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S 2511 110th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Authorization Clothing Economics and Public Finance Equipment and supplies Federal aid to law enforcement Government Operations and Politics Intergovernmental fiscal relations Law enforcement officers Police Safety measures

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008

Introduced: December 18, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 2008
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 737.
May 15, 2008
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment. Without written report.
May 15, 2008
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Dec 18, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15921)
Dec 18, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15921)
Dec 18, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to waive matching fund requirements applicable to the grant program for the purchase of armor vests for law enforcement officers in the case of fiscal hardship.

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend such program through FY2012.

What's happening now May 15, 2008

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 737.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3711 Related bill Wayne "Cotton" Morgan Bulletproof Vest Act of 2007
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 12, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). 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 requirement in the case of fiscal hardship.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2511/
MLA
"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 requirement in the case of fiscal hardship.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2511/.
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S. 2511, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2511/.
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[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 requirement in the case of fiscal hardship.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2511/)
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