HR1004-119

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Love Lives On Act of 2025.

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— in paragraph (2)(B)— by inserting (i) before The remarriage; in clause (i), as designated by subparagraph (A), by striking Notwithstanding the previous sentence and inserting the following: Notwithstanding clause (i) by adding at the end the following new clause: 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. in paragraph (5)— by striking subparagraph (A); and by renumbering subparagraphs (B) through (E) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively. (ii)Notwithstanding clause (i); and (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

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— by striking An annuity and inserting the following: (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an annuity by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 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— 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 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. (A)In general(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an annuity; and (B)Treatment of survivors of members who die on active dutyThe 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..

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— in subparagraph (H), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subparagraph (I)(v), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment. (J)a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment..