PUBLIC LAW 105-390 —NOV. 13, 1998
112 STAT. 3495
Public Law 105-390
105th Congress
An Act
To provide financial assistance for higher education to the dependents of Federal,
State, and local public safety officers who are killed or permanently and totally
disabled as the result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line of duty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "PoUce, Fire, and Emergency
Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998".
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION TO
DEPENDENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS KILLED OR
PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED IN THE LINE OF
DUTY.
Part L of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in the heading for subpart 2, by striking "Civilian
Federal Law Enforcement" and inserting "Public Safety";
(2) in section 1211(1), by striking "civilian Federal law
enforcement" and inserting "public safety";
(3) in section 1212(a)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking "Federal law
enforcement" and inserting "public safety';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking "Financial" and inserting the following: "Except as provided in paragraph (3),
financial"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
"(3) The financial assistance referred to in paragraph (2) shall
be reduced by the sum of—
"(A) the amount of educational assistance benefits from
other Federal, State, or local governmental sources to which
the eligible dependent would otherwise be entitled to receive;
and
"(B) the amount, if any, determined under section 1214(b).";
(4) in section 1214—
(A) by inserting "(a) IN GENERAL.— " before "The"; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
" (b) SLIDING SCALE.—Notwithstanding section 1213(b), the
Attorney General shall issue regulations regarding the use of a
sliding scale based on financial need to ensure that an eligible
dependent who is in financial need receives priority in receiving
funds under this subpart.";
Nov. 13, 1998
[S. 1525]
PoUce, Fire, and
Emergency
Officers
Educational
Assistance Act of
1998.
42 USC 3796d et
seq.
42 USC 3796d.
42 USC 3796d-l.
42 USC 3796d-3.
Regulations.
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