Bill > HR9287

This bill, the Love Lives On Act of 2022, aims to improve benefits and services for surviving spouses of veterans. The key provisions include: 1. Expanding the definition of "surviving spouse" for veterans benefits to include those who were married to the veteran at the time of their death, lived continuously with the veteran from the date of marriage until the veteran's death (except in cases of separation due to the veteran's misconduct), and have not remarried. 2. Removing the expiration on the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, which provides educational assistance to surviving spouses of service members who died in the line of duty. 3. Allowing surviving spouses who remarry before age 55 to continue receiving Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits, and resuming DIC payments to certain individuals who were previously denied these benefits due to remarriage. 4. Continuing Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity payments for surviving spouses who remarry, including those who remarried before age 55 and before the enactment of this bill. 5. Extending access to military commissary and exchange privileges to remarried surviving spouses of deceased service members. 6. Expanding the definition of "dependent" under the TRICARE military healthcare program to include remarried widows or widowers whose subsequent marriage has ended.