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HR 1004 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Love Lives On Act of 2025

In plain language: This bill allows surviving spouses of military veterans and active-duty service members to keep receiving monthly government survivor payments even if they remarry. It also restores monthly Survivor Benefit Plan annuities to spouses who previously lost them by remarrying before age 55. In addition, surviving military spouses can regain TRICARE healthcare coverage if a later marriage ends due to death, divorce, or annulment.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, issue tags, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—not determinable from the text provided; affects surviving spouses of deceased service members and veterans who remarry or whose subsequent marriages end
Fiscal magnitude—no CBO estimate published
Reach38provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Spending vs. restraint+20Veterans' care delivery+30Government role in coverage+20Military budget+25

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Surviving spouses of deceased veteransAllows surviving spouses of deceased veterans to continue receiving VA dependency and indemnity compensation and Medal of Honor pension benefits regardless of whether they remarry (Sec. 2).provisional
  • Surviving spouses of active-duty service membersProtects Survivor Benefit Plan annuity payments from being terminated if they remarry, and restores annuity payments to those who previously lost benefits after remarrying before age 55 (Sec. 3).provisional
  • Surviving spouses whose subsequent marriage has endedRestores TRICARE healthcare coverage eligibility to surviving spouses of service members if a subsequent marriage ends through death, divorce, or annulment (Sec. 4).provisional

Who it burdens

  • Department of Veterans AffairsMust pay dependency and indemnity compensation and Medal of Honor pensions to surviving spouses without barring them due to remarriage (Sec. 2).provisional
  • Department of DefenseMust maintain or resume Survivor Benefit Plan annuity payments to remarried surviving spouses and provide TRICARE coverage to surviving spouses whose subsequent marriages have ended (Sec. 3, Sec. 4).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Allows surviving spouses of deceased veterans to continue receiving Department of Veterans Affairs dependency and indemnity compensation and Medal of Honor pension benefits regardless of whether they remarry.

    Sec. 2provisional

  2. Prohibits the military from terminating Survivor Benefit Plan annuity payments to surviving spouses of active-duty service members who remarry, and restores payments to surviving spouses who previously lost annuities after remarrying before age 55.

    Sec. 3provisional

  3. Restores TRICARE military healthcare coverage to surviving spouses of deceased service members if their subsequent marriage ends due to death, divorce, or annulment.

    Sec. 4provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Mar 26, 2026Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
  2. Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House

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Sources & provenance

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