: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). It was signed into law in January 2025 with significant bipartisan support. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Stop Wall Street Looting Act (S.2155) A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? S.2155 in the 119th Congress would impose transparency, accountability, and limit-of-extraction provisions on private equity (PE) firms, addressing the documented pattern of PE acquisitions leading to bankruptcies in healthcare, retail, housing, and journalism. What does it actually do? PE transparency: Requires disclosure of PE ownership stakes in operating companies. Joint-and-several liability: PE firms bear liability for the debts of acquired companies (closes the bankruptcy-shield loophole). Healthcare PE: Specific provisions for PE-owned hospitals, nursing homes, and physician practices. Worker protections: Severance and pension protections in PE-driven bankruptcies. Carried-interest taxation: Closes the carried-interest tax loophole. Who votes when? Senate Banking + HELP: Active consideration House companion: Pending introduction President: Signature dependent on chamber action How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes directly with the cooperative-architecture thesis. Liana Banyan exists structurally as the alternative to extractive financial architectures — including PE-driven rollups in healthcare (#6 Tatiana Schlossberg Health Accords + #7 MSA), retail (#3 Lets Go Shopping cooperative marketplace), and food (#1 Lets Make Dinner + #2 Lets Get Groceries cooperative grocery model). ...

👀 SUD Treatment Access Substance use disorder treatment access 119th Congress: methadone-clinic regulatory reform · MAT (medication-assisted treatment) coverage expansion · workforce provisions. Composes with Opioid Settlement Funds + Naloxone Access + Mental Health Parity. 🟡 Provisional. Help Each Other Help Ourselves.

👀 Tribal Court Jurisdiction Tribal court jurisdiction expansion 119th Congress: VAWA-2022-style criminal-jurisdiction expansion · Public Law 280 modifications · funding for Tribal courts. Composes with Native American Self-Determination + VAWA Reauthorization + Federal Sentencing Reform. 🟡 Provisional. Help Each Other Help Ourselves.

👀 Tribal Water Rights Settlement Tribal water rights settlement 119th Congress: Bureau of Reclamation funding · cross-state compact provisions · Indigenous-water-rights structural recognition. Composes with Native American Self-Determination + Water Infrastructure + IHS Modernization. 🟡 Provisional. Help Each Other Help Ourselves.

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Universal Broadband Floor A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Universal Broadband Floor in the 119th Congress establishing minimum broadband-speed standards as a federal-policy floor for federally-funded deployment. What does it actually do? Federal minimum broadband speed standards (typically 100/20 or 100/100 Mbps) Universal Service Fund (USF) reform Affordability provisions composing with ACP successor Tribal broadband floor How does this affect cooperative-class families? Cooperative-class member participation in nearly every Initiative depends on functional broadband. Universal Broadband Floor is structural infrastructure for the cooperative-class economy. ...