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POWER Act

Introduced: November 10, 2015 Introduced by: Sullivan, Dan Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 16, 2015
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Nov 16, 2015
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Nov 10, 2015
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7954-7955; text as passed Senate: CR S7954-7955)
Nov 10, 2015
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7954-7955; text as passed Senate: CR S7954-7955)
Nov 10, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2015 or the POWER Act

This bill requires the U.S. Attorney for a judicial district to lead at least one public event that promotes pro bono legal services as a critical way to: (1) empower survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and (2) engage citizens in assisting those survivors.

A special but similar rule applies to districts containing Indian tribes and tribal organizations.

Each U.S. Attorney shall: (1) have discretion on the design, organization, and implementation of such public events; and (2) seek to maximize an event's local impact and the access of such survivors to high-quality pro bono legal services.

What's happening now November 16, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 10, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2280: POWER Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2280/
MLA
"S. 2280: POWER Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2280/.
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S. 2280, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2280/.
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[S. 2280: POWER Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2280/)
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