§ 1953. Assignments

Statutory text

Any person to whom United States Government life insurance shall be payable may assign such person’s interest in such insurance to the spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of the insured. Insofar as applicable, the definitions contained in section 3 of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, in effect on December 31, 1958, shall apply to this section.

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.

1958
Pub. L. 85–857 · 72 Stat. 1105
Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 1953
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1161, § 753
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1161, § 753
1979
Veterans’ Disability Compensation and Survivors’ Benefits Amendments of 1979
Pub. L. 96–128 title III § 304 · 93 Stat. 982
Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 1953
Pub. L. 96–128 substituted “such person’s” for “his”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 96–128 substituted “such person’s” for “his”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 304. technical amendments Sections 718(b) and 753 are amended by striking out “his” and inserting in lieu thereof “such person’s”.
Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–128 effective Nov. 28, 1979, see section 601(b) of Pub. L. 96–128, set out as a note under section 1114 of this title.
1991
Pub. L. 102–83 § 5(a) · 105 Stat. 378
Changed · 38 U.S.C. § 1953
Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 753 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 753 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.

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

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 3 of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, referred to in text, is section 3 of act June 7, 1924, ch. 320, 43 Stat. 607, which was classified to section 424 of former Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans’ Relief, and which was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted as section 101 of this title by Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1105.

Amendments1979–1991 · 2 rounds