38 U.S.C. § 1977
Veterans’ Group Life Insurance
United States · Title 38 — VETERANS’ BENEFITS · Status: effective
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- 38 U.S.C. § 1977, Veterans’ Group Life Insurance, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/472969
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Not more than once in each five-year period beginning on the one-year anniversary of the date a person becomes insured under Veterans’ Group Life Insurance, such person may elect in writing to increase by $25,000 the amount for which the person is insured if—
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.
- Veterans' Insurance Act of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Disability Compensation, Housing, and Memorial Benefits Amendments of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Administration Health-Care Amendments of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health Care Authorization Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991House: 396–4Senate: no recorded tally
- Department of Veterans Affairs Codification ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1994House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000House: 417–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005
- Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Enhancement Act of 2005House: 424–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Act of 2010House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally