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type: "LegalText"
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title: "38 U.S.C. § 3224"
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description: "Death of participant"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 38
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title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
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chapter_number: "32"
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chapter_name: "POST-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE"
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section: "3224"
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citation: "38 U.S.C. § 3224"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 3224 - Death of participant
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## Text
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In the event of a participant’s death, the amount of such participant’s unused contributions to the fund shall be paid to the living person or persons first listed below:
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(1) The beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by such participant under such participant’s Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance policy.
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(2) The surviving spouse of the participant.
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(3) The surviving child or children of the participant, in equal shares.
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(4) The surviving parent or parents of the participant, in equal shares.
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If there is no such person living, such amount shall be paid to such participant’s estate.
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(Added Pub. L. 94–502, title IV, § 404, Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2395, § 1624; amended Pub. L. 96–466, title IV, § 402, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2201; renumbered § 3224, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 104–275, title IV, § 405(c)(2), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3340.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1996—Par. (1). Pub. L. 104–275 substituted “Servicemembers’ Group” for “Servicemen’s Group”. 1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1624 of this title as this section. 1980—Pub. L. 96–466 expanded provisions to require payment of a participant’s unused contributions to the fund to the surviving spouse, the surviving child or children, or to the surviving parent or parents before payment of such amount to the participant’s estate.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective Date of 1980 AmendmentPub. L. 96–466, title VIII, § 802(d)(2), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2218, provided that: “The amendments made by sections 402 through 406 [amending this section and sections 1622, 1631, and 1641 [now 3222, 3231, and 3241] of this title] shall become effective on October 1, 1980.”
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Effective DateSection effective Jan. 1, 1977, see section 406 of Pub. L. 94–502, set out as a note under section 3201 of this title.
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