113 S1529 IS: Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2013
U.S. Senate
2013-09-19
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1.Short title; references; and
table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of
2013
.(b)Except
as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of title 5, United States Code.(c)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; references; and table
of contents.Sec. 2. Purpose.TITLE I—Establishment and termination of
domestic partnerships; other general provisionsSec. 101. Federal employees in domestic
partnerships.Sec. 102. Guidance and educational
materials.Sec. 103. Review of programs under which
employment benefits and obligations are established.Sec. 104. Effective date.TITLE II—Civil Service Retirement
SystemSec. 201. Definitions.Sec. 202. Creditable service.Sec. 203. Computation of
annuity.Sec. 204. Cost-of-living adjustment of
annuities.Sec. 205. Survivor annuities.Sec. 206. Lump-sum benefits; designation
of beneficiary; order of precedence.Sec. 207. Alternative forms of
annuities.Sec. 208. Administration;
regulations.Sec. 209. Participation in the Thrift
Savings Plan.TITLE III—Federal Employees’ Retirement
SystemSubtitle A—General provisionsSec. 301. Definitions.Subtitle B—Creditable serviceSec. 311. Creditable service.Sec. 312. Survivor reduction for a current
spouse or a current domestic partner.Sec. 313. Survivor reduction for a former
spouse or former domestic partner.Sec. 314. Survivor elections; deposit;
offsets.Sec. 315. Survivor reductions;
computation.Sec. 316. Insurable interest
reductions.Sec. 317. Alternative forms of
annuities.Sec. 318. Lump-sum benefits; designation
of beneficiary; order of precedence.Subtitle C—Thrift Savings
PlanSec. 321. Benefits and election of
benefits.Sec. 322. Annuities: methods of payment;
election; purchase.Sec. 323. Protections for spouses,
domestic partners, former spouses, and former domestic partners.Sec. 324. Justices and judges.Subtitle D—Survivor annuitiesSec. 331. Definitions.Sec. 332. Rights of a widow, widower, or
surviving partner.Sec. 333. Rights of a child.Sec. 334. Rights of a former spouse or
former domestic partner.Subtitle E—General administrative
provisionsSec. 341. Authority of the Office of
Personnel Management.Sec. 342. Cost-of-living
adjustments.Subtitle F—Federal Retirement Thrift
Investment Management SystemSec. 351. Fiduciary responsibilities;
liability and penalties.TITLE IV—Insurance benefitsSec. 401. Life insurance.Sec. 402. Health insurance.Sec. 403. Enhanced dental
benefits.Sec. 404. Enhanced vision
benefits.Sec. 405. Long-term care
insurance.TITLE V—Travel, transportation, and
subsistenceSec. 501. Reimbursement for taxes incurred
on money received for travel expenses.Sec. 502. Definition.Sec. 503. Relocation expenses of employees
transferred or reemployed.Sec. 504. Taxes on reimbursements for
travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees
transferred.Sec. 505. Relocation expenses of an
employee who is performing an extended assignment.Sec. 506. Transportation of family members
incident to repatriation of employees held captive.Sec. 507. Regulations to include domestic
partners.TITLE VI—Compensation for work
injuriesSec. 601. Definitions.Sec. 602. Death gratuity for injuries
incurred in connection with employee’s service with an Armed Force.Sec. 603. Beneficiaries of awards unpaid
at death; order of precedence.Sec. 604. Augmented compensation for
dependents.Sec. 605. Limitations on right to receive
compensation.Sec. 606. Compensation in case of
death.Sec. 607. Lump-sum payment.Sec. 608. Employees of nonappropriated
fund instrumentalities.Sec. 609. Effective date.TITLE VII—Employee leave; death or captivity
compensation; other employee benefits Sec. 701. Voluntary transfers of leave;
Voluntary Leave Bank Program.Sec. 702. Family and medical
leave.Sec. 703. Settlement of
accounts.Sec. 704. Payments to missing
employees.Sec. 705. Annuity of the Comptroller
General.TITLE VIII—Ethics in Government, conflicts
of interest, employment of relatives, gifts, and employee conductSec. 801. Ethics in Government Act of
1978.Sec. 802. Conflicts of
interest.Sec. 803. Employment of relatives,
restrictions.Sec. 804. Receipt and disposition of
foreign gifts and decorations.Sec. 805. Regulation of conduct;
gifts.Sec. 806. Acceptance of travel assistance
from non-Federal sources.2.The purpose of this Act is to apply
employment benefits and obligations to Federal employees in same-sex domestic
partnerships and to their domestic partners that are the same as the employment
benefits and obligations that apply under existing statutes to married Federal
employees and to their spouses.<enum>I</enum><header>Establishment
and termination of domestic partnerships; other general provisions</header><section id="id1660b3ba-2e33-4a06-b931-0b2e851ad70f"><enum>101.</enum><header>Federal
employees in domestic partnerships</header><subsection id="id00253b31-2d31-4a83-8f7b-f8246422c102"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart A of part III
is amended by inserting after section 2305 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5432f5e-a03b-475c-8794-0e3c21d8afcb" style="USC"><chapter id="id352cedab-0136-4c25-b465-3521f203af2b"><enum>25</enum><header>Federal
Employees in Domestic Partnerships</header><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2501.
Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2502. Establishment and
termination of domestic partnerships.</toc-entry></toc><section id="id8502771d-3988-475a-8a0d-3665bf831d63"><enum>2501.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this chapter—</text><paragraph id="ida1aa2248-e4aa-4360-a57c-54eb5d535a9a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>annuitant</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id03294fba-ba11-4a31-a14d-75fc124b5ff1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an annuitant
as defined under section 8331, 8401, or 8901(3)(A); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1f9cbe28-27d8-44e1-957c-5fe3a927b2d6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as determined
under regulations prescribed by the President or a designee of the President,
any other individual who is entitled to benefits (based on the service of such
individual) under a retirement system for employees of the Government;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7FC3DB832BCD4DCE9A4F95F88221D200"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>covered state</term> means a State, foreign country, or political
subdivision of a foreign country in which a marriage between 2 individuals of
the same sex is recognized under the law of that State, country, or political
subdivision;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc2e1a981-6b38-4a08-a34a-01443b8b1262"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf7d10257-aa97-4e01-a150-5c6441be8f9d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>domestic partner</term> means either of the individuals in a domestic
partnership;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbbe3cc8f-4edf-4d24-8dda-8953b4a134bc"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>domestic partnership</term> means a relationship between 2 individuals of
the same sex, at least 1 of whom is an employee, former employee, or annuitant,
that has been established under section 2502(a) and not terminated under
section 2502(b);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id21a99670-019f-4b4f-804c-5f959a94125b"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<term>employee</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id8297485c-f186-4b46-9a80-72e636062c6a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an employee
as defined under section 2105, including an employee referred to in subsection
(c) or (e) of that section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb7d970dc-690c-4b90-9fcc-21c5929f7d10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a Member of
Congress;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id96527bf1-6d67-4df8-9d32-98d212558918"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the
President;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45485b6c-28a0-4f2b-8323-688709335ec6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an individual
who is an employee, as defined under section 8331, 8401, 8701, 8901, or 9001;
or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e697d6a-d31d-4d4b-8509-020a1f062c7d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other
individual who is employed by the Government and is included within this
definition under regulations prescribed by the President or a designee of the
President; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id124AC847F9404D3F9E89A5FC824D75F9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term
<term>State</term> means each of the several States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the
United States.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idc9e3092d-3553-4bb2-a90d-37fd0d93bed5"><enum>2502.</enum><header>Establishment
and termination of domestic partnerships</header><subsection id="idafc8a425-a6cd-4d00-a239-3480c068a752"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
of domestic partnership</header><paragraph id="idccf59b89-475a-4eb6-a8d2-e2c97cf78b34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An employee,
former employee, or annuitant and another individual (who may also be an
employee, former employee, or annuitant) may establish a domestic partnership
as provided in this section for the purposes of the provisions of law to which
this chapter applies.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc0bb807d-804a-4406-92b9-ade9aaf1e158"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To establish
a domestic partnership, the 2 individuals referred to in paragraph (1) shall
jointly execute, and the employee, former employee, or annuitant shall file, an
affidavit in such form and filed in such manner as the Director shall by
regulation prescribe.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide92ab5e4-aa15-4dd7-acdb-01c2ac2cd784"><enum>(3)</enum><text>By the
affidavit referred to in paragraph (2), each of the individuals shall attest to
the following:</text><subparagraph id="id7ad11b99-e841-45e1-bdc2-1958d4eb4d32"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7578c605-3d30-42cc-9333-9423366c99cb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The individuals are
of the same sex; and</text></clause><clause id="ide74fbf3e-d743-4cd2-9680-1aec8a0fd7c6" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the individual who files the
affidavit is an employee, former employee, or annuitant.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63aa0a6a-cca3-4984-aaee-59c6cc08c1db"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id02a04482-d176-4563-a923-7ebc632dfa91"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The individuals are
in a committed domestic-partnership relationship with each other satisfying the
conditions in clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) and intend to remain so
indefinitely.</text></clause><clause id="id4b23c97b-5d9b-4388-a8ca-c1347fd1cf83" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The individuals have a common
residence and intend to continue to do so (or would have a common residence,
but are prevented from doing so because of an assignment abroad or other
employment-related factors, financial considerations, family responsibilities,
or other similar reason (which shall be specifically identified in the
affidavit)).</text></clause><clause id="id144a0a6d-e458-4383-87d3-f67892a661c4" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The individuals share
responsibility for a significant measure of each other’s welfare and financial
obligations.</text></clause><clause id="id0486d616-5429-4c82-ae26-3d4ebdff7876" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Neither individual is married to
or in a domestic partnership with anyone except each other.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7ee4e18c-fb13-4cd2-9613-f9aee8e94de8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Each
individual is at least 18 years of age and mentally competent to consent to a
contract.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0eb06f84-1b28-4065-8541-67ef06b5db6c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The
individuals are not related to each other by blood in a way that would prohibit
legal marriage between individuals otherwise eligible to marry in the
jurisdiction (or, if applicable, in any jurisdiction) in which the individuals
have a common residence.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDEFC46B8E46D4EEBBB64E93ECF9ACF7E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Neither
individual reside in a covered state.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf0f403ae-3ee2-49be-9d84-e4a8c6acbfca"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Each of the
individuals understands that—</text><clause id="idcc918c94-0146-4bc0-b1aa-ce4bbb086fd4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>as a domestic
partner, each individual not only gains certain benefits, but also assumes
certain obligations, as set forth in the provision of law to which this chapter
applies, the violation of which may lead to disciplinary action against an
employee and to criminal and other penalties;</text></clause><clause id="id1b0f18a7-91f0-4119-a469-9612e52390f9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>either or
both of the domestic partners are required to file notification under
subsection (b)(2) terminating the domestic partnership within 30 days after any
condition under clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (B) ceases to be
satisfied, or the condition under subparagraph (E) ceases to be satisfied for
not less than 6 months, and, if 1 domestic partner dies, the other is required
to file a notification under subsection (b)(3) within 30 days after the death;
and</text></clause><clause id="id73a0576e-ee52-4f85-96aa-dbdf098c525f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>willful
falsification of information in the affidavit, or willful failure to file
notification as required under subsection (b)(2) or (3), may lead to recovery
of amounts obtained as a result of such falsification or failure, disciplinary
action against an employee, and criminal or other penalties.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf556af8b-2d53-43bd-9531-c88699b4b307"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination
of domestic partnership</header><paragraph id="id666aad95-3f0e-4827-8254-0d33dd795dfe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A domestic
partnership is terminated upon—</text><subparagraph id="id3b206c00-e097-4678-99aa-5dd276a71d8a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the death of
either domestic partner;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfc3d8b10-a418-4546-b140-352cc2b4f057"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the filing of
a notification under paragraph (2) by either or both domestic partners;
or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65932b1c-ba11-4ae7-83f0-56ff36d3eb58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the
satisfaction of such other conditions as the Director may by regulation
