[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2868 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2868
To enhance the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program to assist law
enforcement agencies in protecting law enforcement officers.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 16, 2018
Mr. Gardner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To enhance the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program to assist law
enforcement agencies in protecting law enforcement officers.
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 ``Law Enforcement Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) Uses of Funds.--Section 2501(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10531(b)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and adjusting the
margins accordingly;
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so
redesignated, by striking ``Grants awarded under this section''
and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
grants awarded under this part'';
(3) in paragraph (1)(B), as so redesignated, by inserting
``subject to paragraph (2),'' before ``used for''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Type iii body armor grants.--A type III body armor
grant shall be--
``(A) distributed in accordance with paragraph
(1)(A); and
``(B) used for the purchase of body armor that
meets the standards for type III body armor, as
determined by the National Institute of Justice, in an
amount that is proportionate to the number of sworn law
enforcement officers employed by the grantee on the
date of the application submitted by the grantee under
section 2502.''.
(b) Minimum Amount.--Section 2501(d) of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10531(d)) is
amended by striking ``Unless'' and inserting ``With respect to grants
awarded under this part that are not type III body armor grants,
unless''.
(c) Maximum Amount.--Section 2501(e) of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10531(e)) is
amended by striking ``A qualifying'' and inserting ``With respect to
grants awarded under this part that are not type III body armor grants,
a qualifying''.
(d) Matching Funds.--Section 2501(f) of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10531(f)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``The portion'' and inserting ``Except as
otherwise provided in this subsection, the portion''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Type iii body armor grants.--A type III body armor
grant shall not be subject to the matching requirement under
paragraph (1).''.
(e) Expiration of Appropriated Funds.--Section 2501(h) of title I
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C.
10531(h)) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term
`appropriated funds'--
``(A) means any amount appropriated for any of
fiscal years 2016 through 2023; and
``(B) does not include any amount appropriated to
the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Type III Body
Armor Fund.'';
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``2022'' and inserting ``2025'';
and
(B) by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2026'';
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Funds appropriated to the bulletproof vest
partnership program type iii body armor fund.--All funds that
are appropriated to the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program
Type III Body Armor Fund shall remain available until
expended.''.
(f) Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Type III Body Armor
Fund.--Section 2501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10531) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(i) Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Type III Body Armor
Fund.--
``(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury
a fund to be known as the `Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program
Type III Body Armor Fund'.
``(2) Use of funds.--The Attorney General may, without
further appropriation, use amounts in the Bulletproof Vest
Partnership Program Type III Body Armor Fund to award type III
body armor grants under this part.''.
(g) Definitions.--Section 2503 of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10533) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking the semicolon and
inserting a period;
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting
a semicolon;
(4) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (9) and
moving paragraph (9), as so redesignated, to follow paragraph
(6);
(5) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
``(7) the term `sworn law enforcement officer' means a law
enforcement officer who is formally authorized to make arrests
while acting within the scope of explicit legal authority;
``(8) the term `type III body armor grant' means a grant
that is--
``(A) awarded under this part using funds from the
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Type III Body
Armor Fund; and
``(B) to be used in accordance with section
2501(b)(2); and'';
(6) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs
(4) and (5), respectively;
(7) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (6) and
moving paragraph (6), as so redesignated, to follow paragraph
(5), as so redesignated; and
(8) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) the term `Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Type
III Body Armor Fund' means the fund established under section
2501(i);''.
(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1001(a) of title I of
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C.
10261(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (23), by striking ``$25,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2016 through 2020'' and inserting ``$50,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, of which $3,000,000
shall be made available each fiscal year to the National
Institute of Standards and Technology for research and
development of body armor, as defined in section 2503 of that
part.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(28) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Bulletproof
Vest Partnership Program Type III Body Armor Fund established under
section 2501(i) of part Y $1,100,000,000.''.
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