S.Amdt. 963

SA 963. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title II of division A, insert
the following:
Sec. __. (a) There is established in the Treasury a fund to
be known as the ``Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Type
III Body Armor Fund''.
(b) The Attorney General may, without further
appropriation, use amounts in the Bulletproof Vest
Partnership Program Type III Body Armor Fund established
under subsection (a) to award type III body armor grants to
State and local law enforcement agencies 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.
(c) Out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $1,100,000,000 are appropriated to the
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Type III Body Armor Fund
established under subsection (a).
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