Title: PLACE Act
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 2020 or the PLACE Act
This bill establishes or amends programs and activities to provide for opportunities for education or job training in a creative industry or occupation.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7487 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7487

   To promote and support the local arts and creative economy in the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 2, 2020

 Ms. Pingree introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on 
 Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, the Judiciary, 
Veterans' Affairs, Small Business, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To promote and support the local arts and creative economy in the 
                             United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Local 
Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 2020'' or the ``PLACE Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Department of Labor.
Sec. 5. Department of Education.
Sec. 6. Economic Development Administration programs.
Sec. 7. Creative jobs training through Bureau of Prisons reentry and 
                            skills development programs.
Sec. 8. Grants relating to the creative economy.
Sec. 9. Promotion for veterans with service-connected disabilities of 
                            job training and resources in creative 
                            industries and occupations.
Sec. 10. Small business creative economy assistance.
Sec. 11. Tax incentives.
Sec. 12. Promotion by Export-Import Bank of the United States of 
                            exports by creative industries and 
                            occupations.
Sec. 13. Rural business creative economy technical assistance.
Sec. 14. Disaster assistance for creative industry workers through 
                            FEMA.
Sec. 15. Collaboration.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The United States economy has changed rapidly as 
        automation, artificial intelligence, digital technologies, and 
        modern information and communication systems have transformed 
        the way people in the United States work, live, and interact.
            (2) The United States must establish policies and create 
        programs capable of responding to changing economic realities.
            (3) The United States must develop strategies to maximize 
        current assets and help grow a United States economy and 
        workforce that can thrive in a challenging environment of 
        constant change and reinvention.
            (4) The Nation needs to strengthen and improve Federal 
        support for a Next Generation economy and workforce.
            (5) The United States must explore sustainable strategies 
        to create jobs that will endure, will remain reliant on a local 
        workforce, and are unlikely to move overseas.
            (6) There is great value and untapped potential in the 
        Nation's rich history, the creative freedoms enjoyed by its 
        people, and the many cultures and traditions that make the 
        United States so unique.
            (7) Promoting local arts and enhancing the creative economy 
        of the United States would support the Nation's diverse 
        citizenry, rich traditions, and vast creative talents, 
        including the unique history and continuing vitality of Native 
        American communities.
            (8) The United States must embrace the opportunities and 
        challenges the country faces and reimagine the role of the 
        Federal Government in providing support for local arts and 
        expanding the creative economy.
            (9) The United States needs to engage workers from around 
        the Nation to develop, hone, and share expressions of their 
        cultural heritage, including languages, creative 
        collaborations, and artistic skills.
            (10) The Nation needs to recognize that there is a broad 
        range of undervalued and underutilized human potential in the 
        United States, and the existence of that human potential has 
        profound social, economic, and workforce ramifications.
            (11) Securing the future well-being of individuals, 
        families, communities, and the Nation will depend in part on 
        adopting Federal policies that will increase support for the 
        creative economy.
            (12) The Nation needs to improve creative workforce 
        readiness and develop an education and job training plan, 
        including a plan for education and training through specialized 
        vocational schools and apprenticeship programs, to ensure that 
        individuals of all ages in the United States can realize their 
        full creative potential now and in the future.
            (13) Investing in a creative economy workforce would help 
        showcase the Nation's creative arts, strengthen its capacity 
        for job growth, promote economic inclusion, boost 
        entrepreneurship, improve and revitalize rural, remote, and 
        underserved areas, and empower communities to share their 
        stories.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Creative industry or occupation.--The term ``creative 
        industry or occupation'' means--
                    (A) an industry that--
                            (i) has a substantial current or potential 
                        impact (including through positions that lead 
                        to economic self-sufficiency and opportunities 
                        for advancement) on a State, regional, or local 
                        economy or a Native American community's 
                        economy, as appropriate; and
                            (ii) contributes to the growth of 
                        businesses or nonprofit organizations that have 
                        their origin in individual creativity, skill, 
                        and talent, including businesses focused on 
                        design, crafts, music, visual arts, media arts, 
                        performing arts, language, literature, or 
                        expressions of Native American culture or 
                        regional or local heritage culture; and
                    (B) an occupation that--
                            (i) currently has or is projected to have a 
                        number of positions (including positions that 
                        lead to economic self-sufficiency and 
                        opportunities for advancement) in an industry 
                        sector so as to have a substantial potential 
                        impact on a State, regional, or local economy 
                        or a Native American community's economy, as 
                        appropriate; and
                            (ii) is comprised of businesses described 
                        in subparagraph (A)(ii).
            (2) Native american.--The term ``Native American'', used 
        with respect to culture, means the culture of a Native 
        American, as defined in section 103 of the Native American 
        Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 2902).

SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

    (a) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.--
            (1) Definition.--Section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
        Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following:
            ``(72) Creative industry or occupation.--The term `creative 
        industry or occupation' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 3 of the PLACE Act.''.
            (2) Unified state plans.--Section 102(b)(1)(A) of such Act 
        (29 U.S.C. 3112(b)(1)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``occupations;'' and 
                inserting ``occupations, and creative industries and 
                occupations;''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``those industries 
                and occupations'' and ``the sectors, industries, and 
                occupations described in clause (i)''.
            (3) Regional coordination.--Section 106(c)(1)(C) of such 
        Act (29 U.S.C. 3121(c)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 
        ``occupations'' and inserting ``occupations, and regional 
        creative industries and occupations,''.
            (4) Local plans.--Section 108(b)(1)(B) of such Act (29 
        U.S.C. 3123(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``occupations;'' 
        and inserting ``occupations, and creative industries and 
        occupations;''.
            (5) Native american programs.--Section 166(d)(2)(A)(i) of 
        such Act (29 U.S.C. 3221(d)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting 
        ``development of skills relating to creative industries or 
        occupations and'' before ``training on''.
            (6) National dislocated worker grants.--Section 170 of the 
        Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3225) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (A), by 
                                striking ``or'' at the end;
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B), by 
                                striking the period at the end and 
                                inserting ``; or''; and
                                    (III) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                    ``(C) for purposes of assistance provided under 
                subsection (b)(1)(E), an opioid crisis, as declared by 
                the Secretary after consultation with the Secretary of 
                Health and Human Services.''; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Dislocated worker.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `dislocated worker' 
                means--
                            ``(i) a dislocated worker, as defined in 
                        section 3; and
                            ``(ii) for purposes of assistance provided 
                        under subsection (b)(1)(E), a recovering 
                        individual.
                    ``(B) Recovering individual.--The term `recovering 
                individual' means an individual who--
                            ``(i) left employment, or has never been 
                        employed, due mainly to opioid use; and
                            ``(ii)(I) has successfully completed a 
                        supervised drug rehabilitation program for 
                        opioid use and is no longer engaging in the 
                        illegal use of opioids, or has otherwise been 
                        rehabilitated successfully and is no longer 
                        engaging in such illegal use;
                            ``(II) is participating in a supervised 
                        rehabilitation program and is no longer 
                        engaging in such illegal use; or
                            ``(III) is erroneously regarded as engaging 
                        in such illegal use, but is not engaging in 
                        such illegal use.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) to provide employment and training assistance 
                in a creative industry or occupation, in an area where 
                an opioid crisis has been declared, as described in 
                subsection (a)(1)(C).''.
    (b) Creative Economy Grant Program.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Labor, acting through the 
        Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, shall make 
        grants to eligible entities to provide wage subsidies for 
        certain employees in a creative industry or occupation.
            (2) Eligible entity.--To be eligible to receive such a 
        grant, an entity shall be a business (including a nonprofit 
        organization) that--
                    (A) is engaged in a creative industry or occupation 
                and has its origin in individual creativity, skill, and 
                talent, including focusing on design, crafts, music, 
                visual arts, media arts, performing arts, language, 
                literature, or expressions of Native American culture 
                or regional or local heritage culture; and
                    (B) has fewer than 50 employees for each workday in 
                each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or 
                preceding calendar year.
            (3) Application.--To be eligible to receive such a grant, 
        an entity shall submit an application to the Secretary of Labor 
        at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
        as the Secretary may require.
            (4) Use of funds.--An entity that receives a grant under 
        this section shall use the grant funds, during its first year 
        of operation, to provide wage subsidies for employees whose 
        positions involve the individual creativity, skill, or talent 
        described in paragraph (2)(A) rather than administrative, 
        technical, or support functions.

