S.2511 - A bill to amend the grant program for law enforcement armor vests to provide for a waiver of or reduction in the matching funds Sponsor: Patrick Leahy / 110th Congress

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110th Congress - A bill to amend the grant program for law enforcement armor vests to provide for a waiver of or reduction in the matching funds requirement in the case of fiscal hardship. hidemore...
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A bill to amend the grant program for law enforcement armor vests to provide for a waiver of or reduction in the matching funds requirement in the case of fiscal hardship. (by CRS)
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The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar.

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Protecting state police with federal dollars by Angela Xu, Jun 2, 2008 (4:21am)

This bill would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1998 for another three years. The act created the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP), which provides millions of dollars to the states for the purchase of bulletproof vests for law enforcement. BVP funds up to 50 percent of each vest purchased or replaced by law enforcement officials, as long as the vests comply with federal standards. Sponsor Sen. Leahy emphasized the importance of this act in light of the fact that the Bush administration has given billions of dollars to Iraqi police, and relatively little to U.S. state police.

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