2013 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans’ Benefits
Part II - GENERAL BENEFITS (§§ 1101 - 2414)
Chapter 19 - INSURANCE (§§ 1901 - 1988)
Subchapter IV - GENERAL (§§ 1981 - 1988)
Section 1987 - Penalties

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS
CHAPTER 19 - INSURANCE
SUBCHAPTER IV - GENERAL
Sec. 1987 - Penalties
Containssection 1987
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1167, §787; Pub. L. 99-576, title VII, §701(47), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3294; renumbered §1987, Pub. L. 102-83, §5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.
Statutes at Large References72 Stat. 1167
100 Stat. 3294
105 Stat. 406
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 85-857, Public Law 99-576, Public Law 102-83

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Penalties - 38 U.S.C. § 1987 (2013)
§1987. Penalties

(a) Any person who shall knowingly make or cause to be made, or conspire, combine, aid, or assist in, agree to, arrange for, or in anywise procure the making or presentation of a false or fraudulent affidavit, declaration, certificate, statement, voucher, or paper, or writing purporting to be such, concerning any application for insurance or reinstatement thereof, waiver of premiums or claim for benefits under National Service Life Insurance, United States Government life insurance, or yearly renewable term insurance for any person, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

(b) Whoever in any claim for National Service Life Insurance, United States Government life insurance, or yearly renewable term insurance makes any sworn statement of a material fact knowing it to be false, shall be guilty of perjury and shall be fined not more than $5,000, or be imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1167, §787; Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, §701(47), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3294; renumbered §1987, Pub. L. 102–83, §5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

AMENDMENTS

1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 787 of this title as this section.

1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–576 substituted "any" for "himself or any other".

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