Blue Envelope Awareness Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6908 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6908

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 authorize the use of Byrne grants for blue envelope programs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2025

 Mr. Vindman (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, and 
Mr. Moore of Alabama) 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 
 authorize the use of Byrne grants for blue envelope programs, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Blue Envelope Awareness Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF BYRNE FUNDS FOR BLUE ENVELOPE PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
                    ``(L) Blue envelope programs.''.
    (b) Definition.--Section 901(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251(a)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
            ``(34) The term `blue envelope program' means a program 
        that provides assistance to individuals with speech, hearing, 
        or developmental disabilities communicate more effectively with 
        law enforcement officers during traffic stops by--
                    ``(A) distributing blue envelopes in which such 
                individuals may keep documentation relating to their 
                disability to present to law enforcement officers; and
                    ``(B) providing training to law enforcement 
                officers on interacting with such individuals.''.
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