Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/694

 94 STAT. 1972

PUBLIC LAW 96-449—OCT. 14, 1980

(b) HOSTAGE PERIOD.—For purposes of this title, the term "hostage period" means the period beginning on November 4, 1979, and ending on whichever of the following dates is the earlier: (1) the date the President specifies, by Executive order, as the date on which all citizens and resident aliens of the United States who were placed in a captive status due to the seizure of the United States Embassy in Iran have been returned to the United States or otherwise accounted for, or (2) December 31, 1981. (c) CAPTIVE STATUS.—For purposes of this title— (1) IN GENERAL.—The term "captive status" means a missing status arising because of a hostile action abroad— (A) which is directed against the United States during the hostage period, and (B) which is identified by the Secretary of State in the Federal Register. (2) MISSING STATUS DEFINED.—The term "missing status"— (A) in the case of employees, has the meaning given it in section 5561(5) of title 5, United States Code, (B) in the case of members of the uniformed services, has the meaning given it in section 551(2) of title 37, United States Code, and (C) in the case of other individuals, has a similar meaning as that provided under such sections, as determined by the Secretary of State. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "employee" has the meaning given to such term by section 5561(2) of title 5, United States Code. (d) HOSPITALIZED AS A RESULT OF CAPTIVE STATUS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this title, an individual shall be treated as hospitalized as a result of captive status if such individual is hospitalized as a result of injury or disease or physical or mental disability incurred or aggravated while such individual was in captive status. (2) 2-YEAR LIMIT.—Hospitalization shall be taken into account for purposes of paragraph (1) only if it is hospitalization— (A) occurring en or before the day which is 2 year s after the date on which the individual's captive status ends (or, if earlier, the date on which the hostage period ends), or (B) which is part of a continuous period of hospitalization which began on or before the day determined under subparagraph (A). (e) CIVIL SERVICE; UNIFORMED SERVICES.—For purposes of this section, the terms "civil service" and "uniformed services" have the meanings given to such terms by section 2101 of title 5, United States Code. Tehran hostages.

Ante, p. 1970.

(f) APPLICATION OF TITLE TO A L L T E H R A N HOSTAGES.—In the Case of

any citizen or resident alien of the United States who is determined by the Secretary of State to have been held hostage in Tehran at any time during November 1979, for purposes of this title— (1) such individual shall be treated as an American hostage whether or not such individual meets the requirements of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), and (2) if such individual was not in the civil service or the uniformed services of the United States— (A) section 201 shall be applied by substituting "earned income (as defined in section 911(b) of the Internal Revenue

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