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 114 STAT. 2408 PUBLIC LAW 106-517—NOV. 13, 2000 "(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)."; and (3) by striking "Any funds" and inserting the following: " (2) INDIAN ASSISTANCE. —Any funds". (b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. —Section 2501(g) of part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 379611(g)) is amended to read as follows: "(g) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. — Funds available under this part shall be awarded, without regard to subsection (c), to each qualifying unit of local government with fewer than 100,000 residents. Any remaining funds available under this part shall be awarded to other qualifying applicants.". (c) APPLICATIONS.— Section 2502 of part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 379611-1) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(d) APPLICATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PURCHASES.— If an application under this section is submitted in conjunction with a transaction for the purchase of armor vests, grant amounts under this section may not be used to fund any portion of that purchase unless, before the application is submitted, the applicant— "(1) receives clear and conspicuous notice that receipt of the grant amounts requested in the application is uncertain; and "(2) expressly assumes the obligation to carry out the transaction, regardless of whether such amounts are received.". (d) DEFINITION OF ARMOR VEST.— Section 2503(1) of part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 379611-2(1)) is amended— (1) by striking "means body armor" and inserting the following: "means— "(A) body armor"; (2) by adding "or" at the end; and (3) by adding at the end the following: "(B) body armor that has been tested through the voluntary compliance testing program, and found to meet or exceed the requirements of NIJ Standard 0115.00, or any revision of such standard;". 42 USC 3796ZZ-2 (e) INTERIM DEFINITION OF ARMOR VEST. — For purposes of part note. Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended by this Act, the meaning of the term "armor vest" (as defined in section 2503 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 379611- 2)) shall, until the date on which a final NIJ Standard 0115.00 is first fully approved and implemented, also include body armor which has been found to meet or exceed the requirements for protection against stabbing established by the State in which the grantee is located.

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