,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #daj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #e1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,moran 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,warnock1 ,ms4 ,murkowski1 ,ms4 ,cortez 
,masto1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1   
,mr4 ,rounds1 ,mr4 ,fetterman1 ,mr4     
,cornyn1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 
,hickenlooper1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,ms4   
,rosen1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 ,mr4
 ,padilla1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,king1    
,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4  
,coons1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 and ,ms4        
,klobuchar7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend titles #aj and   
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to improve  
benefits and services for surviving     
spouses1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,love ,lives ,on ,act of #bjbe4  #b4
 ,modification of entitlement to        
veterans dependency and indemnity       
compensation for surviving spouses who  

remarry ,section #ajc7;d7 of title #ch1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in paragraph 7#b77;,b7-- 7,a7 by       
inserting 7i7 before ,the remarriage2   
7,b7 in clause 7i71 as designated by    
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking          
,notwithstanding the previous sentence  
and inserting the following3  7ii7      
,notwithstanding clause 7i7  2 and  7,c7
 by adding at the end the following new 
clause3  7iii7 ,notwithstanding clause  
7ii71 the remarriage of a surviving     
spouse shall not bar the furnishing of  
benefits under section #acaa or #aefb of
 this title to the surviving spouse of a
 veteran4  2 and  7#b7 in paragraph     
7#e7-- 7,a7 by striking subparagraph    
7,a72 and  7,b7 by renumbering          
subparagraphs 7,b7 through 7,e7 as      
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,d71        
respectively4  #c4 ,continued           
eligibility for survivor benefit plan   
for certain surviving spouses who       
remarry ,section #adej7;b77#b7 of title 
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--

 7#a7 by striking ,an annuity and       
inserting the following3  7,a7 ,in      
general 7,a7 ,subject to subparagraph   
7,b71 an annuity  2 and  7#b7 by adding 
at the end the following new            
subparagraph3  7,b7 ,treatment of       
survivors of members who die on active  
duty ,the ,secretary may not terminate  
payment of an annuity for a surviving   
spouse described in subparagraph 7,a7 or
 7,b7 of section #addh7;d77#a7 solely   
because that surviving spouse remarries4
 ,in the case of a surviving spouse who 
remarried before reaching age #ee and   
before the date of the enactment of     
,love ,lives ,on ,act of #bjbe1 the     
,secretary shall resume payment of the  
annuity to that surviving spouse-- 7i7  
except as provided by clause 7ii71 for  
each month that begins on or after the  
date that is one year after such date of
 enactment2 or  7ii7 on the first day of
 the first month beginning after such   
date of enactment1 in the case of a     
surviving spouse who elected to transfer

 payment of that annuity to a surviving 
child or children under the provisions  
of section #addh7;d77#b77;,b7 of title  
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 as in effect
 on ,december #ca1 #bjai4  4  #d4       
,expansion of definition of dependent   
under ,,tricare program to include a    
remarried widow or widower whose        
subsequent marriage has ended ,section  
#ajgb7b7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph
 7,h71 by striking 2 and and inserting a
 semicolon2  7#b7 in subparagraph       
7,i77v71 by striking the period at the  
end and inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by   
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,j7 a remarried widow or
 widower whose subsequent marriage has  
ended due to death1 divorce1 or         
annulment4  4