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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9056 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to 

the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating 

to insurance for veterans, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 18, 2024 

Mr. PAPPAS (for himself and Mr. MOYLAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 

improvements to the laws administered by the Secretary 

of Veterans Affairs relating to insurance for veterans, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Insurance Improve5 ment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF VETERANS LIFE INSURANCE PRO2 GRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1922B of title 38, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘service7 disabled’’; 

8 (B) by striking paragraph (3); 

9 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

10 through (6) as paragraphs (3) through (5), re11 spectively; and 

12 (D) in paragraph (5)(A), as so redesig13 nated, by striking ‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the veteran 

16 has a service-connected disability’’ and all that fol17 lows through the period at the end of paragraph (2) 

18 and inserting the following: ‘‘the veteran submits an 

19 application for such insurance before the veteran at20 tains 81 years of age.’’; and 

21 (3) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘sub22 section (a)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(4)’’. 

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

24 (1) SECTION HEADING.—Such section is further 

25 amended by striking the section heading and insert26 ing the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1922B. Veterans Affairs life insurance’’. 

2 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

3 at the beginning of chapter 19 of such title is 

4 amended by striking the item relating to section 

5 1922B and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘1922B. Veterans Affairs life insurance.’’. 

6 SEC. 3. VETERANS’ MORTGAGE LIFE INSURANCE REIM7 BURSEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 

8 Section 2106(d) of title 38, United States Code, is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para11 graph (3); 

12 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol13 lowing new paragraph (2): 

14 ‘‘(2) For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall deter15 mine the administrative costs to the Department that, in 

16 the judgment of the Secretary, are properly allocable to 

17 the provision of insurance under this section and shall re18 imburse the ‘General Operating Expenses’ appropriations 

19 account and the ‘Information Technology Systems, De20 partment of Veterans Affairs’ appropriations account of 

21 the Department in appropriate amounts for such adminis22 trative costs from amounts in the ‘Veterans Insurance and 

23 Indemnities’ appropriation account.’’; and 


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1 (3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘such account’’ and inserting ‘‘the ‘Veterans 

3 Insurance and Indemnities’ appropriation account’’. 

4 SEC. 4. INCLUSION OF SPACE FORCE IN ELIGIBILITY FOR 

5 TSGLI. 

6 Section 1965(6) of title 38, United States Code, is 

7 amended by inserting ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine 

8 Corps,’’. 

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