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Introduced

In Committee

3

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

Jerry Moran

Republican · KS · Senator

Votes with party: 75.4% (862 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/M000934

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (61)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

2026-03-18

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsMarkup By · 2026-03-18

Previously

Veterans' Affairs CommitteeMarkup By · 2026-03-18
Veterans' Affairs CommitteeHearings By (full committee) · 2025-03-11
Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsHearings By (full committee) · 2025-03-11
Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-05
Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-02-05

Plain-English 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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security

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