House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
CREATE Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the ability to expense certain qualified productions.
Sponsor: Rep. Judy Chu D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 1, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4840.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CHU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 133, August 1, 2025, Page H3674):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (Taxing and Spending Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 59 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4840, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
16 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 11 Democrats
5 of 16 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Blake Moore (R-UT), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Linda Sánchez (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu.
- H.R. 754 (119th) Investing in Main Street Act of 2025
- H.R. 7463 (119th) Foster Youth Postsecondary Education Access and Success Act
- H.R. 12 (119th) Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 4443 (119th) Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025
- H.R. 924 (119th) NO BAN Act
- H.R. 4163 (119th) PRIDE Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 2530 (119th) CREATE ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.