Love Lives On Act of 2025
Current understanding
The Love Lives On Act of 2025 would remove remarriage as a disqualifying event for surviving spouses of deceased service members and veterans across three federal survivor benefit programs: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities, and TRICARE dependent health coverage. For affected spouses, the change would preserve benefits and health care upon remarriage at any age (current law generally bars or restricts benefits on remarriage before age 55 or 57 depending on program). For the VA, DoD, and Defense Health Agency, the bill would expand the beneficiary population and associated program costs.
Evidence log
- 2026-02-03 — Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025: cross-connection with justice-for-als-veterans-act-2025: Both bills expand survivor benefits for spouses of deceased veterans — Justice for ALS Veterans Act by waiving the 8-year total-disability DIC threshold for ALS deaths, Love Lives On Act by preserving survivor benefits after remarriage. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-03-26 — Love Lives On Act of 2025: cross-connection with dvop-gold-star-spouse-eligibility: Both bills expand federal benefit/service eligibility for surviving military spouses; DVOP S1204 opens employment services to Gold Star and surviving spouses, while Love Lives On removes remarriage bars for DIC, SBP, and TRICARE. (novelty: 2)