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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
National Institute of Justice
[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1819]
Publication of NIJ Standard 0101.07,
Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor,
and NIJ Standard 0123.00,
Specification for NIJ Ballistic
Protection Levels and Associated Test
Threats, and Information About the NIJ
Compliance Testing Program
National Institute of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs, U.S.
Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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The National Institute of
Justice (NIJ) announces publication of
NIJ Standard 0101.07, Ballistic
Resistance of Body Armor and NIJ
Standard 0123.00, Specification for NIJ
Ballistic Protection Levels and
Associated Test Threats. The NIJ
Compliance Testing Program (CTP) will
be transitioning program operations to
focus on implementing NIJ Standard
0101.07 as described below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Greene, Office Director, Office of
Technology and Standards, National
Institute of Justice, 810 7th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20531, by telephone at
(202) 598–9481 [Note: this is not a tollfree telephone number], or by email at
mark.greene2@usdoj.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
announces publication of NIJ Standard
0101.07, Ballistic Resistance of Body
Armor. The document can be found
here: https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/
307346.pdf. It specifies minimum
performance requirements and test
methods for the ballistic resistance of
body armor used by U.S. law
enforcement that is intended to protect
the torso against handgun and rifle
ammunition. This revised standard
supersedes NIJ Standard 0101.06,
Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor,
effective immediately. The primary
purpose of this standard will be for use
by the NIJ Compliance Testing Program
(CTP) for testing, evaluation, and
certification of ballistic-resistant body
armor. It will also be used by NIJapproved ballistic testing laboratories
and body armor suppliers participating
in the NIJ CTP. More information on
this standard can be found here: https://
nij.ojp.gov/standard-0101-07.
NIJ also announces publication of NIJ
Standard 0123.00, Specification for NIJ
Ballistic Protection Levels and
Associated Test Threats. The document
can be found here: https://www.ojp.gov/
pdffiles1/nij/307347.pdf. It specifies the
NIJ ballistic protection levels and
associated test threats identified by U.S.
law enforcement as representative of
current prevalent threats in the United
States. This standard should be used in
conjunction with other standards to test
and evaluate specific ballistic-resistant
equipment, such as ballistic-resistant
body armor, against contemporary
ballistic threats that pose a lifethreatening safety hazard to U.S. law
enforcement officers. The NIJ CTP will
use this standard for testing, evaluation,
and certification of ballistic-resistant
body armor using NIJ Standard 0101.07
and other types of ballistic-resistant
equipment that may be added to the
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scope of the NIJ CTP’s conformity
assessment activities in the future. More
information on this standard can be
found here: https://nij.ojp.gov/standard0123-00.
The NIJ CTP is a body armor
certification program that provides
personnel working in U.S. law
enforcement and correctional agencies
confidence that the body armor they
purchase and use performs according to
minimum performance requirements to
protect against common handgun and
rifle threats as well as stab threats. The
NIJ CTP produces a Compliant Products
List (CPL) of armor models that meet
program requirements, which includes
compliance with NIJ Standard 0101.06.
Currently, there are over 400 models of
ballistic-resistant body armor listed on
NIJ’s CPL for armor compliant with NIJ
Standard 0101.06 (‘‘06’’ CPL). The CPL
for ballistic-resistant body armor can be
found here: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/
equipment-and-technology/body-armor/
ballistic-resistant-armor.
With the publication of NIJ Standard
0101.07, the NIJ CTP will begin an
orderly transition from testing new body
armor models for compliance with NIJ
Standard 0101.06 to testing for
compliance with NIJ Standard 0101.07.
Given the large number of fielded
ballistic-resistant armor models
currently worn by law enforcement
officers, the NIJ CTP anticipates
maintaining the ‘‘06’’ CPL through at
least the end of calendar year 2027. The
NIJ CTP may opt to continue support of
the ‘‘06’’ CPL for longer should the need
arise.
The NIJ CTP will stop accepting
applications for new body armor models
for testing for compliance with NIJ
Standard 0101.06 on January 5, 2024, at
5:00 p.m. Eastern time. New body armor
models submitted on or before this date
that meet program requirements will be
added to the ‘‘06’’ CPL, however, no
new models of armor will be added to
the ‘‘06’’ CPL after the last models
submitted are adjudicated through the
NIJ CTP process. Furthermore, any
actively listed armor models that are
removed or withdrawn from the ‘‘06’’
CPL will not be reinstated to active
status, effective immediately. All armor
models listed on the ‘‘06’’ CPL will be
subject to Follow-up Inspection Testing
(FIT) for as long as the ‘‘06’’ CPL is
published.
The NIJ CTP will begin accepting
applications for new body armor models
for testing for compliance with NIJ
Standard 0101.07 in 2024. Commercial
entities interested in participating in the
NIJ CTP must first register in the Testing
Information Management System
(TIMS) and complete an Applicant
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Agreement. TIMS can be accessed
through the following web page: https://
cjtec.org/compliance-testing-program/
testing-information-managementsystem/.
