3.0.0 6685 2023-01-11T13:43:01Z 2023-01-11T13:43:01Z House HR 2020-05-01 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 82 (Friday, May 1, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. McBATH:H.R. 6685.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The United States Congressshall have power ``[t]o regulate Commerce with foreignNations, and among the several states, and with the IndianTribes.''[Page H1973]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-05-01T16:05:20Z POWER Act 116 3739 S 2020-05-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS The Heroes Act 116 6800 HR 2020-07-23 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Related bill CRS 2020-05-01 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2020-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001208 Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] Lucy McBath D GA 6 N C001118 Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] Ben Cline R VA 6 2020-05-01 True Families Cardiovascular and respiratory health Crime prevention Crime victims Domestic violence and child abuse Emergency medical services and trauma care Family services Homelessness and emergency shelter Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Families 00 2020-05-01 Introduced in House 2020-11-23T20:54:34Z 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.

]]> POWER Act Display Title POWER Act Official Title as Introduced To provide for a matching funds waiver for formula grants and subgrants under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced POWER Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Protect Our Women and Waive Emergency Requirements Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr6685ih/xml/BILLS-116hr6685ih.xml 2020-05-01 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.