38 USC § 1903 - Amount of insurance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1903"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 1903 - Amount of insurance"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1903"
section_name: "Amount of insurance"
chapter_number: 19
chapter_name: "INSURANCE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1148, § 703; Pub. L. 92–188, § 1, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 645; renumbered § 1903 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 1903. Amount of insurance

section 1907 of this title

Insurance shall be issued in any multiple of $500 and the amount of insurance with respect to any one person shall be 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 .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1148, § 703; Pub. L. 92–188, § 1, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 645; renumbered § 1903 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior section 1903 was renumbered .

Another prior section 1903, , , , related to limitation on amounts paid by United States, prior to the general revision of chapter 39 of this title by . See .

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section and substituted “1907” for “707”.

1971— made section limitations inapplicable to the additional paid up insurance purchase of which is authorized under .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1971 Amendment

Amendment by  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 , see , set out as a note under .