Title: POWER Act
Policy area: Families

Summary:
Protect Our Women and Waive Emergency Requirements Act or the POWER ActThis bill waives state matching funds requirements and related reporting for specified family violence prevention and services grants for FY2019, FY2020, and the duration of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3739 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3739

To provide for matching funds waivers for formula grants and subgrants 
         under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2020

  Mr. Casey (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for matching funds waivers for formula grants and subgrants 
         under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Our Women and Waive 
Emergency Requirements Act'' or the ``POWER Act''.

SEC. 2. MATCHING FUNDS WAIVER FOR FORMULA GRANTS AND SUBGRANTS UNDER 
              THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES ACT.

    (a) Waiver of Matching Funds for Awarded Grants and Subgrants.--At 
the request of a State (as defined in section 302 of the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10402)), the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services shall waive--
            (1) the non-Federal contributions requirement under 
        subsection (c)(4) of section 306 of the Family Violence 
        Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10406) with respect to 
        the grants and subgrants awarded for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 
        to such State and the eligible entities within such State under 
        such section or section 308 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10408); and
            (2) the reporting requirements required for such subgrants 
        and grants that relate to such non-Federal contributions 
        requirement.
    (b) Waiver of Matching Funds for Grants Awarded After Date of 
Enactment.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (c)(4) of section 306 of the 
        Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10406) 
        shall not apply to a qualified grant during the period of a 
        public health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) resulting from the 
        COVID-19 pandemic.
            (2) Qualified grant defined.--In this subsection, the term 
        ``qualified grant'' means a grant or subgrant awarded--
                    (A) after the date of enactment of this section; 
                and
                    (B) under section 306, 308, or 309 of the Family 
                Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10406, 
                10408, 10409).
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