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[CITE: 38USC1941]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
                          CHAPTER 19--INSURANCE
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE
 
Sec. 1941. Amount of insurance

    United States Government life insurance shall be issued against 
death or total permanent disability in any multiple of $500 and not less 
than $1,000 or more than $10,000. No person may carry a combined amount 
of National Service Life Insurance and United States Government life 
insurance in excess of $10,000 at any one time. The limitations of this 
section shall not apply to the additional paid up insurance the purchase 
of which is authorized under section 1907 of this title.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1158, Sec. 741; Pub. L. 92-188, 
Sec. 1, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 645; renumbered Sec. 1941 and amended 
Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 741 of this title as this 
section and substituted ``1907'' for ``707''.
    1971--Pub. L. 92-188 made section limitations inapplicable to the 
additional paid up insurance purchase of which is authorized under 
section 707 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1971 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 92-188 effective on date established by 
Administrator but in no event later than first day of first calendar 
month beginning more than six calendar months after Dec. 15, 1971, see 
section 4 of Pub. L. 92-188, set out as a note under section 1907 of 
this title.
