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captive status

Defined in 4 places across 2 titles — 3 distinct definitions of the United States Code.

The terms “captive status” and “former captive” have the meanings given those terms in section 559 of title 37.

Same definition in 2 sections

In this section, the term “captive status” means the status of a member of the armed forces who is in a missing status (as defined in section 551(2) of title 37) which occurs as the result of a hostile action and is related to the member’s military status.

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The term “captive status” means a missing status of a member of the uniformed services which, as determined by the President, arises because of a hostile action and is a result of membership in the uniformed services, but does not include a period of captivity of a member as a prisoner of war if Congress provides to such member, in an Act enacted after August 27, 1986, monetary payment in respect of such period of captivity.

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