34 USC § 12575 - Eligibility

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s12575"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 12575 - Eligibility"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "12575"
section_name: "Eligibility"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200206, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2059.)"
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# § 12575. Eligibility

**(a)** **Scholarships** A person shall be eligible to receive a scholarship under this part if the person has been employed in law enforcement for the 2-year period immediately preceding the date on which assistance is sought.

**(b)** **Ineligibility for student employment** A person who has been employed as a law enforcement officer is ineligible to participate in a student employment program carried out under this part.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200206, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2059.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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