House Bill 6685
116th Congress(2019-2020)
POWER Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 1, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
6685
Congress
116
Policy Area
Families
Families
Primary focus of measure is child and family welfare, services, and relationships; marriage and family status; domestic violence and child abuse. Measures concerning public assistance programs or aging may fall under Social Welfare policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Protect Our Women and Waive Emergency Requirements Act or the POWER Act
This bill waives, upon state request, specified matching and reporting requirements for family violence and prevention services grants to states, subgrants to local entities, and grants to tribal organizations. This applies to grants awarded during FY2019-FY2020 and the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
May 1, 2020
05/01/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
05/01/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:43:01 PM