S. 2280 · 114th Congress
POWER Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Dan Sullivan
- Introduced
- 2015-11-10
- Latest action
- 2015-11-16 · Received in the House.
Summary
Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2015 or the POWER Act
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.