Love Lives On Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5059
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-26
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status

Separation, divorce, custody, support

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Love Lives On Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the definition of a veteran's &quot;surviving spouse,&quot; for the purpose of veterans benefits provisions, to eliminate the requirement that such person: (1) has not remarried; or (2) has not, since the death of the veteran and after September 19, 1962, lived with another person and held himself or herself out to be the other person's spouse.</p> <p>The effective date of an award of specified veterans benefits to a surviving spouse based upon termination of a remarriage by death or divorce occurring before the date of enactment of this bill shall be the date of death, or the date the judicial decree or divorce becomes final, if an application therefor is received within one year of the remarriage's termination.</p>  </p> </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5059 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 26, 2016 Ms. Brown of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the definition of surviving spouse for purposes of the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Love Lives On Act of 2016 . 2. Modification of definition of surviving spouse for purposes of laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs (a) In general Section 101(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking and who has not remarried and all that follows through such other person . (b) Conforming amendments Such title is further amended as follows: (1) In section 103— (A) by striking subsection (d); and (B) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d). (2) In section 1922(b)(2)(A), by striking and while unremarried . (3) In section 2306(b)(4), by striking subsection: and all that follows and inserting the following: subsection, the term veteran includes an individual who dies in the military, naval, or air service. . (4) In section 2402(a)(5), by striking (which for purposes of this chapter includes a surviving spouse who had a subsequent remarriage) . (5) In section 5110(l), by inserting after remarriage by death or divorce the following: occurring before the date of the enactment of the Love Lives on Act of 2016 . (6) In section 5120— (A) in subsection (b), by striking or in the case of a surviving spouse, if the postal employee believes that the surviving spouse has remarried (unless the mail is addressed to the surviving spouse in the name the surviving spouse has acquired by the remarriage) ; and (B) in subsection (c), by striking or remarriage both places it appears. (7) In section 5121(3), by striking or remarried surviving spouse . (8) In section 7297(f)(2), by striking terminated and all that follows through the period and inserting upon the surviving spouse’s death. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to benefits payable for months beginning on or after such date.