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Title 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT > Subtitle I—Comprehensive Acts > CHAPTER 101—JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT > SUBCHAPTER XI—PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS > Part A—Death Benefits

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if there is no child who survived the public safety officer, to the surviving spouse of the public safety officer;

( Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1201 , as added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609F , Oct. 12, 1984 , 98 Stat. 2098 ; amended Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6105(a) –(c), Nov. 18, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4341 ; Pub. L. 101–647, title XIII, § 1301(a) , Nov. 29, 1990 , 104 Stat. 4834 ; Pub. L. 102–520, § 1 , Oct. 25, 1992 , 106 Stat. 3402 ; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330001(e)(1) , Sept. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 2138 ; Pub. L. 107–56, title VI, § 613(a) , Oct. 26, 2001 , 115 Stat. 369 ; Pub. L. 107–196, § 2(b) , June 24, 2002 , 116 Stat. 719 ; Pub. L. 108–182, § 2 , Dec. 15, 2003 , 117 Stat. 2649 ; Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1164(c) –(e), Jan. 5, 2006 , 119 Stat. 3120 , 3121; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1086(b)(1)(B) , Jan. 2, 2013 , 126 Stat. 1964 ; Pub. L. 117–61, § 2 , Nov. 18, 2021 , 135 Stat. 1474 ; Pub. L. 117–172, § 3(a) , Aug. 16, 2022 , 136 Stat. 2099 ; Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXII , §§ 8204(a), 8205(a)(1), (c)(1), Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 1846 , 1849.)

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