prescribe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf9f4051f-8a3f-4eb0-a8cd-4efc6ce95ca2"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id40156df3-6b7f-4328-ac57-01f2a360dd84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If any condition
referred to under clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subsection (a)(3)(B) ceases to
be satisfied, or if the condition referred to under subsection (a)(3)(E) has
ceased to exist for not less than 6 months, either or both of the domestic
partners shall, within 30 days after the condition ceases to be satisfied,
execute and file a notification, in such form and in such manner as prescribed
by the Director in regulation, stating that the condition is no longer
satisfied and that the domestic partnership is terminated.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2b9b77af-f99b-4acd-a72d-3381e82e2edb" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Each domestic partner has a duty that
the notification under subparagraph (A) be timely filed, but the duty of 1
domestic partner shall be satisfied if the other domestic partner timely
executes and files the required notification.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93364fc6-2a65-4710-a2fc-5cc32dbfebcb" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Director shall promulgate
regulations establishing the criteria for determining when any condition
referred to under clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subsection (a)(2)(B) ceases to
be satisfied.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id092620dc-a5ca-41ae-982b-3c444fbd5935"><enum>(3)</enum><text>When one
domestic partner dies, the other domestic partner shall, within 30 days after
the death, execute and file a notification of the death, in such form and in
such manner as prescribed by the Director in regulation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id68f0771c-f023-451e-87a9-d2f18f5b5c17"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effectiveness
of the filing of an affidavit</header><paragraph id="idc74a15ac-b74d-4833-bd0e-445acf4b2284"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The filing of
an affidavit under subsection (a)(2) shall not be effective for purposes of
this section unless the filing individual is an employee, former employee, or
annuitant as of the time of the filing.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbcf9f4e7-fe46-416b-ba9a-19f867cd9437"><enum>(2)</enum><text>No individual
shall, for purposes of the provisions of law to which this chapter applies, be
treated as being in a domestic partnership—</text><subparagraph id="id93b8f241-b485-4ed4-97a4-c34bd7b4c264"><enum>(A)</enum><text>unless an
affidavit has been filed in accordance with this section and with regulations
prescribed by the Director; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06e22225-d90f-4381-a6a4-f76f090065bb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after the
earlier of—</text><clause id="id9d15165a-719d-4256-8c0d-77430191bee5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the date of
the death of either individual; or</text></clause><clause id="id083c7d01-22b9-4557-965a-2de6bae5c4df"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date as
of which the domestic partnership is otherwise terminated, as determined under
regulations prescribed by the Director.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb2569a98-30fb-461a-a71b-fe4fd1348098"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
notifications to government employer</header><text>A domestic partner employed
by an entity of the United States shall provide such notifications to the
employing entity of the formation, existence, or termination of the domestic
partnership, in addition to the filings required under subsections (a) and (b),
as may be required, and in such form and in such manner as prescribed, by the
Director in regulation.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4ee2c54-6598-4e01-99e2-5e562ab827b5"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72F580EFA73F4255A98AA216CF9E2FA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>This section
applies for purposes of the provisions of this title (excluding chapter
81).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id97b1aeef3876404f92316804551ca316"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Two individuals
determined under section 8101(21) or 8171(e)(1)(A) to be domestic partners for
purposes of chapter 81 shall be deemed to be domestic partners in a domestic
partnership, as defined under section 2501, for purposes of any provision of
law to which that definition applies.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b9d487735c3448e83c3a526ba447fa5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Under regulations
prescribed by the President, the Secretary of Labor shall inform the Director
of any individuals determined under section 8101(21) or 8171(e)(1)(A) to be
domestic partners.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc968edbf-178f-4715-8116-acf8e2ee648d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Director shall issue regulations to carry out subsection (a) through
(d).</text></subsection></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id5f10c91c-fdd0-4aea-83e8-01ccb2fa3648"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
and conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
table of chapters for part III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after the item relating to chapter 23 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc76418c2-426c-4050-8dac-a8d4080f8b4d" style="OLC"><toc><multi-column-toc-entry bold="off" level="section"><toc-enum>25.</toc-enum><level-header level="section"> Federal
Employees in Domestic
Partnerships</level-header><target>2501</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idb102bf29-85f5-4671-ae2e-679e43370fb9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Guidance
and educational materials</header><subsection id="ida0263e26-6e87-444a-87a5-015f031534fc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The officers and agencies that have authority to develop
and issue guidance and educational materials with respect to benefits and
obligations established under the amendments made by this Act and the measures
taken under section 103 shall issue the materials—</text><paragraph id="id6601908c-2559-454d-9a7c-3235758dfb6f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in accordance
with subsection (c); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcadbf5f7-a78f-4549-89bc-a456a0989511"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if in the
executive branch, under the coordination of the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8d191ce8-d6b8-468a-8019-08b57ab21d5e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Office of
Personnel Management</header><text>The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management shall, to the greatest extent practicable—</text><paragraph id="idac8b110e-0b2d-410c-b907-c9e1326d307b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>compile the
materials referred to under subsection (a);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id41319bf1-9b7a-4c69-964c-ae9d3ce762d3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prepare and
issue guidance and educational materials with respect to benefits and
obligations available to domestic partners of certain Secret Service and Park
Police Officers who are covered under the DC Police Officers’ and Firefighters’
Retirement Plan, and include that guidance documentation in the compilation
under paragraph (1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaf103722-b204-4f23-9f8e-c37401f5c054"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that
such materials are readily available to employees and their domestic partners,
both in print form and by publicly accessible website.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7821ae61-f7b8-4617-999d-523b04078f24"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timeliness</header><text>To
the maximum extent practicable, the materials shall be—</text><paragraph id="id802590e8-7bf0-4050-8332-5ccfb816572f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prepared and
made readily available not later than 30 days before the effective date of this
Act; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide4bf9d2a-8a05-4108-8bea-662a2e02eb8d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>updated as
necessary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd8e7b442-ab7a-481d-b432-351231bb355a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This section shall take effect on the date of enactment of
this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="idc6df46f7-3c14-4d3f-bec7-2bab9b4cf5e1"><enum>103.</enum><header>Review of
programs under which employment benefits and obligations are
established</header><subsection id="id91c67edb-a7d6-475c-957a-f0a628dfa672"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text><paragraph id="id207a76ef-d582-41b3-bc16-bdbf0fcbb1a9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>benefit</term> includes any right, power, privilege, immunity, or
protection, whether substantive, procedural, remedial, or otherwise;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD0E6A69D88324CF8A379D90D5F39D363"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>covered state</term> means a State, foreign country, or political
subdivision of a foreign country in which a marriage between 2 individuals of
the same sex is recognized under the law of that State, country, or political
subdivision;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc6720fad-af9c-4bdd-87a2-715477d840e2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>domestic partner</term> means either of the individuals in a domestic
partnership;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddb16878d-6c51-43c9-90ea-e2dc07a78ad9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>domestic partnership</term> means a relationship between 2
individuals—</text><subparagraph id="idb09bbd44-f71e-44f5-8bd8-0a251dc9c938"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who are of
the same sex;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide7092f69-a29a-43d8-897b-1ac2a21c360f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at least 1 of
whom is an employee;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb74ac1c9-749f-4f2d-9385-e5f4f9a89df6"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idf9151a8e-2fc9-433c-91c7-80b2d380a87f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who are in a
committed domestic-partnership relationship with each other satisfying the
conditions in clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) and intend to remain so
indefinitely;</text></clause><clause id="id5c81abdb-015d-4db5-a17c-aa79b8d34969" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who have a common residence and
intend to continue to do so (or would have a common residence, but are
prevented from doing so because of such reasons as an assignment abroad or
other employment-related factors, financial considerations, family
responsibilities, or other such reasons);</text></clause><clause id="id164ec6e7-24ff-486e-9d27-3ae617cf7dca" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>who share responsibility for a
significant measure of each other’s welfare and financial obligations;
and</text></clause><clause id="id7f9a7209-b051-4626-a6d1-ca5d70aaa104" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>neither of whom is married to or
in a domestic partnership with anyone except each other;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id045cb84e-b0c3-44b2-909f-cd8dea7cdf45"><enum>(D)</enum><text>each of whom
are at least 18 years of age and mentally competent to consent to a
contract;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1c60260a-260f-4693-bdf4-53e60bff81b3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>who are not
related to each other by blood in a way that would prohibit legal marriage
between individuals otherwise eligible to marry in the jurisdiction (or, if
applicable, in any jurisdiction) in which the individuals have a common
residence; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7ED7D054BDC04193BEC7021DDF323980"><enum>(F)</enum><text>neither of whom
reside in a covered state;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida033fdce-ed84-4904-8272-0f81b5a165d9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>employee</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id6151904c-e7da-4eb3-a7a4-9d846c47f4d8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an employee
as defined under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2501">section 2501</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, as added by
section 101 of this Act;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62160c37-ce66-4e2f-8459-db4dc6008f76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a member of
the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service or of the commissioned
corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0c1aff5a-c7cb-4cf8-ab5a-2d3957d51c97"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
individual performing personal service to the Government (including an
instrumentality wholly owned by the United States), whether for pay, for
nominal pay, or as a volunteer, who is not performing such service as an
employee of any employer other than the Government or as a member of the Armed
Forces;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7cf42059-3916-4302-a156-4ac17f9bbf5c"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<term>obligation</term> includes any duty, disability, or liability, whether
substantive, procedural, remedial, or otherwise; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idAE7DFB4150224A368C9FF7652F0ED117"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term
<term>State</term> means each of the several States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the
United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5275df65-37ea-4bca-916e-5e62a8880aa8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reviews,
additional measures, recommendations, and reports to congress</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less
frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, the President and designees of
the President shall—</text><paragraph id="id628d4875-2ddf-40af-aab1-e469035bb764"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a
review of the employment benefits and of the employment obligations applied to
married employees and their spouses to determine what authority exists for the
President and designees of the President to apply such benefits and obligations
to employees who have domestic partners and the domestic partners of those
employees;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id91eabfbb-fc74-4c64-8cde-7531b3dec336"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include
within the review under paragraph (1) all employment benefits and obligations
under regulations prescribed by the President or a designee of the President,
or promulgated by the head of any agency or department of the executive
branch;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc7a2a2cf-073d-42d7-ba6c-3572cef288d4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>take any
additional measures that can be taken, to the greatest extent practicable and
consistent with law, to apply such benefits and obligations to employees with
domestic partners and the domestic partners of those employees;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida72c2be5-0f33-442d-b632-45f6fad58d99"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop
recommendations for any legislation to further apply such benefits and
obligations to employees with domestic partners and the domestic partners of
those employees; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3738ae73-6ac3-49fd-8689-a0b255c02909"><enum>(5)</enum><text>submit a
report to Congress summarizing the review, determinations, and recommendations
under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7d18abd7-7e05-46f1-a251-f4802fbe1214"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This section shall take effect on the date of enactment of
this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="ida0851aef-c409-4c0b-a17b-94488a7a42dc"><enum>104.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><subsection id="id899ae0f1-5e75-4c01-af25-253580865826"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise
specifically provided, this Act and amendments made by this Act shall take
effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="idebbd5944-6d4b-4e8a-b3fa-58682b27af04"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application
to current and future employees</header><text>An employee, former employee, or
annuitant shall be eligible to establish a domestic partnership by filing an
affidavit under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2502">section 2502(a)(2)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, as added by
section 101 of this Act, only if the employee, former employee, or annuitant is
or has been employed as an employee on or after the effective date of this
Act.</text></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Civil
Service Retirement System</header><section id="id57564f11-f305-4d49-b54d-30e0c251feda"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8331 is amended—</text><paragraph id="idcda2d859-6d90-41f9-a4f4-24d22d547a6e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(23), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCCADC71F524948EB907EFB63829E6B28" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id973D39EC5CC64878B33D6323C0EB170C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the former
spouse—</text><clause id="idD8BE565BB89947D69EFC553134345250"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was married to
the individual for not less than 9 months; or</text></clause><clause id="id03246A5C16F14A02BDF2B64A16F31692"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was in a
domestic partnership with the individual immediately before a marriage to such
individual, and the combined duration of the domestic partnership and marriage
was not less than 9
months;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idFB68FC2A5CAA4EE69F7AB0734DDBB6FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(30), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3e623fa0-9457-41d1-a950-6b564f42f83e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(31), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a762b13-af04-44a3-9788-513157fcf443"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcd014b8-40ec-4f25-8c39-4b0fcbe7e68b" style="USC"><paragraph id="ide86b019b-3e93-46ab-94a9-1533e27a4703"><enum>(32)</enum><text><term>domestic
partner</term> and <term>domestic partnership</term> have the meanings given
under section 2501; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id89838a90-9d5f-4e6d-8453-6106642c42cd"><enum>(33)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><term>former domestic partner</term> means
a former domestic partner of an individual—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idde726403-76ba-465d-a288-6e7ad6b2fc46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if such
individual performed at least 18 months of civilian service covered under this
subchapter as an employee or Member; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id916102c5-4a7b-478a-96b3-87888e50b293"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the former
domestic partner—</text><clause commented="no" id="id6ACF696515B946BBB02EFD2DAC4C3131"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was in a domestic
partnership with the individual for not less than 9 months; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id3D2509478423442B9C015FED2C0B81FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was married to
the individual immediately before entering into a domestic partnership with
such individual, and the combined duration of the marriage and domestic
partnership was not less than 9
months.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idee335693-3897-471e-a234-08695485aae4"><enum>202.</enum><header>Creditable
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8332 is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id674bf5dd-7c9e-4cc7-8c6a-ed47275e633e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(3)(C)(ii), by striking <quote>former spouse.</quote> and inserting
<quote>former spouse (or former domestic partner).</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idddde2afa-d2fa-435f-9700-42a11c5181c0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraphs
(4) and (5) of subsection (o), by striking <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears and inserting <quote>spouse (or domestic partner),</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idaa7672ed-8e78-468f-b984-e9de83662157"><enum>203.</enum><header>Computation
of annuity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8339 is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id0ec0d2b3-d0d9-4416-984b-1d6deccd8762"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(j)—</text><subparagraph id="id2f6a9467-ff52-4430-bd06-e9fef67cd203"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="idf586a2e1-a827-4b91-a008-fbef7e893899"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>the spouse</quote> each place
it appears;</text></clause><clause id="id4aa5d7a2-16b7-488e-a281-7016ff6e5928"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or has a domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>is married</quote>;
and</text></clause><clause id="id34e8be6c-7e6c-470a-a526-1f1dd859e65e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>(or domestic partner’s)</quote> after <quote>the
spouse’s</quote> each place it appears;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb2988cf9-c197-4d8a-929b-9ef77d1f9939"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>former spouse</quote> each place it appears;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id48a50c93-3f93-407c-9c08-0372127b5e51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text><clause id="id76cb8cfe-308f-4ba7-ae2b-5c8f19bec871"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first
sentence—</text><subclause id="id64a64250-56a2-457a-83e0-99c55239767a"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>former spouse</quote>
each place it appears; and</text></subclause><subclause id="ida5370cc8-73f6-4a2e-9619-a4631fe0f67a"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or being in a domestic partnership with)</quote> after <quote>based on
marriage to</quote>;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idc5fd4740-b9d3-4961-b855-3b7f7e35cf34"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the
second sentence—</text><subclause id="id1bcad1fa-0ccd-4860-9a11-d0efe108edec"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or the domestic partnership of the former domestic partner
with)</quote> after <quote>the marriage of the former spouse to</quote>;
and</text></subclause><subclause id="idd997cc42-2c37-45af-8471-808db2f560db"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>is dissolved,</quote> and inserting <quote>is dissolved (or
terminated),</quote>;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8ba5ba01-c832-4838-8f0d-e004edace02b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the
sixth sentence, by striking <quote>former spouse.</quote> and inserting
<quote>former spouse (or former domestic partner).</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id92bf92b9-cd39-4c46-939d-59f204bd6622"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="id05047b89-4b34-4b2b-bcca-f6e9eba7b216"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>is then married,</quote> and inserting <quote>is then married (or is
then in a domestic partnership),</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="ida4a08655-dd68-4980-bea9-9b2a2166b463"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the spouse’s written consent.</quote> and inserting <quote>the written
consent of the spouse (or domestic partner).</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idde2c3d5b-ad7c-4efb-a47a-4589f54ac539"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by amending
the next to last sentence to read as follows: <quote>In the case of a retired
employee or Member whose annuity is being reduced in order to provide a
survivor annuity for a former spouse (or former domestic partner), an election
to provide or increase a survivor annuity for any other former spouse (or any
other former domestic partner), and to continue an appropriate reduction for
that purpose, may be made within the same period that, and subject to the same
conditions under which, an election could be made under paragraph (5)(B) for a
current spouse (or a current domestic partner), subject to the provisions of
this paragraph relating to consent of a current spouse (or of a current
domestic partner), if the retired employee or Member is then married (or in a
domestic partnership).</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc4bf1c4f-9f11-4361-92fb-0b191df69f1b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (5) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id925cc1cd-ee84-4fd9-b579-f4558c2392f4" style="USC"><paragraph id="id7c50e286-bb02-4cc7-b5d0-f80297b2112c" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id955e7e16-e390-417c-a9ac-f545bf7f823e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reduction in an annuity for the purpose
of providing a survivor annuity for the current spouse (or the current domestic
partner) of a retired employee or Member shall be terminated for each full
month—</text><clause id="idacddf025-91c3-4a8f-93c3-fc956e8ca6f6" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after the death of the spouse (or domestic
partner); or</text></clause><clause id="idebc948b9-e8e8-4847-b579-e36fab4d55e4" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after the dissolution of the marriage of
the spouse (or the termination of the domestic partnership of the domestic
partner) to the employee or Member,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph" indent="subsection">except that an appropriate reduction shall be made
thereafter if the spouse (or domestic partner) is entitled, as a former spouse
(or former domestic partner), to a survivor annuity under section
8341(h).</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id358c6b8c-13e6-4e8a-a497-1e64e8cbc06a" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reduction in an annuity for the purpose
of providing a survivor annuity for a former spouse (or a former domestic
partner) of a retired employee or Member shall be terminated for each full
month after the former spouse remarries (or enters into a domestic partnership)
(or the former domestic partner enters into a subsequent domestic partnership
or marries) before reaching age 55 or dies. This reduction shall be replaced by
an appropriate reduction or reductions under paragraph (4) if the retired
employee or Member has (i) another former spouse (or another former domestic
partner) who is entitled to a survivor annuity under section 8341(h), (ii) a
current spouse to whom the employee or Member was married (or a current
domestic partner with whom the employee or Member was in a domestic
partnership) at the time of retirement and with respect to whom a survivor
annuity was not jointly waived under paragraph (1), or (iii) a current spouse
whom the employee or Member married (or a current domestic partner with whom
the employee or Member entered into domestic partnership) after retirement and
with respect to whom an election has been made under subparagraph (C) or
subsection (k)(2).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb6c79337-2a1d-4c13-9a66-65290f6d8d4e" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idebab71a9-7a38-4425-94e1-7449eb9b85f9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon entry into a subsequent marriage (or
domestic partnership), a retired employee or Member who was married (or in a
domestic partnership) at the time of retirement, including an employee or
Member whose annuity was not reduced to provide a survivor annuity for the
employee’s or Member's spouse or former spouse (or domestic partner or former
domestic partner) as of the time of retirement, may irrevocably elect during
such marriage (or domestic partnership), in a signed writing received by the
Office—</text><subclause id="id7580e8ea-c302-4589-9285-27dc848d8074" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>within 2 years after such entry into a
subsequent marriage (or domestic partnership); or</text></subclause><subclause id="idc332cae8-7dee-46f8-9574-e981fe95a75d" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if later, within 2 years
after—</text><item id="id904f6352-1397-4c8d-807b-7e738a72a814"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the death of or entry into a subsequent
marriage (or domestic partnership) by any former spouse (or former domestic
partner) of such employee or Member who was entitled to a survivor annuity
under section 8341(h); or</text></item><item id="idaa389396-5bb4-4c7f-97e7-70312f14bd78"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>if there was more than 1 surviving
former spouse (or surviving former domestic partner), the death of or entry
into a subsequent marriage (or domestic partnership) by the last such surviving
former spouse (or surviving former domestic partner),</text></item><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subclause" indent="paragraph">a reduction in the employee’s or Member's annuity
under paragraph (4) for the purpose of providing an annuity for such employee’s
or Member's spouse (or domestic partner) in the event such spouse (or domestic
partner) survives the employee or Member.</continuation-text></subclause></clause><clause id="id7cf3f4ee-b58e-471f-9857-649427126f29" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such election and reduction shall be
effective the first day of the second month after the election is received by
the Office, but not less than 9 months after the date of the subsequent
marriage (or entry into the subsequent domestic partnership), and the retired
employee or Member shall deposit in the Fund an amount determined by the Office
