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[CITE: 42USC3796d-6]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
         SUBCHAPTER XII--PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS' DEATH BENEFITS
 
  Part B--Educational Assistance to Dependents of Civilian Federal Law 
         Enforcement Officers Killed or Disabled in Line of Duty
 
Sec. 3796d-6. Definitions

    For purposes of this part:
        (1) The term ``Attorney General'' means the Attorney General of 
    the United States.
        (2) The term ``program of education'' means any curriculum or 
    any combination of unit courses or subjects pursued at an eligible 
    educational institution, which generally is accepted as necessary to 
    fulfill requirements for the attainment of a predetermined and 
    identified educational, professional, or vocational objective. It 
    includes course work for the attainment of more than one objective 
    if in addition to the previous requirements, all the objectives 
    generally are recognized as reasonably related to a single career 
    field.
        (3) The term ``eligible educational institution'' means an 
    institution which--
            (A) is described in section 481 of the Higher Education Act 
        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088), as in effect on October 3, 1996; and
            (B) is eligible to participate in programs under title IV of 
        such Act [20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq. and 42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.].

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 1217, as added Pub. L. 104-238, 
Sec. 2(2), Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3116; amended Pub. L. 105-390, 
Sec. 2(6), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3496.)

                       References in Text

    The Higher Education Act of 1965, referred to in par. (3)(B), is 
Pub. L. 89-329, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1219, as amended. Title IV of the 
Act is classified generally to subchapter IV (Sec. 1070 et seq.) of 
chapter 28 of Title 20, Education, and part C (Sec. 2751 et seq.) of 
subchapter I of chapter 34 of this title. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of 
Title 20 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pars. (2) to (4). Pub. L. 105-390 redesignated pars. (3) and 
(4) as (2) and (3), respectively, and struck out former par. (2) which 
read as follows: ``The term `Federal law enforcement officer' has the 
same meaning as under part A of this subchapter.''
