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[CITE: 42USC3796a-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
         SUBCHAPTER XII--PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS' DEATH BENEFITS
 
                         Part A--Death Benefits
 
Sec. 3796a-1. National programs for families of public safety 
        officers who have died in line of duty
        
    The Director is authorized to use no less than $150,000 of the funds 
appropriated for this subchapter to maintain and enhance national peer 
support and counseling programs to assist families of public safety 
officers who have died in the line of duty.

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 1203, as added Pub. L. 100-690, title VI, 
Sec. 6106(a)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4341; amended Pub. L. 105-180, 
Sec. 2(a), June 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 511.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1203 of Pub. L. 90-351 was renumbered section 1204 
and is classified to section 3796b 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 repeal by Pub. L. 99-308, Sec. 104(b), May 
19, 1986, 100 Stat. 459.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-180 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, 
text read as follows: ``The Director is authorized 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.''

                          Transfer of Functions

    Effective Aug. 1, 2000, all functions of Director of Bureau of 
Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 3742(3) to 
(6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office 
of Justice Programs, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, Sec. 108(b)] of 
Pub. L. 106-113, set out as a note under section 3741 of this title.
