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Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act Of 2016

The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2016 was recently enacted. BVP has been extended to fiscal year 2020.
Public Law No: 114-155.  ( TXT | PDF )

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act of 2010

Appropriations language  ( DOC )

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act of 2009

Section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act is codified at 42 U.S.C. 3796ll  ( DOC )

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act of 2008

The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008 was recently enacted. BVP has been extended to fiscal year 2012.  ( Text | PDF )

BVP Reauthorization Through 2007

BVP Reauthorization Public Law 108-372: Oct. 25, 2004  ( Text | PDF )

Bulletproof Vest Act of 2000

The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000 was recently enacted. BVP is now extended for three more years, from 2002 to 2004. It also provides priority funding for jurisdictions with populations under 100,000 and increases the authorized funding level to $50 million each year.  ( Text | PDF )

Bulletproof Vest Act of 1998

On June 16, 1998, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Grant Act of 1998 was signed as law (Public Law 105-181). The purpose of the Act is to save the lives of law enforcement officers by helping States and units of local government and tribal governments equip their law enforcement officers with armor vests.  ( Text | PDF )

Interim Final Rule

Federal Register: September 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 184)  ( Text )

Freedom of Information Act

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is responsible for processing responses under the Freedom of Information Act for its component agencies: the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime, as well as the program and support offices of OJP.  US Department of Justice Site

If you recieve funding approval for an online application, the Guidelines for Release of Information to the General Public and Commercial Entities shall be utilized by the BVP program staff to govern information release.  FOIA Text

Paperwork Reduction Act

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Date Created: January 9, 2020