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Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102

§1919 National Service Life Insurance Appropriation

Title 38 › PART II — GENERAL BENEFITS › CHAPTER 19 — INSURANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE › § 1919

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Keeps the National Service Life Insurance fund in place and allows money from the U.S. Treasury to be used as needed to pay what is owed under this chapter and the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 and related laws. Payments from that money must follow awards made by the Secretary. Any premiums paid before or after now on policies issued or reinstated under section 602(v)(1), where the good-health rule was waived because of a service-caused injury or disability, must go straight into that fund. Any benefits paid on those policies must also come directly from that fund.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §1919

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(a)The National Service Life Insurance appropriation is continued and there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and the provisions heretofore prescribed in the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, or related Acts, for the payment of liabilities under National Service Life Insurance. Payment from this appropriation shall be made upon and in accordance with awards by the Secretary.
(b)All premiums heretofore and hereafter paid on insurance issued or reinstated under section 602(v)(1) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 where the requirement of good health was waived under such section because of a service-incurred injury or disability shall be credited directly to the National Service Life Insurance appropriation and any payments of benefits heretofore and hereafter made on such insurance shall be made directly from such appropriation.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Oct. 8, 1940, ch. 757, title VI, part I, 54 Stat. 1008, which was classified generally to chapter 13 (§ 801 et seq.) of former Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans’ Relief, and which was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted as this subchapter by Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1105. section 602(v)(i) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 602(v)(1) of act Oct. 8, 1940, ch. 757, title VI, pt. I, 54 Stat. 1009, which enacted section 802(v)(1) of former Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans’ Relief, and which was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted as section 715 [now 1915] of this title by Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1105.

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–368 substituted “section 602(v)(1)” for “section 602(c)(2) and 602(v)(1)” and “under such section” for “under such sections”. 1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 719 of this title as this section and substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in subsec. (a). 1983—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–160 substituted “sections” for “subsections” after “issued or reinstated under” and after “waived under such”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1998 Amendment Pub. L. 105–368, title III, § 304(b), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3334, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 11, 1998].”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

38 U.S.C. § 1919

Title 38, Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102