HR 1004

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.

Bill status

Status

In committee

Sponsor

Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC-9]

Cosponsors

177

Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Introduced

2025-02-05

Latest action

2026-03-26: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

Committee referrals

• Veterans' Affairs Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-02-05
• Armed Services Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-02-05

Recent actions

• 2026-03-26: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
• 2026-03-26: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
• 2026-02-03: Subcommittee Hearings Held
• 2025-03-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
• 2025-02-05: 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.