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- Senate Introduced Mar 23, 2017
- Senate Passed Aug 1, 2017
- House Passed Jul 17, 2018
- Senate Changes resolved Aug 15, 2018
- President To the President Aug 23, 2018
- President Signed Sep 4, 2018
- Law Sep 4, 2018
Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018 or the POWER Act
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Sep 4, 2018
Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018 or the POWER Act
(Sec. 3) This bill requires the chief judge for each judicial district to conduct public events to promote pro bono legal services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Additionally, the chief judge for a judicial district that contains an Indian tribe or tribal organization must conduct, at least once during each two-year period, a public event to promote pro bono legal services for Indian or Alaska Native victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
A chief judge must, in conducting public events, seek to maximize the local impact and the provision of high-quality pro bono legal services to survivors.
(Sec. 4) Chief judges must report to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on the public events they conduct. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts must compile and summarize the reports and submit them to Congress.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018
Also known as: Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2017
Latest action (Sep 4, 2018): Became Public Law No: 115-237.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 23, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Mar 23, 2017
- Senate Passed Aug 1, 2017
- House Passed Jul 17, 2018
- Senate Changes resolved Aug 15, 2018
- President To the President Aug 23, 2018
- President Signed Sep 4, 2018
- Law Sep 4, 2018
No recorded floor vote found.