Congress.gov119th Congress

H.R. 1004

Love Lives On Act of 2025

Introduced Feb 5, 2025Latest action Mar 26, 2026Armed Forces and National Security

Plain-English 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.

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Issue relevance

Why this appears in Paper Trail

Defense

Matched from official metadata: policy_area: Armed Forces and National Security

People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

John B. Larson

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Robin L. Kelly

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Jamie Raskin

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Josh Gottheimer

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

John Garamendi

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jason Crow

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Jeff Mr Van Drew

Cosponsor · Republican · NJ

Frank D. Lucas

Cosponsor · Republican · OK

Morgan McGarvey

Cosponsor · Democratic · KY

Julia Brownley

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Raul Ruiz

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Christopher R. Deluzio

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Deborah K. Ross

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Donald J Bacon

Cosponsor · Republican · NE

Nicholas J. Begich III

Cosponsor · Republican · AK

Kathy Castor

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Dave Min

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Grace Meng

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Mike Levin

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Emanuel Cleaver

Cosponsor · Democratic · MO

Patrick Ryan

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Emily Randall

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Bennie G. Thompson

Cosponsor · Democratic · MS

Kevin Mullin

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Derrick F. Mr. Van Orden

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Kelly Morrison

Cosponsor · Other · MN

Morgan Luttrell

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Rohit Khanna

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Gabriel F Amo

Cosponsor · Democratic · RI

Frank J. Mrvan

Cosponsor · Democratic · IN

Dina Titus

Cosponsor · Democratic · NV

Pete Aguilar

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Scott Fitzgerald

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Sarah Kelly Elfreth

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

August Lee Pfluger II

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Mike Mr. Thompson

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Sydney Kamlager-Dove

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Scott Peters

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Thomas More Barrett

Cosponsor · Republican · MI

Timothy M. Kennedy

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Marcy Hon. M.c. Kaptur

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Joe Wilson

Cosponsor · Republican · SC

Rob Bresnahan

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

Suzan K. DelBene

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

John J. McGuire III

Cosponsor · Republican · VA

Matthew Robert Van Epps

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Suhas Subramanyam

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Thomas R. Suozzi

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

David P. Joyce

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Greg Stanton

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Donald Norcross

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Chuck Edwards

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Kevin Kiley

Cosponsor · Other · CA

Amerish Bera

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Pablo Jose Hernandez Rivera

Cosponsor · Democratic · PR

Julie Johnson

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Laura Gillen

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Juan Vargas

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Salud O. Carbajal

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Nikki Budzinski

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Sharice Davids

Cosponsor · Democratic · KS

Earl Leroy Carter

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

Max Miller

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Rebecca 'Becca' Balint

Cosponsor · Democratic · VT

Michael Guest

Cosponsor · Republican · MS

Zach Nunn

Cosponsor · Republican · IA

Jennifer Kiggans

Cosponsor · Republican · VA

Shri Thanedar

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Carol D. Miller

Cosponsor · Republican · WV

James R Dr. Baird

Cosponsor · Republican · IN

Mike Carey

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Angela Dawn Craig

Cosponsor · Democratic · MN

Nancy Pelosi

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

John Kevin Ellzey Sr.

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Seth Magaziner

Cosponsor · Democratic · RI

Nicole Malliotakis

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

Nancy Mace

Cosponsor · Republican · SC

Nanette Diaz Barragán

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jennifer L. McClellan

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

John H. Rutherford

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Joyce Beatty

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Lori Trahan

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Chris Pappas

Cosponsor · Democratic · NH

Derek Schmidt

Cosponsor · Republican · KS

Jared Golden

Cosponsor · Democratic · ME

Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Daniel S. Goldman

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Kristen McDonald Rivet

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Robert J. Menendez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Joseph D. Morelle

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Gwen S Moore

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Eric Sorensen

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

David Rouzer

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Janelle Bynum

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Susie Lee

Cosponsor · Democratic · NV

Timothy Gabriel Joseph Evans

Cosponsor · Republican · CO

Brian K. Fitzpatrick

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

William Troy Balderson

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Chrissy Houlahan

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Joaquin Castro

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Zoe Lofgren

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Derek Tran

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Tracey Mann

Cosponsor · Republican · KS

Abraham J. Hamadeh

Cosponsor · Republican · AZ

Maggie Goodlander

Cosponsor · Democratic · NH

Michael R Rep. Turner

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Kimberlyn King-Hinds

Cosponsor · Republican · MP

James Austin Scott

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

Sylvia R. Garcia

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Brittany Louise Pettersen

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Don Davis

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Ted Lieu

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Judy Chu

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Yevgeny 'Eugene' Vindman

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Gilbert Cisneros

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Steven Horsford

Cosponsor · Democratic · NV

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Cosponsor · Democratic · DC

Ilhan Omar

Cosponsor · Other · MN

Josh Harder

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Andrea Salinas

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Delia Ramirez

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Greg Landsman

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Herb Md Conaway

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Mark Pocan

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Paul David Tonko

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Ryan K Zinke

Cosponsor · Republican · MT

Shomari Figures

Cosponsor · Democratic · AL

Jahana Hayes

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Michael Lawler

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

April McClain Delaney

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Craig A. Goldman

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Laura Friedman

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Kim Schrier

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Madeleine Dean

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Betty McCollum

Cosponsor · Democratic · MN

Richard E. Neal

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Wesley Bell

Cosponsor · Democratic · MO

Cory Mills

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Mark Takano

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Josh Riley

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

William R Keating

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Diana DeGette

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Ashley Hinson Arenholz

Cosponsor · Republican · IA

John W. Mannion

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Gabriel Vasquez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

Mike Haridopolos

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Yassamin Ansari

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Lalota Nick

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

Maxine Dexter

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Juan Ciscomani

Cosponsor · Republican · AZ

André Carson

Cosponsor · Democratic · IN

Rashida Tlaib

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Seth Moulton

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Frank Pallone, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Robert J. Wittman

Cosponsor · Republican · VA

Valerie Hoyle

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Danny K. Mr. Davis

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Suzanne Ms. Bonamici

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Greg Casar

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Lateefah Simon

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Mike Quigley

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Sarah Elizabeth Mcbride

Cosponsor · Democratic · DE

Thomas H. Massie

Cosponsor · Republican · KY

Burgess Owens

Cosponsor · Republican · UT

Hillary J. Scholten

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Alma S. Adams

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Henry Cuellar

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Veronica Escobar

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

James French Hill

Cosponsor · Republican · AR

Adelita S. Grijalva

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

James Walkinshaw

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Walter Michael Ezell

Cosponsor · Republican · MS

Lois Frankel

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Wesley Hunt

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Richard Hudson

Sponsor · Republican · NC

Joseph Neguse

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

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Official Subjects

Armed Forces and National SecurityMilitary personnel and dependentsVeterans' pensions and compensationMarriage and family status

Sources & text

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