PUBLIC LAW 105-181-JUNE 16, 1998 112 STAT. 513
- PART Y—MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT ARMOR VESTS "SEC. 2501. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 42 USC 3796//. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance is authorized to make grants to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes to purchase armor vests for use by State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers. "(b) USES OF FUNDS. — Grants awarded under this section shall be— "(1) distributed directly to the State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe; and "(2) used for the purchase of armor vests for law enforcement officers in the jiuisdiction of the grantee. "(c) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION. — In awarding grants under this part, 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; and "(3) has a violent crime rate at or above the national average as determined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or "(4) has not received a block grant under the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program described under the heading '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. —Unless all eligible applications submitted by any State or unit of local government within such State for a grant under this section have been funded, such State, together with grantees within the State (other than Indian tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal year under this section not less than 0.50 percent of the total amount appropriated in the fiscal year for grants pursuant to this section, except that the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Isl£m.ds shall each be allocated.25 percent. "(e) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.— A qualifying State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe may not receive more than 5 percent of the total amount appropriated in each fiscal year for grants under this section, except that a State, together with the grantees within the State may not receive more than 20 percent of the total amount appropriated in each fiscal year for grants under this section. "(f) MATCHING FUNDS. —The portion of the costs of a program provided by a grant under subsection (a) may not exceed 50 percent. Any funds appropriated by Congress for the activities of any agency of an Indian tribal government or the Bureau of Indian Mfairs Eerforming law enforcement functions on any Indian lands may e used to provide the non-Federal share of a matching requirement funded under this subsection.
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