[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: 45CFR506.2]



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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 A_Civilian American Citizens

 

Sec. 506.2  Other definitions.



    Calendar month means the period of time between a designated day of 

any given month and the date preceding a similarly designated day of the 

following month.

    Citizen of the United States means a person who under applicable law 

acquired citizenship of the United States by birth, by naturalization, 

or by derivation.

    Dependent husband means the surviving male spouse of a deceased 

civilian American citizen who was married to the deceased at the time of 

her death by a marriage valid under the applicable law of the place 

where entered into.

    Force hostile to the United States means any organization or force 

in Southeast Asia, or any agent or employee thereof, engaged in any 

military or civil activities designed to further the prosecution of its 

armed conflict against the Armed Forces of the United States during the 

Vietnam conflict.

    Southeast Asia means, but is not necessarily restricted to, the 

areas of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

    Went into hiding means the action taken by a civilian American 

citizen when that person initiated a course of conduct consistent with 

an intention to evade capture or detention by a hostile force in 

Southeast Asia.