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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 401', '§103', '§8', '§621', '§631', '§701', '§102', '§1', '§102', '§103', '§102', '§3', '§102', '§103', '§631', '§206']

[USC02] 37 USC 401: Definitions
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37 USC 401: Definitions Text contains those laws in effect on March 29, 2020
(a) Dependent Defined.-In this chapter, the term "dependent", with respect to a member of a uniformed service, means the following persons:
(2) An unmarried child of the member who-
(3) A parent of the member if-
(4) An unmarried person who-
(b) Other Definitions.-For purposes of subsection (a):
(1) The term "child" includes-
(2) The term "parent" means-
( Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 469 ; Pub. L. 93–64, title I, §§103, 104, July 9, 1973, 87 Stat. 148 ; Pub. L. 100–26, §8(e)(7), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 286 ; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VI, §621, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1377 ; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VI, §631(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1683 ; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title VII, §701(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2797 .)
401 37:231(g) (less last proviso of last sentence). Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, §102(g) (less last proviso of last sentence), 63 Stat. 804 ; Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 922, §1, 64 Stat. 794 ; Mar. 23, 1953, ch. 8 (as applicable to §102(g)), 67 Stat. 6; June 30, 1955, ch. 250, §103 (as applicable to §102(g)), 69 Stat. 224 ; Mar. 23, 1959, Pub. L. 86–4, §3 (as applicable to §102(g)), 73 Stat. 13 .
1994-Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 103–337 substituted "placement agency (recognized by the Secretary of Defense) in anticipation of the legal adoption of the child by the member" for "placement agency for the purpose of adoption".
1993-Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 103–160 added par. (4).
1991-Pub. L. 102–190 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "In this chapter, the term 'dependent', with respect to a member of a uniformed service, means-
"(2) his unmarried child (including any of the following categories of children if such child is in fact dependent on the member: a stepchild; an adopted child; or an illegitimate child whose alleged member-father has been judicially decreed to be the father of the child or judicially ordered to contribute to the child's support, or whose parentage has been admitted in writing by the member) who either-
"(3) his parent (including a stepparent or parent by adoption, and any person, including a former stepparent, who has stood in loco parentis to the member at any time for a continuous period of at least five years before the member became 21 years of age) who is in fact dependent on the member for over one-half of his support; however, the dependency of such a parent is determined on the basis of an affidavit submitted by the parent, and any other evidence required under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, and he is not considered a dependent of the member claiming the dependence unless-
1987-Pub. L. 100–26 inserted "the term" after "In this chapter,".
1973-Cl. (2). Pub. L. 93–64, §103(1), in revising cl. (1) of first sentence, substituted "unmarried child" for "unmarried legitimate child" and defined dependent to include an illegitimate child whose alleged member-father has been judicially decreed to be the father of the child or judicially ordered to contribute to the child's support, or whose parentage has been admitted in writing by the member.
Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VI, §631(b), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1684 , provided that: "Section 401(a)(4) of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to determinations of dependency made on or after July 1, 1994."
Pub. L. 93–64, title II, §206, July 9, 1973, 87 Stat. 149 , provided that: "This Act [enacting section 1173 of Title 10, Armed Forces, amending this section and sections 302, 302a, 303, 308a, and 403 of this title, and repealing sections 2210 to 2212 of the former Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense] shall become effective July 1, 1973."