of Personnel Management, as nearly as may be administratively feasible, to
reflect the amount by which the annuity of such retired employee or Member
would have been reduced if the election had been in effect since the date of
retirement or, if later, the date the previous reduction in such retired
employee’s or Member's annuity was terminated under subparagraph (A) or (B),
plus interest. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the annual rate of
interest for each year during which an annuity would have been reduced if the
election had been in effect on and after the applicable date referred to in
such sentence shall be 6 percent.</text></clause><clause id="id12cd8f0c-8191-4860-ac40-cf47944dedb1" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office shall, by regulation, provide
for payment of the deposit required under clause (ii) by a reduction in the
annuity of the employee or Member. The reduction shall, to the extent
practicable, be designed so that the present value of the future reduction is
actuarially equivalent to the deposit required under clause (ii), except that
total reductions in the annuity of an employee or Member to pay deposits
required by the provisions of this paragraph or paragraph (3) shall not exceed
25 percent of the annuity computed under subsections (a) through (i), (n), (q),
and (r), including adjustments under section 8340. The reduction required by
this clause, which shall be effective on the same date as the election under
clause (i), shall be permanent and unaffected by any future dissolution of the
marriage (or termination of the domestic partnership). Such reduction shall be
independent of and in addition to the reduction required under clause
(i).</text></clause><clause id="id0d04b21f-5615-4f8e-bb9b-26199c260054" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subparagraph, an election under this subparagraph may not be made for the
purpose of providing an annuity in the case of a spouse by remarriage (or a
domestic partner by a subsequent domestic partnership) if such spouse was
married to (or if such domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with) the
employee or Member at the time of such employee’s or Member's retirement, and
all rights to survivor benefits for such spouse (or domestic partner) under
this subchapter based on marriage (or domestic partnership) to such employee or
Member were then waived under paragraph (1) or a similar prior provision of
law.</text></clause><clause id="id7d5dec61-d429-448b-8f81-b7f2f078926f" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An election to provide a survivor annuity
to a person under this subparagraph—</text><subclause id="idaf6f3c6d-3124-4378-bdee-d857cee865be"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall prospectively void any election made
by the employee or Member under subsection (k)(1) with respect to such person;
or</text></subclause><subclause id="id8a70e222-5ffd-4496-b748-039cb890a766"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall, if an election was made by the
employee or Member under such subsection (k)(1) with respect to a different
person, prospectively void such election if appropriate written application is
made by such employee or Member at the time of making the election under this
subparagraph.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idf42e3ae4-60dc-480b-8df3-d3680c275851" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The deposit provisions of clauses (ii) and
(iii) shall not apply if—</text><subclause id="idd7570e94-69ee-46b6-b8eb-b0f3dbcd31fb"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employee or Member makes an election
under this subparagraph after having made an election under subsection (k)(1);
and</text></subclause><subclause id="id158bd5db-1d20-4f3d-85f2-40c1a4781254"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the election under subsection (k)(1)
becomes void under clause (v).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc2741e0c-f58d-4019-952f-b6bb7b1a52e8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)—</text><subparagraph id="idbc0385c8-a7eb-4cca-9753-0bb3acfb3d48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="id4ca1ffa4-2a0d-455a-889a-e57197e425a9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a married employee or
Member</quote> and inserting <quote>an employee or Member who is married (or in
a domestic partnership)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id5dcf8240-0baa-4f6d-9144-5466a5f324e6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide7f31ef2-5043-4f78-9e9f-9f78a1bbccc1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause id="id6a004b34-9ad4-4cfc-8e5c-5a4ce5ca4b65"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
the matter before subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2f23adf-873c-4dfc-a8e8-3f829db70281" style="USC"><paragraph id="idbc7aacd0-8764-4638-9259-c6a5477b69ce" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4ff8cb86-75d0-4b45-b598-86cb59249b7f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An employee or
Member, who is unmarried (and not in a domestic partnership) at the time of
retiring under a provision of law which permits election of a reduced annuity
with a survivor annuity payable to such employee’s or Member's spouse (or
domestic partner) and who later marries (or enters into a domestic
partnership), may irrevocably elect, in a signed writing received in the
Office—</text><clause id="id0e4711bb-8080-4233-a058-44c5d9c29261" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>within 2 years after such employee or
Member marries (or enters into a domestic partnership); or</text></clause><clause id="id96439eb5-06c1-48e5-9664-102621f49409" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if later, within 2 years
after—</text><subclause id="idc04ab776-b67e-4242-9977-f07f057d4997"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the death of, or entry into a
subsequent marriage (or domestic partnership) by, any former spouse (or former
domestic partner) of such employee or Member who was entitled to a survivor
annuity under section 8341(h); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id3a0b0974-bfe2-4232-86c1-dbb4621bbe77"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if there was more than 1 surviving
former spouse (or surviving former domestic partner), the death of or entry
into a subsequent marriage (or domestic partnership) by the last such surviving
former spouse (or surviving former domestic partner),</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">a
reduction in the retired employee or Member's current annuity as provided in
subsection
(j).</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idb347f0b9-6c84-4988-a307-580f8facb0f8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)(i) (in the matter before subclause (I)), by striking
<quote>marriage.</quote> and inserting <quote>marriage (or entry into a
domestic partnership).</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id83ff5053-a4c9-49e2-a1cb-bb5c14a5ddb6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting <quote>(or in a domestic
partnership)</quote> after <quote>married</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id0be1dc28-9fa3-4085-aa3a-788bc2064a86"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>marriage.</quote> and inserting
<quote>marriage (or domestic partnership).</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id77521859-7ffd-4a99-a2ac-b60989ed7d67"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(o)(1)—</text><subparagraph id="id442fe7f4-397f-4b88-95af-60f258d55b35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in
subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B)(i), by striking <quote>is married,</quote> and
inserting <quote>is married (or is in a domestic partnership),</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idef9436c2-a2ba-447f-a899-bdf1c929cb54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A) (in the matter following clause (ii)), by inserting <quote>(or
domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id97297dd4-ef50-4d56-a252-f02f6a5d44b7"><enum>204.</enum><header>Cost-of-living
adjustment of annuities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8340 is amended—</text><paragraph id="id979e2646-d996-41f5-97bd-9021e63fe056"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph id="id82f55932-f411-423c-ba6a-34b6c59bbf41"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3b68f3c0-a127-4a26-9b9f-b2d9c78c9197"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9c6a2d71-601f-40c2-8963-9b5e582a2829"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide10d7256-c9bc-4e76-bf29-10867a34d56e" style="USC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idcf085e71-2858-41c1-afee-9a5900e4cd94"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the terms <term>widow</term>,
<term>widower</term>, and <term>surviving partner</term> have the respective
meanings given them under section 8341.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id10df3cfb-bf18-454f-9510-18df45f91635"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1)—</text><subparagraph id="idaffffb92-eed3-4c8a-96fc-b716b1bfef46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
before subparagraph (A), by striking all after <quote>who retires,</quote> and
before <quote>of a deceased annuitant</quote> and inserting <quote>to the
widow, widower, or former spouse (or the surviving partner or former domestic
partner) of a deceased employee or Member, or to the widow, widower, or former
spouse (or the surviving partner or former domestic partner), or insurable
interest designee</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5341546-e04f-4e85-8dc1-c6ea56b6ff66"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking <quote>a widow, widower, former spouse, or
insurable interest designee</quote> and inserting <quote>a widow, widower, or
former spouse (or surviving partner or former domestic partner) or insurable
interest designee</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id002aecef-9d9b-44e3-9dcf-f2f1d689b3f3"><enum>205.</enum><header>Survivor
annuities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8341 is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id871eadb7-4418-42aa-84c8-88b8474dcbed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph id="id1a0751ae-3466-403c-9c36-24c6f2124fda"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA6D507549B8431187B32C483D42B17C" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idB74C15AA58AE4740A614EC1C59F7C94C"><enum>(1)</enum><text><term>widow</term>
means the surviving wife of an employee or Member who—</text><subparagraph id="idA42D64013389486182EAE9C413358B1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was married to
such employee or Member for not less than 9 months immediately before the death
of such employee or Member;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3ED8740012C44670A03A84882E1DF798"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was married to
such employee or Member immediately before the death of such employee or
Member, was in a domestic partnership with such employee or Member immediately
before the marriage to such employee or Member, and the combined duration of
the domestic partnership and marriage was not less than 9 months; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF6D4D7DD08954EB4A4B0E75FCF2762D1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is the mother of
issue by that marriage;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE9CD3137A2FC4C589ECA2E50D60F6DC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text><term>widower</term>
means the surviving husband of an employee or Member who—</text><subparagraph id="idE57F67EA6A514549B28A063844BD1DDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was married to
the employee or Member for not less than 9 months immediately before the death
of the employee or Member;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB0C3C9ADB382447CB235C562D3861D73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was married to
such employee or Member immediately before the death of such employee or
Member, was in a domestic partnership with the employee or Member immediately
before the marriage to such employee or Member, and the combined duration of
the domestic partnership and marriage was not less than 9 months; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA4AC61F33433483BAFEDFEBB901BEF78"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is the father of
issue in that
marriage;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id32AF3E7FBD4147D9804CE8819777609A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c2901a6-5fd6-4271-8e6d-9500ed3f7336"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd92ef457-1bbc-402d-8b20-4264bf686881" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id51f4df4b-06d6-4b1f-bf87-64dad96aeef9"><enum>(3)</enum><text><term>surviving
partner</term> means the surviving domestic partner of an employee or Member
who—</text><subparagraph id="idba2ac899-f5df-46b7-992b-3cf50ec7cc66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was in a
domestic partnership with such employee or Member for not less than 9 months
immediately before the death of such employee or Member; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddf61e6a9-a750-40d9-be61-af46f01356fe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>satisfies
such other requirements, related to parenthood and the domestic partnership, as
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall by regulation
prescribe based on the definition of a widow or widower under paragraphs (1)(B)
and (2)(B) of this section;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id575877f2-d691-4f44-b232-cc0d4466fbc0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5) (as so redesignated by subparagraph (A))—</text><clause id="ida0a4e354-5e4b-47fe-9b28-5ae232d2daee"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="id05138d00-0f03-4e1b-a54a-11a9ceb746dc"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>an unmarried dependent child</quote> and inserting <quote>a dependent
child who is unmarried (and not in a domestic partnership) and</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="idf2067d89-d4be-45c2-8665-81e6c2b34839"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause
(ii), by striking <quote>stepchild but only if the stepchild </quote> and
inserting <quote>stepchild (or child of the domestic partner not adopted by or
otherwise the child of the employee or Member) but only if the stepchild (or
the child of the domestic partner)</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idfa7e4b72-7015-49cd-80b0-9fe9cf69155b"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause
(iv), by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>the surviving spouse</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id23a7cc4a-4056-46a2-bd78-72b53356ac12"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraphs (B) and (C), by striking <quote>unmarried dependent child</quote>
and inserting <quote>dependent child who is unmarried (and not in a domestic
