Love Lives On Act of 2025
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
Overview
The Love Lives On Act of 2025 aims to improve benefits and services for surviving spouses of military members and veterans. Specifically, it removes the bar on receiving benefits for remarried surviving spouses, allowing them to continue receiving dependency and indemnity compensation and special pension benefits. The bill also extends eligibility for the Survivor Benefit Plan and expands the definition of a dependent under the TRICARE program to include remarried widows and widowers.
Key provisions
- Removes the bar on benefits for remarried surviving spouses.
- Extends eligibility for the Survivor Benefit Plan for remarried spouses.
- Expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include remarried widows and widowers whose subsequent marriages have ended due to death, divorce, or annulment.
- Allows resumption of annuity payments for remarried spouses over 55 who previously elected to transfer payments to a child.
- Clarifies the continuation of annuity payments for surviving spouses who remarried before the bill's enactment.
Who is affected
- Surviving spouses of military members and veterans
- TRICARE beneficiaries
- Department of Defense
- Veterans Administration
Notable changes
- Modifies the definition of remarriage to not bar benefits.
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