I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6025 
To enhance the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program to assist law 
enforcement agencies in protecting law enforcement officers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2018 
Mr. TIPTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To enhance the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program to 
assist law enforcement agencies in protecting law en-
forcement officers. 
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 ‘‘Law Enforcement Pro-
tection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BULLETPROOF VEST 
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) USES OF FUNDS.—Section 2501(b) of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10531(b)) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and adjust-
ing the margins accordingly; 
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘Grants awarded 
under this section’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), grants awarded under this part’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1)(B), as so redesignated, by 
inserting ‘‘subject to paragraph (2),’’ before ‘‘used 
for’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) TYPE III BODY ARMOR GRANTS.—A type 
III body armor grant shall be— 
‘‘(A) distributed in accordance with para-
graph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(B) used for the purchase of body armor 
that meets the standards for type III body 
armor, as determined by the National Institute 
of Justice, in an amount that is proportionate 
to the number of sworn law enforcement offi-
cers employed by the grantee on the date of the 
application submitted by the grantee under sec-
tion 2502.’’. 
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(b) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Section 2501(d) of title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10531(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘Un-
less’’ and inserting ‘‘With respect to grants awarded under 
this part that are not type III body armor grants, unless’’. 
(c) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—Section 2501(e) of title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10531(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘A 
qualifying’’ and inserting ‘‘With respect to grants awarded 
under this part that are not type III body armor grants, 
a qualifying’’. 
(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—Section 2501(f) of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10531(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The portion’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this sub-
section, the portion’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) TYPE III BODY ARMOR GRANTS.—A type 
III body armor grant shall not be subject to the 
matching requirement under paragraph (1).’’. 
(e) EXPIRATION OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—Sec-
tion 2501(h) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
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Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10531(h)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘appropriated funds’— 
‘‘(A) means any amount appropriated for 
any of fiscal years 2016 through 2023; and 
‘‘(B) does not include any amount appro-
priated to the Bulletproof Vest Partnership 
Program Type III Body Armor Fund.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘2025’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘2026’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE BULLET-
PROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TYPE III BODY 
ARMOR FUND.—All funds that are appropriated to 
the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Type III 
Body Armor Fund shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
(f) BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM 
TYPE III BODY ARMOR FUND.—Section 2501 of title I 
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of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10531) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(i) BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM 
TYPE III BODY ARMOR FUND.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘Bulletproof 
Vest Partnership Program Type III Body Armor 
Fund’. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The Attorney General 
may, without further appropriation, use amounts in 
the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Type III 
Body Armor Fund to award type III body armor 
grants under this part.’’. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2503 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10533) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking the semicolon 
and inserting a period; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; 
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(4) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (9) and moving paragraph (9), as so redesig-
nated, to follow paragraph (6); 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) the term ‘sworn law enforcement officer’ 
means a law enforcement officer who is formally au-
thorized to make arrests while acting within the 
scope of explicit legal authority; 
‘‘(8) the term ‘type III body armor grant’ 
means a grant that is— 
‘‘(A) awarded under this part using funds 
from the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program 
Type III Body Armor Fund; and 
‘‘(B) to be used in accordance with section 
2501(b)(2); and’’; 
(6) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 
(7) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (6) and moving paragraph (6), as so redesig-
nated, to follow paragraph (5), as so redesignated; 
and 
(8) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(3) the term ‘Bulletproof Vest Partnership 
Program Type III Body Armor Fund’ means the 
fund established under section 2501(i);’’. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
paragraph 
(23), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2023, of which $3,000,000 shall 
be made available each fiscal year to the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology for research 
and development of body armor, as defined in sec-
tion 2503 of that part.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(28) There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Type III Body 
Armor Fund established under section 2501(i) of part Y 
$1,100,000,000.’’. 
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