United States · Bill · S
S. 954 (116th)
POWER Act
Introduced
28 March 2019
Last action
28 March 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Tom Cotton, Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO], Edward Markey, Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [I-WV], Charles Schumer, Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Thomas Tillis, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bennet, Shelley Capito, Maggie Hassan, Cindy Hyde-Smith
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
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.
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Timeline
28 March 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
28 March 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 28 March 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 March 2019
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 March 2019
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 28 March 2019
Sponsors
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Tom Cotton · R · Sponsor
- Tammy Duckworth · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · R · Sponsor
- Edward Markey · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [I-WV] · D · Sponsor
- Charles Schumer · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Thomas Tillis · R · Sponsor
- Elizabeth Warren · D · Sponsor
- Michael Bennet · D · Sponsor
- Shelley Capito · R · Cosponsor
- Maggie Hassan · D · Cosponsor
- Cindy Hyde-Smith · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/954
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/954
- us · 116-s-954 · source updated 10 August 2026