Wayne "Cotton" Morgan Bulletproof Vest Act of 2007

Wayne "Cotton" Morgan Bulletproof Vest Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to waive the grantee matching funds requirement applicable to the grant program for purchasing bulletproof armor vests to the extent that such vests are purchased for law enforcement officers who work in high security risk areas and correctional officers who transport prisoners.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3711 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3711

 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
  1968 to eliminate the matching requirement for certain bulletproof 
 armor vest purchases under the matching grant program for bulletproof 
                              armor vests.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2007

 Mr. Holden (for himself and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
  1968 to eliminate the matching requirement for certain bulletproof 
 armor vest purchases under the matching grant program for bulletproof 
                              armor vests.

    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 ``Wayne `Cotton' Morgan Bulletproof 
Vest Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR BULLETPROOF ARMOR VESTS 
              TO ELIMINATE MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN ARMOR VEST 
              PURCHASES.

    Section 2501 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll) is amended in subsection (f) by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) No matching requirement for certain armor vest 
        purchases.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Paragraph (1) does not apply to 
                a grant to a jurisdiction to the extent the grant is 
                for the purchase of armor vests--
                            ``(i) for officers who, as of the date of 
                        the jurisdiction's application for such grant, 
                        work in high security risk areas, as specified 
                        by the Director of the Bureau of Justice 
                        Assistance; or
                            ``(ii) for correctional officers who, as of 
                        the date of the jurisdiction's application for 
                        such grant, transport prisoners.
                    ``(B) High security risk area.--For purposes of 
                specifying a high security risk area, with respect to a 
                facility, under subparagraph (A), the Director of the 
                Bureau of Justice Assistance shall take into account 
                the following:
                            ``(i) The security level of the inmates 
                        located in the area, and the mission of the 
                        facility.
                            ``(ii) The structural layout of the 
                        facility.
                            ``(iii) The extent to which a large number 
                        of inmates may gather in the area at any given 
                        time.''.
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