BVP User Guides
- Registering Users in BVP User Guide
- Associating Users in BVP User Guide
- Submitting Payment Requests in BVP User Guide
BVP Job Aids/Checklists
- New Account Checklist
- Jurisdiction Application Checklist
- Law Enforcement Agency Application Checklist
- Receipt Creation Checklist
- Receipt Creation with CSV File Checklist
- Payments and Receipts Checklist
- Invoice File Upload Guidelines
BVP Video Demos
- Receipts
- Payment Requests
- Create and Submit a Payment Request - LEA Users
- Create and Submit a Payment Request with a Waiver - LEA Users
- Create and Submit a Payment Request - JUR Users for JURS with 0-1 Registered LEA
- Create and Submit a Payment Request with a Waiver - JUR Users for JURS with 0-1 Registered LEA
- Review and Submit a Payment Request - JUR Users for JURs with More than One Registered LEA
BVP User Guides
- Registering Users in BVP User Guide
- Associating Users in BVP User Guide
- Submitting Payment Requests in BVP User Guide
BVP Job Aids/Checklists
- New Account Checklist
- Jurisdiction Application Checklist
- Law Enforcement Agency Application Checklist
- Receipt Creation Checklist
- Receipt Creation with CSV File Checklist
- Payments and Receipts Checklist
- Invoice File Upload Guidelines
BVP Video Demos
- Receipts
- Payment Requests
- Create and Submit a Payment Request - LEA Users
- Create and Submit a Payment Request with a Waiver - LEA Users
- Create and Submit a Payment Request - JUR Users for JURS with 0-1 Registered LEA
- Create and Submit a Payment Request with a Waiver - JUR Users for JURS with 0-1 Registered LEA
- Review and Submit a Payment Request - JUR Users for JURs with More than One Registered LEA
Award History by Jurisdiction
Funding Decisions for past BVP Program years can be found using the following links:
- FY 2024 BVP awards
- FY 2023 BVP awards
- FY 2022 BVP awards
- FY 2021 BVP awards
- FY 2020 BVP awards
- FY 2019 BVP awards
- FY 2018 BVP awards
- FY 2017 BVP awards
- FY 2016 BVP awards
- FY 2015 BVP awards
- FY 2014 BVP awards
- FY 2013 BVP awards
- FY 2012 BVP awards
- FY 2011 BVP awards
- FY 2010 BVP awards
- FY 1999 ‐ 2010 BVP awards
Composite Funding and Award History
Total BVP Payments and Vests per Calendar Year
Vest Makes and Models in Approved Applications
For immediate assistance, please call us toll-free at 1-877-758-3787. You may also reach us by email at vests@usdoj.gov.
Award History by Jurisdiction
Funding Decisions for past BVP Program years can be found using the following links:
- FY 2024 BVP awards
- FY 2023 BVP awards
- FY 2022 BVP awards
- FY 2021 BVP awards
- FY 2020 BVP awards
- FY 2019 BVP awards
- FY 2018 BVP awards
- FY 2017 BVP awards
- FY 2016 BVP awards
- FY 2015 BVP awards
- FY 2014 BVP awards
- FY 2013 BVP awards
- FY 2012 BVP awards
- FY 2011 BVP awards
- FY 2010 BVP awards
- FY 1999 ‐ 2010 BVP awards
Composite Funding and Award History
Total BVP Payments and Vests per Calendar Year
Vest Makes and Models in Approved Applications
For immediate assistance, please call us toll-free at 1-877-758-3787. You may also reach us by email at vests@usdoj.gov.
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act Of 2016
The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2016 was recently enacted. BVP has been extended to fiscal year 2020.
Public Law No: 114-155. ( TXT | PDF )
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act of 2010
Appropriations language ( DOC )
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act of 2009
Section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act is codified at 42 U.S.C. 3796ll ( DOC )
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act of 2008
The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008 was recently enacted. BVP has been extended to fiscal year 2012. ( Text | PDF )
BVP Reauthorization Through 2007
BVP Reauthorization Public Law 108-372: Oct. 25, 2004 ( Text | PDF )
Bulletproof Vest Act of 2000
The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000 was recently enacted. BVP is now extended for three more years, from 2002 to 2004. It also provides priority funding for jurisdictions with populations under 100,000 and increases the authorized funding level to $50 million each year. ( Text | PDF )
Bulletproof Vest Act of 1998
On June 16, 1998, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Grant Act of 1998 was signed as law (Public Law 105-181). The purpose of the Act is to save the lives of law enforcement officers by helping States and units of local government and tribal governments equip their law enforcement officers with armor vests. ( Text | PDF )
Interim Final Rule
Federal Register: September 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 184) ( Text )
Freedom of Information Act
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is responsible for processing responses under the Freedom of Information Act for its component agencies: the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime, as well as the program and support offices of OJP. US Department of Justice Site
If you receive funding approval for an online application, the Guidelines for Release of Information to the General Public and Commercial Entities shall be utilized by the BVP program staff to govern information release. FOIA Text
Paperwork Reduction Act
View Paperwork Reduction Act
For immediate assistance, please call us toll-free at 1-877-758-3787. You may also reach us by email at vests@usdoj.gov.
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act Of 2016
The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2016 was recently enacted. BVP has been extended to fiscal year 2020.
