,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ab1       
#bjai,miss ,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto    
,rico 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4
 ,sablan1 ,mrs4 ,radewagen1 ,ms4        
,plaskett1 ,mr4 ,san ,nicolas1 and ,mr4 
,soto7 introduced the following bill2   
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 #be percent1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,empowering         
,nonprofits ,act4  #b4 ,reduction of    
cost-sharing requirements for grants    
7a7 ,reduction of cost-sharing          
requirement ,beginning on the date of   
the enactment of this ,act and ending #e
 years thereafter1 the head of an       
executive agency shall reduce any       
cost-sharing requirement #be percent for
 an eligible nonprofit organization for 

grants made directly to that            
organization4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this
 section3 7#a7 ,eligible nonprofit      
organization ,the term eligible         
nonprofit organization means a nonprofit
 organization that is located in a      
,state with more than #bj percent of    
individuals living below the ,federal   
poverty line4  7#b7 ,executive agency   
,the term executive agency has the      
meaning given in section #acc of title  
#da1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#c7       
,nonprofit organization ,the term       
nonprofit organization means an         
organization that is described in       
section #eja7;c77#c7 of the ,internal   
,revenue ,code of #aifh and exempt from 
taxation under section #eja7;a7 of such 
,code4  7#d7 ,state ,the term ,state    
means each of the several ,states1 the  
,district of ,columbia1 each            
commonwealth1 territory1 or possession  
of the ,united ,states1 and each        
federally recognized ,tribe4