POWER 2.0 Act

Bill: 117-s-3115
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-10-28
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Crime victims

Domestic violence and child abuse

Federal district courts

Lawyers and legal services

Sex offenses

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Became Public Law No: 117-252.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-10-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2021 or the POWER 2.0 Act</strong></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> <p><br> </p>

action_date: 2022-08-06
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><strong>Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2021 or the POWER 2.0 Act</strong></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> <p><br> </p>

action_date: 2022-12-01
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><strong>Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2021 or the POWER 2.0 Act</strong></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> <p><br> </p>

action_date: 2022-12-20
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><strong>Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2021 or the POWER 2.0 Act</strong></p> <p>This act 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> <p><br> </p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3115 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 28, 2021 Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen , Mrs. Capito , and Ms. Murkowski ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 2021 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 .

tv_txt: 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3115 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT 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 2021 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 .

Passed the Senate August 6, 2022. Secretary

tv_txt: One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America 2d Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two S. 3115 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT 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 2021 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 .

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