Federal · Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
34 U.S.C. § 10306: Special rule
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a spouse or child of a Federal law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty on or after January 1, 1978 ,, 1 and a spouse or child of a public safety officer killed in the line of duty on or after 1 So in original. January 1, 1978 , shall be eligible for assistance under this part, subject to the other limitations of this part. The Attorney General shall (unless prospective assistance has been provided) provide retroactive assistance to a person eligible under this section for each month in which the person pursued a program of education at an eligible educational institution. The Attorney General shall apply the limitations contained in this part to retroactive assistance. The Attorney General may provide prospective assistance to a person eligible under this section on the same basis as assistance to a person otherwise eligible. In applying the limitations on assistance under this part, the Attorney General shall include assistance provided retroactively. A person eligible under this section may waive retroactive assistance and apply only for prospective assistance on the same basis as a person otherwise eligible.
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