SEC. 5. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

    (a) Corrections Education.--Section 225(b) of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3305(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs 
        (8) and (9), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) education that relates to a creative industry or 
        occupation (as defined in section 3 of the Promoting Local Arts 
        and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 2020);''.
    (b) Adult Education.--Section 203 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3272) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
                subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) gain education or skills relating to a 
                creative industry or occupation (as defined in section 
                3 of the Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy 
                Workforce Act of 2020)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``skills relating to a 
        creative industry or occupation (as defined in section 3 of the 
        Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 
        2020)'' before ``or integrated education and training''.
    (c) Career and Technical Education.--Section 3(5) of the Career and 
Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) may be related to a creative industry or 
                occupation (as defined in section 3 of the Promoting 
                Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 
                2020).''.
    (d) Work Study.--Section 443 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1087-53) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Creative Industry or Occupation.--
            ``(1) In general.--Funds granted to an institution under 
        this section may be used to compensate (including compensation 
        for time spent in training and travel directly related to 
        relevant activities) students employed in projects that support 
        a creative industry or occupation (as defined in section 3 of 
        the Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 
        2020).
            ``(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the compensation 
        of work-study students compensated under this subsection may 
        exceed 75 percent.''.

SEC. 6. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) Creative Economy Apprenticeship and Internship Grants.--Title 
II of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 is amended 
by inserting after section 207 (42 U.S.C. 3147) the following:

