[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR270.1]

[Page 615]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
        CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 270_COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN FORMER OPERATIVES INCARCERATED BY THE 
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 270.1  Purpose.


    The purpose of this part is to implement section 657 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Pub. L. 104-201), which 
authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make payments to persons who 
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Defense that the 
persons were captured and incarcerated by the Democratic Republic of 
Vietnam as a result of the participation by the persons in certain 
operations conducted by the Republic of Vietnam.