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  - Markup By
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  - Referred To
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S. Rept. 118-214
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Received in the House.
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6759)
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The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
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- 2024-12-02
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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6758-6759)
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- 2024-09-09
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 492.
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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.
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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.
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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2024-07-09
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S. 4305, DHS Better Ballistic Body Armor Act
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
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- Government information and archives
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- Military procurement, research, weapons development
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- 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
DHS Better Ballistic Body Armor Act
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. Ballistic resistant body armor means ballistic protection for the torso worn over or under clothing (e.g., bulletproof vests).
(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.)
Under the bill, ballistic resistant body armor procured by DHS for agents and officers whose body shapes are most closely associated with female must
- be made to conform and provide the best possible coverage to individual wearers, allowing for either flat or shaped front panels;
- have enhanced and advanced fit technology that stops bullets from skipping off the chest at an upward angle; and
- have passed certain testing by the National Institute of Justice, including testing on female-shaped molds.
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.
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DHS Better Ballistic Body Armor Act
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. Ballistic resistant body armor means ballistic protection for the torso worn over or under clothing (e.g., bulletproof vests).
(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.)
Under the bill, ballistic resistant body armor procured by DHS for its agents and officers must
- be made to conform and provide the best possible coverage to individual wearers, allowing for either flat or shaped front panels;
- have enhanced and advanced fit technology that stops bullets from redirecting off the chest at an upward angle; and
- have passed certain testing by the National Institute of Justice, including testing on female-shaped molds.
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.

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DHS Better Ballistic Body Armor Act
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A bill to improve the effectiveness of body armor issued to female agents and officers of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
2024-05-13T12:26:45Z
Introduced in Senate
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In the nature of a substitute.
2024-12-04T12:08:17Z
2024-12-02
Amendment SA 3307 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
SA 3307
https://www.congress.gov/amendment/118th-congress/senate-amendment/3307
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DHS Better Ballistic Body Armor Act
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Amendment SA 3307 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
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Senate
Amendment SA 3307 proposed by Senator Stabenow for Senator Peters. (consideration: CR S6759)
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3307 proposed by Senator Stabenow for Senator Peters.
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Senate amendment submitted
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3307 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
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- Engrossed in Senate
2024-12-02T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s4305es/xml/BILLS-118s4305es.xml
- Reported to Senate
2024-09-09T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s4305rs/xml/BILLS-118s4305rs.xml
- Introduced in Senate
2024-05-09T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s4305is/xml/BILLS-118s4305is.xml
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