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34 U.S.C. § 10225 — Subpoena power; employment of hearing officers; authority to hold hearings

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34 U.S.C. § 10225 — Subpoena power; employment of hearing officers; authority to hold hearings

The Assistant Attorney General, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics may appoint (to be assigned or employed on an interim or as-needed basis) such hearing examiners (who shall, if so designated, be understood to be comprised within the meaning of “special government employee” under [section 202 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section202&num=0&edition=prelim) (without regard to the days limitation prescribed therein), but shall, in no event, be understood to be (or to have the authority of) officers of the United States) or administrative law judges or request the use of such administrative law judges selected by the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to [section 3344 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3344&num=0&edition=prelim), as shall be necessary or convenient to assist them in carrying out their respective powers and duties under any law administered by or under the Office. The Assistant Attorney General, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics or upon authorization, any member thereof, or (subject to such limitations as the appointing authority may, in its sole discretion, impose from time to time) any hearing examiner or administrative law judge assigned to or employed thereby, shall have the power to hold hearings and issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, conduct examinations, and receive evidence at any place in the United States they respectively may designate.

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The Assistant Attorney General, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics may appoint (to be assigned or employed on an interim or as-needed basis) such hearing examiners (who shall, if so designated, be understood to be comprised within the meaning of “special government employee” under [section 202 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section202&num=0&edition=prelim) (without regard to the days limitation prescribed therein), but shall, in no event, be understood to be (or to have the authority of) officers of the United States) or administrative law judges or request the use of such administrative law judges selected by the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to [section 3344 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3344&num=0&edition=prelim), as shall be necessary or convenient to assist them in carrying out their respective powers and duties under any law administered by or under the Office. The Assistant Attorney General, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics or upon authorization, any member thereof, or (subject to such limitations as the appointing authority may, in its sole discretion, impose from time to time) any hearing examiner or administrative law judge assigned to or employed thereby, shall have the power to hold hearings and issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, conduct examinations, and receive evidence at any place in the United States they respectively may designate.

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34 U.S.C. § 10281 — Payment of death benefits

**(a) Amount; recipients** In any case in which the Bureau of Justice Assistance (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Bureau”) determines, under regulations issued pursuant to this subchapter, that a public safety officer has died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty, a benefit of $250,000, adjusted in accordance with subsection (h), and calculated in accordance with subsection (i), shall be payable by the Bureau, as follows (if the payee indicated is living on the date on which the determination is made)— (1) if there is no child who survived the public safety officer, to the surviving spouse of the public safety officer; (2) if there is at least 1 child who survived the public safety officer and a surviving spouse of the public safety officer, 50 percent to the surviving child (or children, in equal shares) and 50 percent to the surviving spouse; (3) if there is no surviving spouse of the public safety officer, to the surviving child (or children, in equal shares); (4) if there is no surviving spouse of the public safety officer and no surviving child— (A) to the surviving individual (or individuals, in shares per the designation, or, otherwise, in equal shares) designated by the public safety officer to receive benefits under this subsection in the most recently executed designation of beneficiary of the public safety officer on file at the time of death with the public safety agency, organization, or unit; or (B) if there is no individual qualifying under subparagraph (A), to the surviving individual (or individuals, in equal shares) designated by the public safety officer to receive benefits under the most recently executed life insurance policy of the public safety officer on file at the tim

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42 U.S.C. § 3787 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1155(3), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3114

### Statutory Notes Section, Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 804, formerly § 805, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1203; renumbered § 804 and amended Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609B(d), (f), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2093; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330001(h)(9), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2139, related to appellate court review. Another section 804 of Pub. L. 90–351, title III, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 223, is set out as a note under [section 2510 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2510&num=0&edition=prelim), Crimes and Criminal Procedure. A prior section 804 of Pub. L. 90–351 was renumbered section 803 and is classified to [section 10223 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10223&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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5 U.S.C. § 3344 — Details; administrative law judges

An agency as defined by [section 551 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section551&num=0&edition=prelim) which occasionally or temporarily is insufficiently staffed with administrative law judges appointed under [section 3105 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3105&num=0&edition=prelim) may use administrative law judges selected by the Office of Personnel Management from and with the consent of other agencies.

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18 U.S.C. § 202 — Definitions

**(a)** For the purpose of sections 203, 205, 207, 208, and 209 of this title the term “special Government employee” shall mean an officer or employee of the executive or legislative branch of the United States Government, of any independent agency of the United States or of the District of Columbia, who is retained, designated, appointed, or employed to perform, with or without compensation, for not to exceed one hundred and thirty days during any period of three hundred and sixty-five consecutive days, temporary duties either on a full-time or intermittent basis, a part-time United States commissioner, a part-time United States magistrate judge, or, regardless of the number of days of appointment, an independent counsel appointed under chapter 40 of title 28 and any person appointed by that independent counsel under [section 594(c) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section594/c&num=0&edition=prelim). Notwithstanding the next preceding sentence, every person serving as a part-time local representative of a Member of Congress in the Member’s home district or State shall be classified as a special Government employee. Notwithstanding sections 502, 2105(d), and 5534 of title 5, a Reserve officer of the Armed Forces, an officer of the Space Force not serving on sustained duty pursuant to [section 20105 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20105&num=0&edition=prelim), or an officer of the National Guard of the United States, unless otherwise an officer or employee of the United States, shall be classified as a special Government employee while on active duty solely for training. Such an officer who is voluntarily serving a period of extended active duty in excess of one hundr

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42 U.S.C. § 3786 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 3784 was editorially reclassified as [section 10223 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10223&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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42 U.S.C. § 3788 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 3786 was editorially reclassified as [section 10224 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10224&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement. #### Prior Provisions A prior section 3786, Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 806, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1204, contained provisions similar to those in [section 10224 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10224&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement, prior to repeal by section 609B(e) of Pub. L. 98–473.

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34 U.S.C. § 10101 — Establishment of Office of Justice Programs

There is hereby established an Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice under the general authority of the Attorney General. The Office of Justice Programs (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Office”) shall be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Assistant Attorney General”) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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42 U.S.C. § 3789 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 3787 was editorially reclassified as [section 10225 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10225&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement. #### Prior Provisions A prior section 3787, Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 807, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1204, contained provisions similar to those in [section 10225 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10225&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement, prior to repeal by section 609B(e) of Pub. L. 98–473.

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34 U.S.C. § 10225 — Subpoena power; employment of hearing

Page 66 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 10224 Another section 803 of Pub. L. 90–351, title III, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 223, amended section 605 of Title 47, Telecommunications. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 803 of Pub. L. 90–351 was renumbered section 802 and is classified to section 10222 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2006—Pub. L. 109–162 struck out ‘‘, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing,’’ after ‘‘conclu- sions shall’’ and ‘‘, except as otherwise provided here- in’’ before period at end. 1984—Pub. L. 98–473, § 609B(c), substituted ‘‘Bureau of Justice Assistance’’ for ‘‘Law Enforcement Assistance Administration’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT Amendment by section 609B(c) of Pub. L. 98–473 effec- tive Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10101 of this title. § 10224. Delegation of functions The Attorney General, the Assistant Attorney General, the Director of the National Institute of Justice, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Administrator of the Office of Ju- venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance may delegate to any of their respective officers or employees such functions under this chapter as they deem appropriate. (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 805, as added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609B(g), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2093.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 3786 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 805 of Pub. L. 90–351 was renumbered section 804 and was classified to sect

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