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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4033
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
clarify the procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants
for the purchase of armor vests.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 2000
Mr. VISCLOSKY 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 clarify the procedures and conditions
for the award of matching grants for the purchase of
armor vests.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bulletproof Vest Part-
nership Grant Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) by striking ‘‘The portion’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(1) The portion’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end of the first sen-
tence and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)—
‘‘(A) may not exceed 50 percent; and
‘‘(B) shall equal 50 percent, if—
‘‘(i) such grant is to a unit of local
government with fewer than 100,000 resi-
dents;
‘‘(ii) the Director of the Bureau of
Justice Assistance determines that the
quantity of vests to be purchased with such
grant is reasonable; and
‘‘(iii) such portion does not cause such
grant to violate the requirements of sub-
section (e).’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘Any funds’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(2) Any funds’’.
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 2501(g) (42
U.S.C. 3796ll(g)) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(g) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—Funds available
under this part shall be awarded, without regard to sub-
section (c), to each qualifying unit of local government
with fewer than 100,000 residents. Any remaining funds
available under this part shall be awarded to other quali-
fying applicants.’’.
(c) 
APPLICATIONS.—Section 
2502 
(42 
U.S.C.
3796ll–1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 is amended by inserting after subsection (c)
the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PUR-
CHASES.—If an application under this section is submitted
in conjunction with a transaction for the purchase of
armor vests, grant amounts under this section may not
be used to fund any portion of that purchase unless, before
the application is submitted, the applicant—
‘‘(1) receives clear and conspicuous notice that
receipt of the grant amounts requested in the appli-
cation is uncertain; and
‘‘(2) expressly assumes the obligation to carry
out the transaction regardless of whether such
amounts are received.’’.
(d) DEFINITION OF ARMOR VEST.—Paragraph (1) of
section 2503 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll–2) of such Act is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘means body armor’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘means—
‘‘(A) body armor’’; and
(2) by inserting after the semicolon at the end
the following: ‘‘or
‘‘(B) body armor which has been tested
through such voluntary compliance testing pro-
gram, and found to meet or exceed the require-
ments of NIJ Standard 0115.00, or any subse-
quent revision of such standard;’’.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
1001(a)(23) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(23)) is amended
by striking the period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002
through 2004.’’.
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