United States Code

34 U.S.C. § 10306

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Bills that would change it 9

  • S 1511 Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021 Amends 10306(b) · enacted · 117th Congress
  • HR 2936 Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021 Amends 10306(b) · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 483 Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2021 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 2812 Protecting America’s First Responders Act Amends 10306(b) · introduced · 116th Congress
  • S 1208 Protecting America’s First Responders Act Amends 10306(b) · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 1210 Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • S 465 Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • S 2878 HEROES Act of 2018 Amends 10306(a) · introduced · 115th Congress
  • HR 5060 Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2018 Amends its part · introduced · 115th Congress

The law today

From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-121.

(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,,1 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.
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