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Title 34, NavyRelease 119-110

§10306 Special Rule

Title 34 › Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts › CHAPTER 101 — JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT › SUBCHAPTER XI — PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS › Part B — Educational Assistance to Dependents of Civilian Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Disabled in Line of Duty › § 10306

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows spouses and children of Federal law enforcement or public safety officers who were killed in the line of duty on or after January 1, 1978 to get education aid, subject to the program’s limits. The Attorney General must pay retroactive aid for months they were enrolled at an eligible school unless they already received future aid. They can also get future aid like others, or choose only future aid instead.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §10306

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(a)Retroactive eligibility
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a spouse or child of a Federal law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty on or after January 1, 1978,, and a spouse or child of a public safety officer killed in the line of duty on or after January 1, 1978, shall be eligible for assistance under this part, subject to the other limitations of this part.
(b)Retroactive assistance
The Attorney General shall (unless prospective assistance has been provided) provide retroactive assistance to a person eligible under this section for each month in which the person pursued a program of education at an eligible educational institution. The Attorney General shall apply the limitations contained in this part to retroactive assistance.
(c)Prospective assistance
The Attorney General may provide prospective assistance to a person eligible under this section on the same basis as assistance to a person otherwise eligible. In applying the limitations on assistance under this part, the Attorney General shall include assistance provided retroactively. A person eligible under this section may waive retroactive assistance and apply only for prospective assistance on the same basis as a person otherwise eligible.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3796d–5 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–61 substituted “shall (unless prospective assistance has been provided)” for “may”. 2013—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1086(b)(1)(J)(i), substituted “a spouse or child” for “each dependent” in two places. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1086(b)(1)(G), (J)(ii), substituted “to a person” for “to dependents” and “the person” for “the dependent”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1086(b)(1)(G), (J)(ii), substituted “A person” for “A dependent” and substituted “a person” for “dependents” wherever appearing. 2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–276 substituted “
January 1, 1978,” for “
May 1, 1992” and “
January 1, 1978, shall” for “
October 1, 1997, shall”. 1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–390 inserted “and each dependent of a public safety officer killed in the line of duty on or after
October 1, 1997,” after “1992,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 117–61 effective Nov. 18, 2021, and applicable to any matter pending, before the Bureau or otherwise, on Nov. 18, 2021, or filed (consistent with pre-existing

Effective Date

s) or accruing after that date, see section 8(a) and (b)(2) of Pub. L. 117–61, set out in a note under section 10281 of this title.

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.

Effective Date

of 2000 Amendment Pub. L. 106–276, § 1(b), Oct. 2, 2000, 114 Stat. 812, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect October 1, 1999.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

34 U.S.C. § 10306

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110