``SEC. 208. CREATIVE ECONOMY APPRENTICESHIP AND INTERNSHIP GRANTS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Apprenticeship program.--The term `apprenticeship 
        program' means a program under the Act of August 16, 1937 
        (commonly known as the `National Apprenticeship Act') (50 Stat. 
        664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), to provide workforce 
        training relating to a creative industry or occupation.
            ``(2) Creative industry or occupation.--The term `creative 
        industry or occupation' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 3 of the Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy 
        Workforce Act of 2020.
            ``(3) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means an 
        eligible entity as determined by the Secretary.
            ``(4) Internship program.--The term `internship program' 
        means a paid internship program to provide workforce training 
        relating to a creative industry or occupation that is conducted 
        in accordance with such regulations and policies relating to 
        paid internships as the Secretary of Labor may promulgate.
    ``(b) Apprenticeship Programs.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a 
        program, to be known as the `Creative Economy Apprenticeship 
        Grant Program', under which the Secretary shall provide to 
        eligible entities grants, on a competitive basis, for use in 
        accordance with paragraph (3).
            ``(2) Applications.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To be eligible to receive a 
                grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall 
                submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
                such manner, and containing such information as the 
                Secretary may require.
                    ``(B) Determination by secretary.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall 
                        determine whether to approve or disapprove an 
                        application submitted under subparagraph (A) by 
                        not later than 90 days after the date of 
                        receipt of the application.
                            ``(ii) Action on approval.--On approval by 
                        the Secretary of an application under clause 
                        (i), the Secretary shall provide to the 
                        applicable eligible entity a grant in 
                        accordance with paragraph (4).
                            ``(iii) Action on disapproval.--On 
                        disapproval by the Secretary of an application 
                        under clause (i), the Secretary shall provide 
                        to the applicable eligible entity--
                                    ``(I) a notice of the disapproval, 
                                including a description of the reasons 
                                for the disapproval; and
                                    ``(II) an opportunity to remedy any 
                                deficiency identified by the Secretary 
                                under subclause (I) by submitting to 
                                the Secretary a revised application by 
                                not later than 30 days after the date 
                                of the disapproval.
            ``(3) Use of funds.--An eligible entity shall use a grant 
        provided under this subsection to carry out an apprenticeship 
        program.
            ``(4) Allocation.--Of the amounts made available to carry 
        out this subsection for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
        allocate to each eligible entity the application of which is 
        approved under paragraph (2)(A) during that fiscal year an 
        amount equal to the proportion that--
                    ``(A) the number of individuals served by the 
                apprenticeship program of the eligible entity; bears to
                    ``(B) the total number of individuals served by the 
                apprenticeship programs of all eligible entities that 
                receive assistance under this subsection for the fiscal 
                year.
    ``(c) Internship Programs.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a 
        program, to be known as the `Creative Economy Internship Grant 
        Program', under which the Secretary shall provide to eligible 
        entities grants, on a competitive basis, for use in accordance 
        with paragraph (3).
            ``(2) Applications.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To be eligible to receive a 
                grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall 
                submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
                such manner, and containing such information as the 
                Secretary may require.
                    ``(B) Determination by secretary.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall 
                        determine whether to approve or disapprove an 
                        application submitted under subparagraph (A) by 
                        not later than 90 days after the date of 
                        receipt of the application.
                            ``(ii) Action on approval.--On approval by 
                        the Secretary of an application under clause 
                        (i), the Secretary shall provide to the 
                        applicable eligible entity a grant in 
                        accordance with paragraph (4).
                            ``(iii) Action on disapproval.--On 
                        disapproval by the Secretary of an application 
                        under clause (i), the Secretary shall provide 
                        to the applicable eligible entity--
                                    ``(I) a notice of the disapproval, 
                                including a description of the reasons 
                                for the disapproval; and
                                    ``(II) an opportunity to remedy any 
                                deficiency identified by the Secretary 
                                under subclause (I) by submitting to 
                                the Secretary a revised application by 
                                not later than 30 days after the date 
                                of the disapproval.
            ``(3) Use of funds.--An eligible entity shall use a grant 
        provided under this subsection to carry out an internship 
        program.
            ``(4) Allocation.--Of the amounts made available to carry 
        out this subsection for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
        allocate to each eligible entity the application of which is 
        approved under paragraph (2)(A) during that fiscal year an 
        amount equal to the proportion that--
                    ``(A) the number of individuals served by the 
                internship program of the eligible entity; bears to
                    ``(B) the total number of individuals served by the 
                internship programs of all eligible entities that 
                receive assistance under this subsection for the fiscal 
                year.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out 
this section.''.
    (b) Grants for Economic Adjustment.--Section 209(c)(5) of the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3149(c)(5)) is amended by inserting ``, including through the promotion 
of creative industries and occupations (as defined in section 3 of the 
Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 2020)'' 
before the period at the end.

SEC. 7. CREATIVE JOBS TRAINING THROUGH BUREAU OF PRISONS REENTRY AND 
              SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

    Section 231(a) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 
60541(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Ensuring that reentry and skills development programs 
        for prisoners include skills training for jobs in creative 
        industries and occupations, as defined in section 3 of the 
        Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 
        2020.''.

SEC. 8. GRANTS RELATING TO THE CREATIVE ECONOMY.

    To the extent practicable, grant programs relating to economic 
development administered by the Department of Health and Human 
Services, Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, or 
the head of an agency with assets or resources relating to workforce 
development, may be used to support efforts to provide workforce 
training related to the creative economy (as defined in section 3 of 
the Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 2020).

