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Adds a new "Trauma kits" provision to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act that limits use of covered federal grant funds to purchase trauma kits that meet performance standards set by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The Bureau must publish required performance standards and optional best practices within 180 days of enactment, and the statute specifies required components that an eligible kit must include.
The change affects grant recipients (state/local agencies, tribal governments, nonprofits) that use BJA-funded grants to buy medical/first-aid supplies: only kits meeting the published BJA standards will be eligible for purchase with those grant dollars. The Bureau will develop and publish the standards and best practices and oversee compliance with the new requirement.
Received in the House.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Introduced May 5, 2025 by John Cornyn · Last progress August 1, 2025
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4796; text: CR S4797)