119th Congress
S. 410
Love Lives On Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Jerry Moran(R-KS)
- Introduced
- Feb 5, 2025
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (61)
Original cosponsors (23)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Added later (38)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA) · Feb 11, 2025
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ) · Feb 24, 2025
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI) · Feb 26, 2025
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD) · Mar 4, 2025
- Roger Marshall (R-KS) · Mar 5, 2025
- Jim Banks (R-IN) · Mar 12, 2025
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA) · Mar 12, 2025
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR) · Mar 14, 2025
- John Boozman (R-AR) · Mar 24, 2025
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO) · Mar 25, 2025
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) · Apr 28, 2025
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME) · Apr 29, 2025
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT) · May 12, 2025
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT) · May 19, 2025
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) · May 20, 2025
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) · Jun 3, 2025
- Tina Smith (D-MN) · Jun 5, 2025
- Peter Welch (D-VT) · Jun 10, 2025
- Ron Wyden (D-OR) · Jun 26, 2025
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ) · Jul 28, 2025
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) · Sep 3, 2025
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA) · Sep 29, 2025
- John Kennedy (R-LA) · Sep 29, 2025
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY) · Sep 29, 2025
- Andy Kim (D-NJ) · Oct 6, 2025
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) · Oct 7, 2025
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA) · Nov 18, 2025
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA) · Nov 20, 2025
- Patty Murray (D-WA) · Jan 28, 2026
- Thom Tillis (R-NC) · Jan 28, 2026
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) · Feb 4, 2026
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE) · Mar 17, 2026
- Mike Lee (R-UT) · Apr 13, 2026
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) · Apr 15, 2026
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) · May 20, 2026
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA) · Jun 8, 2026
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) · Jun 9, 2026
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK) · Sep 23, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 18, 2026 · Senate
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. - Mar 11, 2025 · Senate
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35. - Feb 5, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. - Feb 5, 2025
Introduced in Senate