Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits
Part II · Chapter 19 — Insurance
§ 1919. National Service Life Insurance appropriation
Statutory text
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.
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
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 85–857 · 72 Stat. 1105
Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 1919
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1154, § 719
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1154, § 719Veterans’ Health Care Amendments of 1983
Pub. L. 98–160 title VII § 702(5) · 97 Stat. 993
Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 1919(b)
Pub. L. 98–160 substituted “sections” for “subsections” after “issued or reinstated under” and after “waived under such”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–160 substituted “sections” for “subsections” after “issued or reinstated under” and after “waived under such”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(5) Section 719(b) is amended by striking out “subsections” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “sections”.Pub. L. 102–83 · 105 Stat. 378
Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 1919
Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 719 of this title as this section and substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in subsec. (a)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 719 of this title as this section and substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in subsec. (a).Pub. L. 105–368 title III § 304(a) · 112 Stat. 3315
Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 1919(b)
Pub. L. 105–368 substituted “section 602(v)(1)” for “sections 602(c)(2) and 602(v)(1)”
Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 1919(b)
Pub. L. 105–368 substituted “under such section” for “under such sections”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–368 substituted “section 602(v)(1)” for “sections 602(c)(2) and 602(v)(1)” and “under such section” for “under such sections”.Effective date note
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].”
1 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 4 partial
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, , 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, , 72 Stat. 1105.
Amendments1983–1998 · 3 rounds
1998
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–368 substituted “section 602(v)(1)” for “sections 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), , 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 [].”
Credits
1958–1998 · 4 acts
- 1958Pub. L. 85–857, , 72 Stat. 1154, § 719
- 1983Pub. L. 98–160, title VII, § 702(5), , 97 Stat. 1009
- 1991renumbered § 1919 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), , 105 Stat. 404–406
- 1998Pub. L. 105–368, title III, § 304(a), , 112 Stat. 3334.
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(Pub. L. 85–857, , 72 Stat. 1154, § 719; Pub. L. 98–160, title VII, § 702(5), , 97 Stat. 1009; renumbered § 1919 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), , 105 Stat. 404–406; Pub. L. 105–368, title III, § 304(a), , 112 Stat. 3334.)