34 USC § 10283 - National programs for families of public safety officers who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty

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title: "34 USC § 10283 - National programs for families of public safety officers who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "10283"
section_name: "National programs for families of public safety officers who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Death Benefits"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1203, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6106(a)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4341; amended Pub. L. 105–180, § 2(a), June 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 511; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1086(b)(1)(D), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1966.)"
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# § 10283. National programs for families of public safety officers who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty

The Director is authorized to use no less than $150,000 of the funds appropriated for this subchapter to maintain and enhance national peer support and counseling programs to assist families of public safety officers who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1203, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6106(a)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4341; amended Pub. L. 105–180, § 2(a), June 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 511; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1086(b)(1)(D), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1966.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 1204 and is classified to .

Another prior , title VII, , , was set out in the Appendix to Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

2013— substituted “who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty” for “who have died in the line of duty” in section catchline and text.

1998— amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Director is authorized and directed to use up to $150,000 of the funds appropriated for this subchapter to establish national programs to assist the families of public safety officers who have died in the line of duty.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2013 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , and applicable to matters pending on , or filed or accruing after that date, with certain exceptions, see , set out as a note under .

### Transfer of Functions

Effective , all functions of Director of Bureau of Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 10142(3) to (6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice Programs, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, § 108(b)] of , set out as a note under .