[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 125 (Tuesday, October 10, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S10154]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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             BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP GRANT ACT OF 2000

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                LEAHY (AND CAMPBELL) AMENDMENT NO. 4304

  Mr. Brownback (for Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Campbell)) proposed 
an amendment to the bill (S. 2413) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify the procedures and conditions 
for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests; as 
follows:

       On page 5, redesignate subsection (e) on line 18 as 
     subsection (f) and insert after line 17 the following:
       (e) Interim Definition of Armor Vest.--For purposes of part 
     Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
     Act of 1968, as amended by this Act, the meaning of the term 
     ``armor vest'' (as defined in section 2503 of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 37966ll-2)) shall, until the date on which a final NIJ 
     Standard 0115.00 is first fully approved and implemented, 
     also include body armor which has been found to meet or 
     exceed the requirements for protection against stabbing 
     established by the State in which the grantee is located.

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