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

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-05 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

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Official title

Love Lives On Act of 2025

Plain summary

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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] · 183 cosponsors

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Joe Neguse (D-CO), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Kelly Morrison (D-MN), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Angie Craig (D-MN), André Carson (D-IN), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Josh Harder (D-CA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), David Rouzer (R-NC), Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Donald G. Davis (D-NC), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Dina Titus (D-NV), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), August Pfluger (R-TX), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and 123 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] reported raising $4.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr1004.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr1004 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills