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.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
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
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Van Orden
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Morrison
MN • D
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Luttrell
TX • R
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Khanna
CA • D
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Amo
RI • D
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Carbajal
CA • D
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Budzinski
IL • D
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Davids (KS)
KS • D
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Craig
MN • D
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Carson
IN • D
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McGarvey
KY • D
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Grijalva
AZ • D
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Brownley
CA • D
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Ruiz
CA • D
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Tlaib
MI • D
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Moulton
MA • D
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Larson (CT)
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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)
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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)
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Salinas
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Ramirez
IL • D
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FL • D
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NY • D
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Zinke
MT • R
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Rouzer
NC • R
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Bishop
GA • D
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Lee (NV)
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Lieu
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Chu
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Cisneros
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Horsford
NV • D
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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)
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TX • R
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VA • R
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Barrett
MI • R
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NY • D
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OH • D
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AK • R
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NY • R
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Goldman (TX)
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Min
CA • D
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Gillen
NY • D
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CA • D
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NY • D
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KS • R
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IL • D
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MO • D
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TX • R
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RI • D
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NY • R
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