,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbe,mrs4 ,radewagen introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,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