Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015
PL 114-155 (S.125), enacted 05/16/2016

130 STAT. 389 
PUBLIC LAW 114–155—MAY 16, 2016 
Public Law 114–155 
114th Congress 
An Act 
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 2020, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bulletproof Vest Partnership 
Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 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 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(23) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out part 
Y, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.’’. 
SEC. 3. EXPIRATION OF 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 APPROPRIATED FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriated 
funds’ means any amounts that are appropriated for any of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 to carry out this part. 
‘‘(2) EXPIRATION.—All appropriated funds that are not obli-
gated on or before December 31, 2022 shall be transferred 
to the General Fund of the Treasury not later than January 
31, 2023.’’. 
SEC. 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. 
SEC. 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: 
Deadline. 
42 USC 3711 
note. 
Bulletproof Vest 
Partnership 
Grant Program 
Reauthorization 
Act of 2015. 
May 16, 2016 
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130 STAT. 390 
PUBLIC LAW 114–155—MAY 16, 2016 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 125: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 114–544 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 161 (2015): May 6, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 162 (2016): May 10, considered and passed House. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION
ON
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).’’. 
SEC. 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 offi-
cers 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 meanings given such terms in section 2503.’’. 
SEC. 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’’. 
Approved May 16, 2016. 
Compliance. 
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