34 U.S.C. § 10283 — National programs for families of public

Page 91 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 10284 § 10283. National programs for families of public safety officers who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty The Director is authorized to use no less than $150,000 of the funds appropriated for this sub- chapter to maintain and enhance national peer support and counseling programs to assist fami- lies of public safety officers who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty. (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1203, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6106(a)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4341; amended Pub. L. 105–180, § 2(a), June 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 511; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1086(b)(1)(D), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1966.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 3796a–1 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 1203 of Pub. L. 90–351 was renumbered section 1204 and is classified to section 10284 of this title. Another prior section 1203 of Pub. L. 90–351, title VII, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 237, was set out in the Appendix to Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, prior to re- peal by Pub. L. 99–308, § 104(b), May 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 459. AMENDMENTS 2013—Pub. L. 112–239 substituted ‘‘who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty’’ for ‘‘who have died in the line of duty’’ in section catchline and text. 1998—Pub. L. 105–180 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘The Director is au- thorized and directed to use up to $150,000 of the funds appropriated for this subchapter to establish national programs to assist the families of public safety officers who have died in the line of duty.’’ 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. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Effective Aug. 1, 2000, all functions of Director of Bu- reau of Justice Assistance, other than those enumer- ated in section 10142(3) to (6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice Pro- grams, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, § 108(b)] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 10141 of this title. § 10284. Definitions As used in this subchapter— (1) ‘‘action outside of jurisdiction’’ means an action, not in the course of any compensated employment involving either the performance of public safety activity or the provision of se- curity services, by a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew that— (A) was taken in a jurisdiction where— (i) the law enforcement officer or fire- fighter then was not authorized to act, in the ordinary course, in an official capac- ity; or (ii) the member of a rescue squad or am- bulance crew then was not authorized or licensed to act, in the ordinary course, by law or by the applicable agency or entity; (B) then would have been within the au- thority and line of duty of— (i) a law enforcement officer or a fire- fighter to take, who was authorized to act, in the ordinary course, in an official ca- pacity, in the jurisdiction where the ac- tion was taken; or (ii) a member of a rescue squad or ambu- lance crew to take, who was authorized or licensed by law and by a pertinent agency or entity to act, in the ordinary course, in the jurisdiction where the action was taken; and (C) was, in an emergency situation that presented an imminent and significant dan- ger or threat to human life or of serious bod- ily harm to any individual, taken— (i) by a law enforcement officer— (I) to prevent, halt, or respond to the immediate consequences of a crime (in- cluding an incident of juvenile delin- quency); or (II) while engaging in a rescue activity or in the provision of emergency medical services; (ii) by a firefighter— (I) while engaging in fire suppression; or (II) while engaging in a rescue activity or in the provision of emergency medical services; or (iii) by a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew, while engaging in a res- cue activity or in the provision of emer- gency medical services; (2) ‘‘candidate officer’’ means an individual who is enrolled or admitted, as a cadet or trainee, in a formal and officially established program of instruction or of training (such as a police or fire academy) that is specifically intended to result upon completion, in the— (A) commissioning of such individual as a law enforcement officer; (B) conferral upon such individual of offi- cial authority to engage in fire suppression (as an officer or employee of a public fire de- partment or as an officially recognized or designated member of a legally organized volunteer fire department); or (C) granting to such individual official au- thorization or license to engage in a rescue activity, or in the provision of emergency medical services, as a member of a rescue squad, or as a member of an ambulance crew that is (or is a part of) the agency or entity that is sponsoring the individual’s enroll- ment or admission; (3) ‘‘blind’’ means an individual who has cen- tral visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens or whose eye is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter