2017 US Code
Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subtitle I - Comprehensive Acts
Chapter 121 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subchapter VII - Police Corps and Law Enforcement Officers Training and Education
Part B - Law Enforcement Scholarship Program
Sec. 12571 - Definitions
| 34 U.S.C. § 12571 (2017) |
| §12571. Definitions |
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In this part— "Director" means the Director of the Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education appointed under section 12553 1 of this title. "educational expenses" means expenses that are directly attributable to— (A) a course of education leading to the award of an associate degree; (B) a course of education leading to the award of a baccalaureate degree; or (C) a course of graduate study following award of a baccalaureate degree, including the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies, and related expenses. "institution of higher education" has the meaning stated in the first sentence of section 1001 of title 20. "law enforcement position" means employment as an officer in a State or local police force, or correctional institution. "State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. |
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(Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, §200202, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2057; Pub. L. 105–244, title I, §102(a)(13)(P), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1621.) |
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CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 14111 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS1998—Pub. L. 105–244 substituted "section 1001" for "section 1141(a)" in par. defining "institution of higher education". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education. |
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1 So in original. Section 12553 of this title does not provide for the appointment of a Director. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT |
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| Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT Subtitle I - Comprehensive Acts CHAPTER 121 - VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SUBCHAPTER VII - POLICE CORPS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION Part B - Law Enforcement Scholarship Program Sec. 12571 - Definitions |
| section 12571 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
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| standard |
| 108 Stat. 2057 112 Stat. 1621 |
| Public Law 103-322, Public Law 105-244 |
