HR 1004 · in committee · significant
Love Lives On Act of 2025
- veterans
What this bill does
- The bill allows surviving spouses of military members and veterans to keep benefits even if they remarry.
- Military families and surviving spouses lose eligibility when they remarry under current law.
- The change applies immediately to dependency and indemnity compensation, pensions, and TRICARE health coverage.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might removing remarriage penalties affect the financial decisions of military widows and widowers currently weighing remarriage?
- 02
What are the estimated costs to the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs if surviving spouses retain benefits after remarriage?
- 03
Should this benefit retention apply equally to all survivor categories, or are there populations for whom the current remarriage rule serves a specific purpose?
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Sponsor · R-NC-9
Richard Hudson
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
160/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2026-03-26
Joining the bill
Morgan Luttrell
R-TX-8 · original
Kelly Morrison
D-MN-3 · original
Joe Neguse
D-CO-2 · original
Ro Khanna
D-CA-17 · original
Derrick Van Orden
R-WI-3 · original
Gabe Amo
D-RI-1
Salud O. Carbajal
D-CA-24
Nikki Budzinski
D-IL-13
Sharice Davids
D-KS-3
Angie Craig
D-MN-2
André Carson
D-IN-7
Raúl M. Grijalva
D-AZ-7
+ 148 more
Legislative timeline
2026-03-26 · house · Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
2026-03-26 · house · Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2026-02-03 · house · Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held
2025-03-06 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2025-02-05 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-02-05 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-02-05 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-05 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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