The NIJ CTP will host an
informational online webinar that will
offer a guided tour of TIMS prior to
opening the system for registration. The
date and time of the webinar, as well as
instructions on how to attend, will be
published on the TIMS web page above.
Commercial entities interested in
participating in the NIJ CTP are strongly
encouraged to attend the webinar. NIJ
anticipates that commercial entities may
begin registering in TIMS after the
webinar is held. The exact date that
commercial entities can register in
TIMS, as well as instructions on how to
use TIMS, will be displayed on the
TIMS web page above.
The NIJ CTP anticipates allowing
commercial entities that have registered
in TIMS and completed an Applicant
Agreement to submit new body armor
models for testing for compliance with
NIJ Standard 0101.07 in the middle of
April 2024. The exact date that new
armor models can be submitted will be
displayed on the TIMS homepage on
April 1, 2024. The NIJ CTP anticipates
that it will take several months for the
first wave of body armor models to be
certified to the new program
requirements, with a new CPL for armor
models compliant with NIJ Standard
0101.07 (‘‘07’’ CPL) subsequently
published.
Ballistics laboratories interested in
participating in the NIJ CTP to test
armor in accordance with NIJ Standard
0101.07 must communicate their
interest by email to the contact listed
above as soon as possible so that
appropriate program requirements can
be met in a timely manner. Information
on program requirements for laboratory
participation in the NIJ CTP can be
found here: https://cjtec.org/
compliance-testing-program/nijapproved-test-laboratories/. NIJ
encourages ballistics laboratories to
check the above web page regularly for
updates.
NIJ plans to hold an in-person
workshop for body armor manufacturers
to discuss implementation of NIJ
Standard 0101.07 and NIJ Standard
0123.00 through the NIJ CTP.
Information about this workshop will be
published separately in the Federal
Register.
More information about standards and
conformity assessment at NIJ can be
found here: https://nij.ojp.gov/
equipment-standards-and-conformityassessment. More information on the
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NIJ CTP can be found here: https://
cjtec.org/compliance-testing-program/.
NIJ publishes this notice pursuant to
its authority at 34 U.S.C. 10122(c) and
6 U.S.C. 161–165.
Nancy La Vigne,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
National Institute of Justice
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Body Armor Manufacturer In-Person
Workshop
National Institute of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs, U.S.
Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Institute of
Justice (NIJ) will hold an in-person
workshop for body armor manufacturers
to provide an overview of NIJ Standard
0101.07, Ballistic Resistance of Body
Armor, and NIJ Standard 0123.00,
Specification for NIJ Ballistic Protection
Levels and Associated Test Threats. The
NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP)
will outline how it will begin to phase
out use of NIJ Standard 0101.06 and
phase in the use of NIJ Standard 0101.07
in the administration of the program
over the next year. The impact of the
transition to NIJ Standard 0101.07 on
the Compliant Products List (CPL) and
Follow-up Inspection Testing (FIT) of
currently listed body armor models
compliant with NIJ Standard 0101.06
will also be discussed.
DATES: The in-person workshop will be
held on Thursday, February 15, 2024,
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time.
ADDRESSES: The in-person workshop
will be held at RTI International’s
William M. Moore, Jr. Collaboration
Center, located in the Holden Building
on RTI’s main campus at 3040 E
Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Greene, Office Director, Office of
Technology and Standards, National
Institute of Justice, 810 7th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20531 by telephone at
(202) 598–9481 [Note: this is not a tollfree telephone number], or by email at
mark.greene2@usdoj.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inperson workshop will be an open forum
and there will opportunities for
attendees to ask questions. Space is
limited at this workshop, and as a
result, NIJ requests that each
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
National Institute of Justice
[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1819]
Publication of NIJ Standard 0101.07, Ballistic Resistance of Body
Armor, and NIJ Standard 0123.00, Specification for NIJ Ballistic
Protection Levels and Associated Test Threats, and Information About
the NIJ Compliance Testing Program
AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S.
Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) announces publication
of NIJ Standard 0101.07, Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor and NIJ
Standard 0123.00, Specification for NIJ Ballistic Protection Levels and
Associated Test Threats. The NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP) will
be transitioning program operations to focus on implementing NIJ
Standard 0101.07 as described below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Greene, Office Director, Office
of Technology and Standards, National Institute of Justice, 810 7th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20531, by telephone at (202) 598-9481 [Note:
this is not a toll-free telephone number], or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
announces publication of NIJ Standard 0101.07, Ballistic Resistance of
Body Armor. The document can be found here: https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/307346.pdf. It specifies minimum performance requirements
and test methods for the ballistic resistance of body armor used by
U.S. law enforcement that is intended to protect the torso against
handgun and rifle ammunition. This revised standard supersedes NIJ
Standard 0101.06, Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor, effective
immediately. The primary purpose of this standard will be for use by
the NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP) for testing, evaluation, and
certification of ballistic-resistant body armor. It will also be used
by NIJ-approved ballistic testing laboratories and body armor suppliers
participating in the NIJ CTP. More information on this standard can be
found here: https://nij.ojp.gov/standard-0101-07.
