---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1980B"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "1980B"
heading: "Periodic review of automatic maximum coverage"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/1980B"
units:
  - "Part II — General Benefits"
  - "Chapter 19 — Insurance"
  - "Subchapter III — Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance"
---

# §1980B. Periodic review of automatic maximum coverage

- (a) **In General.—** On January 1, 2026, and every five years thereafter, the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall—
  - (1) complete a review of how the amount specified in [section 1967(a)(3)(A)(i)](/usc/38/1967.md?p=a-3-A-i) compares to the amount described in [subsection (b)](#b); and
  - (2) submit to the Committees on [Veterans](/usc/38/1101.md?p=1)’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate the results of the review, which may serve as a guide for coverage increases within the existing administrative incremental structure.
- (b) **Amount Described.—** The amount described in this subsection is the amount equal to—
  - (1) $500,000; multiplied by
  - (2) the average percentage by which the Consumer Price Index changed during the five fiscal years preceding the review under [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Consumer Price Index Defined.—** In this section, the term “Consumer Price Index” means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) of Labor.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 119–54, § 2(a), Dec. 12, 2025, 139 Stat. 705.)