US Code

Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

34 U.S.C. § 10307

Definitions

For purposes of this part:
(1)
The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.
(2)
The term “program of education” means any curriculum or any combination of unit courses or subjects pursued at an eligible educational institution, which generally is accepted as necessary to fulfill requirements for the attainment of a predetermined and identified educational, professional, or vocational objective. It includes course work for the attainment of more than one objective if in addition to the previous requirements, all the objectives generally are recognized as reasonably related to a single career field.
(3)
The term “eligible educational institution” means an institution which—
(A)
20 U.S.C. 1002 is an institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (); and
(B)
20 U.S.C. 1070 is eligible to participate in programs under title IV of such Act [ et seq.].

Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1217Pub. L. 104–238, § 2(2)110 Stat. 3116 Pub. L. 105–390, § 2(6)112 Stat. 3496 Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1086(b)(1)(K)126 Stat. 1968 (, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 89–32979 Stat. 1219 section 1001 of Title 20The Higher Education Act of 1965, referred to in par. (3)(B), is , , . Title IV of the Act is classified generally to subchapter IV (§ 1070 et seq.) of chapter 28 of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

Codification

section 3796d–6 of Title 42Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

Pub. L. 112–23920 U.S.C. 100220 U.S.C. 10882013—Par. (3)(A). substituted “an institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (); and” for “described in section 481 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (), as in effect on ; and”.

Pub. L. 105–3901998—Pars. (2) to (4). redesignated pars. (3) and (4) as (2) and (3), respectively, and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “The term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ has the same meaning as under part A of this subchapter.”

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 .