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Love Lives On Act of 2025

Love Lives On Act of 2025This 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.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1004
Henry Cuellar U.S. Representative Austin Scott U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Thompson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Michael Turner U.S. Representative Cosponsor Scott Peters U.S. Representative Cosponsor Richard Hudson U.S. Representative Sponsor David Joyce U.S. Representative Cosponsor Donald Norcross U.S. Representative Cosponsor J Hill U.S. Representative Cosponsor Greg Stanton U.S. Representative Cosponsor Veronica Escobar U.S. Representative Cosponsor C Franklin U.S. Representative Cosponsor Kevin Kiley U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Ezell U.S. Representative Cosponsor Charles (Chuck) Edwards U.S. Representative Cosponsor James Walkinshaw U.S. Representative Cosponsor Adelita Grijalva U.S. Representative Cosponsor
Armed Forces and National Security Military personnel and dependents Veterans' pensions and compensation Marriage and family status
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