Pennsylvania Code › Title 43 - MILITARY AFFAIRS › Part I - Department of Military Affairs › Chapter 5 - BUREAU FOR VETERANS' AFFAIRS › Subchapter A - VETERANS' EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 5.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Act
-Title 51 of the
Pennsylvania
					 Consolidated Statutes
Chapter 85 (relating to veterans' emergency
					 assistance).
Bureau
-The Bureau for Veterans' Affairs of
					 the Department.
Commission
-The State Veterans'
					 Commission.
Department
-The Department of Military
					 Affairs of the Commonwealth.
Military
or
naval service of the
					 United States
-The United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps,
					 Coast Guard and the reserve components thereof when engaged in active Federal
					 military service. The term also includes members of the American Merchant
					 Marine in oceangoing service during the period of armed conflict from December
					 7, 1941 to August 15, 1945, who have a Department of Defense Certificate of
					 Release or Discharge from Active Duty or its equivalent.
Peacetime hostile fire
-A situation
					 resulting in casualties to members of the military or naval forces of the
					 United States, or women's organizations officially connected therewith, during
					 periods other than established war or armed conflict service dates when
					 American armed forces are engaged in hostilities or exchange fire with the
					 armed forces of a foreign state or terrorists or when American armed forces are
					 targets of fire from the armed forces of foreign states or terrorists.
Sudden or unexpected loss of income or other source
					 of support
-Loss of income that arises from factors beyond the control
					 of the applicant in a sudden or unexpected manner, including sickness,
					 disability and loss of employment. These factors shall have occurred within 180
					 days prior to the date of application. Factors beyond the control of the
					 applicant include acts of nature, such as floods/tornadoes or other natural
					 catastrophes that cause sudden loss of property or valuables.
Surviving children of an eligible
					 veteran
-Includes, for purposes of determining whether qualified as
					 "surviving dependents" under
					 51 Pa.C.S. §
											8501
					 (relating to definitions), legitimate children, legally adopted children,
					 stepchildren who were members of an eligible veteran's household when the
					 veteran died and are dependent on the veteran for support and illegitimate
					 children of the eligible veteran when one of the following applies:
(i) The eligible veteran is the mother of the
				  illegitimate children.
(ii) The
				  eligible veteran is the father of the illegitimate children and has
				  acknowledged them in writing signed by the eligible veteran or has been
				  judicially ordered to contribute to the children's support or judicially
				  decreed to be the father.
Surviving parents of an eligible
					 veteran
-Includes, for purposes of determining whether they qualify as
					 surviving dependents under
					 51 Pa.C.S. §
											8501, a
					 mother, father, mother through adoption or father through adoption.
Terrorist attack
-An act of violence,
					 including bombings, kidnappings, shootings and assaults, perpetrated by
					 individuals or groups against members of the military or naval forces of the
					 United States, or a women's organization officially connected therewith, for
					 political, anarchist or other motives.
War
or
armed conflict
-The
					 Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, the
					 Vietnam Era and periods beginning on the date of a future declaration of war by
					 Congress and ending on the date prescribed by Presidential proclamation or
					 concurrent resolution, as well as dates established by Federal statute or
					 regulations of the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs as being
					 periods of war or armed conflict.
Women's organization officially-connected with the
					 military or naval forces
-An organization for females affiliated with
					 the United States Armed Forces whose former members are recognized as veterans
					 by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs.
The provisions of this §
												5.1 amended under the Military
						Code,
						51 Pa.C.S. §
													1704(7).