22 CFR § 191.30 - Eligibility for benefits.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s191.30"
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title: "22 CFR § 191.30 - Eligibility for benefits."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "191.30"
section_name: "Eligibility for benefits."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "T"
subchapter_name: "HOSTAGE RELIEF"
part_number: "191"
part_name: "HOSTAGE RELIEF ASSISTANCE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Hostage Relief Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-449 and sec. 4 of Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 2658))."
regulatory_source: "46 FR 17543, Mar. 19, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "191"
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# 191.30 Eligibility for benefits.

(a) A spouse or unmarried dependent child aged 18 or above of a hostage as determined under subpart A of this subchapter shall be eligible for benefits under § 191.31 of this subpart. (Certain limitations apply, however, to persons eligible for direct assistance through other programs of the Veterans Administration under chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code).

(b) A Principal (see definition in § 191.3) designated as a hostage under Subpart A of this subchapter, who intends to change jobs or careers because of the hostage experience and who desires additional training for this purpose, shall be eligible for benefits under § 191.32 of this part unless such person is eligible for comparable benefits under title 38 of the United States Code as determined by the Administrator of the Veterans Administration.