38 USC § 1972 - Benefit certificates

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1972"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 1972 - Benefit certificates"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1972"
section_name: "Benefit certificates"
chapter_number: 19
chapter_name: "INSURANCE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP 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: "(Added Pub. L. 89–214, § 1(a), Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 885, § 772; renumbered § 1972 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406.)"
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# § 1972. Benefit certificates

section 1966 of this title

The Secretary shall arrange to have each member insured under a policy purchased under  receive a certificate setting forth the benefits to which the member is entitled thereunder, to whom such benefit shall be payable, to whom claims should be submitted, and summarizing the provisions of the policy principally affecting the member. Such certificate shall be in lieu of the certificate which the insurance company or companies would otherwise be required to issue.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 89–214, § 1(a), Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 885, § 772; renumbered § 1972 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991—, renumbered  as this section.

, substituted “1966” for “766”.

, (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.