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34 USC § 12571 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s12571"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 12571 - Definitions"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "12571"
section_name: "Definitions"
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: "B"
part_name: "Law Enforcement Scholarship Program"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(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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# 1 Definitions

So in original.

does not provide for the appointment of a Director.

In this part—[^1]Section 12553 of this title

“Director” means the Director of the Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education appointed under section 12553  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.section 1001 of title 20

“institution of higher education” has the meaning stated in the first sentence of .

“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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**Source Credit**: (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.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Amendments

1998— substituted “section 1001” for “section 1141(a)” in par. defining “institution of higher education”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except as otherwise provided in , see , set out as a note under , Education.

### Short Title

For short title of subtitle B of title XX of , which is classified to this part, as the “Law Enforcement Scholarships and Recruitment Act”, see , set out as a Short Title of 1994 Act note under .