[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR191.1]

[Page 735]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 191_HOSTAGE RELIEF ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 191.1  Declaration of hostile action.




                            Subpart A_General

Sec.
191.1 Declaration of hostile action.
191.2 Application for determination of eligibility.
191.3 Definitions.
191.4 Notification of eligible persons.
191.5 Relationships among agencies.
191.6 Effective date.

    Subpart B_Application of Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act

191.10 Eligibility for benefits.
191.11 Applicable benefits.
191.12 Description of benefits.
191.13 Administration of benefits.

                       Subpart C_Medical Benefits

191.20 Eligibility for benefits.
191.21 Applicable benefits.
191.22 Administration of benefits.
191.23 Disputes.

                     Subpart D_Educational Benefits

191.30 Eligibility for benefits.
191.31 Applicable family benefits.
191.32 Applicable benefits for hostages.
191.33 Administration of benefits.
191.34 Maximum limitation on benefits.

    Authority: Hostage Relief Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-449 and sec. 4 of 
Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 2658)).

    Source: 46 FR 17543, Mar. 19, 1981, unless otherwise noted.



    (a) The Secretary of State from time to time shall declare when and 
where individuals in the civil or uniformed services of the United 
States, or a citizen or resident alien of the United States rendering 
personal services to the United States abroad similar to the service of 
a civil officer or employee of the United States, have been placed in 
captive status because of hostile action abroad directed against the 
United States and occurring or continuing between November 4, 1979, and 
such date as may be declared by the President under section 101(2)(A) of 
the Hostage Relief Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-449, hereafter ``the Act'') 
or January 1, 1983, whichever is later. Each such declaration shall be 
published in the Federal Register.
    (b) The Secretary of State upon his or her own initiative, or upon 
application under Sec. 191.2 shall determine which individuals in 
captive status as so declared shall be considered hostages eligible for 
benefits under the Act. The Secretary shall also determine who is 
eligible under the Act for benefits as a member of a family or household 
of a hostage. The determination of the Secretary shall be final, but any 
interested person may request reconsideration on the basis of 
information not considered at the time of original determination. The 
criteria for determination are set forth in sections 101 and 205 of the 
Act, and in these regulations.