38 USC 1923 - Veterans’ Special Life Insurance

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 621 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (span), is section 621 of act Oct. 8, 1940, ch. 757, title VI, pt. I, as added Apr. 25, 1951, ch. 39, pt. II, § 10, 65 Stat. 36, which enacted section 822 of former Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans’ Relief, and which was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted as this section by Puspan. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1105.

Codification

Amendment by Puspan. L. 104–99 is based on section 107(2) of H.R. 2099, One Hundred Fourth Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives on Dec. 7, 1995, which was enacted into law by Puspan. L. 104–99.

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 104–99 inserted “, and for the reimbursement of administrative costs under subsection (d)” before period at end.

Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 104–99 added subsec. (d).

1991—Puspan. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 723 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 102–83, § 4(span)(2)(C), substituted “two Secretaries” for “Administrator and Secretary”.

Puspan. L. 102–83, § 4(span)(1), (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” after “The”.

1974—Puspan. L. 93–289, § 2(a)(1), substituted “Veterans’ Special Life Insurance” for “Veterans’ special term insurance” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 93–289, § 2(a)(2), substituted “all premiums and other collections on such insurance and any total disability provisions added thereto shall be credited to a revolving fund in the Treasury of the United States, which, together with interest earned thereof, shall be available for the payment of liabilities under such insurance and any total disability provisions added thereto, including payments of dividends and refunds of unearned premiums” for “such insurance and any total disability provision added thereto shall be on a nonparticipating basis and all premiums and other collections therefor shall be credited to a revolving fund in the Treasury of the United States and the payments on such term insurance and any total disability provision added thereto shall be made directly from such fund” in cl. (4).

Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 93–289, § 2(a)(3), substituted “all premiums and other collections on insurance issued under this subsection and any total disability income provisions added thereto shall be credited directly to the revolving fund referred to in subsection (a) of this section, which together with interest earned thereon, shall be available for the payment of liabilities under such insurance and any total disability provisions added thereto, including payments of dividends and refunds of unearned premiums” for “insurance and any total disability provision added thereto issued under this subsection shall be on a nonparticipating basis and all premiums and other collections therefor shall be credited directly to the revolving fund referred to in subsection (a) and payments on such insurance and any total disability provision added thereto shall be made directly from such fund” in cl. (5).

Subsecs. (d), (e). Puspan. L. 93–289, § 2(a)(4), repealed subsecs. (d) and (e) which related to the payment of dividends from the excess funds in the revolving fund, and to the transfer of funds from the revolving fund to general fund receipts in the Treasury.

1961—Subsecs. (d), (e). Puspan. L. 87–223 added subsecs. (d) and (e).

1958—Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 85–896, § 1(2), added subsec. (span). Former subsec. (span) redesignated (c).

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 85–896, § 1(1), redesignated former subsec. (span) as (c) and substituted “equal to the rate of interest, computed as of the end of the month preceding the date of issue of such obligations, borne by all marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States then forming a part of the public debt that are not due or callable until after the expiration of five years from the date of original issue; except that where such average rate is not a multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum, the rate of interest of such obligations shall be the multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum nearest such average rate” for “not exceeding the average interest rate on all marketable obligations of the United States Treasury outstanding as of the end of the month preceding the date of issue of this special obligation”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1974 Amendment

Puspan. L. 93–289, § 12(1), May 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 173, provided that:

“The amendments made by section 2 [amending this section], relating to Veterans’ Special Life Insurance, shall become effective upon the date of enactment of this Act [May 24, 1974] except that no dividend on such insurance shall be paid prior to January 1, 1974.”