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Pro-bono legal services for Domestic Violence victims.
Title: POWER Act Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2016
Subject: Families
Description: POWER Act Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2016 This bill requires the U.S. Attorney for a 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 special but similar rule 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.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: October 11, 2016
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6149/all-info
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31 sponsors: Joseph Kennedy (D); Don Young (R); Tulsi Gabbard (D); Susan Brooks (R); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R); Steve Cohen (D); Rodney Davis (R); Richard Nolan (D); Patrick Meehan (R); Sean Maloney (D); David Loebsack (D); Christopher Gibson (R); Gwen Moore (D); Raul Ruiz (D); Katherine Clark (D); Adam Smith (D); Cheri Bustos (D); Jared Huffman (D); Ed Perlmutter (D); Markwayne Mullin (R); Trey Gowdy (R); Jason Smith (R); David Cicilline (D); Niki Tsongas (D); Zoe Lofgren (D); Linda Sanchez (D); James McGovern (D); Kathleen Rice (D); Ann Kuster (D); Eric Swalwell (D); Elise Stefanik (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Oct 11 2016 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| House | Sep 22 2016 | Introduced in House |
| House | Sep 22 2016 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Sep 28 2016 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations
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