[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2511 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2511

 To amend the grant program for law enforcement armor vests to provide 
 for a waiver of or reduction in the matching funds requirement in the 
                        case of fiscal hardship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 18, 2007

Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Mikulski, and Ms. 
   Landrieu) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the grant program for law enforcement armor vests to provide 
 for a waiver of or reduction in the matching funds requirement in the 
                        case of fiscal hardship.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ARMOR VESTS.

    Section 2501(f) of part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(f)) is amended by 
inserting at the end the following:
            ``(3) Waiver.--The Director may waive, in whole or in part, 
        the requirement of paragraph (1) in the case of fiscal 
        hardship, as determined by the Director.''.
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