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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 933 

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 2018. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 13, 2013 

Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. COONS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. 

WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

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 2018. 

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 ‘‘Bulletproof Vest Part5 nership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS FOR BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNER3 SHIP GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

5 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

6 3793(a)(23)) is amended by striking ‘‘part Y,’’ and all 

7 that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘part Y— 

8 ‘‘(A) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

9 2014 and 2015; and 

10 ‘‘(B) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

11 2016, 2017, and 2018.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. EXPIRATION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED 

13 FUNDS. 

14 Section 2501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

15 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll) is amend16 ed by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(h) EXPIRATION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED

18 FUNDS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

20 ‘previously appropriated funds’ means any amounts 

21 that— 

22 ‘‘(A) were appropriated for any of fiscal 

23 years 1999 through 2012 to carry out this part; 

24 and 

25 ‘‘(B) on the date of enactment of the Bul26 letproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reaumstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 thorization Act of 2013, are available to be ex2 pended and have not been expended, including 

3 funds that were previously obligated but 

4 undisbursed. 

5 ‘‘(2) EXPIRATION.—All previously appropriated 

6 funds that are not expended by September 30, 2015 

7 shall be transferred to the General Fund of the 

8 Treasury not later than January 15, 2016.’’. 

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

10 FUNDS. 

11 It is the sense of Congress that amounts made avail12 able to carry out part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

13 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll 

14 et seq.) should be made available through the end of the 

15 first fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the 

16 amounts are appropriated and should not be made avail17 able until expended. 

18 SEC. 5. MATCHING FUNDS LIMITATION. 

19 Section 2501(f) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con20 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(f)) 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para23 graph (4); and 

24 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol25 lowing: 

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1 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON STATE MATCHING

2 FUNDS.—A State, unit of local government, or In3 dian tribe may not use funding received under any 

4 other Federal grant program to pay or defer the 

5 cost, in whole or in part, of the matching require6 ment under paragraph (1).’’. 

7 SEC. 6. APPLICATION OF BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNER8 SHIP GRANT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS TO 

9 ANY ARMOR VEST OR BODY ARMOR PUR10 CHASED WITH FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS. 

11 Section 521 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

12 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3766a) is amend13 ed by adding at the end the following: 

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

15 a grantee that uses funds made available under this part 

16 to purchase an armor vest or body armor shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) comply with any requirements established 

18 for the use of grants made under part Y; 

19 ‘‘(B) have a written policy requiring uniformed 

20 patrol officers to wear an armor vest or body armor; 

21 and 

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

23 body armor that meet any performance standards 

24 established by the Director of the Bureau of Justice 

25 Assistance. 

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

2 ‘body armor’ have the same meanings given the terms in 

3 section 2503.’’. 

4 SEC. 7. UNIQUELY FITTED ARMOR VESTS. 

5 Section 2501(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con6 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(c)) 

7 is amended— 

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

9 end; 

10 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in11 serting ‘‘; and’’; 

12 (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para13 graph (5); and 

14 (4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(4) provides armor vests to law enforcement 

17 officers that are uniquely fitted for such officers, in18 cluding vests uniquely fitted to individual female law 

19 enforcement officers; or’’. 

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