[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8429 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8429

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
  authorize the use of Byrne-JAG grants for the purchase of disaster 
                    response and tactical vehicles.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2024

  Ms. Craig introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
  authorize the use of Byrne-JAG grants for the purchase of disaster 
                    response and tactical vehicles.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Local Law Enforcement Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE DISASTER RESPONSE AND TACTICAL 
              VEHICLES.

    Section 501 of the title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), in the matter preceding 
        subparagraph (A), by inserting after ``equipment'' the 
        following ``(including armored, disaster response, command and 
        control, and tactical vehicles)'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking ``(excluding 
        police cruisers),'' and inserting the following: ``(excluding 
        police cruisers and armored, disaster response, command and 
        control, and tactical vehicles),''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `tactical vehicle' means a vehicle purpose-
        built to operate on and off-road in support of military 
        operations such as a HMMWV (`Humvee'), 2.5 ton truck, or 5 ton 
        truck, or a vehicle with a breaching or entry apparatus 
        attached, and which may be used by law enforcement in rough 
        terrain or inclement weather for search and rescue operations 
        as well as other law enforcement functions.
            ``(2) The term `command and control vehicles' means any 
        wheeled vehicle either purpose-built or modified to facilitate 
        the operational control and direction of public safety units 
        responding to an incident, that can accommodate multiple people 
        at multiple workstations in the command center, and which may 
        provide a variety of capabilities including the provision for 
        enhanced communications and other situational awareness 
        capabilities.
            ``(3) The term `armored vehicle' means any vehicle that 
        provides ballistic protection to its occupants.''.

SEC. 3. INEFFECTIVENESS OF CERTAIN RULES AND POLICIES.

    No regulation, rule, guidance, policy, or recommendations issued on 
or after May 15, 2015, that limits the ability of State, local or 
Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase disaster response or 
tactical vehicles through the Byrne JAG Program under subpart 1 of part 
E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
shall have any force or effect after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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