H.R. 1762: POWER Act
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H.R. 1762: POWER Act
115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-28 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
POWER Act
Plain summary
Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2017 or the POWER Act This bill requires each U.S. Attorney for each judicial district to lead at least one public event that promotes pro bono legal services as a critical way to: (1) empower survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and (2) engage citizens in assisting those survivors. A similar requirement applies to districts containing Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Each U.S. Attorney shall: (1) have discretion on the design, organization, and implementation of such public events; and (2) seek to maximize an event's local impact and the access of such survivors to high-quality pro bono legal services.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] · 30 cosponsors
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Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), David P. Joyce (R-OH), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1762.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr1762 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115