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[CITE: 38USC3224]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
      CHAPTER 32--POST-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
 
      SUBCHAPTER II--ELIGIBILITY; CONTRIBUTIONS; AND MATCHING FUND
 
Sec. 3224. Death of participant

    In the event of a participant's death, the amount of such 
participant's unused contributions to the fund shall be paid to the 
living person or persons first listed below:
        (1) The beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by such 
    participant under such participant's Servicemembers' Group Life 
    Insurance policy.
        (2) The surviving spouse of the participant.
        (3) The surviving child or children of the participant, in equal 
    shares.
        (4) The surviving parent or parents of the participant, in equal 
    shares.

If there is no such person living, such amount shall be paid to such 
participant's estate.

(Added Pub. L. 94-502, title IV, Sec. 404, Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2395, 
Sec. 1624; amended Pub. L. 96-466, title IV, Sec. 402, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 
Stat. 2201; renumbered Sec. 3224, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 
1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 104-275, title IV, Sec. 405(c)(2), Oct. 9, 
1996, 110 Stat. 3340.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Par. (1). Pub. L. 104-275 substituted ``Servicemembers' 
Group'' for ``Servicemen's Group''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 1624 of this title as this 
section.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-466 expanded provisions to require payment of a 
participant's unused contributions to the fund to the surviving spouse, 
the surviving child or children, or to the surviving parent or parents 
before payment of such amount to the participant's estate.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Section 802(d)(2) of Pub. L. 96-466 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by sections 402 through 406 [amending this section and sections 
1622, 1631, and 1641 [now 3222, 3231, and 3241] of this title] shall 
become effective on October 1, 1980.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3223 of this title.
