Ensure that surviving spouses of Veterans receive appropriate benefits by eliminating the marriage after 60 clawback.

What success looks like

Surviving spouses receive the same pension amounts as all other survivors regardless of the age at which they were married.

Government's narrative on progress

Budget 2019 announced $150 million over 5 years starting in 2019–20 to create a new Veterans Survivors Fund. With these funds, the government will work with the community to identify impacted survivors, process their claims and ensure survivors have the financial support they need. The government will announce additional details on this measure in the coming months.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.