Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
May 9, 2024
Step 2
Referred
May 9, 2024
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Step 3
Committee
May 15, 2024
Reported out
Step 4
Senate
Dec 2, 2024
Passed Senate w/ Changes
Step 5
House floor
Moves to House
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill requires ballistic resistant body armor issued to agents and officers of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to meet certain requirements related to fit, coverage, and testing on female body shapes. Ballistic resistant body armor means ballistic protection for the torso worn over or under clothing (e.g., bulletproof vests). (Testing by the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that certain soft body armor, when worn by women, allowed projectiles to skip off the armor panel in the chest area and project into the unprotected throat area. New body armor models that mitigate this issue are now available and in use by some federal agencies.) Under the bill, ballistic resistant...
Timeline · 11 actions
Dec 3, 2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 3, 2024
Received in the House.
Dec 3, 2024
Held at the desk.
Dec 2, 2024
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Dec 2, 2024
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 2, 2024
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 9, 2024
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-214.
Sep 9, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 492.
May 15, 2024
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 9, 2024
Introduced in Senate
May 9, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.