38 USC § 1986 - Deposits in and disbursements from trust funds

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1986"
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title: "38 USC § 1986 - Deposits in and disbursements from trust funds"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1986"
section_name: "Deposits in and disbursements from trust funds"
chapter_number: 19
chapter_name: "INSURANCE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
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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. 1167, § 786; renumbered § 1986, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 1986. Deposits in and disbursements from trust funds

January 1, 1959

All cash balances in the United States Government Life Insurance Fund and the National Service Life Insurance Fund on , together with all moneys thereafter accruing to such funds, including premiums, appropriated moneys, the proceeds of any sales of investments which may be necessary to meet current expenditures, and interest on investments, shall be available for disbursement for meeting all expenditures and making investments authorized to be made from such funds.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1167, § 786; renumbered § 1986, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section.