partnership)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ec4cc1d-2eaa-4d96-b45a-36c55912335d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="id8af3adf0-332c-452a-9442-695b22b0bd8d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="idff9407b2-290c-40c4-b974-c28e976b860a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>widow or widower</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>widow or widower (or surviving partner)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idcb139601-8677-45eb-905d-1b1378e09fe7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>remarriage,</quote> and inserting <quote>remarriage (or entry into a
subsequent domestic partnership)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc8bb0033-d952-42a7-bd92-3856ee425ea2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause id="id90015b20-f428-4f0e-ad77-07948d5f48d2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>widow or widower</quote>
each place it appears and inserting <quote>widow or widower (or surviving
partner)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id8a9d189c-8ada-47c2-932e-6ddd5e225cd3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or in a domestic partnership with)</quote> after <quote>married
to</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5d1f8256-75ac-4be5-b48e-d186ca0a3168"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text><clause id="id7254829f-de5e-4f99-9106-478ad6b38d11"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter
before subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote>
after <quote>spouse</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="ide8f66579-c200-4dbf-a78a-0c3c053b45c9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>widow or widower</quote>
each place it appears and inserting <quote>widow or widower (or surviving
partner)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id48d5e7b3-31c6-4715-981e-6c83c3e24b95"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>(or, in the case of a widow or widower,
enters into a domestic partnership) (or, in the case of a surviving partner,
enters into a subsequent domestic partnership or marries)</quote> after
<quote>remarries</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9aa36339-4e7c-433d-8689-fb9376d68dd9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text><clause id="idcaa88093-222f-425a-92e1-6b2f797c11c0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>widow or widower</quote>
each place it appears and inserting <quote>widow or widower (or surviving
partner)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id6a2469bb-1c6f-46e5-b3a8-3940a908f189"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote>
after <quote>former spouse</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id69f77ac8-7c7f-4290-95c8-f821fb35405e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text><subparagraph id="id6f302d5e-4311-4544-9d18-eb57541a396d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>widow or widower</quote>
each place it appears and inserting <quote>widow or widower (or surviving
partner)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide9c03381-11f1-40e8-8567-6f08c30bb482"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting
<quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>former spouse</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf4a61a2f-c2b5-4a25-9048-02a091d92420"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause
(ii), by inserting <quote>(or, in the case of a widow or widower, enters into a
domestic partnership) (or, in the case of a surviving partner, enters into a
subsequent domestic partnership or marries)</quote> after
<quote>remarries</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4655d379-559b-4562-b1ac-2f14d4d64a0d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text><subparagraph id="id9bd119b3-640d-4d5c-9585-7ad7619a1dd3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
the matter before paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4d90e8a-666b-49bb-a257-5473b4a5f68a" style="USC"><subsection id="idabc58226-dd72-4002-a943-e90c0d3b1454"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idcbe0b87b-fcac-4a10-b16b-c720e587f2ba"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the purposes of
this subsection—</text><subparagraph id="idcf51f976-c67a-4f5a-b270-d980c9b14ca2" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>former spouse</term>
includes a former spouse who was married to an employee or Member for less than
9 months and a former spouse of an employee or Member who completed less than
18 months of service covered by this subchapter; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8594130c-6d72-4f43-80c3-17c0b3386dc9" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>former domestic
partner</term> includes a former domestic partner who was in a domestic
partnership with an employee or Member for less than 9 months and a former
domestic partner of an employee or Member who completed less than 18 months of
service covered by this
subchapter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0746e0f3-be62-4d85-8b2e-deb5b1626869"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2), by striking <quote>a spouse or a former spouse</quote> each place it
appears and inserting <quote>a spouse or former spouse (or a domestic partner
or former domestic partner)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5820d0bf-fbd9-4fa3-be1c-f3bf06b60e62"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text><clause id="id2f158fb8-4051-4f57-a46a-6a196497ef4c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>dies or marries;</quote> and inserting
<quote>dies or marries (or enters into a domestic partnership);</quote>;
and</text></clause><clause id="id30140c2a-9afc-42c5-b389-2c07a4592ebf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the
matter following subparagraph (E)—</text><subclause id="id1f9f7ab2-8c03-4703-adc0-e5c2cc6482a6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner or former domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>spouse or former spouse</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id66c481db-ac8a-4dae-a8bd-ba3d1298d460"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>spouse, former spouse, or child</quote> and inserting <quote>spouse or
former spouse (or domestic partner or former domestic partner) or
child,</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd870ce94-4878-41f7-be76-07a19f39b6eb"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4), by striking <quote>marriage, then, if such marriage</quote> and inserting
<quote>marriage, then, if such marriage (or a domestic partnership, then, if
such domestic partnership)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id68c2a073-829f-43f0-a0f1-956119b95d43"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idecd896ba-a6e5-41ea-89ec-1aba706927a6" style="USC"><subsection id="id2755ca43-891e-4496-a4e4-5bf9ec1944cc"><enum>(f)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a Member heretofore or hereafter
separated from the service with title to deferred annuity from the Fund
hereafter dies before having established a valid claim for annuity and is
survived by a spouse to whom married (or a domestic partner to whom in a
domestic partnership) at the date of separation, the surviving spouse (or
surviving partner)—</text><paragraph id="idcc6e326d-6f0a-4d1f-a0d3-2c9b217bdbeb"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is entitled to an annuity equal to 55
percent of the deferred annuity of the Member commencing on the day after the
Member dies and terminating on the last day of the month before the surviving
spouse dies or remarries (or enters into a domestic partnership) (or the
surviving domestic partner dies or enters into a subsequent domestic
partnership or marries); or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id462dffa2-9f72-40e8-a04a-bdc94720d069"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may elect to
receive the lump-sum credit instead of annuity if the spouse (or domestic
partner) is the individual who would be entitled to the lump-sum credit and
files application therefor with the Office before the award of the
annuity.</text><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph" indent="subsection">Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, an annuity payable under this subsection to the surviving spouse (or
surviving domestic partner) of a Member may not exceed the difference
between—</continuation-text><subparagraph id="id0743D2B3CA3348FDBEB63D9EF71F880E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the annuity
which would otherwise be payable to such surviving spouse (or such surviving
domestic partner) under this subsection; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF53CAEF046634E82B3DE5754B22C191A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of
the survivor annuity payable to any former spouse (or any former domestic
partner) of such Member under subsection
(h).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id4e5d3f2f-a9d2-4b2f-89a8-972e2df00263"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (g) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22940994-b2c4-40b7-aa0c-ddfb627cb136" style="USC"><subsection id="id9af38f45-2c72-42db-9b74-6a0ad8fa1361"><enum>(g)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a surviving spouse (or
surviving domestic partner) whose annuity under this section is terminated
because of a subsequent entry into a marriage (or domestic partnership) before
becoming 55 years of age, annuity at the same rate shall be restored commencing
on the day the remarriage (or subsequent domestic partnership) is dissolved by
death, annulment, or divorce (or terminated), if—</text><paragraph id="id7de13a86-1dbe-4602-ab0d-e878bf3decd2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the surviving spouse (or surviving domestic
partner) elects to receive this annuity instead of a survivor benefit to which
he may be entitled, under this subchapter or another retirement system for
Government employees, by reason of the subsequent entry into a marriage (or
domestic partnership); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida5d9de6b-6c0c-4b08-964e-123dbd0da311"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any lump sum
paid on termination of the annuity is returned to the
Fund.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b6b3001-300c-4f3a-af9a-b639afec056a"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (h) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec95070d-ac11-4851-816e-a8a97e1a89d4" style="USC"><subsection id="idfe69b1c9-c7e3-45ab-b825-e4ea2311b1a4"><enum>(h)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id899c70e5-1746-4489-a302-47d6a9c322b6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraphs (2) through (5), a
former spouse (or former domestic partner) of a deceased employee, Member,
annuitant, or former Member who was separated from the service with title to a
deferred annuity under section 8338(b) is entitled to a survivor annuity under
this subsection, if and to the extent expressly provided for in an election
under section 8339(j)(3), or in the terms of any decree of divorce or annulment
or any court order or court-approved property settlement agreement incident to
such decree.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida48d36fa-af08-4194-b09d-f9d44cf1b52d" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idb4191ee3-c7ee-4e55-8f8b-ef1526866755"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The annuity payable to a former spouse (or
former domestic partner) under this subsection may not exceed the difference
between—</text><clause id="id7dfc2a41-fdaa-4bd7-add6-9a6135e11a7f" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount applicable in the case of
such former spouse (or former domestic partner), as determined under
subparagraph (B); and</text></clause><clause id="id7a305194-4fe0-46f0-9e85-2b8818f545a7" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of any annuity payable
under this subsection to any other former spouse (or former domestic partner)
of the employee, Member, or annuitant, based on an election previously made
under section 8339(j)(3), or a court order previously issued.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddf947969-a79d-4c54-b5e4-1ef5f1c2f51e" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The applicable amount, for purposes of
subparagraph (A)(i) in the case of a former spouse (or former domestic
partner), is the amount which would be applicable—</text><clause id="idd7c7bd80-cd8e-4179-a7c9-ff7bd7bf4d08"><enum>(i)</enum><text>under subsection (b)(4)(A) in the case
of a widow or widower (or surviving partner), if the deceased was an employee
or Member who died after retirement;</text></clause><clause id="id3206c646-d0bc-4645-91d6-0fe994262844"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>under subparagraph (A) of subsection
(d) in the case of a widow or widower (or surviving partner), if the deceased
was an employee or Member described in the first sentence of such subsection;
or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id1d0f8fbd-a7bc-48cb-90e4-38aa01c09dce"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under subparagraph (A) of subsection (f) in
the case of a surviving spouse (or surviving domestic partner), if the deceased
was a Member described in the first sentence of such subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb3c786bb-ef47-4496-8e62-96adae0439cb" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The commencement and termination of an
annuity payable under this subsection shall be governed by the terms of the
applicable order, decree, agreement, or election, as the case may be, except
that any such annuity—</text><subparagraph id="idf49f8cb2-28c6-4214-abb8-bd96c31c78c1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not commence before—</text><clause id="id20ffdc7f-169c-43d4-8b22-195937e5f903"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the day after the employee, Member,
or annuitant dies; or</text></clause><clause id="idd18fa45b-3a98-4112-8564-162ed6ffa533"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the first day of the second month
beginning after the date on which the Office receives written notice of the
order, decree, agreement, or election, as the case may be, together with such
additional information or documentation as the Office may prescribe,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">whichever is later, and</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id57036ea1-5efb-421d-98a0-8580faca9b4f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall terminate—</text><clause id="id563868ef-8f6c-4880-b574-b5b1e51006b7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>except as provided in subsection
(k), in the case of an annuity computed by reference to clause (i) or (ii) of
paragraph (2)(B), no later than the last day of the month before the former
spouse remarries (or enters into a domestic partnership) (or former domestic
partner enters into a subsequent domestic partnership or marries) before
becoming 55 years of age or dies; or</text></clause><clause id="idf21efd20-c007-40b2-8fea-350c0d9ac5ab"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an annuity computed by
reference to clause (iii) of such paragraph, no later than the last day of the
month before the former spouse remarries (or enters into a domestic
