Empowering Nonprofits Act

Subjects: Government Operations and Politics, Executive agency funding and structure, Public-private cooperation, Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations, Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:  <p><b>Empowering Nonprofits Act</b></p> <p>This bill reduces cost-sharing requirements for grants directly awarded to certain nonprofit organizations for the five years following the bill's enactment. Eligible nonprofit organizations are those in states or Indian tribes with more than 20% of individuals living below the poverty line.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires an executive agency, during that time frame, to reduce any cost-sharing requirement by 25% for grants made directly to an eligible nonprofit.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 787 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 787

 To require executive agencies to reduce cost-sharing requirements for 
certain grants with certain nonprofit organizations 25 percent, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2023

   Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon (for herself, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Sablan, Mrs. 
   Radewagen, and Mr. Soto) introduced the following bill; which was 
       referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require executive agencies to reduce cost-sharing requirements for 
certain grants with certain nonprofit organizations 25 percent, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Empowering Nonprofits Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS.

    (a) Reduction of Cost-Sharing Requirement.--Beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act and ending 5 years thereafter, the head of 
an executive agency shall reduce any cost-sharing requirement 25 
percent for an eligible nonprofit organization for grants made directly 
to that organization.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Eligible nonprofit organization.--The term ``eligible 
        nonprofit organization'' means a nonprofit organization that is 
        located in a State with more than 20 percent of individuals 
        living below the Federal poverty line.
            (2) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
        the meaning given in section 133 of title 41, United States 
        Code.
            (3) Nonprofit organization.--The term ``nonprofit 
        organization'' means an organization that is described in 
        section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1968 and 
        exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, territory, 
        or possession of the United States, and each federally 
        recognized Tribe.
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