Public Law No: 114-155. ( TXT | PDF )
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act of 2010
Appropriations language ( DOC )
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act of 2009
Section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act is codified at 42 U.S.C. 3796ll ( DOC )
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act of 2008
The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008 was recently enacted. BVP has been extended to fiscal year 2012. ( Text | PDF )
BVP Reauthorization Through 2007
BVP Reauthorization Public Law 108-372: Oct. 25, 2004 ( Text | PDF )
Bulletproof Vest Act of 2000
The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000 was recently enacted. BVP is now extended for three more years, from 2002 to 2004. It also provides priority funding for jurisdictions with populations under 100,000 and increases the authorized funding level to $50 million each year. ( Text | PDF )
Bulletproof Vest Act of 1998
On June 16, 1998, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Grant Act of 1998 was signed as law (Public Law 105-181). The purpose of the Act is to save the lives of law enforcement officers by helping States and units of local government and tribal governments equip their law enforcement officers with armor vests. ( Text | PDF )
Interim Final Rule
Federal Register: September 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 184) ( Text )
Freedom of Information Act
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is responsible for processing responses under the Freedom of Information Act for its component agencies: the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime, as well as the program and support offices of OJP. US Department of Justice Site
If you receive funding approval for an online application, the Guidelines for Release of Information to the General Public and Commercial Entities shall be utilized by the BVP program staff to govern information release. FOIA Text
Paperwork Reduction Act
View Paperwork Reduction Act
For immediate assistance, please call us toll-free at 1-877-758-3787. You may also reach us by email at vests@usdoj.gov.
Description:
The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program's Assistance Listing Number (previously CFDA) is 16.607. In accordance with the program's statutory language, BVP makes "grants" to jurisdictions to purchase vests; however, these grants come only after the jurisdiction has purchased and is seeking reimbursement or payment for up to half the cost of eligible vests. In that respect, BVP is more like a payment program. Additionally, other grant-related requirements and restrictions do not apply. This includes the issue of supplanting (does not apply to BVP funds), the filing of progress and financial reports (not required), the issuance of standard grant documents (not provided), etc.
If your jurisdiction requires a grant number for financial or audit purposes, we can provide one that is unique to your jurisdiction and your award. Please contact the BVP Help Desk for assistance in this regard.
Assistance Listing Number
View the Assistance Listing information
For immediate assistance, please call us toll-free at 1-877-758-3787. You may also reach us by email at vests@usdoj.gov.
Description:
The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program's Assistance Listing Number (previously CFDA) is 16.607. In accordance with the program's statutory language, BVP makes "grants" to jurisdictions to purchase vests; however, these grants come only after the jurisdiction has purchased and is seeking reimbursement or payment for up to half the cost of eligible vests. In that respect, BVP is more like a payment program. Additionally, other grant-related requirements and restrictions do not apply. This includes the issue of supplanting (does not apply to BVP funds), the filing of progress and financial reports (not required), the issuance of standard grant documents (not provided), etc.
If your jurisdiction requires a grant number for financial or audit purposes, we can provide one that is unique to your jurisdiction and your award. Please contact the BVP Help Desk for assistance in this regard.
Assistance Listing Number
View the Assistance Listing information
For immediate assistance, please call us toll-free at 1-877-758-3787. You may also reach us by email at vests@usdoj.gov.
Disclaimer
The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Government.
Reference herein to any specific commercial products, processes, or services by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government.
The information and statements contained on this server shall not be used for the purposes of advertising, nor to imply the endorsement or recommendation of the United States Government.
With respect to documents available from this server, neither the United States Government nor any of its employees make any warranty, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Further, neither the United States Government nor any of its employees assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or process disclosed; nor do they represent that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.
Privacy and Security
This is how we will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our website. The information we receive depends upon what you do when visiting our site.
If you visit our site to read or download information, such as career opportunities or press releases, we collect and store only the following information about you:
The name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account).
The date and time you access our site.
The Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site.
If you identify yourself by sending an E-mail containing personal information:
You also may decide to send us personally-identifying information, for example your mailing address, in an electronic mail message requesting that information or records be mailed to you. Information collected in this manner is used solely for responding to requests for information or records.
For SITE MANAGEMENT, information from both categories is collected for statistical purposes. This Government computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
For SITE SECURITY purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this Government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
NOTICE: We will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us.
Freedom of Information Act
If you receive funding approval for an online application, the Guidelines for Release of Information to the General Public and Commercial Entities shall be utilized by the BVP program staff to govern information release.
For immediate assistance, please call us toll-free at 1-877-758-3787. You may also reach us by email at vests@usdoj.gov.
Disclaimer
The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Government.
Reference herein to any specific commercial products, processes, or services by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government.
The information and statements contained on this server shall not be used for the purposes of advertising, nor to imply the endorsement or recommendation of the United States Government.
With respect to documents available from this server, neither the United States Government nor any of its employees make any warranty, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Further, neither the United States Government nor any of its employees assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or process disclosed; nor do they represent that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.
Privacy and Security
This is how we will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our website. The information we receive depends upon what you do when visiting our site.
If you visit our site to read or download information, such as career opportunities or press releases, we collect and store only the following information about you:
The name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account).
The date and time you access our site.
The Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site.
If you identify yourself by sending an E-mail containing personal information:
You also may decide to send us personally-identifying information, for example your mailing address, in an electronic mail message requesting that information or records be mailed to you. Information collected in this manner is used solely for responding to requests for information or records.
For SITE MANAGEMENT, information from both categories is collected for statistical purposes. This Government computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
For SITE SECURITY purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this Government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
NOTICE: We will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us.
Freedom of Information Act
If you receive funding approval for an online application, the Guidelines for Release of Information to the General Public and Commercial Entities shall be utilized by the BVP program staff to govern information release.
For immediate assistance, please call us toll-free at 1-877-758-3787. You may also reach us by email at vests@usdoj.gov.