partnership) or dies (or the former domestic partner enters into a subsequent
domestic partnership or marries or dies).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbbdd3fa0-b04b-4668-998e-8c314736a109" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subchapter, a
modification in a decree, order, agreement, or election referred to in
paragraph (1) shall not be effective—</text><subparagraph id="id4e0c0222-1994-4b15-9557-860aa1dfa99a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if such modification is made after the
retirement or death of the employee or Member concerned, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9fe78cec-74cf-46b6-9ea9-c88d3c3af1d4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent that such modification
involves an annuity under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9468bd3c-7bf8-4171-b9a2-fe7ec5512355" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For purposes of this subchapter, a
decree, order, agreement, or election referred to in paragraph (1) shall not be
effective, in the case of a former spouse (or former domestic partner), to the
extent that it is inconsistent with any joint designation or waiver previously
executed with respect to such former spouse (or former domestic partner) under
section 8339(j)(1) or a similar prior provision of law.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id50062711-0d1b-427f-a69e-da0db3703bf1" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Any payment under this subsection to
a person bars recovery by any other person.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd86ac359-0363-4001-b361-bc9022a09037" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>As used in this subsection,
<term>court</term> means any court of any State, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin
Islands, and any Indian
court.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id3e845ebc-6561-4e19-ba86-116470cb004c"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (i) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="id7544f4d9-b5ce-4a75-aa8b-04239f0a62f2" style="OLC"><subsection id="id1113fb1d-a6d9-4ec1-8af2-9df23c67e6c2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The
requirement in subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) that the surviving spouse
(or surviving domestic partner) of an employee or Member have been married to
(or in a domestic partnership with, or a combination thereof) such employee or
Member for not less than 9 months immediately before the death of the employee
or Member in order to qualify as the widow or widower (or surviving partner) of
such employee or Member shall be deemed satisfied in any case in which the
employee or Member dies within the applicable 9-month period, if—</text><paragraph id="id47dc18d7-d755-406c-8d59-bef9f12dc558"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the death of
the employee or Member was accidental; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id66a331c8-9116-42f7-95e7-ec6dcae64c6d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the surviving
spouse (or surviving domestic partner) of such individual had been previously
married to (or in a domestic partnership with) the individual that was
subsequently dissolved (or terminated), and the aggregate time married (or in a
domestic partnership) is not less than 9
months.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id31908ff8-756e-4c92-b379-19bdbd49a197"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by
redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (j) and amending such subsection to
read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="id73585f68-3b76-4279-aa00-63468c61cdf3" style="OLC"><subsection id="id6fa03d28-b617-4651-ab78-9d43d69bb3de"><enum>(j)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3a20bb8f-5cbd-40be-a7bb-7da8f32c82ea"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsections
(b)(3)(B), (d)(ii), and (h)(3)(B)(i), to the extent that they provide for
termination of a survivor annuity because of a subsequent entry into a marriage
(or domestic partnership) before age 55, shall not apply if—</text><subparagraph id="id4556AFACC2CA4B34B2F8A781A77DD33A" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the widow, widower, or former
spouse—</text><clause id="id0C4B16563B5342B48E818CAA5AF7D1EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was married to the individual on
whose service the survivor annuity is based for not less than 30 years;
or</text></clause><clause id="id43C8C110366447A88AB3CA4380236B42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was in a domestic partnership with
the individual on whose service the survivor annuity is based immediately
before marriage to such individual, and the combined duration of the domestic
partnership and marriage was not less than 30 years; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3CC0DEC26797471AB74C0CE6A7E352FB" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the surviving partner or former
domestic partner—</text><clause id="id7AE2A74BEE1B46F58FF09EBFEE0A6932"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was in a domestic partnership with
the individual on whose service the survivor annuity is based for not less than
30 years; or</text></clause><clause id="id02720F85D7A344208665B04A52BE81C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was married to the individual on
whose service the survivor annuity is based immediately before entering into a
domestic partnership with such individual, and the combined duration of the
marriage and the domestic partnership was not less than 30 years.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida3f90ed8-22b9-426b-8cb7-525dcf64e327" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A subsequent entry into a marriage
(or domestic partnership) described in paragraph (1) shall not be taken into
account for purposes of subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 8339(j)(5) or any
other provision of this chapter which the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management may by regulation identify in order to carry out the purposes of
this
subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8328f69b-3420-4b9a-825d-735c061d535b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header>Lump-sum benefits;
designation of beneficiary; order of precedence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8342 is amended—</text><paragraph id="ideb3dbba6-7bd7-47b4-ae4c-f4161b362b26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><subparagraph id="id0fdd68b3-ceb0-425a-87dc-c7e236245bcc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or widower</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74c52581-79fa-4fe2-a070-32db446a1696"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>stepchild.</quote> and inserting <quote>stepchild (or a child of a
domestic partner which child is not adopted by or otherwise a child of the
employee or Member).</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb1fb325f-4c3d-4c1d-b6ce-71d6d27f54d2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(j)—</text><subparagraph id="idefad2270-65e2-49c9-bafc-70682a0362c6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by inserting <quote>(or the domestic partner, if any)</quote> after
<quote>the spouse, if any</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide46e74c4-7cb8-4e66-a93f-0fa901fedd51"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(or domestic
partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id22c600bd-0ce8-4b8c-a4d4-a5e38c9d0b93"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>former spouse</quote>
each place it appears.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idbf63e240-81ca-4c51-b519-6f93b8ccec1f"><enum>207.</enum><header>Alternative
forms of annuities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
8343a is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida8fa6829-1865-4c21-a50d-a63c2cf8d33d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="idb5718d00-6ce5-476f-b0f5-a710515f1dad"><enum>(A)</enum><text>(in the
material before subparagraph (A)), by inserting <quote>(or in a domestic
partnership)</quote> after <quote>married</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbb48e78e-e82c-4a78-840a-129d03372593"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote>
after <quote>surviving spouse</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5666ff0f-4b92-4770-a08f-a1eefca08612"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text><subparagraph id="id8e1f172a-2439-4b04-90e7-733187f88b0e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1), by striking <quote>married,</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>married (or in a domestic partnership),</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id83003e19-cec9-4ccd-b385-d7461fc0a5ec"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2), by striking <quote>former spouse,</quote> and inserting <quote>former
spouse (or former domestic partner),</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ba5d9eb-c19c-462b-9efc-a3a957e0fb8b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), by inserting <quote>(or in a domestic partnership)</quote> after
<quote>married</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idf672663d-ae08-4731-b5be-85dec59ccefd"><enum>208.</enum><header>Administration;
regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
8347(n)(1)(D) is amended by striking <quote>their spouses, and their former
spouses</quote> and inserting <quote>their spouses (and domestic partners), and
their former spouses (and former domestic partners)</quote>.</text></section><section id="id03847ad2-8571-4546-a1c5-42fd2584b245"><enum>209.</enum><header>Participation
in the Thrift Savings Plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8351(b)(5) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idd23876d7-d31f-46f2-abf3-aa2f4bf73736"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), by inserting <quote>(or domestic
partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id33639f03-97fb-40a7-8e1e-a54203ba93ec"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>a married employee or Member</quote> and
inserting <quote>an employee or Member who is married (or in a domestic
partnership)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaaf18989-5002-4f95-8f8f-97fcdac62709"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner or former domestic
partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse or former spouse</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Federal
Employees’ Retirement System</header><subtitle id="id93ebbea3-ecb4-40af-b05c-0c37fbb018e0"><enum>A</enum><header>General
provisions</header><section id="id4f56e17d-4f62-43ba-a16e-1d82dd8c98ae"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8401 is amended—</text><paragraph id="id1f95da42-5f9f-43cb-95a0-5eda502a63f5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(12), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA895829CE74F47FC96580C0729E30C38" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idB720D5E7AF2E4646AD811C14282AAF78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the former
spouse—</text><clause id="id13FD1B93BF3743AB84B125E3E4E6D470"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was married to
such individual for not less than 9 months; or</text></clause><clause id="id84F1CD1B84644529B6716AF46DC67D99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was in a
domestic partnership with the individual immediately before a marriage to such
individual, and the combined duration of the domestic partnership and marriage
was not less than 9
months;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id3EBB2B3C2537485294C5D6C4CE065FD0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(36), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id892c16d7-a294-414f-bb5b-a045cb6b8eeb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(37), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4f01170d-dc78-4b68-9d47-3894c4e63233"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75560aef-ec3e-4789-abce-44243f1a188a" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id79b869ca-86c1-45ce-8f72-eec232def6be"><enum>(38)</enum><text><term>domestic
partner</term> and <term>domestic partnership</term> have the meanings given
under section 2501; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1c703b94-ace5-41c8-94bf-d188da39494b"><enum>(39)</enum><text><term>former
domestic partner</term> means a former domestic partner of an
individual—</text><subparagraph id="id7d68f990-f8ae-4bee-b66e-210c4e93a62b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if such
individual performed not less than 18 months of civilian service creditable
under section 8411 as an employee or Member; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id19a87079-d58e-4c3f-a190-cb1f3eff77fc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the former
domestic partner—</text><clause id="idADE3D3A1476F4968A11721F7BF5E2250"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was in a domestic
partnership with such individual for not less than 9 months; or</text></clause><clause id="idD193558013DA41B78B3BB14F5BA0E078"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was married to
the individual immediately before entering into a domestic partnership with
such individual, and the combined duration of the marriage and domestic
partnership was not less than 9
months.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idb45ea569-20e0-4785-bbe5-cc0d83153f6a"><enum>B</enum><header>Creditable
service</header><section id="idf360f6b7-a74c-49ce-9078-ab08370ad6a5"><enum>311.</enum><header>Creditable
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8411 is
amended—</text><paragraph id="idfe3a0948-8e4b-4f65-99ee-fcf663b9ef41"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(4)(C)(ii), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>former spouse</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id025a00d7-fa69-4aef-88f9-eb61189a8b35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(l)(4)(B)(i), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddccbd3ba-f720-4aa9-b46c-3fd80bcec133"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(l)(5), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id3238ffa1-54b5-47e9-9c3d-03530de0515c"><enum>312.</enum><header>Survivor
reduction for a current spouse or a current domestic partner</header><subsection id="id2f5f5f3d-ea7a-4c0b-afed-1bff6a5d8799"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8416 is
amended—</text><paragraph id="idcd42dcb3-73bb-4d39-8fba-704a332978fc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the
section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">(or domestic partner)</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">spouse</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf6060780-8351-4c89-b195-0e27bdfb01c1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph id="ide9f5b9e8-a9e1-492a-a693-350c5a50ebd1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or in a domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>married</quote> each
