112 STAT. 512 PUBLIC LAW 105-181-JUNE 16, 1998 Public Law 105-181 105th Congress An Act June 16, 1998 To establish a matching grant program to help State and local jurisdictions purchase [S. 1605] armor vests for use by law enforcement departments. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Bulletproof Vest the United States of America in Congress assembled, Partnership Grant Act of SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1998 42 USC 3711 l^is -^ct may be cited as the "Bulletproof Vest Partnership note. Grant Act of 1998". 42 USC 379611 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. ^°^^' (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds that— (1) the number of law enforcement officers who are killed in the line of duty would significantly decrease if every law enforcement officer in the United States had the protection of an armor vest; (2) according to studies, between 1985 and 1994, 709 law enforcement officers in the United States were feloniously killed in the line of duty; (3) the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that the risk of fatality to law enforcement officers while not wearing an armor vest is 14 times higher than for officers wearing an armor vest; (4) the Department of Justice estimates that approximately 150,000 State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers, nearly 25 percent, are not issued body armor; (5) according to studies, between 1985 and 1994, bulletresistant materials helped save the lives of more than 2,000 law enforcement officers in the United States; and (6) the Executive Committee for Indian Country Law Enforcement Improvements reports that violent crime in Indian country has risen sharply, despite a decrease in the national crime rate, and has concluded that there is a "public safety crisis in Indian country". (b) PURPOSE.— The purpose of this Act is to save lives of law enforcement officers by helping State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies provide officers with armor vests. SEC. 3. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ARMOR VESTS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating part Y as part Z; (2) by redesignating section 2501 as section 2601; and (3) by inserting after part X the following new part:
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