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 110 STAT. 3114 PUBLIC LAW 104-238—OCT. 3, 1996 Public Law 104-238 104th Congress An Act Oct. 3, 1996 [S. 2101] Federal Law Enforcement Dependents Assistance Act of 1996. 42 USC 3711 note. To provide educational assistance to the dependents of Federal law enforcement officials who are killed or disabled in the performance of their duties. 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 "Federal Law Enforcement Dependents Assistance Act of 1996". SEC. 2. EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO DEPENDENTS OF SLAIN FED- ERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. Part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796 et seq.) is amended by— (1) inserting after the heading the following: "Subpart 1—Death Benefits"; and 42 USC 3796d. (2) adding at the end the following: "Subpart 2—Educational Assistance to Dependents of Civilian Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Disabled in the Line of Duty " SEC. 1211. PURPOSES. "The purposes of this subpart are— "(1) to enhance the appeal of service in civilian Federal law enforcement agencies; "(2) to extend the benefits of higher education to qualified and deserving persons who, by virtue of the death of or total disability of an eligible officer, may not be able to afford it otherwise; and "(3) to allow the family members of eligible officers to attain the vocational and educational status which they would have attained had a parent or spouse not been killed or disabled in the line of duty. 42 USC 3796d-l. "SEC. 1212. BASIC ELIGIBILITY. " (a) BENEFITS.—(1) Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Attorney General shall provide financial assistance to a dependent who attends a program of education and is— "(A) the child of any eligible Federal law enforcement officer under subpart 1; or

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