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Code · U.S. Code · Title 38 - VETERANS’ BENEFITS · CHAPTER 19— INSURANCE · SUBCHAPTER II— UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE · § 1961

§ 1961. Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries

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Notwithstanding section 1944(b) of this title, if the beneficiary of an insurance policy issued under the provisions of this subchapter receives the proceeds of such policy under a settlement option under which such proceeds are paid in equal monthly installments over a limited period of months, the interest that may be added to each such installment may be at a rate that is higher than the interest rate prescribed in such section. The Secretary may from time to time establish a higher interest rate under the preceding sentence only in accordance with a determination that such higher rate is administratively and actuarially sound.
Any such higher interest rate shall be paid on the unpaid balance of such monthly installments.
(Added Pub. L. 96–128, title III, § 303(a), Nov. 28, 1979, 93 Stat. 986, § 761; renumbered § 1961 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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  • Pub. L. 96–128, title III, § 303(a)
  • 93 Stat. 986
  • Pub. L. 102–83
  • 105 Stat. 404–406
  • Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)
  • section 761 of this title
  • Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1)
  • Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1)
  • section 601(b) of Pub. L. 96–128
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§ 1961
Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries
Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–128, title III, § 303(a)
Stat.93 Stat. 986
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–83
Stat.105 Stat. 404–406
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)
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