[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR506.17]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

 CHAPTER V--FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES, 

                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

PART 506_ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPENSATION--Table of Contents

 

                       Subpart B_Prisoners of War

 

Sec. 506.17  Rate of and basis for award of compensation.



    (a) Compensation allowed a prisoner of war during the Vietnam 

conflict under section 6(f)(2) of the War Claims Act of 1948, as 

amended, will be paid at the rate of $2 per day for each day on which 

that person was held as prisoner of war and on which the hostile force, 

or its agents, failed to furnish the quantity and quality of food 

prescribed for prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention of August 

12, 1949.

    (b) Compensation allowed a prisoner of war during the Vietnam 

conflict under section 6(f)(3) of the Act, will be paid at the rate of 

$3 per day for each day on which that person was held as a prisoner of 

war and on which the hostile force failed to meet the conditions and 

requirements under the provisions of the Geneva Convention of August 12, 

1949 relating to labor of prisoners of war or for inhumane treatment by 

the hostile force by which such person was held.

    (c) Compensation under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section will 

be paid to the prisoner of war or qualified applicant on a lump-sum 

basis at a total rate of $5 per day for each day the prisoner of war was 

entitled to compensation.



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