[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2018 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2018

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
   provide for the inclusion of an additional use of Byrne-JAG grant 
                                 funds.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2025

    Mr. Torres of New York 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 
   provide for the inclusion of an additional use of Byrne-JAG grant 
                                 funds.

    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 ``Bodega Owner Defense Enhancement 
Grant Assistance Act of 2025'' or the ``BODEGA Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.

    Section 501 of 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), by adding at the the end the 
        following:
                    ``(H) The installation of panic buttons, and 
                surveillance equipment in a private business.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) private businesses that are classified under the 
        North American Industrial Classification Code 445131.''.
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