HR 1004 United States House · 119th Congress

Love Lives On Act of 2025

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.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Feb 5, 2025 Last action Mar 26, 2026

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Committee

Mar 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

lower

Mar 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee Hearings Held

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

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.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 181 co-sponsors