Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 47
- Latest action
- Apr 8, 2025
What it does
The bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to create a new nonimmigrant visa category (P-4) for mobile entertainment workers, such as those employed by traveling carnivals or circuses, allowing them to enter the U.S. temporarily to perform essential functions like assembling, operating, maintaining, or transporting rides, games, concessions, and related equipment. It affects foreign workers in the mobile entertainment industry and U.S.-based providers such as carnivals, circuses, and concessionaires that operate seasonally at fairs, festivals, or fundraising events. The bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Labor to issue implementing…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.