House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
POWER Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 9, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3148.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 78, May 9, 2023, Page H2173):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To provide grants to State, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to pruchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 336 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3148, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3148
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1876e726e6496c59d3f133b363ec64206d252729adb340419a8f787873826214
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3148, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
23 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 23 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Garret Graves (R-LA), Jeff Jackson (D-NC), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Max Miller (R-OH), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Marie Perez (D-WA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), John Rutherford (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Joyce.
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- H.R. 4367 (118th) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024
- H.R. 4646 (118th) SIREN Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 5567 (118th) CLASS Act
- H.R. 8773 (118th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.