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[CITE: 42USC14092]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
SUBCHAPTER VIII--POLICE CORPS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TRAINING AND 
                                EDUCATION
 
                          Part A--Police Corps
 
Sec. 14092. Definitions

    In this part--
        ``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 14093 
    \1\ of this title.
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    \1\ So in original. Section 14093 of this title does not provide for 
the appointment of a Director.
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        ``educational expenses'' means expenses that are directly 
    attributable to a course of education leading to the award of either 
    a baccalaureate or graduate degree in a course of study which, in 
    the judgment of the State or local police force to which the 
    participant will be assigned, includes appropriate preparation for 
    police service including the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies, 
    transportation, room and board and miscellaneous expenses.
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning stated in 
    the first sentence of section 1001 of title 20.
        ``participant'' means a participant in the Police Corps program 
    selected pursuant to section 14095 \2\ of this title.
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    \2\ So in original. Probably should be section ``14096''.
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        ``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 14099 of this title.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title XX, Sec. 200103, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2049; 
Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101[(a)] [title I, Sec. 121], Apr. 26, 
1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-22; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140, 
Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327; Pub. L. 105-244, title I, 
Sec. 102(a)(13)(O), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1621.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-244 substituted ``section 1001'' for 
``section 1141(a)'' in par. defining ``institution of higher 
education''.
    1996--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.''


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    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.
