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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8429 

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

authorize the use of Byrne-JAG grants for the purchase of disaster 

response and tactical vehicles. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 16, 2024 

Ms. CRAIG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to authorize the use of Byrne-JAG grants 

for the purchase of disaster response and tactical vehicles. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Local Law En5 forcement Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE DISASTER RE2 SPONSE AND TACTICAL VEHICLES. 

3 Section 501 of the title I of the Omnibus Crime Con4 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)(1), in the matter pre7 ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting after ‘‘equip8 ment’’ the following ‘‘(including armored, disaster 

9 response, command and control, and tactical vehi10 cles)’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘(ex12 cluding police cruisers),’’ and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(excluding police cruisers and armored, disaster re14 sponse, command and control, and tactical vehi15 cles),’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 ‘‘(1) The term ‘tactical vehicle’ means a vehicle 

19 purpose-built to operate on and off-road in support 

20 of military operations such as a HMMWV 

21 (‘Humvee’), 2.5 ton truck, or 5 ton truck, or a vehi22 cle with a breaching or entry apparatus attached, 

23 and which may be used by law enforcement in rough 

24 terrain or inclement weather for search and rescue 

25 operations as well as other law enforcement func26 tions. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The term ‘command and control vehicles’ 

2 means any wheeled vehicle either purpose-built or 

3 modified to facilitate the operational control and di4 rection of public safety units responding to an inci5 dent, that can accommodate multiple people at mul6 tiple workstations in the command center, and which 

7 may provide a variety of capabilities including the 

8 provision for enhanced communications and other 

9 situational awareness capabilities. 

10 ‘‘(3) The term ‘armored vehicle’ means any ve11 hicle that provides ballistic protection to its occu12 pants.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. INEFFECTIVENESS OF CERTAIN RULES AND POLI14 CIES. 

15 No regulation, rule, guidance, policy, or recommenda16 tions issued on or after May 15, 2015, that limits the abil17 ity of State, local or Tribal law enforcement agencies to 

18 purchase disaster response or tactical vehicles through the 

19 Byrne JAG Program under subpart 1 of part E of title 

20 I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

21 1968 shall have any force or effect after the date of the 

22 enactment of this Act. 

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