{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/s10288","title_num":"34","num":"§ 10288.","heading":"Due diligence in paying benefit claims","status":null,"guid":"ide2596d7c-4aa6-11eb-b55f-d70c2cfce33a","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1206, as added Pub. L. 115–36, § 4, June 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 852.)","seq_in_title":69,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t34/stI/ch101/schXI/ptA","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34","level":"title","num":"Title 34—","heading":"CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/stI","level":"subtitle","num":"Subtitle I—","heading":"Comprehensive Acts","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/stI/ch101","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 101—","heading":"JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/stI/ch101/schXI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER XI—","heading":"PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/stI/ch101/schXI/ptA","level":"part","num":"Part A—","heading":"Death Benefits","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id151a9d4c-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t34/s10288\"><num value=\"10288\">§ 10288.</num><heading> Due diligence in paying benefit claims</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id151a9d4d-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t34/s10288/a\"><num value=\"a\" class=\"bold\">(a)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> In general</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The Bureau, with all due diligence, shall expeditiously attempt to obtain the information and documentation necessary to adjudicate a benefit claim filed under this subchapter, including a claim for financial assistance under part B.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id151a9d4e-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t34/s10288/b\"><num value=\"b\" class=\"bold\">(b)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Sufficient information unavailable</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">If a benefit claim filed under this subchapter, including a claim for financial assistance under part B, is unable to be adjudicated by the Bureau because of a lack of information or documentation from a third party, such as a public agency, and such information is not readily available to the claimant, the Bureau may not abandon the benefit claim unless the Bureau has utilized the investigative tools available to the Bureau to obtain the necessary information or documentation, including subpoenas.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id151ac45f-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/90/351/tI/s1206\">Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1206</ref>, as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/115/36/s4\">Pub. L. 115–36, § 4</ref>, <date date=\"2017-06-02\">June 2, 2017</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/131/852\">131 Stat. 852</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id151ac460-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I76\" topic=\"codification\" id=\"id151ac461-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Codification</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section was formerly classified to <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s3796c–3\">section 3796c–3 of Title 42</ref>, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id151ac462-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective <date date=\"2017-06-02\">June 2, 2017</date>, and applicable to any benefit claim or application under this subchapter pending before the Bureau of Justice Assistance on such date or received by the Bureau on or after such date, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/115/36/s6\">section 6 of Pub. L. 115–36</ref>, set out as an Effective Date of 2017 Amendment note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t34/s10282\">section 10282 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-18","currency_date":"2019-05-23","congress":116,"law_num":18,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":173,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["34"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}