EXHIBIT (8)(h)(ii) FIRST AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AMONG THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AMERICAN GENERAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED, SAFECO RESOURCE SERIES TRUST, AND SAFECO SECURITIES, INC. THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT (Amendment") dated as of _________________, amends the Participation Agreement dated as of August 23, 1999 (the "Agreement") among THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (AUSL") on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate account of USL (each a "Separate Account") set forth on Schedule A of the ---------- Agreement attached hereto and incorporated herein (as same may be amended from time to time) ("Schedule A"), AMERICAN GENERAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED ("AGSI"), ---------- SAFECO RESOURCE SERIES TRUST (the "Fund") and SAFECO SECURITIES, INC. (the "Distributor"), (collectively, the "Parties"). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment, shall have the same meaning as ascribed in the Agreement. WITNESSETH THAT: WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Agreement to add to Schedule A of the Agreement the ontracts of the Company relating to the Company's Platinum Investor Survivor Flexible Premium Life Insurance Policies ("Platinum Investor Survivor Policies"); NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual benefits and promises contained herein, the parties agree as follows: 1. The Agreement shall be amended to add the Platinum Investor Survivor Policies to Schedule A in the form attached hereto and incorporated herein. ---------- 2. Except as amended hereby, the Agreement and all subsequent Amendments to the Agreement dated as of August 23, 1999 are hereby ratified in all respects. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its duly authorized representative hereto as of the date specified above. THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, on behalf of itself and each of its Separate Accounts named in Schedule A hereto, as amended ---------- from time to time. By:____________________________ AMERICAN GENERAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED By:____________________________ SAFECO RESOURCE SERIES TRUST By:____________________________ SAFECO SECURITIES, INC. By:____________________________ SCHEDULE A ---------- SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND POLICIES ------------------------------ (As of __________________) Name of Separate Accounts and Registration Numbers and Names of Date Established by Board of Directors Policies Funded by Separate Accounts -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Registration Nos. Name of Contract ----------------- ---------------- (if available) -------------- 1. The United States Life Insurance 333-79471 Platinum Investor Company in the City of New York 811-09359 Variable Life Separate Account USL VL-R Insurance Policy Established: August 8, 1997 Contract Form 97600N) 333-57026 Platinum Investor Survivor 811-08561 Flexible Premium Life Insurance Policy (Contract Form No. 99206N)