Creates grants to boost jobs for artists and improve local arts programs and facilities.
This bill would set aside money for grants to help local arts groups, museums, and nonprofit theaters. These grants would help them hire artists and creative staff, build or buy new arts facilities, and improve existing ones. The goal is to create more jobs for artists and make arts programming more available in communities across the country.
Today, there is no specific federal grant program under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to support artists' jobs or arts facilities. If this bill becomes law, the Act would be changed to create a new program that would offer competitive grants of up to $5,000,000 for hiring artists and up to $3,000,000 for arts facilities. It authorizes $700,000,000 to be appropriated annually for fiscal years 2026 to 2030, and an eligible entity could only receive one grant.
HR 6165 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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