§10286 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

Summary

The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance must approve and pay benefits under subpart 1 of part L of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act when a public agency certifies who the eligible recipients are and that a public safety officer it employed (or an entity covered by section 1204(7)(B)) was killed or suffered a catastrophic injury causing permanent and total disability from a line-of-duty injury while working on prevention, investigation, rescue, or recovery related to a terrorist attack. The payment must be made no later than 30 days after the agency sends its certification. The terms "catastrophic injury," "public agency," and "public safety officer" have the same meanings given in section 1204 of that Act.

Title 34, §10286

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(a)Notwithstanding the limitations of subsection (b) of section 1201 or the provisions of subsections (c), (d), and (e) of such section or section 1202 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796, 3796a),11 See References in Text note below. upon certification (containing identification of all eligible payees of benefits pursuant to section 1201 of such Act) by a public agency that a public safety officer employed by such agency or an entity described in section 1204(7)(B) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b(7)(B)) 1 was killed or suffered a catastrophic injury producing permanent and total disability as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty as described in section 1201 of such Act in connection with prevention, investigation, rescue, or recovery efforts related to a terrorist attack, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance shall authorize payment to qualified beneficiaries, said payment to be made not later than 30 days after receipt of such certification, benefits described under subpart 1 of part L of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796 et seq.).1

(b)For purposes of this section, the terms “catastrophic injury”, “public agency”, and “public safety officer” have the same meanings given such terms in section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b).1

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 90–351, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 197. The reference to subpart 1 of part L of the Act probably means subpart 1 of part L of title I of the Act, which was classified to part A (§ 3796 et seq.) of subchapter XII of chapter 46 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification as this part. section 1201, 1202, and 1204 of the Act were classified to section 3796, 3796a, and 3796b, respectively, of Title 42 prior to editorial reclassification as section 10281, 10282, and 10284, respectively, of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

of 1968 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 or USA PATRIOT Act, and not as part of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 3796c–1 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers or references in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections or references prior to editorial reclassification.

Amendments

2013—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–239 inserted “or an entity described in section 1204(7)(B) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b(7)(B))” after “employed by such agency”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2013 AmendmentAmendment 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 exceptions, see section 1086(d) of Pub. L. 112–239, set out as a note under section 10251 of this title.

§10286 Expedited payment for public safety officers involved in the prevention, investigation, rescue, or recovery efforts related to a terrorist attack