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§1956 Military and Naval Insurance Appropriation

Title 38 › Part II— GENERAL BENEFITS › Chapter 19— INSURANCE › Subchapter II— UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE › § 1956

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

All money already set aside or later set aside for military and naval insurance, including premiums for yearly renewable term policies, must be put into the U.S. Treasury for this fund and made available to the Department. That money pays what the United States owes under those insurance contracts, and payments are made as the Secretary approves.

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Title 38, §1956

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All sums heretofore or hereafter appropriated for the military and naval insurance appropriation and all premiums collected for yearly renewable term insurance deposited and covered into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation shall be made available to the Department. All premiums that may hereafter be collected for yearly renewable term insurance shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury for the credit of this appropriation. Such sum is made available for the payment of the liabilities of the United States incurred under contracts of yearly renewable term insurance. Payments from this appropriation shall be made upon and in accordance with the awards by the Secretary.

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1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 756 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”. Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3), (4), substituted “Department” for “Veterans’ Administration”.

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38 U.S.C. § 1956

Title 38Veterans' Benefits

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Apr 5, 2026

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