S 717 115th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Assault and harassment offenses Crime victims Domestic violence and child abuse Lawyers and legal services Sex offenses Violent crime

POWER Act

Introduced: March 23, 2017 Introduced by: Sullivan, Dan Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 23 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 4, 2018

Became Public Law No: 115-237.

Sep 4, 2018

Signed by President.

Aug 23, 2018

Presented to President.

Aug 16, 2018

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Aug 15, 2018

Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5669)

Aug 15, 2018

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5669)

Jul 18, 2018

Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.

Jul 17, 2018

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jul 17, 2018

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6282-6283)

Jul 17, 2018

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6282-6283)

Jul 17, 2018

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 717.

Jul 17, 2018

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6282-6285)

Jul 17, 2018

Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Aug 23, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Aug 4, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Aug 4, 2017

Received in the House.

Aug 2, 2017

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Aug 1, 2017

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4694-4695)

Aug 1, 2017

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S4694-4695)

Aug 1, 2017

Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4694-4695)

Aug 1, 2017

Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4694-4695)

Mar 23, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 23, 2017

Introduced in Senate

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Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018 or the POWER Act

(Sec. 3) This bill requires the chief judge for each judicial district to conduct public events to promote pro bono legal services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Additionally, the chief judge for a judicial district that contains an Indian tribe or tribal organization must conduct, at least once during each two-year period, a public event to promote pro bono legal services for Indian or Alaska Native victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

A chief judge must, in conducting public events, seek to maximize the local impact and the provision of high-quality pro bono legal services to survivors.

(Sec. 4) Chief judges must report to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on the public events they conduct. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts must compile and summarize the reports and submit them to Congress.

What's happening now September 4, 2018

Became Public Law No: 115-237.

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