Empowering Nonprofits Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 314 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 314

 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

                            January 9, 2025

Mrs. Radewagen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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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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