HR8304-119

In Committee

CREATES Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 15, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, CREATES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Finance, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HC58E8B5865BC4B29BAF47885B976E934: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Credential Repository and Transparency in States Act or the CREATES Act.
  • Section H14C6595D70FD4410BD886FBE98CB0DEE: 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to provide assistance to States for the collection, development, analysis, and sharing of information on— all of the...
  • Section HC44E660FEB024A028F32CA6CD745A76C: 3. Program Authorized From amounts made available under section 4, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall award grants, on a...
  • Section HD6B3E582FFCC45F6A0C11C029801D8E3: 4. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act for fiscal year 2028. The funds...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, CREATES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Finance, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, CREATES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Finance Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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federal implementing agencies: ,
workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 15, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Apr 15, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 15, 2026

Mrs. McBath (for herself and Mr. Owens) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Finance Immigration
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education

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