US Congress House Bill 1762 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

POWER Act Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2017 This bill requires each U.S. Attorney for each 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 similar requirement 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.

POWER Act Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2017

Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2017-03-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-03-28	House	Introduced in House

SB717 (Related) 2018-09-04 - Became Public Law No: 115-237.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1762/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1762/BILLS-115hr1762ih.pdf