---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 1602.3"
title: "32"
number: "1602.3"
heading: "Aliens and nationals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/1602.3"
---

# §1602.3. Aliens and nationals.

- (a) The term alien means any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
- (b) **The term <I>national of the United States</I> means—**
  - (1) A citizen of the United States, or
  - (2) **A person, though not a citizen of the United States, who owes allegiance to the United States.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.; E.O. 11623.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 4643, Feb. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted.