Love Lives On Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 26, 2026 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 184
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-TX | Morgan Luttrell | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Feb 12, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2025 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2025 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 6, 2025Hearings Feb 3, 2026Markup Mar 26, 2026Reported Mar 26, 2026 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2026Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 26, 2026Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Feb 3, 2026Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Mar 6, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
- 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1434 | Mark Takano D-CA | Apr 7, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 24, February 5, 2025, page H505.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-56 | EXAMINING VA BENEFITS: PENSION AND FIDUCIARY, AND VA LIFE INSURANCE OPTIONS58 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 21, 2026 |
| S. Hrg. 119-317 | LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION OF DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS AND MULTI VSOs: MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, BLUE STAR FAMILIES, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS, SERVICE WOMEN'S ACTION NETWORK, GOLD STAR WIVES OF AMERICA, INC., BLACK VETERANS PROJECT216 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Serial No. 119-46 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING151 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Feb 3, 2026 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 410 | Love Lives On Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Mar 18, 2026 |
| S 4744 | Take Care of America’s Veterans Act | Related bill | Jun 11, 2026 |
| HR 9237 | Take Care of America’s Veterans Act | Related bill | Nov 11, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for surviving spouses, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Love Lives On Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
