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Calendar No. 162 

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, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. FRANKEN) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

AUGUST 1, 2013 

Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bulletproof Vest Part3 nership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA5 TIONS FOR BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNER6 SHIP GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

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

9 3793(a)(23)) is amended by striking ‘‘part Y,’’ and all 

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

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

12 2014 and 2015; and 

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

14 2016, 2017, and 2018.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. EXPIRATION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED 

16 FUNDS. 

17 Section 2501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

18 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll) is amend19 ed by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(h) EXPIRATION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED

21 FUNDS.— 

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

23 ‘previously appropriated funds’ means any amounts 

24 that— 


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

2 years 1999 through 2012 to carry out this part; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(B) on the date of enactment of the Bul5 letproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reau6 thorization Act of 2013, are available to be ex7 pended and have not been expended, including 

8 funds that were previously obligated but 

9 undisbursed. 

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

11 funds that are not expended by September 30, 2015 

12 shall be transferred to the General Fund of the 

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

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

15 FUNDS. 

16 It is the sense of Congress that amounts made avail17 able to carry out part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

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

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

20 first fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the 

21 amounts are appropriated and should not be made avail22 able until expended. 


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1 SEC. 5. MATCHING FUNDS LIMITATION. 

2 Section 2501(f) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con3 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(f)) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para6 graph (4); and 

7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON STATE MATCHING

10 FUNDS.—A State, unit of local government, or In11 dian tribe may not use funding received under any 

12 other Federal grant program to pay or defer the 

13 cost, in whole or in part, of the matching require14 ment under paragraph (1).’’. 

15 SEC. 6. APPLICATION OF BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNER16 SHIP GRANT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS TO 

17 ANY ARMOR VEST OR BODY ARMOR PUR18 CHASED WITH FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS. 

19 Section 521 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

20 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3766a) is amend21 ed by adding at the end the following: 

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

23 a grantee that uses funds made available under this part 

24 to purchase an armor vest or body armor shall— 

25 ‘‘(A) comply with any requirements established 

26 for the use of grants made under part Y; 


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

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

3 and 

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

5 body armor that meet any performance standards 

6 established by the Director of the Bureau of Justice 

7 Assistance. 

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

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

10 section 2503.’’. 

11 SEC. 7. UNIQUELY FITTED ARMOR VESTS. 

12 Section 2501(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con13 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(c)) 

14 is amended— 

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

16 end; 

17 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in18 serting ‘‘; and’’; 

19 (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para20 graph (5); and 

21 (4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol22 lowing: 

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

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1 cluding vests uniquely fitted to individual female law 

2 enforcement officers; or’’. 


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Calendar No. 162 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 933 

A BILL 

To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Program through fiscal year 2018. tion of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorizaAUGUST 1, 2013 

Reported without amendment 


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