BODEGA Act of 2025 in plain language
1: Short title
This section would give the Act the short title "Bodega Owner Defense Enhancement Grant Assistance Act of 2025," also called the "BODEGA Act of 2025."
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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 .
2: Inclusion of additional use of grant amounts
This section would amend Section 501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152). It would add a new allowable use of Byrne-JAG grant funds to subsection (a)(1): installing panic buttons and surveillance equipment in a private business. It would also add a new paragraph (3) to subsection (b) of Section 501 covering private businesses classified under North American Industrial Classification Code 445131, with matching changes to the existing paragraphs (1) and (2) of that subsection so all three paragraphs are listed as alternatives.
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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. .