§ 12552. Definitions

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. Section 12553 of this title does not provide for the appointment of a Director.
2. 2 So in original. Probably should be section “12556”.

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.

1. 1994

   Police Corps Act

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XX § 200103 · 108 Stat. 1796

   Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 12552

   Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200103, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2049

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200103, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2049

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 200103. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle— “academic year” means a traditional academic year beginning in August or September and ending in the following May or June. “dependent child” means a natural or adopted child or stepchild of a law enforcement officer who at the time of the officer’s death— (A) was no more than 21 years old; or (B) if older than 21 years, was in fact dependent on the child’s parents for at least one-half of the child’s support (excluding educational expenses), as determined by the Director. “Director” means the Director of the Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education appointed under section 200104. “educational expenses” means expenses that are directly attributable to— (A) a course of education leading to the award of the baccalaureate degree in legal- or criminal justice-related studies; or (B) a course of graduate study legal or criminal justice studies following award of a baccalaureate degree, including the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies, transportation, room and board and miscellaneous expenses. “institution of higher education” has tne meaning stated in the first sentence of section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)). “participant” means a participant in the Police Corps program selected pursuant to section 200106. “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. “State Police Corps program” means a State police corps program that meets the requirements of section 200110.

2. 1996

   Pub. L. 104–134 title I § 101 · 110 Stat. 1321

   Amended · 34 U.S.C. § 12552

   Pub. L. 104–134 amended generally par. defining “education expenses”. Prior to amendment, par. read as follows: “ ‘educational expenses’ means expenses that are directly attributable to—

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–134 amended generally par. defining “education expenses”. Prior to amendment, par. read as follows: “ ‘educational expenses’ means expenses that are directly attributable to—

   “(A) a course of education leading to the award of the baccalaureate degree in legal- or criminal justice-related studies; or “(B) a course of graduate study legal or criminal justice studies following award of a baccalaureate degree, including the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies, transportation, room and board and miscellaneous expenses.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Section 101. For programs, projects or activities in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act:

3. 1998

   An Act authorizing appropriations and expenditures for the administration of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes

   Pub. L. 105–244 title I § 102(a)(13)(O) · 112 Stat. 1581

   Substituted · 34 U.S.C. § 12552

   Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “section 1001” for “section 1141(a)” in par. defining “institution of higher education”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “section 1001” for “section 1141(a)” in par. defining “institution of higher education”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (O) Police corps.— The definition of institution of higher education in section 200103 of the Police Corps Act (42 U.S.C. 14092) is amended— (i) by striking “1201(a)” and inserting “101”; and (ii) by striking “(20 U.S.C. 1141(a))”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision