POWER 2.0 Act

Bill: 117-hr-9113
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Peltola, Mary Sattler [D-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-09-30
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong></strong><b>Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2022 or the POWER 2.0 Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes permanent the requirement for the chief judge of each federal judicial district to lead, at least annually, a public event to promote pro bono legal services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. </p> <p>The requirement was enacted in 2018; it is scheduled to sunset after a four-year period.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9113 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 30, 2022 Mrs. Peltola introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To remove the 4-year sunset from the Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2022 or the POWER 2.0 Act . 2. Removal of sunset Section 3(a) of the Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–237 ; 132 Stat. 2448) is amended by striking for a period of 4 years .