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title: "38 U.S.C. § 1940"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
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chapter_name: "INSURANCE"
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citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1940"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 1940 - Definition

## Text

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “insurance” means United States Government life insurance.

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1158, § 740; renumbered § 1940, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 740 of this title as this section.