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S. 1507 118th Congress Senate

POWER Act

Official title: A bill to provide grants to State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use ch… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide grants to State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers.

Introduced: May 15, 2023 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement ChemistryCriminal justice information and recordsDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEmployment and training programsLaw enforcement officers
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This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 11, 2024
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
May 9, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 9, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action January 11, 2024

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 5

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 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 4 Republican 5
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Sep 26, 2023
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 15, 2023
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · May 15, 2023
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · May 15, 2023
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · May 15, 2023
 R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · May 9, 2023
 D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · May 9, 2023
 D
Smith, Tina
Minnesota · May 9, 2023
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · May 9, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1507: POWER Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1507/
MLA
"S. 1507: POWER Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1507/.
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S. 1507, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1507/.
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