38 USC § 1953 - Assignments

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1953"
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title: "38 USC § 1953 - Assignments"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1953"
section_name: "Assignments"
chapter_number: 19
chapter_name: "INSURANCE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1161, § 753; Pub. L. 96–128, title III, § 304, Nov. 28, 1979, 93 Stat. 986; renumbered § 1953, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 1953. Assignments

December 31, 1958

Any person to whom United States Government life insurance shall be payable may assign such person’s interest in such insurance to the spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of the insured. Insofar as applicable, the definitions contained in section 3 of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, in effect on , shall apply to this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1161, § 753; Pub. L. 96–128, title III, § 304, Nov. 28, 1979, 93 Stat. 986; renumbered § 1953, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 3 of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, referred to in text, is section 3 of , , which was classified to section 424 of former Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans’ Relief, and which was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted as  by , , .

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section.

1979— substituted “such person’s” for “his”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

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