H.R. 1004: Love Lives On Act of 2025

What it does

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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.

Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 5, 2025).

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2025-02-05Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

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Rep. Alma S. Adams D-NC-12
Rep. Pete Aguilar D-CA-33
Rep. Gabe Amo D-RI-1
Rep. Yassamin Ansari D-AZ-3
Rep. Don Bacon R-NE-2
Rep. James R. Baird R-IN-4
Rep. Troy Balderson R-OH-12
Rep. Becca Balint D-VT-At Large
Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA-44
Rep. Tom Barrett R-MI-7
Rep. Joyce Beatty D-OH-3
Rep. Nicholas J. Begich R-AK-At Large
Rep. Wesley Bell D-MO-1
Rep. Ami Bera D-CA-6
Rep. Sanford D. Bishop D-GA-2
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici D-OR-1
Rep. Robert P. Bresnahan R-PA-8
Rep. Julia Brownley D-CA-26
Rep. Nikki Budzinski D-IL-13
Rep. Janelle S. Bynum D-OR-5
Rep. Salud O. Carbajal D-CA-24
Rep. Mike Carey R-OH-15
Rep. André Carson D-IN-7
Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA-1
Rep. Greg Casar D-TX-35
Rep. Kathy Castor D-FL-14
Rep. Joaquin Castro D-TX-20
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick D-FL-20
Rep. Judy Chu D-CA-28
Rep. Juan Ciscomani R-AZ-6
Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros D-CA-31
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver D-MO-5
Rep. Herbert C. Conaway D-NJ-3
Rep. Angie Craig D-MN-2
Rep. Jason Crow D-CO-6
Rep. Henry Cuellar D-TX-28
Rep. Sharice Davids D-KS-3
Rep. Danny K. Davis D-IL-7
Rep. Donald G. Davis D-NC-1
Rep. Madeleine Dean D-PA-4
Rep. Diana DeGette D-CO-1
Rep. Suzan K. DelBene D-WA-1
Rep. Christopher R. Deluzio D-PA-17
Rep. Maxine Dexter D-OR-3
Rep. Chuck Edwards R-NC-11
Rep. Sarah Elfreth D-MD-3
Rep. Jake Ellzey R-TX-6
Rep. Veronica Escobar D-TX-16
Rep. Gabe Evans R-CO-8
Rep. Mike Ezell R-MS-4
Rep. Shomari Figures D-AL-2
Rep. Scott Fitzgerald R-WI-5
Rep. Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA-1
Rep. Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann R-TN-3
Rep. Lois Frankel D-FL-22
Rep. Laura Friedman D-CA-30
Rep. John Garamendi D-CA-8
Rep. Sylvia R. Garcia D-TX-29
Rep. Laura Gillen D-NY-4
Rep. Jared F. Golden D-ME-2
Rep. Craig A. Goldman R-TX-12
Rep. Daniel S. Goldman D-NY-10
Rep. Maggie Goodlander D-NH-2
Rep. Josh Gottheimer D-NJ-5
Rep. Adelita S. Grijalva D-AZ-7
Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ-7
Rep. Michael Guest R-MS-3
Rep. Abraham J. Hamadeh R-AZ-8
Rep. Josh Harder D-CA-9
Rep. Mike Haridopolos R-FL-8
Rep. Jahana Hayes D-CT-5
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose D-PR
Rep. J. French Hill R-AR-2
Rep. Ashley Hinson R-IA-2
Rep. Steven Horsford D-NV-4
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan D-PA-6
Rep. Val T. Hoyle D-OR-4
Rep. Wesley Hunt R-TX-38
Rep. Sara Jacobs D-CA-51
Rep. Julie Johnson D-TX-32
Rep. David P. Joyce R-OH-14
