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4	4	STSESSION S. 1125
5	5	To promote exports by creative industries and occupations, and for other
6	6	purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	MARCH25, 2025
9	9	Mr. S
10	10	CHATZ(for himself and Mrs. BLACKBURN) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Hous-
12	12	ing, and Urban Affairs
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To promote exports by creative industries and occupations,
15	15	and for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cultural Trade Pro-4
20	20	motion Act’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
22	22	In this Act: 7
23	23	(1) C
24	24	REATIVE INDUSTRY OR OCCUPATION .— 8
25	25	The term ‘‘creative industry or occupation’’ means— 9
26	26	(A) an industry that— 10
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30	30	(i) has a substantial current or poten-1
31	31	tial impact (including through positions 2
32	32	that lead to economic self-sufficiency and 3
33	33	opportunities for advancement) on a State, 4
34	34	regional, or local economy or a Native 5
35	35	American community’s economy, as appro-6
36	36	priate; and 7
37	37	(ii) contributes to the growth of busi-8
38	38	nesses, nonprofit organizations, or self-em-9
39	39	ployment opportunities that have their ori-10
40	40	gin in individual creativity, skill, and tal-11
41	41	ent, including such businesses, organiza-12
42	42	tions, or opportunities focused on design, 13
43	43	crafts, music, visual and media arts, per-14
44	44	forming arts, language, literature, or ex-15
45	45	pressions of Native cultures or regional or 16
46	46	local heritage culture; and 17
47	47	(B) an occupation that— 18
48	48	(i) currently has or is projected to 19
49	49	have a number of positions (including posi-20
50	50	tions that lead to economic self-sufficiency 21
51	51	and opportunities for advancement) in an 22
52	52	industry sector so as to have a substantial 23
53	53	potential impact on a State, regional, or 24
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57	57	local economy or a Native American com-1
58	58	munity’s economy, as appropriate; and 2
59	59	(ii) is comprised of— 3
60	60	(I) businesses or nonprofit orga-4
61	61	nizations described in subparagraph 5
62	62	(A)(ii); or 6
63	63	(II) individuals who are self-em-7
64	64	ployed or sole proprietors and whose 8
65	65	work has an origin in individual cre-9
66	66	ativity, skill, and talent, including a 10
67	67	focus on design, crafts, music, visual 11
68	68	arts, media arts, performing arts, lan-12
69	69	guage, literature, or expressions of 13
70	70	Native cultures or regional or local 14
71	71	heritage culture. 15
72	72	(2) N
73	73	ATIVE AMERICAN.—The term ‘‘Native 16
74	74	American’’, used with respect to culture, means the 17
75	75	culture of a Native American, as defined in section 18
76	76	103 of the Native American Languages Act (25 19
77	77	U.S.C. 2902). 20
78	78	SEC. 3. PROMOTION OF EXPORTS FROM MICROENTER-21
79	79	PRISES AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND OC-22
80	80	CUPATIONS. 23
81	81	(a) P
82	82	ROMOTION OF EXPORTS BYUNITEDSTATES 24
83	83	ANDFOREIGNCOMMERCIALSERVICE.—Section 2301(b) 25
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87	87	of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 1
88	88	4721(b)) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph 2
89	89	(1), by striking ‘‘small businesses and medium-sized busi-3
90	90	nesses’’ and inserting ‘‘microentrepreneurs (as defined in 4
91	91	section 172 of the Program for Investment in Microentre-5
92	92	preneurs Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 6901)), small businesses, 6
93	93	and medium-sized businesses’’. 7
94	94	(b) S
95	95	TRATEGICPLAN OFTRADEPROMOTIONCO-8
96	96	ORDINATINGCOMMITTEE.—Section 2312(c) of the Export 9
97	97	Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(c)) is amend-10
98	98	ed— 11
99	99	(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 12
100	100	inserting a semicolon; 13
101	101	(2) in paragraph (7)— 14
102	102	(A) by inserting ‘‘microenterprises (as de-15
103	103	fined in section 172 of the Program for Invest-16
104	104	ment in Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999 (15 17
105	105	U.S.C. 6901)) and’’ after ‘‘better assist’’; and 18
106	106	(B) by striking the period at the end and 19
107	107	inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 20
108	108	(3) by adding at the end the following: 21
109	109	‘‘(8) consider how to promote exports of goods 22
110	110	and services from creative industries and occupa-23
111	111	tions (as defined in section 2 of the Cultural Trade 24
112	112	Promotion Act).’’. 25
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116	116	(c) PROMOTION OFEXPORTS OFNATIVEHAWAIIAN 1
117	117	A
118	118	RTS ANDCRAFTS ANDEXPORTSFROMNATIVEHAWAI-2
119	119	IANOWNED-BUSINESSES.—Section 2307 of the Export 3
120	120	Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4726) is amended— 4
121	121	(1) by inserting ‘‘or Native Hawaiian’’ after 5
122	122	‘‘American Indian’’ each place it appears; 6
123	123	(2) in subsection (a)— 7
124	124	(A) by inserting ‘‘or Native Hawaiian’’ 8
125	125	after ‘‘include Indian’’; and 9
126	126	(B) by inserting ‘‘or Native Hawaiian- 10
127	127	owned’’ after ‘‘Indian-owned’’; and 11
128	128	(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘hand made or 12
129	129	hand crafted’’ and inserting ‘‘made’’. 13
130	130	SEC. 4. COLLABORATION TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO RELI-14
131	131	ABLE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING SERVICES. 15
132	132	The Under Secretary of Commerce for International 16
133	133	Trade, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director 17
134	134	General of the United States and Foreign Commercial 18
135	135	Service appointed under section 2301(a)(2) of the Export 19
136	136	Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721(a)(2)), and 20
137	137	the Postmaster General shall consult and collaborate with 21
138	138	respect to how to better connect microenterprises (as de-22
139	139	fined in section 172 of the Program for Investment in 23
140	140	Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 6901)) and 24
141	141	small businesses to fast, reliable international shipping 25
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145	145	services that meet the expectations of the modern con-1
146	146	sumer. 2
147	147	SEC. 5. FOCUS ON CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPA-3
148	148	TIONS BY TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGEN-4
149	149	CY. 5
150	150	Section 661(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 6
151	151	(22 U.S.C. 2421(a)) is amended in the second sentence 7
152	152	by striking ‘‘and environment’’ and inserting ‘‘environ-8
153	153	ment, and creative industries and occupations (as defined 9
154	154	in section 2 of the Cultural Trade Promotion Act)’’. 10
155	155	SEC. 6. TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD. 11
156	156	Notwithstanding any other provision of law (includ-12
157	157	ing any regulation), the Secretary of Commerce shall ap-13
158	158	point to serve as a permanent member of the United 14
159	159	States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board established 15
160	160	pursuant to section 3 of the Act of February 14, 1903 16
161	161	(15 U.S.C. 1512; 32 Stat. 826, chapter 552), and chapter 17
162	162	10 of title 5, United States Code, a representative of cre-18
163	163	ative industries and occupations. 19
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