SEC. 9. PROMOTION FOR VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES OF 
              JOB TRAINING AND RESOURCES IN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND 
              OCCUPATIONS.

    Section 3116 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall assist in 
making available and promote job training and resources that--
            ``(1) are provided by nonprofit organizations, educational 
        institutions, Native American (as defined in section 3765 of 
        this title) governments and organizations, and Federal, State, 
        and local governments; and
            ``(2) relate to creative industries and occupations, as 
        defined in section 3 of the Promoting Local Arts and Creative 
        Economy Workforce Act of 2020.''.

SEC. 10. SMALL BUSINESS CREATIVE ECONOMY ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Business Loans.--Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(36) Creative economy.--In providing assistance under 
        this subsection, the Administration shall develop procedures to 
        evaluate the business proposals and business plans of small 
        business concerns that focus on economic development, job 
        creation, and community growth with respect to creative 
        industries and occupations, as defined in section 3 of the 
        Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 
        2020.''.
    (b) Technical Assistance Programs.--Section 21 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(o) Technical Assistance Programs for Creative Economy-Focused 
Businesses.--The Administration, in consultation with relevant 
stakeholders, shall develop technical assistance programs to be carried 
out by small business development centers under this subsection that 
target the specific needs of small business concerns (including 
microenterprises) in creative industries and occupations, as defined in 
section 3 of the Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce 
Act of 2020.''.
    (c) Office of Rural Affairs.--Section 26(c) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 653(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) provide information to creative industries located in 
        rural communities about programs administered by Federal, 
        State, and local governments that address the needs of creative 
        industries and occupations, as defined in section 3 of the 
        Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 
        2020.''.
    (d) Veterans Programs.--Section 32(c)(3)(B) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 657b(c)(3)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (v), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); and
            (3) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
                            ``(vi) improving capital access and 
                        technical assistance for veterans in creative 
                        industries and occupations, as defined in 
                        section 3 of the Promoting Local Arts and 
                        Creative Economy Workforce Act of 2020; and''.

SEC. 11. TAX INCENTIVES.

