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👀 I’m Just a Bill — Disability Employment Tax Credit A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Disability employment tax credit expansion in the 119th Congress addressing employer incentives for hiring workers with disabilities. Builds on existing Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) structure. What does it actually do? WOTC enhancement for disability hires Workplace accommodation tax credit Subminimum wage 14(c) phase-out provisions Cooperative-employer eligibility provisions How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with Disability Benefits Modernization Bounty Poster, #16 Brass Tacks (cooperative-class apprenticeship pipeline including disability-employment), and the Cooperative Compact’s universal 83.3% creator-keep regardless of worker class. ...

👀 Disabled Veterans Medicaid Access Disabled veterans Medicaid access 119th Congress: VA-Medicaid coordination · Tricare-for-veterans interaction · cooperative-class veteran-care composing. Composes with Veterans Auto-Education + Veteran Crisis Line + Veterans Homelessness + #8 Defense Klaus. 🟡 Provisional. Help Each Other Help Ourselves.

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Disaster SNAP Emergency Authorization A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Disaster-SNAP (D-SNAP) program expansion in the 119th Congress. D-SNAP provides temporary food assistance to households affected by federally-declared disasters; current proposals expand eligibility, streamline application, and increase per-household amounts. What does it actually do? Streamlined eligibility — automatic D-SNAP enrollment for current SNAP recipients in disaster areas Application simplification — single-form application; mobile-accessible Benefit duration — extends D-SNAP duration for prolonged-impact disasters Hot foods — explicitly allows D-SNAP for hot-prepared foods in disaster areas (often the only food available) Coordination with disaster relief — composes with FEMA Individual Assistance Who votes when? House Agriculture + Senate Agriculture active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes directly with #1 Lets Make Dinner Freezer Host network (cooperative-class food infrastructure for members in disaster-affected areas) and #2 Lets Get Groceries local supply chain. Disaster-SNAP modernization makes the federal floor work better for cooperative-class members in crisis. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Due Process in Firearm Removal Orders A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Federal due-process protections for individuals subject to extreme-risk protection orders (ERPOs) in the 119th Congress. What does it actually do? Hearing-rights standards Counsel-availability provisions Return-of-firearms timeline standards Appellate process clarity How does this affect cooperative-class families? Council provides plain-language explanation only; cooperative does not endorse positions on firearms policy. Composes with Bipartisan Background Checks and survivor-class infrastructure. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Expansion of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in the 119th Congress. EITC is one of the largest anti-poverty programs in the U.S. tax code; current proposals address marriage-penalty provisions, childless-worker eligibility, and refundability. What does it actually do? Marriage penalty: Adjusts phase-out so married couples don’t lose benefits when both work Childless workers: Expands eligibility for workers without qualifying children Maximum credit: Increases amount available to qualifying households Refundability: Strengthens refundable portion for low-income filers Who votes when? House Ways & Means + Senate Finance active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? EITC is the single largest cash-benefit program for cooperative-class working families. Expansion materially affects food security (#1, #2), housing stability (Save-the-World Paper 3), and member ability to fund MSA / VSL participation. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Election Worker Protection Act A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Federal protection legislation for state and local election workers in the 119th Congress, addressing documented increases in threats against poll workers, election administrators, and their families. What does it actually do? Federal criminal penalties — for threats against election workers Doxing protection — federal prohibition on publishing personal information of election workers with intent to intimidate Election infrastructure — funds physical security upgrades at polling places and election-administration facilities Training and recruitment — federal grants for state election-worker training and recruitment Family protection — extends protections to immediate family of election workers Who votes when? House Administration + Senate Rules and Administration active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with #15 Power-to-the-People Political Expedition Council civic-information vetting infrastructure. Election workers are the local infrastructure that makes any of the Council’s civic-information work meaningful at the ballot-box scale. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Employer-Provided Childcare Tax Credit A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Section 45F Employer-Provided Childcare Tax Credit expansion in the 119th Congress. What does it actually do? Increased per-employee credit amount Cooperative-employer eligibility Small-employer joint-childcare-facility provisions Coordination with broader childcare-affordability legislation How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with #4 Household Concierge (cooperative childcare connection), Federal Childcare Affordability + Universal Pre-K Bounty Posters. Cooperative-employers benefit from Section 45F access for cooperative-class member-employees. ...

👀 Energy Star Reauthorization Energy Star program reauthorization 119th Congress: federal energy-efficiency labeling standard · cooperative-class appliance-rebate composing · low-income retrofit provisions. Composes with LIHEAP + Renewable Energy PTC/ITC + Save-the-World Paper 2. 🟡 Provisional. Help Each Other Help Ourselves.

👀 I’m Just a Bill — FAFSA Simplification + College Affordability A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? A bundle of education-related provisions in the 119th Congress addressing the federal student aid application process (FAFSA), college cost-of-attendance, and income-driven student loan repayment. What does it actually do? FAFSA: Reduces the number of questions families must answer; simplifies need-determination formula. Pell Grant: Provisions for maximum Pell Grant amount and eligibility expansion (especially for incarcerated students). Income-Driven Repayment (IDR): Modifications to repayment plan structure and forgiveness eligibility. Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF): Eligibility clarifications for cooperative-class workers and certain nonprofit employees. Cost-of-attendance transparency: Standardized financial aid award letters across institutions. Who votes when? House and Senate Education Committees: Active markup Floor consideration: Pending President: Signature expected after passage How does this affect cooperative-class families? Directly composes with two cooperative-education initiatives: ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — FAMILY Act (Paid Family and Medical Leave) A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? The FAMILY Act would establish a national paid family and medical leave insurance program — comparable to programs in California, New York, New Jersey, and most peer countries. What does it actually do? 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents, serious illness (own or family member), or military caregiver needs. Funded by small payroll contributions (~0.2% from employees + 0.2% from employers). Administered by SSA’s Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave. Wage replacement: Up to 66% of usual wages, capped. Coverage: All workers regardless of employer size. Who votes when? Senate Finance + House Ways & Means: Active consideration Bipartisan negotiations: Funding mechanism is the major obstacle President: Signature dependent on chamber action How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes directly with #5 The Family Table ($11T unpaid-care-work adversary framing) and #1 Let’s Make Dinner (parental leave allows time for cooperative-food-network participation). Federal paid leave is the safety-net floor; cooperative mutual-aid is the structural complement. ...