AMENDMENT NO. 7

                                                            Exhibit (h) (1) (d)

                                AMENDMENT NO. 7

                                      TO

                            PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

   This Participation Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated August 31, 1999, by
and among AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS ("AVIF"), a Delaware trust, INVESCO AIM
DISTRIBUTORS, INC. ("AIM"), a Delaware corporation, THE UNITED STATES LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, a New York life insurance company
("Life Company") and AMERICAN GENERAL EQUITY SERVICES CORPORATION
("Underwriter"), an affiliate of Life Company and the principal underwriter of
the Contracts (collectively, the "Parties"), is hereby amended as follows:

   WHEREAS, effective April 30, 2010, AIM Variable Insurance Funds will be
renamed AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds). All
references to AIM Variable Insurance Funds will hereby be deleted and replaced
with AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds);

   WHEREAS, effective April 30, 2010, Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. will be
renamed Invesco Distributors, Inc. All references to Invesco Aim Distributors,
Inc. will hereby be deleted and replaced with Invesco Distributors, Inc.

   Schedule A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following:

                                  SCHEDULE A

FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE CONTRACTS

ALL SERIES I SHARES AND SERIES II SHARES OF AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS
(INVESCO VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS)

ACCOUNTS UTILIZING THE FUNDS

ALL ACCOUNTS UTILIZING THE FUNDS

CONTRACTS FUNDED BY THE ACCOUNTS

ALL CONTRACTS FUNDED BY THE ACCOUNTS

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   All other terms and provisions of the Agreement not amended herein shall
remain in full force and effect.

   Effective Date: April 30, 2010

                                        AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS
                                        (INVESCO VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS)

Attest:  -----------------------------  By:     ------------------------------
Name:                                   Name:
Title:                                  Title:

                                        INVESCO DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

Attest:  -----------------------------  By:     ------------------------------
Name:                                   Name:
Title:                                  Title:

                                        THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE
                                        COMPANY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Attest:  -----------------------------  By:     ------------------------------
Name:                                   Name:
Title:                                  Title:

                                        AMERICAN GENERAL EQUITY
                                        SERVICES CORPORATION

Attest:  -----------------------------  By:     ------------------------------
Name:                                   Name:
Title:                                  Title:

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