Right now, federal job-placement help under the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program is reserved mainly for the veterans themselves. This bill would extend that same outreach to the spouses of seriously disabled veterans and to surviving spouses of service members who died on active duty (often called Gold Star spouses). It does not create new money — it widens who qualifies for existing services like job-search counseling and employment referrals. For military families adjusting after injury or loss, it removes a barrier that currently leaves many spouses on their own.
Congressional Summary
Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services ActThis 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 ofpersons 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; andpersons who died while an evaluated total disability was in existence.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-04-28
- Date Added
- 2026-04-25
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