    (a) New Markets Tax Credit and Guidelines for Qualified Community 
Development Entities.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        issue guidelines for the creation and operation of community 
        development entities focused on the creative industries or 
        occupations, which would allow such entities to be treated as 
        qualified community development entities for purposes of 
        section 45D(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            (2) Extension of new markets tax credit national 
        limitation.--Subparagraph (H) of section 45D(f)(1) of such Code 
        is amended by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2022''.
    (b) Work Opportunity Credit for Hiring Certain Displaced Workers.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 51(d) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``or'' at 
        the end of subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end 
        of subparagraph (J) and inserting ``, or'', and by adding at 
        the end the following new subparagraph:
                            ``(xi) a qualified displaced worker.''.
            (2) Qualified displaced worker.--Subsection (d) of section 
        51 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
                    ``(P) Qualified displaced worker.--The term 
                `qualified displaced worker' means an individual who, 
                immediately before beginning work for the employer--
                            ``(i) is an eligible TAA recipient (as 
                        defined in section 35(c)(2)),
                            ``(ii) is an eligible alternative TAA 
                        recipient (as defined in section 35(c)(3)), or
                            ``(iii) is eligible for employment and 
                        training activities for dislocated workers 
                        under chapter 3 of subtitle B of title I of the 
                        Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
                        U.S.C. 3171 et seq.) or assistance under 
                        section 170 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3225).''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to individuals beginning work for the employer 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Above-the-Line Deduction of Expenses of Performing Artists.--
            (1) In general.--Section 62(a)(2)(B) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``performing artists.--The 
                deductions'' and inserting ``performing artists.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The deductions''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
                            ``(ii) Phaseout.--The amount of expenses 
                        taken into account under clause (i) shall be 
                        reduced (but not below zero) by 10 percentage 
                        points for each $2,000 ($4,000 in the case of a 
                        joint return), or fraction thereof, by which 
                        the taxpayer's adjusted gross income 
                        (determined without regard to this 
                        subparagraph) for the taxable year exceeds 
                        $100,000 (200 percent of such amount in the 
                        case of a joint return).
                            ``(iii) Cost-of-living adjustment.--In the 
                        case of any taxable year beginning in a 
                        calendar year after 2020, the $100,000 amount 
                        under clause (ii) shall be increased by an 
                        amount equal to--
                                    ``(I) such dollar amount, 
                                multiplied by
                                    ``(II) the cost-of-living 
                                adjustment determined under section 
                                1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which 
                                the taxable year begins, determined by 
                                substituting `calendar year 2019' for 
                                `calendar year 2016' in subparagraph 
                                (A)(ii) thereof.
                        If any amount after adjustment under the 
                        preceding sentence is not a multiple of $1,000, 
                        such amount shall be rounded to the nearest 
                        multiple of $1,000.''.
            (2) Clarification regarding commission paid to performing 
        artist's manager or agent.--Section 62(a)(2)(B)(i) of such 
        Code, as amended by subsection (a), is amended by inserting 
        before the period at the end the following: ``, including any 
        commission paid to the performing artist's manager or agent''.
            (3) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 62(a)(2)(B)(i) of such Code, as amended 
                by this subsection, is further amended by striking ``by 
                him'' and inserting ``by the performing artist''.
                    (B) Section 62(b)(1) of such Code is amended by 
                inserting ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``, and'' at the end of subparagraph (B) and 
                inserting a period, and by striking subparagraph (C).
            (4) Effective date.--The amendments made by this section 
        shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (d) Charitable Contributions of Certain Items Created by the 
Taxpayer.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (e) of section 170 of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) Special rule for certain contributions of literary, 
        musical, or artistic compositions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of a qualified 
                artistic charitable contribution--
                            ``(i) the amount of such contribution shall 
                        be the fair market value of the property 
                        contributed (determined at the time of such 
                        contribution), and
                            ``(ii) no reduction in the amount of such 
                        contribution shall be made under paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Qualified artistic charitable contribution.--
                For purposes of this paragraph, the term `qualified 
                artistic charitable contribution' means a charitable 
                contribution of any literary, musical, artistic, or 
                scholarly composition, or similar property, or the 
                copyright thereon (or both), but only if--
                            ``(i) such property was created by the 
                        personal efforts of the taxpayer making such 
                        contribution no less than 18 months prior to 
                        such contribution,
                            ``(ii) the taxpayer--
                                    ``(I) has received a qualified 
                                appraisal of the fair market value of 
                                such property in accordance with the 
                                regulations under this section, and
                                    ``(II) attaches to the taxpayer's 
                                income tax return for the taxable year 
                                in which such contribution was made a 
                                copy of such appraisal,
                            ``(iii) the donee is an organization 
                        described in subsection (b)(1)(A),
                            ``(iv) the use of such property by the 
                        donee is related to the purpose or function 
                        constituting the basis for the donee's 
                        exemption under section 501 (or, in the case of 
                        a governmental unit, to any purpose or function 
                        described under subsection (c)),
                            ``(v) the taxpayer receives from the donee 
                        a written statement representing that the 
                        donee's use of the property will be in 
                        accordance with the provisions of clause (iv), 
                        and
                            ``(vi) the written appraisal referred to in 
                        clause (ii) includes evidence of the extent (if 
                        any) to which property created by the personal 
                        efforts of the taxpayer and of the same type as 
                        the donated property is or has been--
                                    ``(I) owned, maintained, and 
                                displayed by organizations described in 
                                subsection (b)(1)(A), and
                                    ``(II) sold to or exchanged by 
                                persons other than the taxpayer, donee, 
                                or any related person (as defined in 
                                section 465(b)(3)(C)).
                    ``(C) Maximum dollar limitation; no carryover of 
                increased deduction.--The increase in the deduction 
                under this section by reason of this paragraph for any 
                taxable year--
                            ``(i) shall not exceed the artistic 
                        adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for such 
                        taxable year, and
                            ``(ii) shall not be taken into account in 
                        determining the amount which may be carried 
                        from such taxable year under subsection (d).
                    ``(D) Artistic adjusted gross income.--For purposes 
                of this paragraph, the term `artistic adjusted gross 
                income' means that portion of the adjusted gross income 
                of the taxpayer for the taxable year attributable to--
                            ``(i) income from the sale or use of 
                        property created by the personal efforts of the 
                        taxpayer which is of the same type as the 
                        donated property, and
                            ``(ii) income from teaching, lecturing, 
                        performing, or similar activity with respect to 
                        property described in clause (i).
                    ``(E) Paragraph not to apply to certain 
                contributions.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any 
                charitable contribution of any letter, memorandum, or 
                similar property which was written, prepared, or 
                produced by or for an individual while the individual 
                is an officer or employee of any person (including any 
                government agency or instrumentality) unless such 
                letter, memorandum, or similar property is entirely 
                personal.
                    ``(F) Copyright treated as separate property for 
                partial interest rule.--In the case of a qualified 
                artistic charitable contribution, the tangible 
                literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly composition, 
                or similar property and the copyright on such work 
                shall be treated as separate properties for purposes of 
                this paragraph and subsection (f)(3).''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
        shall apply to contributions made after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act in taxable years ending after such date.

