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title: "38 U.S.C. § 1951"
description: "Payment of insurance"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS BENEFITS"
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chapter_name: "INSURANCE"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 1951 - Payment of insurance
## Text
United States Government life insurance, except as provided in this subchapter, shall be payable in two hundred and forty equal monthly installments. When the amount of an individual monthly payment is less than $5, such amount may in the discretion of the Secretary be allowed to accumulate without interest and be disbursed annually.
(Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1161, § 751; renumbered § 1951 and amended Pub. L. 10283, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404406.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1991—Pub. L. 10283 renumbered section 751 of this title as this section and substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.