Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act

Sponsor: Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic-NH)March 31, 2025

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Lets military spouses get job search help.

The Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act would let certain spouses of veterans and those who died serving in the military get job search and career support. Currently, these services are mainly for veterans. This change would open up valuable career assistance to more military families.

What Would Change

Today, the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program mainly offers job support services to veterans. If this bill becomes law, certain spouses of veterans and spouses of service members who died in the military would also get these career services.

Key Provisions

Defines 'eligible person' to include spouses of certain veterans and spouses of service members who died in the military.
Expands who can get help from the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program to include these spouses.
Lets job specialists offer more types of career help to these spouses.

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S 1204 · 119th Congress · March 31, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10

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