38 USC § 1941 - Amount of insurance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1941"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 1941 - Amount of insurance"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1941"
section_name: "Amount of insurance"
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, § 741; Pub. L. 92–188, § 1, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 645; renumbered § 1941 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 1941. Amount of insurance

section 1907 of this title

United States Government life insurance shall be issued against death or total permanent disability in any multiple of $500 and 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. 1158, § 741; Pub. L. 92–188, § 1, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 645; renumbered § 1941 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### 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 .