Exhibit (8)(e)(iii)

                             AMENDMENT NUMBER 5 TO
                  AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
                    AMONG VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST,
                             VAN KAMPEN FUNDS INC.,
                       VAN KAMPEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.,
                  AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND
                    AMERICAN GENERAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED

     This Amendment No. 5 ("Amendment No. 5") executed as of the 1st day of
February, 2000 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement dated as of
January 24, 1997, as amended (the "Agreement"), among Van Kampen Life Investment
Trust (the "Fund"), Van Kampen Funds Inc., Van Kampen Asset Management Inc.,
American General Life Insurance Company (the "Company"), and American General
Securities Incorporated.

     WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement to (i) add to Schedule A
of the Agreement the Contracts of the Company relating to the Company's Platinum
Investor Survivor VUL, Form No. 99236, The One VUL Solution, Form No. 99615, and
Key Legacy Plus VUL, Form No. 99616 (collectively, the "AVUL Policies"); and
(ii) solely to the extent the Agreement relates to the VUL Policies, amend the
provisions of Article III of the Agreement as described below.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
agreements and covenants herein contained, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

      1.       Schedule A to the Agreement, a revised copy of which is attached
               hereto, is hereby amended to add the VUL Policies; and

      2.       Solely to the extent the Agreement relates to the VUL Policies,
               Article III of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with
               the following:

               "ARTICLE III.  Prospectuses, Reports to Shareholders and Proxy
               Statements; Voting

               3.1.  The Fund shall provide the Company with as many printed
               copies of the Fund's current prospectus and statement of
               additional information as the Company may reasonably request.  If
               requested by the Company in lieu of providing printed copies the
               Fund shall provide camera-ready film or computer diskettes
               containing the Fund's prospectus and statement of additional
               information, and such other assistance as is reasonably necessary
               in order for the Company once each year (or more frequently if
               the prospectus and/or statement of additional information for the
               Fund is amended during the year) to have the prospectus for the
               Contracts and the Fund's prospectus printed together in one
               document or separately.  The Company may elect to print the
               Fund's prospectus and/or its statement of additional information
               in combination with other fund companies' prospectuses and
               statements of additional information.

               3.2(a).  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.2., all
               expenses of preparing, setting in type and printing and
               distributing Fund prospectuses and statements of additional
               information shall be the expense of the Company.  For
               prospectuses and statements of additional information


               and statements of additional information shall be the expense of
               the Company. For prospectuses and statements of additional
               information provided by the Company to its existing owners of
               Contracts in order to update disclosure as required by the 1933
               Act and/or the 1940 Act, the cost of setting in type, printing
               and distributing shall be borne by the Fund. If the Company
               chooses to receive camera-ready film or computer diskettes in
               lieu of receiving printed copies of the Fund's prospectus and/or
               statement of additional information, the Fund shall bear the cost
               of typesetting to provide the Fund's prospectus and/or statement
               of additional information to the Company in the format in which
               the Fund is accustomed to formatting prospectuses and statements
               of additional information, respectively, and the Company shall
               bear the expense of adjusting or changing the format to conform
               with any of its prospectuses and/or statements of additional
               information. In such event, the Fund will reimburse the Company
               in an amount equal to the product of x and y where x is the
               number of such prospectuses distributed to owners of the
               Contracts, and y is the Fund's per unit cost of printing the
               Fund's prospectuses. The same procedures shall be followed with
               respect to the Fund's statement of additional information. The
               Fund shall not pay any costs of typesetting, printing and
               distributing the Fund's prospectus and/or statement of additional
               information to prospective Contract owners.

               3.2(b).  The Fund, at its expense, shall provide the Company with
               copies of its proxy statements, reports to shareholders, and
               other communications (except for prospectuses and statements of
               additional information, which are covered in Section 3.2(a)
               above) to shareholders in such quantity as the Company shall
               reasonably require for distributing to Contract owners.  The Fund
               shall not pay any costs of distributing such proxy-related
               material, reports to shareholders, and other communications to
               prospective Contract owners.

               3.2(c).  The Company agrees to provide the Fund or its designee
               with such information as may be reasonably requested by the Fund
               to assure that the Fund's expenses do not include the cost of
               typesetting, printing or distributing any of the foregoing
               documents other than those actually distributed to existing
               Contract owners.

               3.2(d).  The Fund shall pay no fee or other compensation to the
               Company under this Agreement, except that if the Fund or any
               Portfolio adopts and implements a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 to
               finance distribution expenses, then the Underwriter may make
               payments to the Company or to the underwriter for the Contracts
               if and in amounts agreed to by the Underwriter in writing.

               3.2(e).  All expenses, including expenses to be borne by the Fund
               pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof, incident to performance by the
               Fund under this Agreement shall be paid by the Fund.  The Fund
               shall see to it that all its shares are registered and authorized
               for issuance in accordance with applicable federal law and, if
               and to the extent deemed advisable by the Fund, in accordance
               with applicable state laws prior to their sale.  The Fund shall
               bear the expenses for the cost of registration and qualification
               of the Fund's shares.


               3.3.  The Fund's statement of additional information shall be
               obtainable from the Fund, the Underwriter, the Company or such
               other person as the Fund may designate.

