28 CFR § 81.52 - Definitions.

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title: "28 CFR § 81.52 - Definitions."
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title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "81.52"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "81"
part_name: "CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY REPORTING DESIGNATIONS AND PROCEDURES, AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VICTIMS RESERVE"
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authority: "28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 13031, 13032."
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# 81.52 Definitions.

(a) If a term is not defined in this section, the statutory definition at 18 U.S.C. 2256, 2259, 2259A, or 2259B applies to the submission and processing of requests to the Department.

(b) *Authorized representative* means an attorney or legal guardian (for claimants under age 18, incompetent, or incapacitated) of a claimant, the personal representative of a deceased claimant's estate, any other person appointed as a representative of a claimant by a Federal court pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2259(c)(4), or a personal representative designated by the claimant to act on the claimant's behalf.

(c) *Claimant* means the person who claims to be a victim of trafficking in child pornography and to be eligible for the defined monetary assistance at 18 U.S.C. 2259(d).

(d) *Reserve* means the Child Pornography Victims Reserve set forth in 34 U.S.C. 20101(d)(6). The Department may also refer to the Reserve as the Defined Monetary Assistance Victims Reserve.

(e) *Victim* or *victim of trafficking in child pornography* means a person whom a Federal court has determined, under 18 U.S.C. 2259(d)(1)(B), to be a victim of trafficking in child pornography.