Love Lives On Act of 2025 was reported by committee and awaits a floor vote
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 112 words.
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.
- Committees
- Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 15 of 292 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 450 words
- Subjects
- Marriage and family statusMilitary personnel and dependentsVeterans' pensions and compensation
- Latest action
- Mar 18, 2026: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 3 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 1004 Love Lives On Act of 2025 R · Introduced
Related, per CRS or House · 2
- 119th H.R. 9237 Take Care of America’s Veterans Act R · Introduced
- 119th S. 4744 Take Care of America’s Veterans Act R · Introduced