34 USC § 10304 - Regulations

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title: "34 USC § 10304 - Regulations"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "10304"
section_name: "Regulations"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Educational Assistance to Dependents of Civilian Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Disabled in Line of Duty"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1214, as added Pub. L. 104–238, § 2(2), Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3115; amended Pub. L. 105–390, § 2(4), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3495; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1086(b)(1)(G), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1968.)"
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# § 10304. Regulations

**(a)** **In general** The Attorney General may promulgate reasonable and necessary regulations to implement this part.

**(b)** **Sliding scale** section 10303(b) of this title

Notwithstanding , the Attorney General shall issue regulations regarding the use of a sliding scale based on financial need to ensure that an eligible person who is in financial need receives priority in receiving funds under this part.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1214, as added Pub. L. 104–238, § 2(2), Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3115; amended Pub. L. 105–390, § 2(4), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3495; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1086(b)(1)(G), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1968.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Amendments

2013—Subsec. (b).  substituted “person” for “dependent”.

1998— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

## 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 .