place it appears;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02677c47-af25-4731-9b40-fe8427d96ffc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34baf05a-22ca-47b5-9e9b-62d4197fc338"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner’s)</quote> after <quote>spouse’s</quote> each place
it appears;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id22007136-1a0a-4333-86af-4c9c1137715b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="ida8508166-e76e-403e-a446-30f237a443f6" style="OLC"><subsection id="id753c89e0-b0f2-4128-a9f8-4b3e81e0dba9"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id57bff1ee-d1a7-4276-90ea-5aa1c9a1f241"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Upon entry into a
subsequent marriage (or subsequent domestic partnership), a retired employee or
Member who was married (or in a domestic partnership) at the time of
retirement, including an employee or Member whose annuity was not reduced to
provide a survivor annuity for the employee’s or Member’s spouse or former
spouse (or domestic partner or former domestic partner) as of the time of
retirement, may irrevocably elect during such marriage (or domestic
partnership), in a signed writing received by the Office—</text><subparagraph id="ide5b12d8c-e1f1-49b6-b8b6-1907ea2399ff" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within 2 years after such entry into a
subsequent marriage (or domestic partnership); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id112e6595-deac-443c-a1a0-ab8535811fb4" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if later, within 2 years after—</text><clause id="id21f9f8a4-bece-449b-9346-cdc100a96ea9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the death of or entry into a
subsequent marriage (or domestic partnership) by any former spouse (or former
domestic partner) of such employee or Member who was entitled to a survivor
annuity under section 8445, or</text></clause><clause id="idcbd5c565-de53-4fdf-a24e-813c124623c3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if there was more than 1 surviving former
spouse (or surviving former domestic partner), the death of or entry into a
subsequent marriage (or domestic partnership) by the last such surviving former
spouse (or surviving former domestic partner),</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph" indent="paragraph">a reduction in the employee’s or Member’s annuity
under section 8419(a) for the purpose of providing an annuity for such
employee’s or Member’s spouse (or domestic partner) in the event such spouse
(or domestic partner) survives the employee or Member.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id67198954-d495-4b0d-b811-653245defa25" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The election and reduction shall be
effective the first day of the second month after the election is received by
the Office, but not less than 9 months after the date of the subsequent
marriage (or entry into the subsequent domestic partnership).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idff788f68-5a6b-4ec6-a890-8896d82c319c" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An election to provide a survivor annuity
to an individual under this subsection—</text><subparagraph id="idf79e329f-42cf-4358-a8a4-fdaeebee727d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall prospectively void any election
made by the employee or Member under section 8420 with respect to such
individual; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8fd8ce9c-fa92-40b0-92e9-cf16b5c89017"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall, if an election was made by the
employee or Member under section 8420 with respect to a different individual,
prospectively void such election if appropriate written application is made by
such employee or Member at the time of making the election under this
subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf94249e5-9a39-47aa-ab92-9aa9ec2c597e" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any election under this subsection made by
an employee or Member on behalf of an individual after the retirement of such
employee or Member shall not be effective if—</text><subparagraph id="idc6b4fcf5-a382-4ee0-bc09-2a5831031e3a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the employee or Member was married to
(or in a domestic partnership with) such individual at the time of retirement;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id61aad93f-3829-4ed6-9f82-e0361ea04054"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the annuity rights of such individual
based on the service of such employee or Member were then waived under
subsection
(a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idf2dbc430-c26c-4869-ae02-ed251ca29058"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><subparagraph id="id8969214b-0e8f-4edd-a6c4-e21a30e0c19c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
the matter before paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35d8b16b-fca4-4106-b4f0-a55b1755db99" style="USC"><subsection id="idd516b7df-6070-422b-bc5b-920789735074"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5cd205f0-2445-442a-a619-90434c7be274"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An employee or
Member who is unmarried (and not in a domestic partnership) at the time of
retiring under this chapter and who later marries (or enters into a domestic
partnership) may irrevocably elect, in a signed writing received by the
Office—</text><subparagraph id="id64c2b3a9-6916-46bf-80d5-9747e6efc5c6" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within 2 years after such employee or
Member marries (or enters into a domestic partnership); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id940d649b-37fb-490a-9193-ea754e4c9a64" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if later, within 2 years after—</text><clause id="id1381a799-ac22-40ab-bb93-9a6517673a5c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the death of or entry into a
subsequent remarriage (or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership or a
marriage by any former domestic partner) by of any former spouse (or domestic
partner) of such employee or Member who was entitled to a survivor annuity
under section 8445,</text></clause><clause id="id42f053f5-7301-4d9d-902a-18a304a44723"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if more than 1 surviving former
spouse (or surviving former domestic partner), the death of or entry into a
subsequent marriage (or domestic partnership) by the last such surviving former
spouse (or surviving former domestic partner),</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph" indent="paragraph">a reduction in the current annuity of the retired
employee or Member, in accordance with section
8419(a).</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0791a988-0cd2-4a17-94f4-c86869bd6814"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2), by striking <quote>marriage.</quote> and inserting <quote>marriage (or
domestic partnership).</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0b467e99-b869-4551-bb53-a256d27aca54"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(1)—</text><subparagraph id="id001ef6e7-5646-40f2-b5d1-c1785184020f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or in a domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>married</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd17e5da1-006b-4471-adca-91ebe2ffa32f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6e759116-e91c-4215-b3d3-03e90760d0ee"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
and conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 84 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to
section 8416 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d97ad00-915d-45d6-957e-309f7f038b98" style="USC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">8416. Survivor reduction for a current
spouse (or domestic
partner).</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id17670456-9796-4cc3-b845-d494f484cebe"><enum>313.</enum><header>Survivor
reduction for a former spouse or former domestic partner</header><subsection id="id111a9c38-b5ac-414c-a513-7c47eb9cf598"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8417 is
amended—</text><paragraph id="idf369e0d3-8c4c-4965-95aa-e9821562deea"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the
section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">(or former domestic partner)</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">former
spouse</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddaa7749f-5bc3-4312-b0d3-dc1e3d76864a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by inserting <quote>(or a former domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>former spouse</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2442761f-5a71-4735-b18f-0002de399e8e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="id03a29ac1-d70c-42c6-a1e9-d6d9b729465b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>former spouse</quote> each place it appears;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc07acd40-624e-47e5-8b5b-ae86f3bd030d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="idb0bc6a0e-b5bb-4cbd-9cb2-ae2bc241181d" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id96dd1014-ccbb-4a24-8d9e-a5e9cb6668a5" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An election under this subsection shall be
made at the time of retirement or, if the marriage is dissolved (or the
domestic partnership is terminated) after the date of retirement, within 2
years after the date on which the marriage of the former spouse to the employee
or Member is so dissolved (or the domestic partnership of the former domestic
partner with the employee or Member is so
terminated).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf7f68a15-f31b-4dc5-9ac0-54d4bbb3b6b4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text><clause id="idb2336bfc-a2ab-4e48-870f-83dd350225e8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting <quote>(or a surviving partner)</quote>
after <quote>a widow or widower</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="iddd6d5805-75d6-4943-994d-0ed108317a05"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="idb80bbd33-99f9-4d44-a16d-3f55ab1ec9a1" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id5a6f5359-ac6a-47fa-a0ee-6da69f9ca1e9" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be effective, in the case of
an employee or Member who is then married (or in a domestic partnership),
unless it is made with the spouse’s (or domestic partner’s) written
consent.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30cb569a-02c7-46f2-b209-e0d213df3afb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
and conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 84 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to
section 8417 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31c6d435-e660-49fc-8402-a6f0c058c7ad" style="USC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">8417. Survivor reduction for a former
spouse (or former domestic
partner).</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idc79977bb-3afc-42c5-b1c2-5c5040cfc0b0"><enum>314.</enum><header>Survivor
elections; deposit; offsets</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8418(b) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6566d784-eca5-4ef9-a6b4-a876e5bd4050"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>marriage</quote>;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1e2215e0-d128-4f07-ab85-b9694363fd90"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>former spouse.</quote> inserting <quote>former spouse (or former
domestic partner).</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="ide45524e4-a976-46a5-a1b5-9a6480045fa3"><enum>315.</enum><header>Survivor
reductions; computation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8419 is amended—</text><paragraph id="idab8117ee-95a1-4b29-99e2-ee1deaa2c237"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3882e0a-b4a2-4dd2-9b55-aaa834133999"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (b) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="idde554848-8c24-4ba8-97a4-7232725f7723" style="OLC"><subsection id="idaa3738a6-6899-4e24-8dcd-774b00ca5f77"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idbc8bf396-6a3d-4d16-97ac-f0392c43acd8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Any reduction in an
annuity for the purpose of providing a survivor annuity for the current spouse
(or current domestic partner) of a retired employee or Member shall be
terminated for each full month—</text><subparagraph id="id1df9b430-b0e1-4061-b4a7-b191dc2ea05e" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>after the death of the spouse (or
domestic partner); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaf9bb374-b45c-4c18-a966-cac14759f566" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after the dissolution of the spouse’s
marriage to (or the termination of the domestic partner’s domestic partnership
with) the employee or Member, except that an appropriate reduction shall be
made thereafter if the spouse (or domestic partner) is entitled, as a former
spouse (or former domestic partner), to a survivor annuity under section
8445.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id63ebd2db-835c-49e5-8cc2-1f1f938562f7" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reduction in an annuity for the purpose
of providing a survivor annuity for a former spouse (or former domestic
partner) of a retired employee or Member shall be terminated for each full
month after the former spouse remarries (or enters into a domestic partnership)
(or the former domestic partner enters into a subsequent domestic partnership
or marries) before reaching age 55 or dies. This reduction shall be replaced by
appropriate reductions under subsection (a) if the retired employee or Member
has—</text><subparagraph id="id1e1c6ea8-d0a1-43fe-b363-2cb5f002cb86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>another former spouse (or former
domestic partner) who is entitled to a survivor annuity under section
8445;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2978d368-9522-46bc-b98b-00aebf319de3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a
current spouse to whom the employee or Member was married (or a current
domestic partner with whom the employee or Member was in a domestic
partnership) at the time of retirement and with respect to whom a survivor
annuity was not waived under section 8416(a) or, if waived, with respect to
whom an election under section 8416(d) has been made; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0c6b3c4e-d099-46c4-9dba-588c162cca3a"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a
current spouse whom the employee or Member married (or current domestic partner
with whom the employee or Member entered into a domestic partnership) after
retirement and with respect to whom an election has been made under subsection
(b) or (c) of section
8416.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id972714f5-ac0e-47a4-b8f6-e66857302b65"><enum>316.</enum><header>Insurable
interest reductions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
8420 is amended—</text><paragraph id="id729d7a9c-5590-43dd-9cd5-29a350af3610"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)—</text><subparagraph id="ide6e171f0-ab0c-40b3-ac49-1e6fe2e36ba9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>married employee or Member</quote> and inserting <quote>employee or
