[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5059 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5059

  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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Love Lives On Act of 2016''.

SEC. 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.
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