34 USC § 10307 - Definitions

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title: "34 USC § 10307 - Definitions"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "10307"
section_name: "Definitions"
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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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1217, as added Pub. L. 104–238, § 2(2), Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3116; amended Pub. L. 105–390, § 2(6), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3496; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1086(b)(1)(K), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1968.)"
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# § 10307. Definitions

For purposes of this part:

**(1)** The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.

**(2)** The term “program of education” means any curriculum or any combination of unit courses or subjects pursued at an eligible educational institution, which generally is accepted as necessary to fulfill requirements for the attainment of a predetermined and identified educational, professional, or vocational objective. It includes course work for the attainment of more than one objective if in addition to the previous requirements, all the objectives generally are recognized as reasonably related to a single career field.

**(3)** The term “eligible educational institution” means an institution which—

**(A)** is an institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002); and

**(B)** is eligible to participate in programs under title IV of such Act [20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.].

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1217, as added Pub. L. 104–238, § 2(2), Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3116; amended Pub. L. 105–390, § 2(6), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3496; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1086(b)(1)(K), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1968.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Higher Education Act of 1965, referred to in par. (3)(B), is , , . Title IV of the Act is classified generally to subchapter IV (§ 1070 et seq.) of chapter 28 of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

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

### Amendments

2013—Par. (3)(A).  substituted “an institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (); and” for “described in section 481 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (), as in effect on ; and”.

1998—Pars. (2) to (4).  redesignated pars. (3) and (4) as (2) and (3), respectively, and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “The term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ has the same meaning as under part A of this subchapter.”

## 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 .