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[CITE: 38USC1919]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
                          CHAPTER 19--INSURANCE
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE
 
Sec. 1919. National Service Life Insurance appropriation

    (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. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1154, Sec. 719; Pub. L. 98-160, 
title VII, Sec. 702(5), Nov. 21, 1983, 97 Stat. 1009; renumbered 
Sec. 1919 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 
6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404-406; Pub. L. 105-368, title III, Sec. 304(a), 
Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3334.)

                       References in Text

    The 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, as amended, which was classified generally to chapter 13 (Sec. 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and which was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted as this 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. 85-857, 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and which was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted as section 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. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 
1105.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-368 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. 102-83 renumbered section 719 of this title as this 
section and substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'' in subsec. 
(a).
    1983--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-160 substituted ``sections'' for 
``subsections'' after ``issued or reinstated under'' and after ``waived 
under such''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Pub. L. 105-368, title III, Sec. 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].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 113 of this title.
