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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5391

Bipartisan Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Expansion Act

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Introduced 2025-09-16Topic: public safety · budget · criminal justice

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This bill changes the federal Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, which helps pay for body armor for law enforcement. It raises the federal share of costs covered by these grants from 50 percent to 60 percent in two places in the law. It also replaces the program's funding authorization with $60 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-09-16HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-09-16Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-09-16Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.