# 119-hr-9112: CREATOR Act

119-hr-9112, CREATOR Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-31).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9112
- Congress: 119
- Title: CREATOR Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-06-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-31

## Summary

**This bill would create a new federal exclusive right giving visual artists control over the commercial exploitation or public distribution of deliberate stylistic impersonations of their work.** It would pair that right with tailored liability rules for general-purpose artificial intelligence systems and safe-harbor procedures for online services while preserving common artistic influence and certain free-speech uses. - Artists and heirs would get a licensable, assignable right that lasts for an artist's life. For deceased artists the right would last 10 years after death and could be renewed in 5-year increments up to 50 years. - General-purpose AI providers would face liability only when a system is intentionally configured to impersonate a specifically identified visual artist and is expressly marketed as doing so. Online services would gain safe harbors if they adopt a notice agent, promptly remove identified material after valid notices, and have repeat-violator policies; they would not be required to proactively monitor content. - Right holders could sue for injunctions and choose actual damages and profits or statutory damages. Statutory awards would start at $10,000 and could reach as high as $150,000 for willful, targeted commercial exploitation, while the Act exempts uses like commentary, parody, scholarship, news reporting, and incidental resemblance when not misrepresenting endorsement.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New federal right for artists: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a new federal exclusive right letting a visual artist or their rights holder control commercial uses that deliberately imitate the artist's distinctive style. For living artists the right would last for the artist's life. For a deceased artist the right would begin…
- Protections for commentary and scholarship: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would exclude many common speech and research uses from liability so long as they do not mislead about endorsement or approval. Exempt uses would include commentary, criticism, scholarship, research, teaching, parody or satire that comments on the artist, and historical or docu…
- Big damages for commercial imitators: mixed, high. If enacted, a rights holder could sue for injunctive relief and money damages for unauthorized stylistic impersonation. Plaintiffs could choose actual damages plus the violator's profits or statutory damages instead. Statutory damages for commercial actors would be $10,000 to $100,000 per commercia…
- Platform and AI liability rules: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would set when online services and other actors are liable for stylistic impersonations and create a notice-and-takedown safe harbor for platforms that follow certain steps. A valid notice must name the artist, identify the material, state the use is not authorized, and give co…
- Limited preemption of state claims: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would preempt state-law claims only to the extent those claims impose liability for conduct that meets the Act's definition of stylistic impersonation. The bill would preserve state and federal copyright and trademark claims, state right-of-publicity claims about name or likene…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-hr-3277: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
- 119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-9112 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9112)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-3277: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3277)
- [119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2048)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9112 (as of 2026-10-31).