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34 U.S.C. § 10302 — Basic eligibility

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34 U.S.C. § 10302 — Basic eligibility

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**(a) Benefits** (1) The Attorney General shall provide financial assistance to a person who attends a program of education and is— (A) the child of any eligible public safety officer under part A; or (B) the spouse of an officer described in subparagraph (A) at the time of the officer’s death or on the date of a totally and permanently disabling injury. (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), financial assistance under this part shall consist of direct payments to an eligible person and shall be computed on the basis set forth in [section 3532 of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3532&num=0&edition=prelim). (3) The financial assistance referred to in paragraph (2) shall be reduced by the amount, if any, determined under [section 10304(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10304/b&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Duration of benefits** No person shall receive assistance under this part for a period in excess of forty-five months of full-time education or training or a proportional period of time for a part-time program. **(c) Age limitation for children** (1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), no child shall be eligible for assistance under this part after the child’s 27th birthday absent a finding by the Attorney General of extraordinary circumstances precluding the child from pursuing a program of education. (2) **Delayed approvals** (A) *Educational assistance application* — If a claim for assistance under this part is approved more than 1 year after the date on which the application for such assistance is filed with the Attorney General, the age limitation under this subsection shall be extended by the length of the period— (i) beginning on the day after the date that is 1 year after the date on which the application is filed; and (ii) ending on the date on which the application is approved. (B) *Claim for benefits for death or permanent and total disability* — In addition to an extension under subparagraph (A), if any, for an application for assistance under this part that relates to a claim for benefits under part A that was approved more than 1 year after the date on which the claim was filed with the Attorney General, the age limitation under this subsection shall be extended by the length of the period— (i) beginning on the day after the date that is 1 year after the date on which the claim for benefits is submitted; and (ii) ending on the date on which the claim for benefits is approved.

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42 U.S.C. § 3796d–1 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 3796c–3 was editorially reclassified as [section 10288 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10288&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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34 U.S.C. § 10282 — Limitations on benefits

**(a) In general** No benefit shall be paid under this subchapter— (1) if the fatal or catastrophic injury was caused by the intentional misconduct of the public safety officer or by such officer’s intention to bring about his death, disability, or injury; (2) if the public safety officer was voluntarily intoxicated at the time of his fatal or catastrophic injury; (3) if the public safety officer was performing his duties in a grossly negligent manner at the time of his fatal or catastrophic injury; (4) to any individual who would otherwise be entitled to a benefit under this subchapter if such individual’s actions were a substantial contributing factor to the fatal or catastrophic injury of the public safety officer; or (5) with respect to any individual employed in a capacity other than a civilian capacity. **(b) Presumption** In determining whether a benefit is payable under this subchapter, the Bureau— (1) shall presume that none of the limitations described in subsection (a) apply; and (2) shall not determine that a limitation described in subsection (a) applies, absent clear and convincing evidence.

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34 U.S.C. § 10251 — General provisions

**(a) Definitions** As used in this chapter— (1) “criminal justice” means activities pertaining to crime prevention, control, or reduction, or the enforcement of the criminal law, including, but not limited to, police efforts to prevent, control, or reduce crime or to apprehend criminals, including juveniles, activities of courts having criminal jurisdiction, and related agencies (including but not limited to prosecutorial and defender services, juvenile delinquency agencies and pretrial service or release agencies), activities of corrections, probation, or parole authorities and related agencies assisting in the rehabilitation, supervision, and care of criminal offenders, and programs relating to the prevention, control, or reduction of narcotic addiction and juvenile delinquency; (2) “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands: Provided, That for the purposes of [section 10156(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10156/a&num=0&edition=prelim), American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be considered as one state 11 So in original. Probably should be capitalized. and that for these purposes 67 per centum of the amounts allocated shall be allocated to American Samoa, and 33 per centum to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.22 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon. (3) “unit of local government” means— (A) any city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State; (B) any law enforcement district or judicial enforcement district that— (i) is esta

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38 U.S.C. § 3532 — Computation of educational assistance allowance

