Empowering Nonprofits Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 787.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. GONZALEZ-COLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Pages H681-H682):
  Article 1, Section 18, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution Congress shall have the power . . . ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution of the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: The bill requires executive agencies to reduce cost-sharing requirements for certain grants with certain nonprofit organizations by 25% for a period of 5 years, beginning on the date of enactment.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 787, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/787

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  23be266686ee31ba9a273438cd1a7d69b479499059538c6da67a5d730b4144ff

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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