HR 1004 ยท Love Lives On Act of 2025
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Introduced
- Feb 5, 2025
- Latest action
- Mar 26, 2026
- Sponsor
- Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC-9]
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Cosponsors
- 168
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.
Recent actions
- Mar 26, 2026 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Mar 26, 2026 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Mar 6, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Feb 5, 2025 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, 2025 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, 2025 Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2025 Introduced in House
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.