SENATE 1204119th CongressHeld at the desk.
Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act
- Last Action
- 12/19/2025
Actions
- 2025-12-19Held at the desk.
- 2025-12-19Received in the House.
- 2025-12-19Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 2025-12-18Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8895; text: CR S8895)
- 2025-12-18Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- 2025-12-18Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- 2025-12-18Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- 2025-03-31Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2025-03-31Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-12-18 (55)
Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act
This bill expands eligibility for the Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program to the spouses of certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces. Such program is administered by the Department of Labor and generally provides career and employment services to disabled veterans.
The bill expands eligibility for the program to spouses of
- persons who died while members of the Armed Forces;
- persons who died of a service-connected disability;
- members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who, for more than 90 days, are listed as missing in action, captured by a hostile force, or forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government power;
- persons who have a total permanent disability resulting from a service-connected disability; and
- persons who died while an evaluated total disability was in existence.
Cosponsors (8)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Timothy Kaine (D-VA)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Subjects
- Military personnel and dependents
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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