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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 125 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 8, 2015 

Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. COONS, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mr. CORNYN) 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 2020, and for other purposes. 

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 2015’’. 


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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 to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(23) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 

8 out part Y, $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 

9 through 2020.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. EXPIRATION OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS. 

11 Section 2501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

12 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll) is amend13 ed by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(h) EXPIRATION OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.— 

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

16 ‘appropriated funds’ means any amounts that are 

17 appropriated for any of fiscal years 2016 through 

18 2020 to carry out this part. 

19 ‘‘(2) EXPIRATION.—All appropriated funds that 

20 are not obligated on or before December 31, 2022 

21 shall be transferred to the General Fund of the 

22 Treasury not later than January 31, 2023.’’. 

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

24 FUNDS. 

25 It is the sense of Congress that amounts made avail26 able to carry out part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime 


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

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

3 first fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the 

4 amounts are appropriated and should not be made avail5 able until expended. 

6 SEC. 5. MATCHING FUNDS LIMITATION. 

7 Section 2501(f) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con8 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(f)) 

9 is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para11 graph (4); and 

12 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON MATCHING FUNDS.—A 

15 State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe may 

16 not use funding received under any other Federal 

17 grant program to pay or defer the cost, in whole or 

18 in part, of the matching requirement under para19 graph (1).’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. APPLICATION OF BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNER2 SHIP GRANT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS TO 

3 ANY ARMOR VEST OR BODY ARMOR PUR4 CHASED WITH FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS. 

5 Section 521 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

6 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3766a) is amend7 ed by adding at the end the following: 

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

9 a grantee that uses funds made available under this part 

10 to purchase an armor vest or body armor shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) comply with any requirements established 

12 for the use of grants made under part Y; 

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

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

15 and 

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

17 body armor that meet any performance standards 

18 established by the Director of the Bureau of Justice 

19 Assistance. 

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

21 ‘body armor’ have the meanings given such terms in sec22 tion 2503.’’. 

23 SEC. 7. UNIQUELY FITTED ARMOR VESTS. 

24 Section 2501(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con25 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(c)) 

26 is amended— 


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

2 end; 

3 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in4 serting ‘‘; and’’; 

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

7 (4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol8 lowing: 

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

10 officers that are uniquely fitted for such officers, in11 cluding vests uniquely fitted to individual female law 

12 enforcement officers; or’’. 

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