View all text of Subchapter XXIV [§ 10530 - § 10534]
§ 10531. Program authorized
(a) In general
(b) Uses of fundsGrants awarded under this section shall be—
(1) distributed directly to the State, unit of local government, State or local court, or Indian tribe; and
(2) used for the purchase of armor vests for law enforcement officers in the jurisdiction of the grantee.
(c) Preferential considerationIn awarding grants under this subchapter, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance may give preferential consideration, if feasible, to an application from a jurisdiction that—
(1) has the greatest need for armor vests based on the percentage of law enforcement officers in the department who do not have access to a vest;
(2) has, or will institute, a mandatory wear policy that requires on-duty law enforcement officers to wear armor vests whenever feasible;
(3) has a violent crime rate at or above the national average as determined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and
(4) provides armor vests to law enforcement officers that are uniquely fitted for such officers, including vests uniquely fitted to individual female law enforcement officers; or
(5) has not received a block grant under the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program described under the span “Violent Crime Reduction Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance” of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–119).
(d) Minimum amount
(e) Maximum amount
(f) Matching funds
(1) In generalThe portion of the costs of a program provided by a grant under 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).
(2) Indian assistance
(3) Limitation on matching funds
(4) Waiver
(g) Allocation of funds
(h) Expiration of appropriated funds
(1) Definition
(2) Expiration
(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2501, as added Pub. L. 105–181, § 3(a)(3), June 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 513; amended Pub. L. 106–517, § 3(a), (b), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2407, 2408; Pub. L. 110–177, title III, § 302(d), Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2539; Pub. L. 111–8, div. B, title II, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 583; Pub. L. 114–155, §§ 3, 5, 7, May 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 389, 390.)