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AMERICAN
GENERAL
LIFE COMPANIES
2929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019 PAULETTA P. COHN
DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL
Direct Line (713) 831-1230
FAX (713) 620-3878
E-mail: [email protected]
April 7, 2000
BY EDGAR
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20549
RE: THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
SEPARATE ACCOUNT USL VA-R ("REGISTRANT")
PRODUCT: SELECT RESERVE - VARIABLE
FILE NOS: 333-63843 AND 811-09007
CIK NO. 0001069346
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am writing this letter as Deputy General Counsel of American General Life
Companies and counsel to The United States Life Insurance Company in the City of
New York, as the depositor of the Registrant and on behalf of the Registrant.
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 ("1933 Act"),
Registrant has elected to file the certification set out below in lieu of
electronically filing definitive copies of the prospectus and statement of
additional information contained in its most recent amendment to its Form N-4
Registration Statement ("Amendment"), as required by Rule 497(c) under the 1933
Act and as provided by Rule 309(b) of Regulation S-T.
Registrant hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus and statement of additional information that
would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the 1933
Act following the filing of the Amendment would not have been
different from that contained in the Amendment, and
(2) the Amendment, which is designated as Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
under the 1933 Act and as Amendment No. 4 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, was filed electronically on March 31, 2000.
Please direct any inquiry regarding the foregoing to the undersigned at
(713) 831-1230.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Pauletta P. Cohn
