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POWER Act

Introduced: May 15, 2023 See on congress.gov

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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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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 January 11, 2024

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

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