Empowering Nonprofits Act

Bill: 117-hr-1966
Sponsor: full_name: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-17
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Executive agency funding and structure

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Public-private cooperation

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Tax-exempt organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Empowering Nonprofits Act</b></p> <p>This bill reduces cost-sharing requirements for grants directly awarded to certain nonprofit organizations during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period and the following five years. Eligible nonprofit organizations are those in jurisdictions with more than 20% of individuals living below the poverty line.</p>  <p>Specifically, the bill provides that (1) any cost-sharing requirement shall be waived during a COVID-19 emergency period; and (2) in the five years following such an emergency, any cost-sharing requirement shall be reduced by 25%.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1966 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2021 Miss González-Colón (for herself, Ms. Velázquez , and Mrs. Radewagen ) 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, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empowering Nonprofits Act . 2. Removal and reduction of cost-sharing requirements for grants (a) Removal of cost-Sharing requirement during the COVID–19 emergency period Any cost-sharing requirement for an eligible nonprofit organization for grants made directly to that organization by an executive agency shall be waived during a COVID–19 emergency period. (b) Reduction of cost-Sharing requirement Beginning on the expiration of the COVID–19 emergency period 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. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) COVID–19 emergency period The term COVID–19 emergency period means a period that— (A) begins on the date of a determination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ) that a public health emergency exists as a result of COVID–19; and (B) ends on the date on which such determination (including any renewal thereof) terminates. (2) 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. (3) Executive agency The term executive agency has the meaning given in section 133 of title 41, United States Code. (4) 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. (5) 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.