[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 2554 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 404
112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2554

 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 2017.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2012

  Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Coons, Ms. 
  Mikulski, Mr. Kohl, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
 Franken, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following bill; which was 
       read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                              May 17, 2012

                Reported by Mr. Leahy, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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 2017.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Bulletproof Vest 
Partnership Grant Act of 2012''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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 ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2012''.

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 2013 and 2014; 
        and
            ``(B) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 
        2017.''.

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 2011 to carry out this part; and
                    ``(B) on the date of enactment of the Bulletproof 
                Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 
                2012 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, 2014, shall be transferred to 
        the General Fund of the Treasury no later than January 15, 
        2015.''.

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 FUND 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) 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 BULLETPROOF 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) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a grantee that 
uses funds made available under this part to purchase a bulletproof 
vest or body armor shall comply with any requirement established for 
the use of grants made under part Y that an agency receiving funding 
under part Y--
            ``(1) have a written policy requiring uniformed patrol 
        officers to wear a bulletproof vest or body armor; and
            ``(2) use the funds to purchase bulletproof vests or body 
        armor that meet any performance standards established by the 
        Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance.''.

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''.
                                                       Calendar No. 404

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2554

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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 2017.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 17, 2012

                       Reported with an amendment