# 116-hr-6685: POWER Act

116-hr-6685, POWER Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6685
- Congress: 116
- Title: POWER Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2020-05-01
- Sponsor: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] (R-VA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-6813: Promoting Alzheimer’s Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act
- 116-hr-6364: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2020
- 116-hr-5133: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2019
- 116-hr-3589: Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6685 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6685)

## Related
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- [116-hr-7259: Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7259)
- [116-hr-6813: Promoting Alzheimer’s Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6813)
- [116-hr-6364: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6364)
- [116-hr-5133: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5133)
- [116-hr-3589: Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3589)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6685 (as of 2025-11-18).