3.0.0 4305 2025-08-27T19:20:28Z 2025-08-27T19:20:28Z Senate S S 2024-05-09 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4305 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported By 2024-09-09T22:17:25Z Markup By 2024-05-15T14:30:12Z Referred To 2024-05-09T18:40:33Z S. Rept. 118-214 2024-12-03 17:26:55 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2024-12-03 17:19:53 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2024-12-03 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2024-12-02 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6759) Floor 2024-12-02 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2024-12-02 Senate The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2024-12-02 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6758-6759) Floor 2024-09-09 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 492. Calendars 2024-09-09 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-214. Committee 2024-09-09 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-214. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2024-05-15 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2024-05-09 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2024-05-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N B001319 Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] Katie Britt R AL 2024-05-09 True O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2024-07-09 False R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2024-07-09 False 2024-07-16T16:26:00Z https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60526 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 15, 2024 Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight 2024-10-09T17:10:58Z Government information and archives 2024-10-09T17:10:52Z Military procurement, research, weapons development 2024-10-09T17:10:47Z Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination 2024-10-09T17:11:02Z Government Operations and Politics 2024-08-15T13:33:05Z

00 2024-05-09 Introduced in Senate 2025-08-27T19:18:38Z <p><strong>DHS Better Ballistic Body Armor Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires ballistic resistant body armor issued to agents and officers of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to meet certain requirements related to fit, coverage, and testing on female body shapes. <em>Ballistic resistant body armor</em> means ballistic protection for the torso worn over or under clothing (e.g., bulletproof vests).&nbsp;</p><p>(Testing by the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that certain soft body armor, when worn by women, allowed projectiles to skip off the armor panel in the chest area and project into the unprotected throat area. New body armor models that mitigate this issue are now available and in use by some federal agencies.)</p><p>Under the bill, ballistic resistant body armor procured by DHS for agents and officers whose body shapes are most closely associated with female must</p><ul><li>be made to conform and provide the best possible coverage to individual wearers, allowing for either flat or shaped front panels;</li><li>have enhanced and advanced fit technology that stops bullets from skipping off the chest at an upward angle; and</li><li>have passed certain testing by the National Institute of Justice, including testing on female-shaped molds.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Within three years of the bill’s enactment, all DHS agents and officers whose body shapes are most closely associated with female must be issued body armor that meets these requirements.</p>

55 2024-12-02 Passed Senate 2025-08-26T13:37:21Z <p><strong>DHS Better Ballistic Body Armor Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires ballistic resistant body armor issued to agents and officers of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to meet certain requirements related to fit, coverage, and testing on female body shapes. <em>Ballistic resistant body armor</em> means ballistic protection for the torso worn over or under clothing (e.g., bulletproof vests).&nbsp;</p><p>(Testing by the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that certain soft body armor, when worn by women, allowed projectiles to skip off the armor panel in the chest area and project into the unprotected throat area. New body armor models that mitigate this issue are now available and in use by some federal agencies.)</p><p>Under the bill, ballistic resistant body armor procured by DHS for its agents and officers must</p><ul><li>be made to conform and provide the best possible coverage to individual wearers, allowing for either flat or shaped front panels;</li><li>have enhanced and advanced fit technology that stops bullets from redirecting off the chest at an upward angle; and</li><li>have passed certain testing by the National Institute of Justice, including testing on female-shaped molds.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Within three years of the bill’s enactment, all DHS agents and officers whose duties require body armor must be issued body armor that meets these requirements.</p>

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