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[LETTERHEAD OF USAA LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST APPEARS HERE]
May 1, 1997
BY EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: USAA Life Investment Trust ("Registrant")
File No. 33-82270 and No. 811-8672
CIK No. 0000927823
Commissioners:
On April 29, 1997, Registrant electronically filed its most recent
amendments to the above-referenced registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933 ("1933 Act") and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (collectively,
the "Amendment").
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the 1933 Act, Registrant certifies that the
form of prospectus and statement of additional information that Registrant would
have filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under 1933 Act would not have differed from
that contained in the Amendment.
Very truly yours,
/s/ DWAIN A. AKINS
Dwain A. Akins
Assistant Secretary
9800 Fredericksburg Road San Antonio, Texas 78288 1-800-531-8000 In San Antonio
498-8000
