1.This Act may be cited as the
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act
of 2012
.
2.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
.
1.This Act may be cited as the
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant
Program Reauthorization Act of 2012
.
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 2013
and 2014; and
(B)$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015,
2016, and
2017.
.
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 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)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.
.
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.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 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 bulletproof 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)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.
.
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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May 17, 2012
Reported with an amendment