Empowering Nonprofits Act

Bill: 116-hr-5418
Sponsor: full_name: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-12-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure

Public-private cooperation

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Tax-exempt organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Empowering Nonprofits Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires executive agencies to reduce by 25% cost-sharing requirements for grants made directly to nonprofit organizations located in a state with more than 20% of individuals living below the federal poverty line.</p> <p><i>State </i>is defined to include the District of Columbia, each U.S. commonwealth, territory, or possession, and each federally recognized tribe.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5418 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2019 Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico (for herself, Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Sablan , Mrs. Radewagen , Ms. Plaskett , Mr. San Nicolas , and Mr. Soto ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To require executive agencies to reduce cost-sharing requirements for certain grants with certain nonprofit organizations 25 percent, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empowering Nonprofits Act . 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.