H.R. 1004IntroducedARMED FORCES AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Love Lives On Act of 2025
Marriage and family status · Military personnel and dependents · Veterans' pensions and compensation
Key facts
Introduced: Feb 5, 2025
Chamber: House
Cosponsors: 160
Congress: 119th
Latest action · Mar 26, 2026
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
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.
Summary by Congressional Research Service.
Timeline
- Mar 26, 2026Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Mar 26, 2026Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 3, 2026Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Mar 6, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Feb 5, 2025Referred 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, 2025Referred 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, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
Cosponsors (showing first 30 of 160)
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] D-CO
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] R-WI
- Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3] D-MN
- Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8] R-TX
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] D-CA
- Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] D-RI
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] D-CA
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] D-IL
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] D-KS
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] D-MN
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] D-IN
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] D-KY
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] D-AZ
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] D-CA
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] D-CA
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] D-MI
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] D-MA
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] D-CT
- Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] D-IN
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] D-PA
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] D-NC
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] D-NY
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] D-WI
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] D-IL
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] D-DC
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] D-MN
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] D-CA
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] D-OR
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] D-IL
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] D-FL
In the News
- Rep. Pete Sessions - Texas District 32 - OpenSecrets
- This Bill Would Support Grieving Military Families. It Has Reached a New Milestone in Congress - MOAA
- Protecting Gold Star spouses among legislation supported by The American Legion - The American Legion
- Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Legislative Hearing - House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (.gov)
- Holland & Knight Health Dose: February 3, 2026 - Holland & Knight
- Critical policy goals lay the roadmap for advocacy - DAV : Disabled American Veterans
- These MOAA-Backed Bills Protect the Value of Your Survivor Benefits - MOAA
- Historic Legion gathering on Capitol Hill - The American Legion
- Legion Family urged to garner support for Gold Star Spouses - The American Legion
- Trump’s ‘Troika of Tyranny’ Meddles in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua - Venezuelanalysis
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