Congress·In Committee·H.R. 8304

CREATES Act

Education and Jobs: State Credential Databases

Apr 15·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Next up: A house committee

This bill is in the early stages of the legislative process after being sent to the House Committee on Education and Workforce on April 14, 2026. The committee must review the bill before it can move forward, but no further action has occurred since that date. It is common for bills to remain in committee without a vote.

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Could go either way

The bill has support from both parties and focuses on jobs, which is usually popular. However, it is still in the early stages of the lawmaking process and has a long way to go.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 6704 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 6704 (118th) →

Key Points

The CREATES Act would give states money to build online tools where people can look up degrees, certificates, and job licenses. These tools would show what skills a person learns and how much the program costs.
The goal is to help students and workers see if a specific training program actually leads to a good job. The databases would include information on how much people earn after finishing a program and how many graduates find work.
States could receive up to $10 million each over three years to set up or improve these systems. The bill requires these databases to be easy for the public to use and to work across state lines.
To protect privacy, the law forbids states from collecting or sharing personal information about individual students. It only focuses on the overall success rates of the programs and the schools.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Apr 15, 2026House

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Apr 15, 2026

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

CREATES Act

Bill NumberHR 8304

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Data Sources

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