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.
Pub. L. 85–85772 Stat. 1161 Pub. L. 96–128, title III, § 30493 Stat. 986 Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)105 Stat. 406 (, , , § 753; , , ; renumbered § 1953, , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
act June 7, 1924, ch. 320 43 Stat. 607 section 101 of this titlePub. L. 85–85772 Stat. 1105 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3 of , , which was classified to section 424 of former Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans’ Relief, and which was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted as by , , .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
Pub. L. 102–83section 753 of this title1991— renumbered as this section.
Pub. L. 96–1281979— substituted “such person’s” for “his”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1979 Amendment
Pub. L. 96–128section 601(b) of Pub. L. 96–128section 1114 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .