Bill > S3232

This bill, the Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 2020 or the PLACE Act, aims to promote and support the local arts and creative economy in the United States. Key provisions include: - Defining "creative industry or occupation" and making related changes to workforce development programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. - Establishing a Creative Economy Grant Program through the Department of Labor to provide wage subsidies for small businesses in creative industries. - Expanding education and training programs related to creative industries, including in corrections education, adult education, and career and technical education. - Creating new grant programs through the Economic Development Administration to fund apprenticeship and internship programs in creative industries. - Providing tax incentives to support the creative economy, including changes to the New Markets Tax Credit and the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. - Directing the Export-Import Bank to promote exports by creative industries and the Department of Agriculture to provide technical assistance to rural businesses in creative industries. - Allowing self-employed and freelance creative workers to access disaster assistance from FEMA to repair or replace tools needed for their work. The bill seeks to strengthen federal support for the creative economy and workforce development in this sector across the country.