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Congress·In Committee·12 months ago

Senate Bill Would Let Surviving Military Spouses Keep Benefits After Remarriage

Also known as: Love Lives On Act of 2025

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Key Points

  • Would let many surviving spouses keep veterans’ monthly survivor payments even if they remarry.
  • Would stop the military from cutting off certain survivor annuity payments just because a surviving spouse remarries.
  • Would restart some previously stopped survivor annuity payments for spouses who remarried before age 55, starting about one year after the law takes effect.
  • Would widen military health coverage rules so a remarried widow or widower can be counted as a dependent again if that later marriage ends (death, divorce, or annulment).
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Milestones

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Mar 11, 2025Senate

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Feb 5, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Feb 5, 2025

Introduced in Senate

What Happens Next

Projected impacts based on AI analysis

After the bill becomes law

Surviving spouses would no longer lose certain VA survivor benefits just for remarrying.

People could remarry without risking the loss of key monthly VA survivor payments covered by this bill.

After the bill becomes law

Defense Department would stop terminating SBP annuity payments for surviving spouses of active-duty deaths solely due to remarriage.

Surviving spouses could keep receiving SBP monthly income even if they remarry.

One year after the bill becomes law (for most eligible people)

SBP annuity payments would restart for some surviving spouses who remarried before age 55 before the law took effect.

Some households would see SBP income return after it was previously cut off due to remarriage.

After the bill becomes law

TRICARE eligibility would expand to include remarried widows/widowers whose later marriage ended.

Some people could re-join military health coverage and may pay less out of pocket than with private insurance.

Related News

2 articles
Nasdaq·11 months ago

New Bill: Senator Jerry Moran introduces S. 410: Love Lives On Act of 2025

The Love Lives On Act of 2025 (S. 410) aims to allow surviving spouses of veterans to retain Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) and Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities regardless of remarriage age. It also expands TRICARE definitions to include certain remarried widows.

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Coronado Times·19 days ago

Meet Your Neighbor: Kathy Prout’s dedication benefits thousands

Advocate Kathy Prout continues to push for the Love Lives On Act in 2026, which would allow military widows to remarry at any age and keep their benefits. The article notes that while some provisions have passed in other bills, the full legislation is still a top priority for survivors.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Love Lives On Act of 2025

Bill NumberS 410
Congress119th Congress
ChamberSenate
Latest ActionCommittee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

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Cosponsors

(54)
D: 38R: 14I: 2

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