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[CITE: 38USC1976]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
                          CHAPTER 19--INSURANCE
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE
 
Sec. 1976. Effective date

    The insurance provided for in this subchapter and the deductions and 
contributions for that purpose shall take effect on the date designated 
by the Secretary and certified by the Secretary to each Secretary 
concerned.

(Added Pub. L. 89-214, Sec. 1(a), Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 885, 
Sec. 776; amended Pub. L. 99-576, title VII, Sec. 701(42), Oct. 28, 
1986, 100 Stat. 3294; renumbered Sec. 1976 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, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 776 of this 
title as this section and substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'' in two places.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-576 substituted ``the Administrator'' for ``him'' 
after ``certified by''.


   Interim Coverage Until Effective Date of Group Plan; $5,000 Death 
                                Gratuity

    Section 3 of Pub. L. 89-214, as amended by Pub. L. 89-730, 
Sec. 6(a)-(d), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1159, provided for payment of a 
death gratuity of up to $5,000 in certain cases of death of veterans 
while in active military, naval, or air service during the period from 
Jan. 1, 1957, to the date immediately preceding the date on which the 
Servicemen's Group Life Insurance program was placed in effect under 
this section, and required that an application for such gratuity had to 
be made within one year after Sept. 29, 1965.
    Pub. L. 89-730, Sec. 6(e), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1159, provided 
that any waiver of future benefits executed by any person under section 
3(a) of Pub. L. 89-214 (see above), as in effect prior to Nov. 2, 1966, 
was to have no effect.
    Pub. L. 89-730, Sec. 6(f), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1159, provided 
that in any case in which the death gratuity paid to any person under 
section 3 of Pub. L. 89-214 (see above), was reduced pursuant to clause 
(B) of subsection (c)(1) of such section, as in effect prior to Nov. 2, 
1966, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs was to pay to such person 
an amount equal to the amount by which such death gratuity was reduced.
    Pub. L. 89-730, Sec. 6(g), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1159, provided 
that notwithstanding the time limitation prescribed in section 3(a) of 
Pub. L. 89-214 (see above), any application for death gratuity filed 
under such section shall be valid if filed within one year after Nov. 2, 
1966.
