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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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the law enforcement officer or firefighter then was not authorized to act, in the ordinary course, in an official capacity; or

( Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1204 , formerly § 1203, as added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609F , Oct. 12, 1984 , 98 Stat. 2099 ; amended Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title II, § 207] , Oct. 18, 1986 , 100 Stat. 1783–39 , 1783–56, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title II, § 207] , Oct. 30, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3341–39 , 3341–56; renumbered § 1204 and amended Pub. L. 100–690, title VI , §§ 6105(d), 6106(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4341 ; Pub. L. 101–647, title XIII , §§ 1301(c), 1302, Nov. 29, 1990 , 104 Stat. 4834 ; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330001(e)(2) , Sept. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 2139 ; Pub. L. 106–390, title III, § 305(a) , Oct. 30, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1573 ; Pub. L. 107–196, § 2(a) , June 24, 2002 , 116 Stat. 719 ; Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1164(a) , Jan. 5, 2006 , 119 Stat. 3120 ; Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 612(c) , Oct. 4, 2006 , 120 Stat. 1410 ; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1086(b)(1)(E) , Jan. 2, 2013 , 126 Stat. 1967 ; Pub. L. 116–22, title III, § 301(d)(2) , June 24, 2019 , 133 Stat. 933 ; Pub. L. 116–283, div. C, title XXXI, § 3142 , Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4386 ; Pub. L. 117–61, § 3 , Nov. 18, 2021 , 135 Stat. 1475 ; Pub. L. 117–172, § 4(b) , Aug. 16, 2022 , 136 Stat. 2101 .)

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