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CA-37
Rep. Marcy Kaptur D-OH-9
Rep. William R. Keating D-MA-9
Rep. Robin L. Kelly D-IL-2
Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy D-NY-26
Rep. Ro Khanna D-CA-17
Rep. Jennifer A. Kiggans R-VA-2
Rep. Kevin Kiley I-CA-3
Del. Kimberlyn King-Hinds R-MP-At Large
Rep. Nick LaLota R-NY-1
Rep. Greg Landsman D-OH-1
Rep. Rick Larsen D-WA-2
Rep. John B. Larson D-CT-1
Rep. Michael Lawler R-NY-17
Rep. Susie Lee D-NV-3
Rep. Mike Levin D-CA-49
Rep. Ted Lieu D-CA-36
Rep. Zoe Lofgren D-CA-18
Rep. Frank D. Lucas R-OK-3
Rep. Morgan Luttrell R-TX-8
Rep. Nancy Mace R-SC-1
Rep. Seth Magaziner D-RI-2
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis R-NY-11
Rep. Tracey Mann R-KS-1
Rep. John W. Mannion D-NY-22
Rep. Thomas Massie R-KY-4
Rep. Sarah McBride D-DE-At Large
Rep. April McClain Delaney D-MD-6
Rep. Jennifer L. McClellan D-VA-4
Rep. Betty McCollum D-MN-4
Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet D-MI-8
Rep. Morgan McGarvey D-KY-3
Rep. John J. McGuire R-VA-5
Rep. Robert Menendez D-NJ-8
Rep. Grace Meng D-NY-6
Rep. Carol D. Miller R-WV-1
Rep. Max L. Miller R-OH-7
Rep. Cory Mills R-FL-7
Rep. Dave Min D-CA-47
Rep. Gwen Moore D-WI-4
Rep. Joseph D. Morelle D-NY-25
Rep. Kelly Morrison D-MN-3
Rep. Seth Moulton D-MA-6
Rep. Frank J. Mrvan D-IN-1
Rep. Kevin Mullin D-CA-15
Rep. Richard E. Neal D-MA-1
Rep. Joe Neguse D-CO-2
Rep. Donald Norcross D-NJ-1
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC-At Large
Rep. Zachary Nunn R-IA-3
Rep. Ilhan Omar D-MN-5
Rep. Burgess Owens R-UT-4
Rep. Frank Pallone D-NJ-6
Rep. Chris Pappas D-NH-1
Rep. Nancy Pelosi D-CA-11
Rep. Scott H. Peters D-CA-50
Rep. Brittany Pettersen D-CO-7
Rep. August Pfluger R-TX-11
Rep. Mark Pocan D-WI-2
Rep. Mike Quigley D-IL-5
Rep. Delia C. Ramirez D-IL-3
Rep. Emily Randall D-WA-6
Rep. Jamie Raskin D-MD-8
Rep. Josh Riley D-NY-19
Rep. Deborah K. Ross D-NC-2
Rep. David Rouzer R-NC-7
Rep. Raul Ruiz D-CA-25
Rep. John H. Rutherford R-FL-5
Rep. Patrick Ryan D-NY-18
Rep. Andrea Salinas D-OR-6
Rep. Derek Schmidt R-KS-2
Rep. Hillary J. Scholten D-MI-3
Rep. Kim Schrier D-WA-8
Rep. Austin Scott R-GA-8
Rep. David Scott D-GA-13
Rep. Lateefah Simon D-CA-12
Rep. Eric Sorensen D-IL-17
Rep. Greg Stanton D-AZ-4
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam D-VA-10
Rep. Thomas R. Suozzi D-NY-3
Rep. Eric Swalwell D-CA-15
Rep. Mark Takano D-CA-39
Rep. Shri Thanedar D-MI-13
Rep. Mike Thompson D-CA-4
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson D-MS-2
Rep. Dina Titus D-NV-1
Rep. Rashida Tlaib D-MI-12
Rep. Paul Tonko D-NY-20
Rep. Lori Trahan D-MA-3
Rep. Derek Tran D-CA-45
Rep. Michael R. Turner R-OH-10
Rep. Jefferson Van Drew R-NJ-2
Rep. Matt Van Epps R-TN-7
Rep. Derrick Van Orden R-WI-3
Rep. Juan Vargas D-CA-52
Rep. Gabe Vasquez D-NM-2
Rep. Eugene Simon Vindman D-VA-7
Rep. James R. Walkinshaw D-VA-11
Rep. Nikema Williams D-GA-5
Rep. Joe Wilson R-SC-2
Rep. Robert J. Wittman R-VA-1
Rep. Ryan K. Zinke R-MT-1