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title: "38 U.S.C. § 1919"
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title_name: "VETERANS BENEFITS"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 1919 - National Service Life Insurance appropriation
## Text
(a) The National Service Life Insurance appropriation is continued and there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and the provisions heretofore prescribed in the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, or related Acts, for the payment of liabilities under National Service Life Insurance. Payment from this appropriation shall be made upon and in accordance with awards by the Secretary.
(b) All premiums heretofore and hereafter paid on insurance issued or reinstated under section 602(v)(1) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 where the requirement of good health was waived under such section because of a service-incurred injury or disability shall be credited directly to the National Service Life Insurance appropriation and any payments of benefits heretofore and hereafter made on such insurance shall be made directly from such appropriation.
(Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1154, § 719; Pub. L. 98160, title VII, § 702(5), Nov. 21, 1983, 97 Stat. 1009; renumbered § 1919 and amended Pub. L. 10283, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404406; Pub. L. 105368, title III, § 304(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3334.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
References in TextThe National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Oct. 8, 1940, ch. 757, title VI, part I, 54 Stat. 1008, which was classified generally to chapter 13 (§ 801 et seq.) of former Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans Relief, and which was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted as this subchapter by Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1105. Section 602(v)(i) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 602(v)(1) of act Oct. 8, 1940, ch. 757, title VI, pt. I, 54 Stat. 1009, which enacted section 802(v)(1) of former Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans Relief, and which was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted as section 715 [now 1915] of this title by Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1105.
Amendments1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105368 substituted “section 602(v)(1)” for “sections 602(c)(2) and 602(v)(1)” and “under such section” for “under such sections”. 1991—Pub. L. 10283 renumbered section 719 of this title as this section and substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in subsec. (a). 1983—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98160 substituted “sections” for “subsections” after “issued or reinstated under” and after “waived under such”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1998 AmendmentPub. L. 105368, title III, § 304(b), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3334, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 11, 1998].”