[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5418 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5418

 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

                           December 12, 2019

  Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico (for herself, Ms. Velazquez, 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

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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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