NIJ also announces publication of NIJ Standard 0123.00,
Specification for NIJ Ballistic Protection Levels and Associated Test
Threats. The document can be found here: https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/307347.pdf. It specifies the NIJ ballistic protection levels and
associated test threats identified by U.S. law enforcement as
representative of current prevalent threats in the United States. This
standard should be used in conjunction with other standards to test and
evaluate specific ballistic-resistant equipment, such as ballistic-
resistant body armor, against contemporary ballistic threats that pose
a life-threatening safety hazard to U.S. law enforcement officers. The
NIJ CTP will use this standard for testing, evaluation, and
certification of ballistic-resistant body armor using NIJ Standard
0101.07 and other types of ballistic-resistant equipment that may be
added to the
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scope of the NIJ CTP's conformity assessment activities in the future.
More information on this standard can be found here: https://nij.ojp.gov/standard-0123-00.
The NIJ CTP is a body armor certification program that provides
personnel working in U.S. law enforcement and correctional agencies
confidence that the body armor they purchase and use performs according
to minimum performance requirements to protect against common handgun
and rifle threats as well as stab threats. The NIJ CTP produces a
Compliant Products List (CPL) of armor models that meet program
requirements, which includes compliance with NIJ Standard 0101.06.
Currently, there are over 400 models of ballistic-resistant body armor
listed on NIJ's CPL for armor compliant with NIJ Standard 0101.06
(``06'' CPL). The CPL for ballistic-resistant body armor can be found
here: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/equipment-and-technology/body-armor/ballistic-resistant-armor.
With the publication of NIJ Standard 0101.07, the NIJ CTP will
begin an orderly transition from testing new body armor models for
compliance with NIJ Standard 0101.06 to testing for compliance with NIJ
Standard 0101.07. Given the large number of fielded ballistic-resistant
armor models currently worn by law enforcement officers, the NIJ CTP
anticipates maintaining the ``06'' CPL through at least the end of
calendar year 2027. The NIJ CTP may opt to continue support of the
``06'' CPL for longer should the need arise.
The NIJ CTP will stop accepting applications for new body armor
models for testing for compliance with NIJ Standard 0101.06 on January
5, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. New body armor models submitted on
or before this date that meet program requirements will be added to the
``06'' CPL, however, no new models of armor will be added to the ``06''
CPL after the last models submitted are adjudicated through the NIJ CTP
process. Furthermore, any actively listed armor models that are removed
or withdrawn from the ``06'' CPL will not be reinstated to active
status, effective immediately. All armor models listed on the ``06''
CPL will be subject to Follow-up Inspection Testing (FIT) for as long
as the ``06'' CPL is published.
The NIJ CTP will begin accepting applications for new body armor
models for testing for compliance with NIJ Standard 0101.07 in 2024.
Commercial entities interested in participating in the NIJ CTP must
first register in the Testing Information Management System (TIMS) and
complete an Applicant Agreement. TIMS can be accessed through the
following web page: https://cjtec.org/compliance-testing-program/testing-information-management-system/.
The NIJ CTP will host an informational online webinar that will
offer a guided tour of TIMS prior to opening the system for
registration. The date and time of the webinar, as well as instructions
on how to attend, will be published on the TIMS web page above.
Commercial entities interested in participating in the NIJ CTP are
strongly encouraged to attend the webinar. NIJ anticipates that
commercial entities may begin registering in TIMS after the webinar is
held. The exact date that commercial entities can register in TIMS, as
well as instructions on how to use TIMS, will be displayed on the TIMS
web page above.
The NIJ CTP anticipates allowing commercial entities that have
registered in TIMS and completed an Applicant Agreement to submit new
body armor models for testing for compliance with NIJ Standard 0101.07
in the middle of April 2024. The exact date that new armor models can
be submitted will be displayed on the TIMS homepage on April 1, 2024.
The NIJ CTP anticipates that it will take several months for the first
wave of body armor models to be certified to the new program
requirements, with a new CPL for armor models compliant with NIJ
Standard 0101.07 (``07'' CPL) subsequently published.
Ballistics laboratories interested in participating in the NIJ CTP
to test armor in accordance with NIJ Standard 0101.07 must communicate
their interest by email to the contact listed above as soon as possible
so that appropriate program requirements can be met in a timely manner.
Information on program requirements for laboratory participation in the
NIJ CTP can be found here: https://cjtec.org/compliance-testing-program/nij-approved-test-laboratories/. NIJ encourages ballistics
laboratories to check the above web page regularly for updates.
NIJ plans to hold an in-person workshop for body armor
manufacturers to discuss implementation of NIJ Standard 0101.07 and NIJ
Standard 0123.00 through the NIJ CTP. Information about this workshop
will be published separately in the Federal Register.
More information about standards and conformity assessment at NIJ
can be found here: https://nij.ojp.gov/equipment-standards-and-conformity-assessment. More information on the NIJ CTP can be found
here: https://cjtec.org/compliance-testing-program/.
NIJ publishes this notice pursuant to its authority at 34 U.S.C.
10122(c) and 6 U.S.C. 161-165.
Nancy La Vigne,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
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