§ 1987. Penalties

Statutory text

Any person who shall knowingly make or cause to be made, or conspire, combine, aid, or assist in, agree to, arrange for, or in anywise procure the making or presentation of a false or fraudulent affidavit, declaration, certificate, statement, voucher, or paper, or writing purporting to be such, concerning any application for insurance or reinstatement thereof, waiver of premiums or claim for benefits under National Service Life Insurance, United States Government life insurance, or yearly renewable term insurance for any person, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

Whoever in any claim for National Service Life Insurance, United States Government life insurance, or yearly renewable term insurance makes any sworn statement of a material fact knowing it to be false, shall be guilty of perjury and shall be fined not more than $5,000, or be imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.

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. § 1987
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1167, § 787
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1167, § 787
1986
Pub. L. 99–576 title VII § 701(47) · 100 Stat. 3248
Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 1987(a)
Pub. L. 99–576 substituted “any” for “himself or any other”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–576 substituted “any” for “himself or any other”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(47) Section 787 is amended by striking out “himself or any other” and inserting in lieu thereof “any”.
1991
Pub. L. 102–83 § 5(a) · 105 Stat. 378
Changed · 38 U.S.C. § 1987
Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 787 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 787 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.