Empowering Nonprofits Act
Summary
Empowering Nonprofits Act 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. 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%.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
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President
Introduced Mar 17, 2021
Last action Mar 17, 2021
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Mar 17, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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Mar 17, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
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