House Bill 1004
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Love Lives On Act of 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House on Feb 5, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1004
Congress
119
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces and National Security
Primary focus of measure is military operations and spending, facilities, procurement and weapons, personnel, intelligence; strategic materials; war and emergency powers; veterans’ issues. Measures concerning alliances and collective security, arms sales and military assistance, or arms control may fall under International Affairs policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Love Lives On Act of 2025
This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans.
The bill provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation or special pension benefits to such spouse.
Additionally, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries.
The bill also expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment.
February 5, 2025
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03/26/2026
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
03/26/2026
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
02/03/2026
Subcommittee Hearings Held
03/06/2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
02/05/2025
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.
02/05/2025
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jul 17, 2026 11:59:36 PM