38 USC § 1940 - Definition

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1940"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 1940 - Definition"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1940"
section_name: "Definition"
chapter_number: 19
chapter_name: "INSURANCE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 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. 1158, § 740; renumbered § 1940, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 1940. Definition

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “insurance” means United States Government life insurance.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1158, § 740; renumbered § 1940, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section.