{"identifier":"/us/usc/t37/s551","title":37,"num":"\u00a7\u202f551.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f551.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter:\n(1) The term \u201cdependent\u201d, with respect to a member of a uniformed service, means\u2014\n(A) his spouse;\n(B) his unmarried child (including an unmarried dependent stepchild or adopted child) under 21 years of age;\n(C) his dependent mother or father;\n(D) a dependent designated in official records; and\n(E) a person determined to be dependent by the Secretary concerned, or his designee.\n(2) The term \u201cmissing status\u201d means the status of a member of a uniformed service who is officially carried or determined to be absent in a status of\u2014\n(A) missing;\n(B) missing in action;\n(C) interned in a foreign country;\n(D) captured, beleaguered, or besieged by a hostile force; or\n(E) detained in a foreign country against his will.\n(3) The term \u201cpay and allowances\u201d means\u2014\n(A) basic pay;\n(B) special pay;\n(C) incentive pay;\n(D) basic allowance for housing;\n(E) basic allowance for subsistence; and\n(F) station per diem allowances for not more than 90 days.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t37/s551.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f551."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The term \u201cdependent\u201d, with respect to a member of a uniformed service, means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" his spouse;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" his unmarried child (including an unmarried dependent stepchild or adopted child) under 21 years of age;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" his dependent mother or father;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/1/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" a dependent designated in official records; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/1/E","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(E)"},{"t":"content","text":" a person determined to be dependent by the Secretary concerned, or his designee.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The term \u201cmissing status\u201d means the status of a member of a uniformed service who is officially carried or determined to be absent in a status of\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" missing;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" missing in action;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/2/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" interned in a foreign country;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/2/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" captured, beleaguered, or besieged by a hostile force; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/2/E","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(E)"},{"t":"content","text":" detained in a foreign country against his will.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The term \u201cpay and allowances\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" basic pay;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/3/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" special pay;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/3/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" incentive pay;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/3/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" basic allowance for housing;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/3/E","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(E)"},{"t":"content","text":" basic allowance for subsistence; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s551/3/F","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(F)"},{"t":"content","text":" station per diem allowances for not more than 90 days.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}