👀 Childcare Disaster Recovery Childcare disaster recovery fund 119th Congress: post-disaster childcare-provider stabilization · FEMA-coordinated provisions. Composes with Climate Disaster Resilience + Universal Pre-K + #4 Concierge. 🟡 Provisional. Help Each Other Help Ourselves.
👀 I’m Just a Bill — CHIPS and Science Act / American Manufacturing A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? The CHIPS and Science Act was signed in 2022 to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing and STEM research. The 119th Congress has been working on implementation amendments and additional manufacturing-incentive provisions. What does it actually do? Semiconductor manufacturing tax credits: Federal incentives for building chip fabrication facilities in the US. Research and development funding: Increased NSF/DOE budgets for STEM and applied research. STEM education: K-12 and community-college investments in STEM workforce pipeline. Reshoring incentives: Tax provisions encouraging US-based manufacturing across multiple industries. Workforce development: Apprenticeship program expansion; community-college partnerships with manufacturers. Who votes when? Original CHIPS Act: Already law (2022) Implementation amendments: Active consideration in 119th Congress Workforce provisions: May be included in broader spending vehicles How does this affect cooperative-class families? Directly composes with #16 Brass Tacks (Dale Dougherty Maker Mentor + BrassTacks Manifold + Step 4 Node manufacturing network). The CHIPS Act’s apprenticeship and STEM education provisions create the workforce pipeline that the cooperative’s maker-economy infrastructure is structurally designed to plug into. ...
👀 Clean Energy Permitting Reform NEPA/FERC permitting reform 119th Congress: transmission-line federal authority · interconnection-queue reform · community-engagement standards. Composes with Save-the-World Paper 2 + Inflation Reduction Act Amendments. 🟡 Provisional. Help Each Other Help Ourselves.
👀 I’m Just a Bill — Climate Disaster Resilience Funding A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Climate disaster preparation and resilience funding in the 119th Congress addressing the documented increasing frequency and severity of climate-driven disasters (hurricanes, wildfires, floods, heat events). What does it actually do? FEMA pre-disaster mitigation — increased funding for hardening against future disasters National Flood Insurance Program — modifications to actuarial-soundness and affordability balance Wildfire risk reduction — funding for fuels-management on federal land + community-protection grants Heat resilience — funding for cooling centers, energy assistance, urban tree canopy Tribal climate adaptation — separate funding stream for Tribal climate-adaptation projects Who votes when? House Transportation & Infrastructure + Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs How does this affect cooperative-class families? Climate disasters disproportionately affect cooperative-class members (manufactured housing, rental housing, lower-income communities). Composes with Save-the-World Paper 3 (Universal Cooperative Shelter), Save-the-World Paper 5 (Earth Stewardship), and #8 Defense Klaus (crisis-response architecture). ...
👀 I’m Just a Bill — College Athlete Compensation Provisions A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Federal Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) and college-athlete compensation legislation in the 119th Congress, addressing the post-2021 patchwork of state NIL laws and the related college-athletics labor questions. What does it actually do? Federal NIL framework: Sets uniform federal standards preempting conflicting state NIL laws. Athlete employment status: Addresses (or explicitly does not address) the question of whether college athletes are employees. Revenue sharing: Provisions for athletic-program revenue sharing with athletes. Title IX integration: Provisions ensuring NIL/compensation structures comply with Title IX. Transfer portal: May include provisions affecting transfer eligibility rules. Who votes when? House Energy and Commerce + Senate Commerce active consideration; bipartisan working groups. How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with #13 JukeBox (cooperative IP licensing model — the cooperative-class structural pattern for athlete-NIL is similar to the cooperative-class structural pattern for music-NIL). ...
👀 College Textbook Affordability College textbook affordability 119th Congress: open-educational-resources (OER) federal preference · textbook-cost transparency · cooperative-class teaching-materials provisions. Composes with #12 Harper Guild + #14 Didasko + Open-Source Software Procurement. 🟡 Provisional. Help Each Other Help Ourselves.
👀 I’m Just a Bill — Congressional Stock Trading Ban A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Congressional stock-trading ban legislation in the 119th Congress (multiple competing versions). Addresses documented patterns of Members of Congress trading stocks in companies their committees oversee. What does it actually do? Prohibits Members of Congress (and immediate family in some versions) from individual stock trading Permits diversified mutual funds, ETFs, U.S. Treasuries Blind-trust requirements for individual-stock holdings during service Penalties for violations How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with Federal-Congressional Body Cam doctrine (transparency at the legislative branch). Composes with cooperative’s broader anti-extraction structural commitment. ...
👀 I’m Just a Bill — Corporate Minimum Tax + Stock Buyback Excise A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Corporate tax reform in the 119th Congress addressing the IRA-established corporate minimum tax (15% on financial-statement income) and the IRA-established stock buyback excise (1%). Current proposals expand or modify both. What does it actually do? Corporate minimum tax — adjustments to the 15% minimum-tax base and exclusions Stock buyback excise — increases from 1% to higher rate; closes loopholes Pass-through deductions — phase-out modifications R&D capitalization — addresses the 2022 R&D-capitalization-amortization shift that’s affected startup economics Who votes when? House Ways & Means + Senate Finance active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? The cooperative’s Cost+20% margin structure is structurally distinct from buyback-financed extraction. The cooperative does not have stock to buy back. Federal corporate-tax policy affects the broader economic environment in which cooperative-class members operate. ...
👀 I’m Just a Bill — Dental Medicare Coverage A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Medicare dental-coverage expansion legislation in the 119th Congress. Standard Medicare currently excludes most dental care, leaving ~24M older adults without coverage. What does it actually do? Medicare Part B dental-coverage addition (preventive + restorative) Phased implementation over several years Coverage standards for dentures, root canals, periodontal care Provider-network expansion provisions How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with #5 The Family Table (older-adult care) and #7 MSA (dental Substitution-routing where federal coverage falls short). ...
👀 I’m Just a Bill — Digital Fair Repair Act A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? The Digital Fair Repair Act in the 119th Congress (companion / extension of H.R.906 Right to Repair). Focuses specifically on digital products — software-locked devices, DRM circumvention for repair purposes, and “right to install” provisions. What does it actually do? DRM exemption — codifies right-to-repair-related DMCA Section 1201 exemptions Software locks — prohibits manufacturer use of software locks to prevent third-party repair Parts availability — manufacturers must make parts available for ~7 years post-sale Diagnostic tools — independent repair shops can access manufacturer diagnostic tools Documentation — repair documentation publicly available Who votes when? House Energy & Commerce + Judiciary + Senate Judiciary active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with #16 Brass Tacks (maker-economy foundational principle), #3 Lets Go Shopping (cooperative marketplace where repair-friendly goods are categorically supported), and the cooperative’s broader anti-extraction structural commitment. ...