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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5019 
To direct the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts, to award grants for arts and 
creative workforce programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 13, 2021 
Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ (for herself, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. LIEU, Ms. 
DELAURO, and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the 
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, 
to award grants for arts and creative workforce pro-
grams. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Creative Economy Re-
vitalization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL GRANTS FOR ARTS AND CREATIVE 
WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. 
Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 172 (29 U.S.C. 
3227) as section 173; and 
(2) by inserting after section 171 (29 U.S.C. 
3226) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 172. NATIONAL GRANTS FOR ARTS AND CREATIVE 
WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts 
appropriated under subsection (f), Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Chairperson of the National Endowment for 
the Arts, shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to 
eligible entities to carry out the arts and creative work-
force programs described in subsection (c)(1). 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the 
Secretary and the Chairperson an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary and the Chairperson may require, which 
shall include— 
‘‘(1) a description of the arts and creative 
workforce program the eligible entity plans to carry 
out with the grant, including— 
‘‘(A) cost estimates; 
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‘‘(B) timelines; 
‘‘(C) a description of the final product and 
how such product will be made accessible to the 
public; 
‘‘(D) the proposed number of employees 
the program will employ, including a description 
of the creative workers the program will em-
ploy; 
‘‘(E) the number of such proposed employ-
ees who have barriers to employment and a de-
scription of such barriers; and 
‘‘(F) whether the eligible entity will be 
working in coordination with a State board or 
a local board to employ individuals under the 
program, and a description of such coordina-
tion; and 
‘‘(2) a good-faith certification that— 
‘‘(A) during the grant period and during 
the 2-year period beginning after the such 
grant period— 
‘‘(i) the eligible entity will not 
outsource or offshore jobs for the arts and 
creative workforce program carried out 
with the grant; and 
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