**(a)** (1) The educational assistance allowance on behalf of an eligible person who is pursuing a program of education consisting of institutional courses shall be paid at the monthly rate of $1,224 for full-time, $967 for three-quarter-time, or $710 for half-time pursuit. (2) The educational assistance allowance on behalf of an eligible person pursuing a program of education on less than a half-time basis shall be paid at the rate of the lesser of— (A) the established charges for tuition and fees that the educational institution involved requires similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same program to pay; or (B) $1,224 per month for a full-time course. **(b)** The educational assistance allowance to be paid on behalf of an eligible person who is pursuing a full-time program of education which consists of institutional courses and alternate phases of training in a business or industrial establishment with the training in the business or industrial establishment being strictly supplemental to the institutional portion, shall be computed at the rate of $1,224 per month. **(c)** (1) An eligible person who is enrolled in an educational institution for a “farm cooperative” program consisting of institutional agricultural courses prescheduled to fall within forty-four weeks of any period of twelve consecutive months and who pursues such program on— (A) a full-time basis (a minimum of ten clock hours per week or four hundred and forty clock hours in such year prescheduled to provide not less than eighty clock hours in any three-month period), (B) a three-quarter-time basis (a minimum of seven clock hours per week), or (C) a half-time basis (a minimum of five clock hours per week), shall be eligible to receive an educational assistance allowa

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20 U.S.C. § 1070a–1 — Federal Pell Grants: amount and determinations; applications

**(a) Purpose; definitions** (1) **Purpose** — The purpose of this subpart is to provide a Federal Pell Grant to low-income students. (2) **Definitions** — In this section— (A) the term “adjusted gross income” means— (i) in the case of a dependent student, for the second tax year preceding the academic year— (I) the adjusted gross income (as defined in [section 62 of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section62&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the student’s parents; plus (II) for Federal Pell Grant determinations made for academic years beginning on or after July 1, 2026, the foreign income (as described in [section 1087vv(b)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1087vv/b/5&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the student’s parents; and (ii) in the case of an independent student, for the second tax year preceding the academic year— (I) the adjusted gross income (as defined in [section 62 of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section62&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the student (and the student’s spouse, if applicable); plus (II) for Federal Pell Grant determinations made for academic years beginning on or after July 1, 2026, the foreign income (as described in [section 1087vv(b)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1087vv/b/5&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the student (and the student’s spouse, if applicable); (B) the term “family size” has the meaning given the term in [section 1087vv(k) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1087vv/k&num=0&edition=prelim); (C) the term “poverty line” means the pover

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42 U.S.C. § 3796d–3 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 3796d–1 was editorially reclassified as [section 10302 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10302&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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34 U.S.C. § 10302 — Basic eligibility

Page 99 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 10302 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Ap- propriations Act, 2008, and the Consolidated Appropria- tions Act, 2008, and not as part of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 which com- prises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 3796c–2 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 2013—Pub. L. 112–239 substituted ‘‘final determina- tions’’ for ‘‘final decisions’’, struck out ‘‘(including those, and any related matters, pending)’’ after ‘‘exclu- sive jurisdiction thereof’’, and inserted three provisos at end. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2013 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 112–239 effective Jan. 2, 2013, and applicable to matters pending on Jan. 2, 2013, or filed or accruing after that date, with certain excep- tions, see section 1086(d) of Pub. L. 112–239, set out as a note under section 10251 of this title. § 10288. Due diligence in paying benefit claims (a) In general The Bureau, with all due diligence, shall expe- ditiously attempt to obtain the information and documentation necessary to adjudicate a benefit claim filed under this subchapter, including a claim for financial assistance under part B. (b) Sufficient information unavailable If a benefit claim filed under this subchapter, including a claim for financial assistance under part B, is unable to be adjudicated by the Bu- reau because of a lack of information or docu- mentation from a third party, such as a public agency, and such information is not readily available to the claimant, the Bureau— (1) may use available investigative tools, in- cluding subpoenas, to—

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