Love Lives On Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Hudson
In Committee
Summary
Protects surviving military spouses' benefits after remarriage. It clarifies and expands eligibility for VA survivor payments, the Survivor Benefit Plan annuity, and TRICARE dependent status.
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- Surviving spouses: Remarriage will not bar certain VA survivor payments under 38 U.S.C. sections 1311 and 1562, and the bill renumbers related subparagraphs for clarity.
- Survivor Benefit Plan annuities: The Secretary may not stop SBP annuity payments solely because a surviving spouse remarries. For spouses who remarried before age 55 and before enactment, payments resume either one year after enactment or on the first month after enactment for those who transferred payments to children under the rule in effect on Dec. 31, 2019.
- TRICARE dependents: A widow or widower who remarried but whose later marriage ends by death, divorce, or annulment will be treated as a dependent for TRICARE.
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Keep Survivor Benefit Plan after remarriage
If enacted, surviving spouses would keep Survivor Benefit Plan payments even if they remarry. The Secretary would be barred from stopping payments just because of remarriage. For spouses who remarried before age 55 and before enactment, payments would restart one year after enactment. If that spouse had shifted the payment to a child under earlier rules, payments to the spouse would restart the first month after enactment.
TRICARE coverage after a remarriage ends
If enacted, a remarried widow or widower would be treated as a TRICARE dependent if the later marriage ends. This applies when the later marriage ends by death, divorce, or annulment. That person could regain TRICARE health coverage once eligible. The change would take effect upon enactment.
VA survivor benefits after remarriage
If enacted, a surviving spouse who remarries would still be able to get certain VA survivor payments. This would apply to benefits set in law under sections 1311 and 1562. The change would take effect upon enactment.
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Hudson
NC • R
Cosponsors
Neguse
CO • D
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Van Orden
WI • R
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Morrison
MN • D
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Luttrell
TX • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Amo
RI • D
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Carbajal
CA • D
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
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Davids (KS)
KS • D
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Craig
MN • D
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Carson
IN • D
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McGarvey
KY • D
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Brownley
CA • D
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Ruiz
CA • D
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Tlaib
MI • D
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Moulton
MA • D
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Larson (CT)
CT • D
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Mrvan
IN • D
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Deluzio
PA • D
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Ross
NC • D
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Morelle
NY • D
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Moore (WI)
WI • D
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Sorensen
IL • D
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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
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Omar
MN • D
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Harder (CA)
CA • D
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Salinas
OR • D
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Ramirez
IL • D
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Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
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Landsman
OH • D
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Swalwell
CA • D
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Conaway
NJ • D
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Pocan
WI • D
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Tonko
NY • D
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Zinke
MT • R
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Rouzer
NC • R
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Bynum
OR • D
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Bishop
GA • D
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Lee (NV)
NV • D
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Evans (CO)
CO • R
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Davis (NC)
NC • D
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Lieu
CA • D
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Chu
CA • D
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Vindman
VA • D
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Cisneros
CA • D
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Horsford
NV • D
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Titus
NV • D
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Aguilar
CA • D
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Bacon
NE • R
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Fitzgerald
WI • R
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Elfreth
MD • D
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Kelly (IL)
IL • D
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Pappas
NH • D
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Raskin
MD • D
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Gottheimer
NJ • D
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Garamendi
CA • D
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Crow
CO • D
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Pfluger
TX • R
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Pallone
NJ • D
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Wittman
VA • R
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Barrett
MI • R
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Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
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Kaptur
OH • D
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Begich
AK • R
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Figures
AL • D
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Hayes
CT • D
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Lawler
NY • R
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McClain Delaney
MD • D
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Goldman (TX)
TX • R
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Friedman
CA • D
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Hoyle (OR)
OR • D
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Davis (IL)
IL • D
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Bonamici
OR • D
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Casar
TX • D
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Castor (FL)
FL • D
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Min
CA • D
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Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
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Johnson (TX)
TX • D
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Gillen
NY • D
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Vargas
CA • D
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Wilson (SC)
SC • R
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Meng
NY • D
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Levin
CA • D
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Schmidt
KS • R
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Ansari
AZ • D
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LaLota
NY • R
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Dexter
OR • D
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Ciscomani
AZ • R
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Simon
CA • D
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Quigley
IL • D
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Cleaver
MO • D
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Ryan
NY • D
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Pelosi
CA • D
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Ellzey
TX • R
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Magaziner
RI • D
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Malliotakis
NY • R
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Golden (ME)
ME • D
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Garcia (TX)
TX • D
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Mace
SC • R
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Randall
WA • D
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Thompson (MS)
MS • D
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Mullin
CA • D
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Fitzpatrick
PA • R
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Balderson
OH • R
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Houlahan
PA • D
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Castro (TX)
TX • D
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Fleischmann
TN • R
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Goldman (NY)
NY • D
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Pettersen
CO • D
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McBride
DE • D
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Scott, David
GA • D
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Carter (GA)
GA • R
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Bresnahan
PA • R
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Schrier
WA • D
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Massie
KY • R
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Owens
UT • R
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Miller (OH)
OH • R
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Lofgren
CA • D
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Scholten
MI • D
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Adams
NC • D
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Tran
CA • D
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McDonald Rivet
MI • D
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Menendez
NJ • D
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Mann
KS • R
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Hamadeh (AZ)
AZ • R
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Goodlander
NH • D
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Turner (OH)
OH • R
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Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large]
MP • R
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Scott, Austin
GA • R
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Cuellar
TX • D
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DelBene
WA • D
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McGuire
VA • R
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Van Epps
TN • R
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Subramanyam
VA • D
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Suozzi
NY • D
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Joyce (OH)
OH • R
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Stanton
AZ • D
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Norcross
NJ • D
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Edwards
NC • R
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Escobar
TX • D
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Kiley (CA)
CA • R
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Bera
CA • D
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Hill (AR)
AR • R
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Thompson (CA)
CA • D
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