Im-Just-a-Bill

👀 I’m Just a Bill — 2024 Farm Bill Reauthorization A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? The Farm Bill is reauthorized roughly every five years. It bundles agricultural commodity programs, conservation, rural development, crop insurance, and — by spending share, the largest chunk — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP / food stamps). The 2018 Farm Bill expired and a 2024 reauthorization is in active consideration in the 119th Congress. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — ACA Employer Mandate Modernization A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? ACA employer-mandate modernization in the 119th Congress addressing documented coverage gaps and small-business administrative burden under the existing 50-FTE-employee mandate threshold. What does it actually do? Adjusts FTE threshold provisions Cooperative-employer eligibility provisions Substitution-class member-coverage interactions Small-business administrative simplification How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with cooperative-employer recognition (PSLF + Worker-Cooperative Tax Deferral Bounty Posters) + #7 MSA cooperative-class healthcare composing infrastructure. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — ACA Family Glitch Fix A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? ACA Family Glitch fix legislation in the 119th Congress. The IRS issued a regulatory fix in 2022 that addressed the long-documented “family glitch” (employees with affordable self-only employer coverage but unaffordable family coverage previously couldn’t access ACA marketplace subsidies for their families). Current legislation codifies the regulatory fix. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Affordable Housing Tax Credit Act A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Expansions to the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program in the 119th Congress, addressing the documented shortage of affordable housing units in nearly every metropolitan area. What does it actually do? LIHTC allocation: Increases per-state allocation of 9% credits. 4% credit floor: Sets minimum 4% credit rate for bond-financed projects. Income averaging: Allows tax-credit-funded units to serve a wider income mix. Cooperative housing: Provisions specifically supporting cooperative-housing models. Tribal housing: Set-asides for Tribal area housing. Who votes when? House Ways & Means + Senate Finance: Active consideration Bipartisan support: Has historically had cross-aisle support President: Signature expected if both chambers pass How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with Save-the-World Paper 3 — Universal Cooperative Shelter. Federal LIHTC expansion is the financing-mechanism floor; cooperative-housing trust architecture is the structural complement that ensures wealth stays with members rather than extracted by absentee landlords. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Affordable Insulin Now Act (H.R.6921) A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? H.R.6921 in the 119th Congress would extend the $35/month Medicare insulin price cap (established in the 2022 IRA for Medicare beneficiaries) to all ACA marketplace plans and private insurance, and to all insulin products. What does it actually do? $35/month cap: Out-of-pocket cost for insulin capped at $35/month for covered patients. Coverage scope: Extends from Medicare to ACA plans and group-market private insurance. All insulin products: Covers all FDA-approved insulin formulations, not just specific brands. Pre-deductible coverage: Insulin must be covered before deductible is met (patients pay $35/month from day one of plan year). Who votes when? House Ways & Means + Energy & Commerce: Active consideration Senate Finance: Companion under review President: Signature expected if both chambers pass How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes directly with three cooperative-healthcare initiatives: ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Agricultural Worker Protections A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Agricultural worker protections legislation in the 119th Congress addressing heat-illness, pesticide-exposure, housing standards, and wage-payment infrastructure for the ~2.4M U.S. farmworkers. What does it actually do? OSHA heat-illness rulemaking codification Pesticide-exposure protections Farmworker housing standards Wage-payment Substitution-routing infrastructure (some versions) H-2A reform components How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with #2 Lets Get Groceries (local agricultural supply chain), Save-the-World Paper 4 (Abolishing World Hunger), Farm Bill Reauthorization Bounty Poster. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — AI Accountability and Innovation Act A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Federal AI regulation legislation in the 119th Congress addressing accountability for high-risk AI systems, disclosure requirements, model-developer obligations, and consumer-protection standards. What does it actually do? High-risk AI definition: Defines categories of AI systems subject to enhanced regulation (employment, credit, healthcare, criminal justice, child safety). Disclosure: AI-generated content must be labeled in specified contexts. Model audit: High-risk models subject to independent audit before deployment. Liability: Clarifies developer/deployer liability allocation. Open-source carve-outs: Provisions specifically protecting open-source AI development from compliance burdens that would only fit large commercial actors. Who votes when? House Energy & Commerce + Senate Commerce active consideration; bipartisan working groups on multiple aspects. How does this affect cooperative-class families? This bill matters structurally for the cooperative. Liana Banyan’s substrate is built on cooperative-AI architecture (the CAI = Conducted AI Substrate, Save-the-World Paper 8). The substrate is open-source SSPL v1. Open-source carve-outs in the bill are essential for cooperative-AI development. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — American Cargo Preference Act A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Cargo Preference Act modifications in the 119th Congress. Builds on existing cargo-preference law that requires a portion of federally-financed cargo to ship on U.S.-flag vessels. What does it actually do? Adjusts cargo-preference percentages for federally-financed shipments Maritime workforce provisions Domestic shipbuilding provisions Composing with broader reshoring agenda How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with #16 Brass Tacks (reshoring + domestic manufacturing supply chain). Maritime workforce capacity is structural infrastructure for Step 4 Node distributed manufacturing supply chains. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — American Innovation and Choice Online Act A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? AICOA would prohibit dominant online platforms (Amazon, Google, Apple, Meta) from self-preferencing their own products and services over competitors on the platforms they operate. What does it actually do? Self-preferencing prohibition: Dominant platforms can’t preference their own products/services in search results, app stores, or marketplace algorithms. Tying restrictions: Can’t require business users to buy other services as a condition of platform access. Discrimination prohibition: Can’t treat business users worse than the platform’s own offerings. Enforcement: FTC + DOJ Antitrust + state AGs. Who votes when? Senate Judiciary + House Judiciary: Active reintroduction Floor: Pending committee passage How does this affect cooperative-class families? The cooperative is structurally the alternative to platform-capitalism extraction. AICOA addresses one symptom (self-preferencing); Liana Banyan addresses the underlying disease (extractive ownership architecture). Composes with #3 Let’s Go Shopping cooperative-marketplace cluster. ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? American manufacturing competitiveness legislation in the 119th Congress, building on CHIPS-and-Science-Act implementation with broader manufacturing-incentive provisions for non-semiconductor industries. What does it actually do? Manufacturing investment tax credit — extends and expands MIT-style tax credit beyond semiconductors Reshoring incentives — tax provisions for companies returning manufacturing from overseas Workforce development — composes with WIOA reauthorization for manufacturing-apprenticeship pipeline R&D investment — strengthens manufacturing-focused R&D tax credit Critical materials — supply-chain resilience for materials currently concentrated in adversarial jurisdictions Who votes when? House Ways & Means + Energy and Commerce + Senate Finance active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? Direct composing with #16 Brass Tacks (Step 4 Node manufacturing network), CHIPS and Science Act Bounty Poster, and Save-the-World Paper 11 (Universal Manufacturing architectural reasoning). ...