Love Lives On Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 4/16/2024
Actions
- 2024-04-16Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- 2024-04-16Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2024-04-10Subcommittee Hearings Held
- 2023-06-29Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- 2023-05-24Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2023-05-24Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2023-05-24Introduced in House
- 2023-05-24Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-24 (00)
Love Lives On Act of 2023
This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans.
First, the bill removes the expiration on a surviving spouses' entitlement to educational assistance through the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (Fry Scholarship).
The bill also provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation to such spouse.
Next, 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.
Additionally, the bill provides commissary store and MWR retail facility (e.g., exchange store) access to surviving spouses regardless of the martial status of the spouse. Such spouses must be entitled to use such stores and facilities to the same extent and on the same basis as surviving spouses who did not remarry.
The bill 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.
Finally, the bill modifies the definition of a surviving spouse for purposes of veterans benefits to include same sex marriages.
Cosponsors (20)
- Richard Hudson (R-NC)
- Joe Neguse (D-CO)
- Mike Garcia (R-CA)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Yadira Caraveo (D-CO)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Angie Craig (D-MN)
- Brittany Pettersen (D-CO)
- Daniel Kildee (D-MI)
- Nikki Budzinski (D-IL)
- David Trone (D-MD)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Joseph Morelle (D-NY)
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Deborah Ross (D-NC)
- RICHARD NEAL (D-MA)
- Wiley Nickel (D-NC)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
Subjects
- Family relationships
- Marriage and family status
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Student aid and college costs
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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