US Congress Senate Bill 2280 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on November 16 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-16 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

POWER Act Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) 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. (Sec. 5) The Department of Justice shall use existing funds to carry out this Act.

POWER Act Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2015

Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]

Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-11-16	House	Received in the House.
2015-11-16	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2015-11-10	Senate	Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7954-7955; text as passed Senate: CR S7954-7955)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2280/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2280/BILLS-114s2280es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2280/BILLS-114s2280cps.pdf