CREATE Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 5, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy Act of 2019 or the CREATE Act of 2019
This bill expands financial assistance for, and establishes measures to support, the creative economy and art entrepreneurs.
Specifically, the bill requires (1) the Small Business Administration to develop loan criteria, evaluation procedures, and technical assistance programs for small business concerns that are owned by artists and support the creative economy, (2) the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture to ensure that traditional economic development tools, such as business incubators and grant programs, support the arts industry and creative economy, and (3) the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure that expenses incurred by a self-employed worker to repair or replace needed tools because of a major disaster are eligible for disaster assistance.
Further, the recipient of a national service program grant is authorized to carry out the program through an Artist Corps that identifies and meets unmet needs in communities through artistic activities.
The bill also requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist activities that support creative placemaking through community development mechanisms and partnerships between local governments and nonprofit cultural organizations.
Commerce shall establish a demonstration program to promote creative and performing arts in the economic planning of local governments.
Finally, the Department of Homeland Security must adjudicate petitions for nonimmigrant visas for aliens with extraordinary ability or achievement, and artists and entertainers, within 14 days after receiving them.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 7, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Mar 7, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Mar 5, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1519 | CREATE Act of 2019 | Related bill | Apr 8, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Art, artists, authorship
- Books and print media
- Capital gains tax
- Charitable contributions
- Commerce
- Community life and organization
- Cultural exchanges and relations
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of the Treasury
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Economic development
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Foreign labor
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Income tax deductions
- Intellectual property
- Literature
- Music
- National and community service
- Performing arts
- Property rights
- Rural conditions and development
- Self-employed
- Small business
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Transfer and inheritance taxes
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2019Introduced in Senate
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