S. 2413 (es) 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. [Engrossed in Senate] ...

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        S.2413

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
   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.

    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 
Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
        (1) the number of law enforcement officers who are killed in 
    the line of duty would significantly decrease if every law 
    enforcement officer in the United States had the protection of an 
    armor vest;
        (2) according to studies, between 1985 and 1994, 709 law 
    enforcement officers in the United States were killed in the line 
    of duty;
        (3) the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that the risk 
    of fatality to law enforcement officers while not wearing an armor 
    vest is 14 times higher than for officers wearing an armor vest;
        (4) according to studies, between 1985 and 1994, bullet-
    resistant materials helped save the lives of more than 2,000 law 
    enforcement officers in the United States; and
        (5) the Executive Committee for Indian Country Law Enforcement 
    Improvements reports that violent crime in Indian country has risen 
    sharply, despite a decrease in the national crime rate, and has 
    concluded that there is a ``public safety crisis in Indian 
    country''.
SEC. 3. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ARMOR VESTS.
    (a) Matching Funds.--Section 2501(f) of part Y of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796ll(f)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``The portion'' and inserting the following:
        ``(1) In general.--The portion'';
        (2) by striking ``subsection (a)'' and all that follows through 
    the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting 
    ``subsection (a)--
            ``(A) may not exceed 50 percent; and
            ``(B) shall equal 50 percent, if--
                ``(i) such grant is to a unit of local government with 
            fewer than 100,000 residents;
                ``(ii) the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance 
            determines that the quantity of vests to be purchased with 
            such grant is reasonable; and
                ``(iii) such portion does not cause such grant to 
            violate the requirements of subsection (e).''; and
        (3) by striking ``Any funds'' and inserting the following:
        ``(2) Indian assistance.--Any funds''.
    (b) Allocation of Funds.--Section 2501(g) of part Y of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796ll(g)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Allocation of Funds.--Funds available under this part shall 
be awarded, without regard to subsection (c), to each qualifying unit 
of local government with fewer than 100,000 residents. Any remaining 
funds available under this part shall be awarded to other qualifying 
applicants.''.
    (c) Applications.--Section 2502 of part Y of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll-1) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Applications in Conjunction With Purchases.--If an 
application under this section is submitted in conjunction with a 
transaction for the purchase of armor vests, grant amounts under this 
section may not be used to fund any portion of that purchase unless, 
before the application is submitted, the applicant--
        ``(1) receives clear and conspicuous notice that receipt of the 
    grant amounts requested in the application is uncertain; and
        ``(2) expressly assumes the obligation to carry out the 
    transaction, regardless of whether such amounts are received.''.
    (d) Definition of Armor Vest.--Section 2503(1) of part Y of title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796ll-2(1)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``means body armor'' and inserting the 
    following: ``means--
            ``(A) body armor'';
        (2) by adding ``or'' at the end; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) body armor that has been tested through the voluntary 
        compliance testing program, and found to meet or exceed the 
        requirements of NIJ Standard 0115.00, or any revision of such 
        standard;''.
    (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. 3796ll-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.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--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 inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ``, and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 
2004''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

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