SEC. 12. PROMOTION BY EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
              EXPORTS BY CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS.

    Section 2(b)(1) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 
635(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(N)(i) The Bank shall--
            ``(I) undertake efforts to enhance the Bank's capacity to 
        provide information about the Bank's programs to creative 
        industries or occupations that have not previously participated 
        in the Bank's programs; and
            ``(II) promote the export of goods produced and services 
        provided by creative industries or occupations.
    ``(ii) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
subparagraph, the President of the Bank shall submit to Congress a 
report on the activities undertaken pursuant to this subparagraph.
    ``(iii) In this subparagraph, the term `creative industry or 
occupation' has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the 
Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 2020.''.

SEC. 13. RURAL BUSINESS CREATIVE ECONOMY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act is amended by 
inserting after section 374 (7 U.S.C. 2008i) the following:

``SEC. 375. RURAL BUSINESS CREATIVE ECONOMY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``The Secretary shall provide to businesses in rural communities 
that are in creative industries and occupations (as defined in section 
3 of the Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 
2020) and employ individuals in those creative industries and 
occupations technical assistance to develop those creative industries 
and occupations.''.

SEC. 14. DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR CREATIVE INDUSTRY WORKERS THROUGH 
              FEMA.

    (a) In General.--The President, acting through the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall promulgate rules to 
ensure that expenses incurred, as a result of a major disaster or 
emergency, by a self-employed or freelance worker or worker in a 
creative microenterprise, including those workers whose work focuses on 
design, crafts, music, visual arts, media arts, performing arts, 
language, literature, and expressions of Native American culture and 
local or regional heritage culture, to repair or replace tools needed 
by the self-employed or freelance worker or worker in a creative 
microenterprise are considered eligible expenses for assistance under 
section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174).
    (b) Requirement.--The rules promulgated under subsection (a) may 
not require, as a condition of receiving such assistance under section 
408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5174), an applicant--
            (1) to apply or be declined for assistance from the Small 
        Business Administration; or
            (2) to demonstrate that assistance received from the Small 
        Business Administration does not satisfy the total necessary 
        expenses or serious needs arising out of a major disaster or 
        emergency.

SEC. 15. COLLABORATION.

    In carrying out this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, the 
head of each relevant Federal agency shall, to the greatest extent 
practicable, collaborate with the Chairperson of the National Endowment 
for the Arts and the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Humanities.
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