Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-933
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2013-05-13
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-887.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) extend through FY2018 the authorization of appropriations for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program; (2) transfer to the Treasury, no later than January 15, 2016, all previously appropriated funds for such program that are not expended by September 30, 2015; (3) prohibit a state, local government, or Indian tribe from using any funding under another grant program to pay or defer the cost of the matching fund requirement for the grant program; (4) require a grantee to comply with any established requirements for the use of such grants, have a written policy requiring uniformed patrol officers to wear an armor vest or body armor, and use funds for purchasing vests or body armor that meet performance standards established by the Bureau of Justice Assistance; and (5) allow preferential consideration in grant awards to jurisdictions that provide armor vests to law enforcement officers that are uniquely fitted for such officers, including individual female officers.</p> <p>Expresses the sense of Congress that amounts made available to carry out the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program should be made available through the end of the fiscal year following the one for which the amounts are appropriated and should not be made available until expended by the Department of Justice (DOJ). </p>

action_date: 2013-08-01
action_desc: Reported to Senate without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) extend through FY2018 the authorization of appropriations for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program; (2) transfer to the Treasury, no later than January 15, 2016, all previously appropriated funds for such program that are not expended by September 30, 2015; (3) prohibit a state, local government, or Indian tribe from using any funding under another grant program to pay or defer the cost of the matching fund requirement for the grant program; (4) require a grantee to comply with any established requirements for the use of such grants, have a written policy requiring uniformed patrol officers to wear an armor vest or body armor, and use funds for purchasing vests or body armor that meet performance standards established by the Bureau of Justice Assistance; and (5) allow preferential consideration in grant awards to jurisdictions that provide armor vests to law enforcement officers that are uniquely fitted for such officers, including individual female officers.</p> <p>Expresses the sense of Congress that amounts made available to carry out the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program should be made available through the end of the fiscal year following the one for which the amounts are appropriated and should not be made available until expended by the Department of Justice (DOJ). </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 933 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 13, 2013 Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Coons , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Whitehouse , Mrs. Feinstein , and Ms. Klobuchar ) 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 2018.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 . 2. Extension of authorization of appropriations for Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Section 1001(a)(23) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(23)) is amended by striking part Y, and all that follows and inserting the following: “part Y— (A) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015; and (B) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018. . 3. Expiration of previously appropriated funds Section 2501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796ll ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Expiration of previously appropriated funds (1) Definition In this subsection, the term previously appropriated funds means any amounts that— (A) were appropriated for any of fiscal years 1999 through 2012 to carry out this part; and (B) on the date of enactment of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2013, are available to be expended and have not been expended, including funds that were previously obligated but undisbursed. (2) Expiration All previously appropriated funds that are not expended by September 30, 2015 shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury not later than January 15, 2016. . 4. Sense of Congress on 2-year limitation on funds It is the sense of Congress that amounts made available to carry out part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796ll et seq. ) should be made available through the end of the first fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the amounts are appropriated and should not be made available until expended. 5. Matching funds limitation Section 2501(f) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(f)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) Limitation on State matching funds A State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe may not use funding received under any other Federal grant program to pay or defer the cost, in whole or in part, of the matching requirement under paragraph (1). . 6. Application of Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program requirements to any armor vest or body armor purchased with Federal grant funds Section 521 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3766a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a grantee that uses funds made available under this part to purchase an armor vest or body armor shall— (A) comply with any requirements established for the use of grants made under part Y; (B) have a written policy requiring uniformed patrol officers to wear an armor vest or body armor; and (C) use the funds to purchase armor vests or body armor that meet any performance standards established by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance. (2) In this subsection, the terms armor vest and body armor have the same meanings given the terms in section 2503. . 7. Uniquely fitted armor vests Section 2501(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(c)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ; or and inserting ; and ; (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) provides armor vests to law enforcement officers that are uniquely fitted for such officers, including vests uniquely fitted to individual female law enforcement officers; or .

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 162 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 933 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 . 2. Extension of authorization of appropriations for Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Section 1001(a)(23) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(23)) is amended by striking part Y, and all that follows and inserting the following: “part Y— (A) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015; and (B) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018. . 3. Expiration of previously appropriated funds Section 2501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796ll ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Expiration of previously appropriated funds (1) Definition In this subsection, the term previously appropriated funds means any amounts that— (A) were appropriated for any of fiscal years 1999 through 2012 to carry out this part; and (B) on the date of enactment of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2013, are available to be expended and have not been expended, including funds that were previously obligated but undisbursed. (2) Expiration All previously appropriated funds that are not expended by September 30, 2015 shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury not later than January 15, 2016. . 4. Sense of Congress on 2-year limitation on funds It is the sense of Congress that amounts made available to carry out part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796ll et seq. ) should be made available through the end of the first fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the amounts are appropriated and should not be made available until expended. 5. Matching funds limitation Section 2501(f) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(f)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) Limitation on State matching funds A State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe may not use funding received under any other Federal grant program to pay or defer the cost, in whole or in part, of the matching requirement under paragraph (1). . 6. Application of Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program requirements to any armor vest or body armor purchased with Federal grant funds Section 521 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3766a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a grantee that uses funds made available under this part to purchase an armor vest or body armor shall— (A) comply with any requirements established for the use of grants made under part Y; (B) have a written policy requiring uniformed patrol officers to wear an armor vest or body armor; and (C) use the funds to purchase armor vests or body armor that meet any performance standards established by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance. (2) In this subsection, the terms armor vest and body armor have the same meanings given the terms in section 2503. . 7. Uniquely fitted armor vests Section 2501(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(c)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ; or and inserting ; and ; (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) provides armor vests to law enforcement officers that are uniquely fitted for such officers, including vests uniquely fitted to individual female law enforcement officers; or .

August 1, 2013 Reported without amendment