45 CFR § 506.14 - “Force hostile to the United States” defined.

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title: "45 CFR § 506.14 - “Force hostile to the United States” defined."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "506.14"
section_name: "“Force hostile to the United States” 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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
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# 506.14 “Force hostile to the United States” defined.

*Force hostile to the United States* means any organization or force in Southeast Asia, or any agent or employee thereof, engaged in any military or civil activities designed to further the prosecution of its armed conflict against the Armed Forces of the United States during the Vietnam conflict.