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S 954 116th Congress Senate 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: March 28, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Mar 28, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 28, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act or the POWER Act

This bill authorizes the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to make grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase a chemical screening device and to train personnel to use, and interpret data collected by, such device.

What's happening now March 28, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Republican 4
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · May 6, 2019
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · May 6, 2019
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Apr 8, 2019
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Mar 28, 2019
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Mar 28, 2019
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Mar 28, 2019
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 28, 2019
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 28, 2019
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Mar 28, 2019
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Mar 28, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 954: POWER Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-954/
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"S. 954: POWER Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-954/.
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S. 954, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-954/.
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