[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: 22CFR191.3]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 191_HOSTAGE RELIEF ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 191.3  Definitions.

    When used in this subchapter, unless otherwise specified, the 
terms--
    (a) Family Member means (1) a spouse, (2) an unmarried dependent 
child including a step-child or adopted child, (3) a person designated 
in official records or determined by the agency head or designee thereof 
to be a dependent, or (4) other persons such as parents, parents-in-law, 
persons who stand in the place of a spouse or parents, or other members 
of a household when fully justified by the circumstances of the hostage 
situation, as determined by the Secretary of State.
    (b) Agency head means the head of an agency as defined in the Act 
(or successor agency) employing an individual determined to be an 
American hostage. The Secretary of State is the agency head with respect 
to any hostage not employed by an agency.
    (c) Principal means the hostage whose captivity forms the basis for 
benefits under this subchapter for a family member.