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119-hr-1004119th CongressWALLET

Love Lives On Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9]

In Committee

Summary

Stops remarriage from automatically ending survivor benefits for military spouses. The Love Lives On Act of 2025 would change rules for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation, the Survivor Benefit Plan annuity, and TRICARE so some remarried spouses keep or regain benefits.

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  • Surviving spouses: Would preserve eligibility for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation and related survivor benefits by removing remarriage as a bar to benefits under 38 U.S.C. 1311 and 1562.
  • Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuitants: Would bar the Secretary from terminating SBP annuities solely because a surviving spouse remarries and would require restarting payments for spouses who remarried before age 55 either one year after enactment or immediately for those who previously transferred payments to a child under the Dec. 31, 2019 rules.
  • TRICARE dependents: Would expand the TRICARE dependent definition to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage ended by death, divorce, or annulment.

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Keep VA survivor payments after remarriage

If enacted, the bill would stop remarriage from automatically ending your Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) or other VA survivor benefits. This change would take effect upon enactment. Surviving spouses who remarry would keep eligibility for benefits under the cited VA survivor-pay provisions.

Resume military survivor annuities after remarriage

If enacted, the bill would bar the Secretary from ending a Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity just because a surviving spouse remarries. For surviving spouses who remarried before age 55 and before enactment, the Secretary would resume payments for each month beginning one year after enactment. If a surviving spouse transferred the annuity to a child under the 2019 rule (as of December 31, 2019), payments would resume on the first month after enactment.

TRICARE coverage for remarried widows

If enacted, the bill would add a dependent category for TRICARE. A remarried widow or widower whose later marriage ended by death, divorce, or annulment would be treated as a dependent for TRICARE purposes. This change would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9]

NC • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 2/5/2025

  • Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 2/5/2025

  • Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 2/5/2025

  • Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8]

    TX • R

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  • Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]

    CA • D

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  • Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1]

    RI • D

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  • Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]

    CA • D

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    IL • D

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    KS • D

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    MN • D

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    IN • D

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    KY • D

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    AZ • D

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    CA • D

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    CA • D

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    MI • D

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    MA • D

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    CT • D

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    IN • D

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    PA • D

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    NC • D

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    NY • D

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    WI • D

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    IL • D

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    MN • D

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    FL • D

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    OH • D

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    WI • D

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    NY • D

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    MT • R

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    GA • D

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    CA • D

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    NV • D

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    NV • D

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    CA • D

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    NH • D

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    VA • R

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    OH • D

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    CA • D

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    OR • D

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    TX • D

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    FL • D

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    CA • D

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    PR • D

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    TX • D

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    NY • D

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    CA • D

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    SC • R

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    NY • D

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    CA • D

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    KS • R

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    AZ • D

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    AZ • R

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    CA • D

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    IL • D

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    MO • D

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    NY • D

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    CA • D

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    TX • R

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    RI • D

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    NY • R

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    ME • D

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    TX • D

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    SC • R

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    WA • D

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    MS • D

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    CA • D

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    PA • R

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    OH • R

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    TN • R

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    NY • D

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    CO • D

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    DE • D

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    GA • D

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    GA • R

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    PA • R

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