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👀 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: 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: 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. ...