113 S933 RS: Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2013
U.S. Senate
2013-08-01
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1.This Act may be cited as
the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant
Program Reauthorization Act of 2013
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2.Extension of
authorization of appropriations for Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant
ProgramSection 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.
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3.Expiration of
previously appropriated fundsSection 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)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)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.
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4.Sense of
Congress on 2-year limitation on fundsIt 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
limitationSection 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 fundsA 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).
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6.Application of
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program requirements to any armor vest or
body armor purchased with Federal grant fundsSection 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.
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7.Uniquely fitted
armor vestsSection 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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August 1, 2013
Reported without amendment