S 1204
119th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act
Introduced: March 31, 2025
Introduced by:
Hassan, Margaret Wood
Democratic
· New Hampshire
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8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2025
Held at the desk.
Dec 19, 2025
Received in the House.
Dec 19, 2025
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 18, 2025
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8895; text: CR S8895)
Dec 18, 2025
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 18, 2025
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 31, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act
This bill expands eligibility for the Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program to the spouses of certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces. Such program is administered by the Department of Labor and generally provides career and employment services to disabled veterans.
The bill expands eligibility for the program to spouses of
- persons who died while members of the Armed Forces;
- persons who died of a service-connected disability;
- members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who, for more than 90 days, are listed as missing in action, captured by a hostile force, or forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government power;
- persons who have a total permanent disability resulting from a service-connected disability; and
- persons who died while an evaluated total disability was in existence.
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Held at the desk.
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