45 CFR § 506.1 - “Civilian American citizen” defined.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s506.1"
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title: "45 CFR § 506.1 - “Civilian American citizen” defined."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "506.1"
section_name: "“Civilian American citizen” defined."
chapter_name: "FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "RECEIPT, ADMINISTRATION, AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948, AS AMENDED"
part_number: "506"
part_name: "ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPENSATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 2, Pub. L. 896, 80th Cong., as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2001)."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 49844, Oct. 1, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "506"
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# 506.1 “Civilian American citizen” defined.

*Civilian American citizen* means any person who, being then a citizen of the United States, was captured in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam conflict by any force hostile to the United States, or who went into hiding in Southeast Asia in order to avoid capture or internment by any such hostile force.