1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation Act or the POWER Act . 2. Protection of victims of crime or serious labor and employment violations (a) Availability of U visas Section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) by amending subclause (I) to read as follows: (I) the alien— (aa) has suffered substantial abuse or harm as a result of having been a victim of criminal activity described in clause (iii); (bb) has suffered substantial abuse or harm relating to a labor or employment violation described in clause (iv); (cc) (AA) is a victim of criminal activity described in clause (iii); and (BB) would suffer extreme hardship on removal from the United States; or (dd) (AA) has suffered a labor or employment violation described in clause (iv); and (BB) would suffer extreme hardship on removal from the United States; ; (B) in subclause (II)— (i) by striking concerning and all that follows through the semicolon at the end and inserting “relating to, as applicable— (aa) criminal activity described in clause (iii); or (bb) the labor or employment violation described in clause (iv); ; (C) by amending subclause (III) to read as follows: (III) with respect to the investigation or prosecution of criminal activity described in clause (iii) or the investigation, prosecution, or pursuit of civil remedies relating to the labor or employment violation described in clause (iv), as applicable, the alien (or in the case of an alien child under the age of 16, the parent, guardian, or next friend of the alien) has been helpful, is being helpful, or is likely to be helpful to— (aa) a Federal, State, or local law enforcement official; (bb) a Federal, State, or local prosecutor; (cc) a Federal, State, or local judge; (dd) the Secretary of Homeland Security; (ee) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (ff) the Secretary of Labor; (gg) the National Labor Relations Board