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Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Official summary

Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Jul 10, 2003

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2003 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend through FY 2007 the authorization of appropriations for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (a matching grant program which helps State, tribal, and local jurisdictions purchase armor vests for use by law enforcement officers).

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Who introduced it

Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] · R–CO

Committees

  • Judiciary Committee
  • Judiciary Committee
13 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

  2. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  3. Received in the House.

  4. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  5. Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9431; text as passed Senate: CR S9431)

  6. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9431; text as passed Senate: CR S9431)

  7. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 193.

  8. Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.

  9. Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.

  10. Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  11. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4704-4705)

  12. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4704)

  13. Introduced in Senate

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