34 USC § 12551 - Purposes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s12551"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 12551 - Purposes"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "12551"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 121
chapter_name: "VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "POLICE CORPS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Police Corps"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200102, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2049.)"
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# § 12551. Purposes

The purposes of this part are to—

**(1)** address violent crime by increasing the number of police with advanced education and training on community patrol; and

**(2)** provide educational assistance to law enforcement personnel and to students who possess a sincere interest in public service in the form of law enforcement.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200102, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2049.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

For short title of subtitle A of title XX of , which is classified to this part, as the “Police Corps Act”, see , set out as a Short Title of 1994 Act note under .