HR 5871
115th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Chemistry
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Employment and training programs
Law enforcement officers
POWER Act
Introduced: May 17, 2018
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
May 17, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 17, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act or the POWER Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to make grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase a chemical screening device and to train personnel to use, and intercept data collected by, such device.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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