Title 38 — Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73
§1953 Assignments
Title 38 › Part PART II— - GENERAL BENEFITS › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - INSURANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE › § 1953
Summary
Those due U.S. Government life insurance may assign it to certain close relatives; Sec. 3 of World War Veterans’ Act, 1924 (in effect Dec. 31, 1958), defines.
Full Legal Text
Title 38, §1953
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Any person to whom United States Government life insurance shall be payable may assign such person’s interest in such insurance to the spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of the insured. Insofar as applicable, the definitions contained in section 3 of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, in effect on December 31, 1958, shall apply to this section.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 3 of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, referred to in text, is section 3 of act June 7, 1924, ch. 320, 43 Stat. 607, which was classified to section 424 of former Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans’ Relief, and which was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted as section 101 of this title by Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1105.
Amendments
1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 753 of this title as this section. 1979—Pub. L. 96–128 substituted “such person’s” for “his”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1979 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–128 effective Nov. 28, 1979, see section 601(b) of Pub. L. 96–128, set out as a note under section 1114 of this title.
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Citation
38 U.S.C. § 1953
Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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