{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-1716","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 1716","heading":"Presumption of death or detention","body":"A determination that an individual is dead or a determination that he has been detained by a hostile force or person may be made on the basis of evidence that he has disappeared under circumstances such as to make such death or detention appear probable.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 12—COMPENSATION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR DETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS WITH UNITED STATES OUTSIDE UNITED STATES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"65194f9a32490b00dae8f2dd885e29220b6eff0fcd651d998ada9093d31e842a","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-1715","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-1717"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}