The Director is authorized to use no less than $150,000 of the funds appropriated for this subchapter to maintain and enhance national peer support and counseling programs to assist families of public safety officers who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty.
Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1203Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6106(a)(2)102 Stat. 4341 Pub. L. 105–180, § 2(a)112 Stat. 511 Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1086(b)(1)(D)126 Stat. 1966 (, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 3796a–1 of Title 42Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Prior Provisions
section 1203 of Pub. L. 90–351section 10284 of this titleA prior was renumbered section 1204 and is classified to .
section 1203 of Pub. L. 90–35182 Stat. 237 Pub. L. 99–308, § 104(b)100 Stat. 459 Another prior , title VII, , , was set out in the Appendix to Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, prior to repeal by , , .
Amendments
Pub. L. 112–2392013— substituted “who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty” for “who have died in the line of duty” in section catchline and text.
Pub. L. 105–1801998— amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Director is authorized and directed to use up to $150,000 of the funds appropriated for this subchapter to establish national programs to assist the families of public safety officers who have died in the line of duty.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2013 Amendment
Pub. L. 112–239section 1086(d) of Pub. L. 112–239section 10251 of this titleAmendment by effective , and applicable to matters pending on , or filed or accruing after that date, with certain exceptions, see , set out as a note under .
Transfer of Functions
Pub. L. 106–113section 10141 of this titleEffective , all functions of Director of Bureau of Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 10142(3) to (6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice Programs, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, § 108(b)] of , set out as a note under .