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US S1266

US S1266
Love Lives On Act of 2023

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Introduced
04/25/2023
In Committee
04/25/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2025

Introduced Session

118th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for surviving spouses, and for other purposes.

AI Summary

This bill, the Love Lives On Act of 2023, aims to improve benefits and services for surviving spouses of veterans. It removes the expiration on the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship for surviving spouses, allows remarried surviving spouses to continue receiving Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits, ensures continued eligibility for the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) for certain remarried surviving spouses, provides commissary and exchange privileges to remarried surviving spouses, and expands the TRICARE program's definition of a dependent to include remarried widows or widowers whose subsequent marriage has ended. The bill also clarifies the definition of a "surviving spouse" for the purposes of veterans benefits, excluding remarriage as a disqualifying factor.

Committee Categories

Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (41)

Jerry Moran (R)*,  Tammy Baldwin (D),  Michael Bennet (D),  Cory Booker (D),  John Boozman (R),  Sherrod Brown (D),  Ben Cardin (D),  Tom Carper (D),  Bob Casey (D),  Chris Coons (D),  John Cornyn (R),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Tom Cotton (R),  Ted Cruz (R),  John Fetterman (D),  Maggie Hassan (D),  Martin Heinrich (D),  John Hickenlooper (D),  Mazie Hirono (D),  Angus King (I),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  Roger Marshall (R),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Markwayne Mullin (R),  Lisa Murkowski (R),  Chris Murphy (D),  Jon Ossoff (D),  Alex Padilla (D),  Gary Peters (D),  Jacky Rosen (D),  Mike Rounds (R),  Marco Rubio (R),  Bernie Sanders (I),  Brian Schatz (D),  Jeanne Shaheen (D),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  J.D. Vance (R),  Raphael Warnock (D),  Elizabeth Warren (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D), 

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (on 04/25/2023)

Bill Topics

Defense
  • ‐ Personnel Issues
  • ‐ Veterans Affairs
(2 Companion Bills)

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Document Type Source Location Created
State Bill Page https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1266/all-info 04/26/2023
BillText https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s1266/BILLS-118s1266is.pdf 05/03/2023
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