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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.
Action Timeline
2025-12-19
Held at the desk.
2025-12-19
Received in the House.
2025-12-19
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2025-12-18
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8895; text: CR S8895)
2025-12-18
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2025-12-18
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2025-12-18
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2025-03-31
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-03-31
Introduced in Senate
Frequently Asked Questions
Did S.1204 pass?
S.1204 is still alive. Current stage: PASSED_ONE. Pass likelihood: 38%.
What does S.1204 do?
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, …
Who sponsored S.1204?
S.1204 was sponsored by Margaret Wood Hassan (D-New Hampshire).
Full Bill Text
119 S1204 ES: Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act U.S. Senate text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1204 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain spouses eligible for services under the disabled veterans’ outreach program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act . 2. Eligibility of spouses for services under the disabled veterans’ outreach program Section 4103A of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting and eligible persons after eligible veterans ; and (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting , and eligible persons, after Other eligible veterans ; (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting and eligible persons after veterans each place it appears; and (C) in paragraph (3)— (i) by inserting or eligible person after veteran each place it appears; and (ii) by inserting or eligible person’s after veteran’s ; (2) in subsection (d)(1)— (A) by inserting and eligible persons after eligible veterans each place it appears; and (B) by striking non-veteran-related ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) Eligible person defined In this section, the term eligible person means— (1) any spouse described in section 4101(5) of this title; or (2) the spouse of any person who died while a member of the Armed Forces. . Passed the Senate December 18, 2025. Secretary
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