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Calendar No. 404 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2554 

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 2017. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 7, 2012 

Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. COONS, Ms. 

MIKULSKI, Mr. KOHL, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FRANKEN, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

MAY 17, 2012 

Reported by Mr. LEAHY, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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 2017. 

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 Act of 2012’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION. 

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

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

7 3793(a)(23)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘2017’’. 

9 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bulletproof Vest Part11 nership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2012’’. 

12 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA13 TIONS FOR BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNER14 SHIP GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

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

17 3793(a)(23)) is amended by striking ‘‘part Y,’’ and all that 

18 follows and inserting the following: ‘‘part Y— 

19 ‘‘(A) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 

20 and 2014; and 

21 ‘‘(B) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015, 

22 2016, and 2017.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. EXPIRATION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED 

2 FUNDS. 

3 Section 2501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

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

5 by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(h) EXPIRATION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED

7 FUNDS.— 

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

9 ‘previously appropriated funds’ means any amounts 

10 that— 

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

12 years 1999 through 2011 to carry out this part; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(B) on the date of enactment of the Bullet15 proof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reau16 thorization Act of 2012 are available to be ex17 pended and have not been expended, including 

18 funds that were previously obligated but 

19 undisbursed. 

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

21 funds that are not expended by September 30, 2014, 

22 shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treas23 ury no later than January 15, 2015.’’. 


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

2 FUNDS. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that amounts made available 

4 to carry out part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

5 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll et seq.) 

6 should be made available through the end of the first fiscal 

7 year following the fiscal year for which the amounts are 

8 appropriated and should not be made available until ex9 pended. 

10 SEC. 5. MATCHING FUND LIMITATION. 

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

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

13 amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para15 graph (4); and 

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

17 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON STATE MATCHING FUNDS.— 

18 A State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe 

19 may not use funding received under any other Fed20 eral grant program to pay or defer the cost, in whole 

21 or in part, of the matching requirement under para22 graph (1).’’. 


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

3 ANY BULLETPROOF VEST OR BODY ARMOR 

4 PURCHASED 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 amended 

7 by adding at the end the following: 

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

9 grantee that uses funds made available under this part to 

10 purchase a bulletproof vest or body armor shall comply with 

11 any requirement established for the use of grants made 

12 under part Y that an agency receiving funding under part 

13 Y— 

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

15 patrol officers to wear a bulletproof vest or body 

16 armor; and 

17 ‘‘(2) use the funds to purchase bulletproof vests 

18 or body armor that meet any performance standards 

19 established by the Director of the Bureau of Justice 

20 Assistance.’’. 

21 SEC. 7. UNIQUELY FITTED ARMOR VESTS. 

22 Section 2501(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con23 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(c)) is 

24 amended— 

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

26 end; 


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1 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in2 serting ‘‘; and’’; 

3 (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para4 graph (5); and 

5 (4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(4) provides armor vests to law enforcement of8 ficers that are uniquely fitted for such officers, includ9 ing vests uniquely fitted to individual female law en10 forcement officers; or’’. 


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Calendar No. 404 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2554 

A BILL 

To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Program through fiscal year 2017. tion of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorizaMAY 17, 2012 

Reported with an amendment 


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