Love Lives On Act of 2025
119-HR-1004119th CongressIntroduced Feb 5, 2025Armed Forces and National Security
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Status
Introduced
Committee
Floor Vote
Other Chamber
Signed
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Sponsor
Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9](R-NC-9)153 cosponsors
Summary
Love Lives On Act of 2025
This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans.
The bill provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation or special pension benefits to such spouse.
Additionally, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries.
The bill also expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment.
Subjects
Marriage and family statusMilitary personnel and dependentsVeterans' pensions and compensation
Actions (8)
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Mar 26, 2026House committee actions
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 26, 2026House committee actions
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Feb 3, 2026House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Mar 6, 2025House committee actions
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 5, 2025House floor actions
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 5, 2025House floor actions
Introduced in House
Feb 5, 2025Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Feb 5, 2025Library of Congress