# 115-hr-5871: POWER Act

115-hr-5871, POWER Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17] (D-PA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5871
- Congress: 115
- Title: POWER Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2018-05-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act or the POWER Act This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to make grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase a chemical screening device and to train personnel to use, and intercept data collected by, such device.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] (R-OH), 2018-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] (R-OH), 2018-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2] (R-WV), 2018-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2018-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2018-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2018-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2018-10-05T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-5871 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5871)

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