# 114-hr-5059: Love Lives On Act of 2016

114-hr-5059, Love Lives On Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by CORRINE BROWN (D-FL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5059
- Congress: 114
- Title: Love Lives On Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Introduced: 2016-04-26
- Sponsor: CORRINE BROWN (D-FL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Love Lives On Act of 2016 This bill amends the definition of a veteran's "surviving spouse," for the purpose of veterans benefits provisions, to eliminate the requirement that such person: (1) has not remarried; or (2) has not, since the death of the veteran and after September 19, 1962, lived with another person and held himself or herself out to be the other person's spouse. The effective date of an award of specified veterans benefits to a surviving spouse based upon termination of a remarriage by death or divorce occurring before the date of enactment of this bill shall be the date of death, or the date the judicial decree or divorce becomes final, if an application therefor is received within one year of the remarriage's termination.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6147: Apollo I Memorial Act
- 114-hr-6072: Election Integrity Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5930: Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act
- 114-hr-5846: Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5783: Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5682: Patsy T. Mink Gender Equity in Education Act of 2016

## Sources
- [114-hr-5059 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5059)

## Related
- [114-hr-6147: Apollo I Memorial Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6147)
- [114-hr-6072: Election Integrity Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6072)
- [114-hr-5930: Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5930)
- [114-hr-5846: Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonvi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5846)
- [114-hr-5783: Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5783)
- [114-hr-5682: Patsy T. Mink Gender Equity in Education Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5682)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5059 (as of 2025-11-18).