[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: 32CFR270.2]

[Page 615-616]
 
                       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. 270.2  Definitions.

    (a) Applicant. A person applying for payments under this part.
    (b) Child of an eligible person. A recognized natural child, an 
adopted child, or a stepchild who lived with the eligible person in a 
regular parent-child relationship.
    (c) Parents of an eligible person. Natural parents, adoptive 
parents, or step parents of a deceased person described in Part A of 
appendix A to this part. (Step parents must show that they established a 
parent-child relationship with the deceased person described in Part A 
of appendix A to this part.)
    (d) Siblings by blood of an eligible person. Siblings related by 
blood to a deceased person described in Part A of appendix A to this 
part, including half-brothers and half-sisters.
    (e) The Commission. The Commission authorized to oversee payments to 
certain persons captured and incarcerated by the Democratic Republic of 
Vietnam, established under this part.
    (f) Eligible person. A person determined by the Commission as 
eligible for payment under subpart C of this part.
    (g) OPLAN 34A. The operation carried out under the auspices of the 
government of South Vietnam and the U.S. Military Assistance Command 
Vietnam, Studies and Observations Group (MACV/SOG), starting in 1964, 
which inserted commandos into North Vietnam for the purpose of conducing 
intelligence and other military activities. OPLAN 34A also refers to 
predecessor operations which were precursors to OPLAN 34A operations. OP 
35 refers to

[[Page 616]]

the small military units which were sent to conduct sabotage, 
reconnaissance, exploitation and other intelligence missions on or 
around the borders of Vietnam and Laos.
    (h) North Vietnam. The Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
    (i) OSD. The Office of the Secretary of Defense.
    (j) The Secretary. The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force 
Management Policy).
    (k) South Vietnam. The Republic of Vietnam.
    (l) Spouse of an eligible person. Someone who was married to that 
eligible person for at least 1 year immediately before the death of the 
eligible person.
    (m) Required declaration. The statements to be signed and notarized 
in appendix A to this part. All applicants must sign part C and either 
part A or part B of appendix A to this part.

[63 FR 3472, Jan. 23, 1998, as amended at 63 FR 68195, Dec. 10, 1998]