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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.
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).
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 933 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 933
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.
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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
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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.
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 2013''.
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 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.''.
SEC. 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.''.
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:
``(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).''.
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
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.''.
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''.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3373-3374)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3374)
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 162.
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-887.
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