[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 933 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 933

 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 2018.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2013

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

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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 2018.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2013''.

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 2014 and 
                2015; and
                    ``(B) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016, 
                2017, and 2018.''.

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 2012 to carry out this part; and
                    ``(B) on the date of enactment of the Bulletproof 
                Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 
                2013, 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, 2015 shall be transferred to 
        the General Fund of the Treasury not later than January 15, 
        2016.''.

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 FUNDS 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) by 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 ARMOR 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)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a grantee that 
uses funds made available under this part to purchase an armor vest or 
body armor shall--
            ``(A) comply with any requirements established for the use 
        of grants made under part Y;
            ``(B) have a written policy requiring uniformed patrol 
        officers to wear an armor vest or body armor; and
            ``(C) use the funds to purchase armor vests or body armor 
        that meet any performance standards established by the Director 
        of the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
    ``(2) In this subsection, the terms `armor vest' and `body armor' 
have the same meanings given the terms in section 2503.''.

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''.
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