Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act
- Introduced May 9
- Committee May 9
- Passed Senate Next
- Passed House Not yet
- To President Not yet
- Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, May 9, 2023Next: Senate vote
1021d ago Jan 11, 2024: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
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Summary
Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act or the POWER Act
Full summary1 paragraphs
This bill authorizes the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to make grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase a chemical screening device and to train personnel to use, and interpret data collected by, such device.
Library of Congress summary, May 9, 2023
Summary versions
- Introduced in SenateMay 9, 2023
Actions
- SenateCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.Jan 11, 2024
- SenateIntroduced in SenateMay 9, 2023
- SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.May 9, 2023
Bill record
Text versions1
- Introduced in SenateMay 9, 2023PDF: Introduced in Senate
Committees2
- Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs CommitteeHearings By (full committee) Jan 11, 2024
- Senate Judiciary CommitteeReferred To May 9, 2023
Sponsor and cosponsors12 cosponsors
- Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)Sponsor, May 9, 2023
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)OriginalJoined May 9, 2023
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)OriginalJoined May 9, 2023
- Tina Smith (D-MN)OriginalJoined May 9, 2023
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)OriginalJoined May 9, 2023
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)Joined May 15, 2023
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)Joined May 15, 2023
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)Joined May 15, 2023
- Joseph Manchin (D-WV)Joined May 15, 2023
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)Joined May 15, 2023
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)Joined Sep 6, 2023
- Ted Budd (R-NC)Joined Sep 26, 2023
- Bob Casey (D-PA)Joined Dec 4, 2023
Amendments0
No amendments offered
Cost estimates and reports0
No cost estimate or committee report yet
Titles3
Short titles
- Providing Officers With Electronic Resources ActShort Title(s) as Introduced
- POWER ActShort Title(s) as Introduced
Official titles
- A bill to provide grants to State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers.Official Title as Introduced
Subjects6
Policy area
Legislative subjects
ChemistryCriminal justice information and recordsDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEmployment and training programsLaw enforcement officers
Related bills2
- H.R. 3148 118th, Related bill POWER Act
- S. 2853 117th, Reintroduction of POWER Act
Official record from Congress.gov, the House Clerk and the Senate; lobbying from Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Updated Oct 27, 2026.