S410
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Love Lives On Act of 2025
- Federal
- Senate
- Introduced Feb 5, 2025
- Session 119
Bill Text
Version ISThis Act may be cited as the Love Lives On Act of 2025.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Legislative Timeline
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Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
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Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.