Love Lives On Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 410 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 410

To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and 
        services for surviving spouses, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 5, 2025

 Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Cortez Masto, 
 Mr. Cotton, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. 
  Hirono, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Rosen, Ms. 
Warren, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Schatz, Mr. King, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
Van Hollen, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and 
        services for surviving spouses, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Love Lives On Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO VETERANS DEPENDENCY AND 
              INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES WHO REMARRY.

    Section 103(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(B)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(i)'' before ``The remarriage'';
                    (B) in clause (i), as designated by subparagraph 
                (A), by striking ``Notwithstanding the previous 
                sentence'' and inserting the following:
    ``(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i)''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``(iii) Notwithstanding clause (ii), the remarriage of a surviving 
spouse shall not bar the furnishing of benefits under section 1311 or 
1562 of this title to the surviving spouse of a veteran.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A); and
                    (B) by renumbering subparagraphs (B) through (E) as 
                subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively.

SEC. 3. CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY FOR SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN FOR CERTAIN 
              SURVIVING SPOUSES WHO REMARRY.

    Section 1450(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``An annuity'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), 
                an annuity''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Treatment of survivors of members who die on 
                active duty.--The Secretary may not terminate payment 
                of an annuity for a surviving spouse described in 
                subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 1448(d)(1) solely 
                because that surviving spouse remarries. In the case of 
                a surviving spouse who remarried before reaching age 55 
                and before the date of the enactment of Love Lives On 
                Act of 2025, the Secretary shall resume payment of the 
                annuity to that surviving spouse--
                            ``(i) except as provided by clause (ii), 
                        for each month that begins on or after the date 
                        that is one year after such date of enactment; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) on the first day of the first month 
                        beginning after such date of enactment, in the 
                        case of a surviving spouse who elected to 
                        transfer payment of that annuity to a surviving 
                        child or children under the provisions of 
                        section 1448(d)(2)(B) of title 10, United 
                        States Code, as in effect on December 31, 
                        2019.''.

SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT UNDER TRICARE PROGRAM TO 
              INCLUDE A REMARRIED WIDOW OR WIDOWER WHOSE SUBSEQUENT 
              MARRIAGE HAS ENDED.

    Section 1072(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (I)(v), by striking the period at the 
        end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(J) a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent 
                marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or 
                annulment.''.
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