§ 10301. Purposes

Statutory text

The purposes of this part are—

to enhance the appeal of service in public safety agencies;

to extend the benefits of higher education to qualified and deserving persons who, by virtue of the death of or total disability of an eligible officer, may not be able to afford it otherwise; and

to allow the family members of eligible officers to attain the vocational and educational status which they would have attained had a parent or spouse not been killed or disabled in the line of duty.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1996
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Pub. L. 90–351 title I § 1211 · 82 Stat. 197
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 10301
Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1211, as added Pub. L. 104–238, § 2(2), Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3114
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1211, as added Pub. L. 104–238, § 2(2), Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3114
1998
Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998
Pub. L. 105–390 § 2(2) · 112 Stat. 3495
Substituted · 34 U.S.C. § 10301(1)
Pub. L. 105–390 substituted “public safety” for “civilian Federal law enforcement”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (1). Pub. L. 105–390 substituted “public safety” for “civilian Federal law enforcement”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) in section 1211(1), by striking “civilian Federal law 42 USC 3796d. enforcement” and inserting “public safety”;

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3796d of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

1998—Par. (1). Pub. L. 105–390 substituted “public safety” for “civilian Federal law enforcement”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

For short title of Pub. L. 104–238, which enacted this subchapter, as the “Federal Law Enforcement Dependents Assistance Act of 1996”, see section 1 of Pub. L. 104–238, set out as a Short Title of 1996 Act note under section 10101 of this title.

Credits

1996–1998 · 2 acts

1996Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1211, as added Pub. L. 104–238, § 2(2), Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3114
1998amended Pub. L. 105–390, § 2(2), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3495.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1211, as added Pub. L. 104–238, § 2(2), Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3114; amended Pub. L. 105–390, § 2(2), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3495.)