### Question
Can you define what date of cessation of hostilities means?


### Answer
**Date of cessation of hostilities** is defined as the following in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 38*:

> the date specified by proclamation of the President or by a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress whichever is the earlier.

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 38*
  - Heading: **TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT OF 1917 > ACT OCT. 6, 1917, CH. 106, 40 STAT. 411**

