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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 8538 (Introduced in House) — To ensure body armor complies with safety standards, and for other purposes. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Limitation on importation

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The President shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that no body armor for law enforcement use may be imported into the customs territory of the United States unless it meets the applicable requirements of and receives recognition of compliance from the Compliance Testing Program of the National Institute of Justice as described in section 232 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 162 ). In this section: The term customs territory of the United States has the meaning given the term in General Note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
The term body armor means ballistic-resistant or stab-resistant panels or plates designed to protect the torso and worn in a carrier against the body.
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