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S 2853 United States Senate · 117th Congress

POWER Act

Summary
Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act or the POWER Act 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.
Issues: ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeFunds chemical screening devices for law enforcement training, strengthening officer resources within criminal justice system92% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2021
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Introduced Sep 27, 2021 Last action Sep 27, 2021
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Sep 27, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Sep 27, 2021
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1 primary · 16 co-sponsors

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State
District
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Photo of Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
DDemocratic
OH
n/a
Co
Photo of Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
MN
n/a
Co
Photo of Christopher A. Coons
Christopher A. Coons
DDemocratic
DE
n/a
Co
Photo of Cindy Hyde-Smith
Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
MS
n/a
Co
Photo of Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
DDemocratic
CA
n/a
Co
Photo of Edward J. Markey
Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
MA
n/a
Co
Photo of Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
MA
n/a
Co
Photo of Joe Manchin, III
Joe Manchin, III
IIndependent
WV
n/a
Co
Photo of Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
RRepublican
FL
n/a
Co
Photo of Margaret Wood Hassan
Margaret Wood Hassan
DDemocratic
NH
n/a
Co
Photo of Michael F. Bennet
Michael F. Bennet
DDemocratic
CO
n/a