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The bill broadens nonprofit eligibility and maintains Native Hawaiian board rules to expand access and preserve governance continuity, but it reduces a specific Alaska Native representational requirement and heightens competition for limited grants, potentially disadvantaging small Native and community-based groups.
Nonprofit organizations (including community-based and non‑private nonprofits) become newly eligible for grants under §4441, expanding the pool of potential grantees and access to federal resources.
Native Hawaiian grant programs keep their required board composition and fixed-term rules, preserving governance continuity and cultural expertise on those boards.
Alaska Native communities may lose guaranteed cultural representation on governing boards because the bill removes the representational requirement for Alaska Native grants.
Opening eligibility to all nonprofits increases competition for limited grant funds, which could make it harder for smaller Native or community-based organizations to secure funding.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Amends 20 U.S.C. § 4441 to broaden nonprofit eligibility (removes "private") and removes a required cultural-representation clause for Alaska Native governing boards; other edits are punctuation/formatting.
Amends federal law (20 U.S.C. § 4441) to change who may receive certain Native arts and culture grants and to alter a board composition requirement for Alaska Native grant recipients. It removes the word "private" from the phrase "private nonprofit," broadening eligibility to "nonprofit," and it deletes a rule that required Alaska Native governing boards to represent the Eskimo, Indian, and Aleut cultures of Alaska. The rest of the edits are punctuation and formatting clarifications, and existing Native Hawaiian board requirements (including inclusion of Native Hawaiians and fixed term service) remain intact.
Introduced December 4, 2025 by Brian Emanuel Schatz · Last progress December 4, 2025