               3.4.  If and to the extent required by law the Company shall
               distribute all proxy material furnished by the Fund to Contract
               Owners to whom voting privileges are required to be extended and
               shall:

                    (i) solicit voting instructions from Contract owners;

                    (ii) vote the Fund shares in accordance with instructions
               received from Contract owners; and

                    (iii)  vote Fund shares for which no instructions have been
               received in the same proportion as Fund shares of such Portfolio
               for which instructions have been received,

                    so long as and to the extent that the Securities and
               Exchange Commission continues to interpret the 1940 Act to
               require pass-through voting privileges for variable contract
               owners.  The Company reserves the right to vote Fund shares held
               in any segregated asset account in its own right, to the extent
               permitted by law.  The Fund and the Company shall follow the
               procedures, and shall have the corresponding responsibilities,
               for the handling of proxy and voting instruction solicitations,
               as set forth in Schedule C attached hereto and incorporated
               herein by reference.  Participating Insurance Companies shall be
               responsible for ensuring that each of their separate accounts
               participating in the Fund calculates voting privileges in a
               manner consistent with the standards set forth on Schedule C,
               which standards will also be provided to the other Participating
               Insurance Companies.

               3.5.  The Fund will comply with all provisions of the 1940 Act
               requiring voting by shareholders, and in particular the Fund will
               either provide for annual meetings (except insofar as the
               Securities and Exchange Commission may interpret Section 16 not
               to require such meetings) or comply with Section 16(c) of the
               1940 Act (although the Fund is not one of the trusts described in
               Section 16(c) of that Act) as well as with Sections 16(a) and, if
               and when applicable, 16(b).  Further, the Fund will act in
               accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission's
               interpretation of the requirements of Section 16(a) with respect
               to periodic elections of directors and with whatever rules the
               Commission may promulgate with respect thereto."

     4.  Except as amended hereby, the Agreement is hereby ratified and
         confirmed in all respects.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto execute this Amendment No. 5 as of
the date first written above.


AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE
  COMPANY
on behalf of itself and each of its Accounts
named in Schedule A to the Agreement,
as amended from time to time


By: _______________________________



AMERICAN GENERAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED


By: _______________________________


VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST


By: _______________________________


VAN KAMPEN FUNDS INC.


By: _______________________________


VAN KAMPEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.


By: _______________________________


                                   SCHEDULE A

                        SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS

Name of Separate Account and              Form Numbers and Names of Contracts
Date Established by Board of Directors    Funded by Separate Account
- --------------------------------------    ---------------------------------

American General Life Insurance           Contract Form Nos.:
Company Separate Account D                -------------------
Established: November 19, 1973            95020 Rev 896
                                          95021 Rev 896
                                          Name of Contract:
                                          -----------------
                                          Generations Combination Fixed and
                                          Variable Annuity Contract

                                          Contract Form Nos.:
                                          -------------------
                                          91010
                                          91011
                                          93020
                                          93021
                                          Name of Contract:
                                          -----------------
                                          Variety Plus Combination Fixed and
                                          Variable Annuity Contract

                                          Contract Form Nos.:
                                          -------------------
                                          74010
                                          74011
                                          76010
                                          76011
                                          80010
                                          80011
                                          81010
                                          81011
                                          83010
                                          83011
                                          Name of Contract:  None
                                          -----------------

                                          Contract Form Nos.:
                                          -------------------
                                          98020
                                          Name of Contract:
                                          -----------------
                                          Platinum Investor Variable Annuity
                                          Contract


                                   SCHEDULE A
                                  (CONTINUED)

Name of Separate Account and              Form Numbers and Names of Contracts
Date Established by Board of Directors    Funded by Separate Account
- --------------------------------------    ---------------------------------

American General Life Insurance           Contract Form Nos.:
Company Separate Account VL-R             -------------------
Established: May 6, 1997                  97600
                                          97610
                                          Name of Contract:
                                          -----------------
                                          Platinum I and Platinum II Flexible
                                          Premium Variable Life Insurance
                                          Policies


                                          Contract Form Number:
                                          --------------------
                                          99301
                                          Name of Contract:
                                          ----------------
                                          Corporate America - Variable Life
                                          Insurance Policy

                                          Contract Form Number:
                                          ---------------------
                                          99206
                                          Name of Contract:
                                          -----------------
                                          Platinum Investor Survivor VUL

                                          Contract Form Number:
                                          ---------------------
                                          99615
                                          Name of Contract:
                                          -----------------
                                          The One VUL Solution

                                          Contract Form Number:
                                          ---------------------
                                          99616
                                          Name of Contract:
                                          -----------------
                                          Key Legacy Plus VUL


                                   SCHEDULE B

                 PARTICIPATING LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST PORTFOLIOS
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                           Asset Allocation Portfolio
                               Comstock Portfolio
                           Emerging Growth Portfolio
                              Enterprise Portfolio
                          Growth and Income Portfolio
                           Domestic Income Portfolio
                              Government Portfolio
                             Money Market Portfolio
                Morgan Stanley Real Estate Securities Portfolio
                           Strategic Stock Portfolio