Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000
PL 106-517 (S.2413), enacted 11/13/2000

PUBLIC LAW 106-517—NOV. 13, 2000 
114 STAT. 2407 
Public Law 106-517 
106th Congress 
An Act 
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 Representatives of 
the United States of 
America in Congress assembled, 
'Bulletproof Vest Partnership 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the 
Grant Act of 2000". 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the number of law enforcement officers who are killed 
in the line of duty would significantly decrease if every law 
enforcement officer in the United States had the protection 
of an armor vest; 
(2) according to studies, between 1985 and 1994, 709 law 
enforcement officers in the United States were killed in the 
line of duty; 
(3) the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that the 
risk of fatality to law enforcement officers while not wearing 
an armor vest is 14 times higher than for officers wearing 
an armor vest; 
(4) according to studies, between 1985 and 1994, bullet-
resistant materials helped save the lives of more than 2,000 
law enforcement officers in the United States; and 
(5) the Executive Committee for Indian Country Law 
Enforcement Improvements reports that violent crime in Indian 
country has risen sharply, despite a decrease in the national 
crime rate, and has concluded that there is a "public safety 
crisis in Indian country". 
SEC. 3. MATCHING 
GRANT 
PROGRAM 
FOR 
LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
ARMOR VESTS. 
(a) MATCHING FUNDS.—Section 2501(f) of part Y of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
379611(f)) is amended— 
(1) by striking "The portion" and inserting the following: 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—The portion"; 
(2) by striking "subsection (a)" and all that follows through 
the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting "sub-
section (a)— 
"(A) may not exceed 50 percent; and 
"(B) shall equal 50 percent, if— 
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"(i) such grant is to a unit of local government 
with fewer than 100,000 residents; 
"(ii) the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assist-
ance determines that the quantity of vests to be pur-
chased with such grant is reasonable; and 
"(iii) such portion does not cause such grant to 
violate the requirements of subsection (e)."; and 
(3) by striking "Any funds" and inserting the following: 
"(2) INDIAN ASSISTANCE.—Any funds". 
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 2501(g) of part Y of title 
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 379611(g)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(g) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Funds available under this part 
shall be awarded, without regard to subsection (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 qualifying applicants.". 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—Section 2502 of part Y of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
379611-1) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
"(d) APPLICATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PURCHASES.—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 application is uncertain; 
and 
"(2) expressly assumes the obligation to carry out the trans-
action, regardless of whether such amounts are received.". 
(d) DEFINITION OF ARMOR VEST.—Section 2503(1) of part Y 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 379611-2(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking "means body armor" and inserting the fol-
lowing: "means— 
"(A) body armor"; 
(2) by adding "or" at the end; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
"(B) body armor that has been tested through the 
voluntary compliance testing program, and found to meet 
or exceed the requirements of NIJ Standard 0115.00, or 
any revision of such standard;". 
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(e) INTERIM DEFINITION OF ARMOR VEST.—For purposes of part 
note. 
Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968, as amended by this Act, the meaning of the term "armor 
vest" (as defined in section 2503 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 379611-
2)) shall, until the date on which a final NIJ Standard 0115.00 
is first fully approved and implemented, also include body armor 
which has been found to meet or exceed the requirements for 
protection against stabbing established by the State in which the 
grantee is located. 
PUBLIC LAW 106-517—NOV. 13, 2000 
114 STAT. 2409 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—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 inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ", and $50,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2002 through 2004". 
Approved November 13, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2413 (H.R. 4033): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-776 accompanying H.R. 4033 (Comm. on the Judici-
ary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Oct. 10, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 25, considered and passed House.