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Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits

Part II · Chapter 19 — Insurance

§ 1943. Premiums

Statutory text

The premium rates for insurance shall be the net rates based upon the American Experience Table of Mortality and interest at 3½ percent per annum. Regulations shall prescribe the time and method of payment of premiums, but payments of premiums in advance shall not be required for periods of more than one month each, and may be deducted from the pay or deposit of the insured or be otherwise made at the insured’s election.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 85–857 · 72 Stat. 1105

    Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 1943

    Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1158, § 743

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1158, § 743

  2. Pub. L. 97–295 § 4(26) · 96 Stat. 1287

    Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 1943

    Pub. L. 97–295 substituted “percent” for “per centum”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 97–295 substituted “percent” for “per centum”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (26) Sections 743 and 744 are amended by striking out “per 38 USC 743, 744. centum” wherever it appears and substituting “percent”.

  3. Pub. L. 99–576 title VII § 701(30) · 100 Stat. 3248

    Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 1943

    Pub. L. 99–576 substituted “the insured’s” for “his”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 99–576 substituted “the insured’s” for “his”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (30) Sections 743, 744(b), 745, 746, 747, and 748 are amended by striking out “his” and inserting in lieu thereof “the insured’s”.

  4. Pub. L. 102–83 § 5(a) · 105 Stat. 378

    Changed · 38 U.S.C. § 1943

    Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 743 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 743 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Redesignation of Sections to Conform to Chapter Numbers.— Each section contained in any of chapters 11 through 23 is redesignated by replacing the first digit of the section number with the number of the chapter containing that section. Each section contained in any of chapters 24 through 42 is redesignated so that the first two digits of the section number of that section are the same as the chapter number of the chapter containing that section.

3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1982–1991 · 3 rounds

1991

Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 743 of this title as this section.

1986

Pub. L. 99–576 substituted “the insured’s” for “his”.

1982

Pub. L. 97–295 substituted “percent” for “per centum”.

Credits

1958–1991 · 4 acts
  1. 1958Pub. L. 85–857, , 72 Stat. 1158, § 743
  2. 1982Pub. L. 97–295, § 4(26), , 96 Stat. 1307
  3. 1986Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(30), , 100 Stat. 3293
  4. 1991renumbered § 1943, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), , 105 Stat. 406.
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(Pub. L. 85–857, , 72 Stat. 1158, § 743; Pub. L. 97–295, § 4(26), , 96 Stat. 1307; Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(30), , 100 Stat. 3293; renumbered § 1943, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), , 105 Stat. 406.)

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