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[CITE: 38USC1908]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
                          CHAPTER 19--INSURANCE
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE
 
Sec. 1908. Premium payments

    The Secretary shall, by regulations, prescribe the time and method 
of payment of the premiums on insurance, but payments of premiums in 
advance shall not be required for periods of more than one month each, 
and may at the election of the insured be deducted from the insured's 
active-service pay or be otherwise made. An amount equal to the first 
premium due under a National Service Life Insurance policy may be 
advanced from current appropriations for active-service pay to any 
person in the active service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, 
or Coast Guard, which amount shall constitute a lien upon any service or 
other pay accruing to the person for whom such advance was made and 
shall be collected therefrom if not otherwise paid. No disbursing or 
certifying officer shall be responsible for any loss incurred by reason 
of such advance. Any amount so advanced in excess of available service 
or other pay shall constitute a lien on the policy within the provisions 
of section 5301(b) of this title.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1149, Sec. 708; Pub. L. 99-576, 
title VII, Sec. 701(24), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3292; Pub. L. 102-40, 
title IV, Sec. 402(d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 239; renumbered 
Sec. 1908 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 
6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404-406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 708 of this title as this 
section and substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator''.
    Pub. L. 102-40 substituted ``5301(b)'' for ``3101(b)''.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-576 substituted ``the insured's'' for ``his''.
