PUBLIC LAW 114–155—MAY 16, 2016 130 STAT. 389 

Public Law 114–155 

114th Congress 

An Act 

To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program 

through fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bulletproof Vest Partnership 

Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. 

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP GRANT PROGRAM. 

Section 1001(a)(23) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(23)) is amended 

to read as follows: 

‘‘(23) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out part 

Y, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.’’. 

SEC. 3. EXPIRATION OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS. 

Section 2501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll) is amended by adding 

at the end the following: 

‘‘(h) EXPIRATION OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.— ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriated 

funds’ means any amounts that are appropriated for any of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2020 to carry out this part. 

‘‘(2) EXPIRATION.—All appropriated funds that are not obligated on or before December 31, 2022 shall be transferred 

to the General Fund of the Treasury not later than January 

31, 2023.’’. 

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON 2-YEAR LIMITATION ON FUNDS. 

It is the sense of Congress that amounts made available to 

carry out part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll et seq.) should be made 

available through the end of the first fiscal year following the 

fiscal year for which the amounts are appropriated and should 

not be made available until expended. 

SEC. 5. MATCHING FUNDS LIMITATION. 

Section 2501(f) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(f)) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and 

(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 

Deadline. 

42 USC 3711 

note. 

Bulletproof Vest 

Partnership 

Grant Program 

Reauthorization 

Act of 2015. 

May 16, 2016 

[S. 125] 


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130 STAT. 390 PUBLIC LAW 114–155—MAY 16, 2016 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 125: 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 114–544 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 

Vol. 161 (2015): May 6, considered and passed Senate. 

Vol. 162 (2016): May 10, considered and passed House. 

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‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON MATCHING FUNDS.—A State, unit of 

local government, or Indian tribe may not use funding received 

under any other Federal grant program to pay or defer the 

cost, in whole or in part, of the matching requirement under 

paragraph (1).’’. 

SEC. 6. APPLICATION OF BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP GRANT 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS TO ANY ARMOR VEST OR BODY 

ARMOR PURCHASED WITH FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS. 

Section 521 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3766a) is amended by adding at 

the end the following: 

‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a grantee 

that uses funds made available under this part to purchase an 

armor vest or body armor shall— 

‘‘(A) comply with any requirements established for the use 

of grants made under part Y; 

‘‘(B) have a written policy requiring uniformed patrol officers to wear an armor vest or body armor; and 

‘‘(C) use the funds to purchase armor vests or body armor 

that meet any performance standards established by the 

Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance. 

‘‘(2) In this subsection, the terms ‘armor vest’ and ‘body armor’ 

have the meanings given such terms in section 2503.’’. 

SEC. 7. UNIQUELY FITTED ARMOR VESTS. 

Section 2501(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(c)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘; 

and’’; 

(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and 

(4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 

‘‘(4) provides armor vests to law enforcement officers that 

are uniquely fitted for such officers, including vests uniquely 

fitted to individual female law enforcement officers; or’’. 

Approved May 16, 2016. 

Compliance. 


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