Love Lives On Act of 2025
Love Lives On Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# Love Lives On Act of 2025 - Summary **What the Bill Does:** The Love Lives On Act would change federal rules about benefits for surviving spouses of military members and veterans. Currently, if a surviving spouse remarries, they may lose certain military-related benefits like dependency and indemnity compensation or survivor pension payments. This bill would allow surviving spouses to keep these benefits even after remarrying. It would also expand TRICARE (military health insurance) coverage to include people whose subsequent marriages have ended through death, divorce, or annulment. **Who It Affects:** This legislation primarily affects surviving spouses of deceased active-duty service members and veterans.
It could also impact their healthcare access through TRICARE. The bill is intended to remove financial penalties that currently discourage remarriage among military survivors. **Current Status:** The bill (S 410) was introduced in the 119th Congress by Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) and is currently in committee, meaning it has not yet been debated or voted on by the full Senate. It has not yet become law.
CRS Official Summary
Love Lives On Act of 2025This 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.
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