38 U.S.C. § 1954
Forfeiture
United States · Title 38 — VETERANS’ BENEFITS · Status: effective
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- 38 U.S.C. § 1954, Forfeiture, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/472946
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No yearly renewable term insurance or United States Government life insurance shall be payable for death inflicted as a lawful punishment for crime or military offense, except when inflicted by the enemy. In such cases the cash surrender value of United States Government life insurance, if any, on the date of such death shall be paid to the designated beneficiary if living, or if there be no designated beneficiary alive at the death of the insured the said value shall be paid to the estate of the insured.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Department of Veterans Affairs Codification ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally