# 119-hr-3031: Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act

119-hr-3031, Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-19).

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- As of: 2026-07-19
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3031
- Congress: 119
- Title: Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-04-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-19

## Summary

**Expands Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program eligibility to spouses and surviving spouses.** This bill would amend 38 U.S.C. §4103A so that spouses described in 38 U.S.C. §4101(5) and the spouse of any person who died while a member of the Armed Forces could receive Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program career services from DVOP staff. *The text includes no new funding provisions, phase-ins, sunsets, or other programmatic appropriations.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Job help for veterans' and surviving spouses: benefit, low. If enacted, the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program would also serve certain spouses. Spouses described in 38 U.S.C. 4101(5) could get the same job help as eligible veterans. The spouse of anyone who died while a member of the Armed Forces would also qualify. The bill would remove the phrase "non-v…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-3031 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3031)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6976)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3031 (as of 2026-07-19).