Member who is married (or in a domestic partnership)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide4f77cab-a30e-4d00-a40b-a8cba556dab4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6b38bcf7-8edc-4c46-80b1-dc044f69b656"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>former spouse</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id4fbe9d58-307d-4756-947b-86b1a4c10997"><enum>317.</enum><header>Alternative
forms of annuities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
8420a is amended—</text><paragraph id="id4e3e47df-0420-4101-8c9c-a5f84f3614ea"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id41083529-b82e-4957-98e1-886b86b34e9e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
before subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(or in a domestic
partnership)</quote> after <quote>married</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id729c51c4-77ae-40c2-99d8-7a32ecd8cb8a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>surviving spouse.</quote> inserting
<quote>surviving spouse (or surviving domestic partner).</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5360eccf-24c7-4105-b944-93739ee9ecc5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text><subparagraph id="id74d632a2-5c96-473d-bd81-db88e88aeb63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1), by striking <quote>married,</quote> inserting <quote>married (or in a
domestic partnership),</quote> and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9fc75986-9bb0-4835-8ea4-3a2d527acf1b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>(or
former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>former spouse</quote> each place
it appears; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9f07c53b-3856-40c0-b200-eb21a832f229"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), by inserting <quote>(or in a domestic partnership)</quote> after
<quote>married</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id308783d4-b80c-42d9-90c8-0a898687d22e"><enum>318.</enum><header>Lump-sum
benefits; designation of beneficiary; order of precedence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8424 is amended—</text><paragraph id="id7d3e1573-72d3-48be-b17e-5264f81b269a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="idd5339635-d3ca-4175-bab8-bfe335203b2b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="id9e87b98e-0089-4d86-b382-7ff0def73d72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the spouse, if any, and any former
spouse</quote> and inserting <quote>any spouse or former spouse (and any
domestic partner or former domestic partner)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idd6f0a6d0-9ee1-4fa2-bd62-8bbbfd924b8e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>spouse or former spouse</quote> each place
it appears and inserting <quote>spouse or former spouse (or domestic partner or
former domestic partner)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd912efd5-aca9-4aaa-9a64-cf74b63a01cf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2), by striking <quote>spouse or former spouse</quote> each place it appears
and inserting <quote>spouse or former spouse (or domestic partner or former
domestic partner)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida49fe5e2-a4d9-4747-a098-ee2cf4e87260"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text><subparagraph id="idb040e31f-8a89-4ab4-8e75-8a65b774f915"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>widow or widower</quote> and inserting <quote>widow or widower (or
surviving partner)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id61aaa244-6bab-4165-bb04-cb95adc637b7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
“stepchild.” and inserting <quote>stepchild (or a child of a domestic partner
which child is not adopted by or otherwise a child of the employee or
Member).</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id17e5debd-5faf-42a4-b1d8-c285ba994fb0"><enum>C</enum><header>Thrift
Savings Plan</header><section id="id8cbcb9fe-2f36-4af0-9df7-8d4ab65e3929"><enum>321.</enum><header>Benefits
and election of benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8433(e) is amended by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7014c9a-eff4-470b-82ac-7234d8304027" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idacb7ff3b-4d6a-42eb-8be9-5f899c53abdc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding
section 8424(d), if an employee, Member, former employee, or former Member dies
and has designated as sole or partial beneficiary his or her spouse (or
domestic partner) at the time of death, or, if an employee, Member, former
employee, or former Member, dies with no designated beneficiary and is survived
by a spouse (or domestic partner), the spouse (or domestic partner) may
maintain the portion of the employee's or Member's account to which the spouse
(or domestic partner) is entitled in accordance with the following
terms:</text><subparagraph id="idfc722487-5427-4caa-b6f3-6c9097d63368"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Subject to
the limitations of subparagraph (B), the spouse (or domestic partner) shall
have the same withdrawal options under subsection (b) as the employee or Member
were the employee or Member living.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd9905b2f-7431-4dd9-a4a6-439ec6dc03a0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The spouse
(or domestic partner) may not make withdrawals under subsection (g) or
(h).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9c5db916-6903-458f-b2e9-699ccd76ad08"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The spouse
(or domestic partner) may not make contributions or transfers to the
account.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id062d2492-e746-40c7-93ea-c170fe40e740"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The account
shall be disbursed upon the death of the surviving spouse (or surviving
domestic partner). A beneficiary or surviving spouse (or surviving domestic
partner) of a deceased spouse (or domestic partner) who has inherited an
account is ineligible to maintain the inherited spousal
account.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id33b56e27-10fb-40e4-bebd-7cc0a449ba0d"><enum>322.</enum><header>Annuities:
methods of payment; election; purchase</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8434(a)(2) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id51177b06-e841-4645-9354-68643b4f10c0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id39156686-5bc1-4154-b5c5-242c0298cb83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (E)(i), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote>
after <quote>former spouse</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id911495d3-3748-428d-b0d4-4c749b209763"><enum>323.</enum><header>Protections
for spouses, domestic partners, former spouses, and former domestic
partners</header><subsection id="id5aee02ff-7a06-4561-8bdf-788989aca56f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8435 is
amended—</text><paragraph id="idf2160314-f2fe-47a2-aa9e-0908dbb4fc1c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the
section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">(and domestic partners and former domestic
partners)</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">spouses and former spouses</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6bd387fc-a87f-4c93-a4bc-1f6d0a41599e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph id="iddd80e5d7-24e1-44ea-9fee-20564223adf8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="idc4236d32-373b-4c07-be76-f128965aaecf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>A married employee or Member (or former
employee or Member)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>An
employee or Member, or former employee or former Member, who is married (or in
a domestic partnership)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id1c7ecacb-10f6-42de-a276-249be36995eb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idab194a5e-cb79-4077-8f1e-2f3f5e4652f5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner’s)</quote> after
<quote>spouse’s</quote> each place it appears;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id65a183c8-f1db-4351-ad5d-0b9dc2bb26f9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="id646775f8-e6a1-4778-b4f0-c420203ef4a8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="id389736b9-6662-4560-a4ed-23307a785bec"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>surviving
spouse</quote> each place it appears; and</text></clause><clause id="idcce31f85-489c-489f-a82e-10320c4ed318"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or in a domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>married</quote>;
and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1db41c8a-a723-4945-9e9d-e1e291717792"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc6627be5-79a2-414f-a286-dbd3d410a9c7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text><subparagraph id="id409e3753-ef18-4ea9-b0d4-954707ceab0b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>former spouse</quote> the first two places it appears;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id35417f12-e300-4532-ad93-a76acaa8825e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraphs
(3) through (6), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>former spouse</quote> each place it appears;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85902046-2a62-40d2-b5e9-2ae52eb33ba9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(B), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partners)</quote> after
<quote>former spouses</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idda526cdb-237d-4e8f-9340-a499f6c3222b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(A), by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>surviving spouse</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id59f13c74-11da-4bbf-9906-99fa98bdb38d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1)—</text><subparagraph id="ide9641bfd-bb4a-4a71-ae0c-de72d51d707d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
the matter before subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57b07707-cd70-4866-a852-05f1f4129943" style="OLC"><subsection id="id143fc8bb-139b-4d51-b222-194983d2cc87"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id54a80458-6221-4e02-b998-7a274fbbc8d5"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id658f1549-94a9-4d77-9448-958c1eca7cb5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan or withdrawal under subsection (g)
or (h) of section 8433 may be made to an employee or Member who is married (or
in a domestic partnership) only if the employee's or Member’s spouse (or
domestic partner) consents to such loan or withdrawal in
writing.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1fd74139-8ee4-42dc-bbd8-d85ce7c51191"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner’s)</quote> after
<quote>spouse’s</quote> each place it appears; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id41bcee9f-06cd-440a-8710-d01e92fe6e3f"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(g), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner or former domestic
partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse or former spouse</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4628c23d-f58e-40a7-b402-23228ec6aaa8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
and conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 84 is
amended by striking the item relating to section 8435 and inserting the
following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ca7f041-721d-480b-bbf8-030c75e98374" style="USC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">8435. Protections for spouses and former
spouses (and domestic partners and former domestic
partners).</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idf399788e-17e6-4cef-b8ab-62114ed75aa8"><enum>324.</enum><header>Justices
and judges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8440a(b)(6)
is amended by inserting <quote>(or domestic partners)</quote> after
<quote>spouses</quote>.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id03d9f0ff-a3f4-4c5d-92ea-2bd5d3dd49dc"><enum>D</enum><header>Survivor
annuities</header><section id="idef6e39eb-0a18-4e02-b728-fc3c728a1479"><enum>331.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8441 is amended—</text><paragraph id="id85313aed-d95d-4a53-8dff-841345e7f577"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E00B1B96CBF4D52B1B41C6A66AE9AF5" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id6B896A7951E047709A72515A67C54122"><enum>(1)</enum><text><term>widow</term>
means the surviving wife of an employee or Member who—</text><subparagraph id="idD08720E6FE0A491FBEA2DCAB28A9FE0D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was married to
such employee or Member for not less than 9 months immediately before the death
of such employee or Member;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7271D49B32AE44E79E0010658E3FA0D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was married to
such employee or Member immediately before the death of such employee or
Member, was in a domestic partnership with such employee or Member immediately
before the marriage to such employee or Member, and the combined duration of
the domestic partnership and marriage was not less than 9 months; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3C39A34D72004C23949A56D65B3FBFEF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is the mother of
issue by that marriage;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDC8F6E05DDD74C09964193A2638DBAE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text><term>widower</term>
means the surviving husband of an employee or Member who—</text><subparagraph id="id9698E4E5496347D589286DFD3E252AFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was married to
the employee or Member for not less than 9 months immediately before the death
of the employee or Member;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4F37425E8BD04A7AB55D2E38B699AC92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was married to
such employee or Member immediately before the death of such employee or
Member, was in a domestic partnership with the employee or Member immediately
before the marriage to such employee or Member, and the combined duration of
the domestic partnership and marriage was not less than 9 months; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC9A57C44163E441A8563528FF7F7CC57"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is the father of
issue in that
marriage;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ABF0F834F6C4A6BAAFF16E2C3745285"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively, and by
inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id098ec758-f631-471e-b1f0-643f77640da9" style="USC"><paragraph id="id45d0b06b-4821-435b-9714-a61b91291b66"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>surviving partner</term>
means the surviving domestic partner of an employee, Member, or annuitant, or
of a former employee or Member, who—</text><subparagraph id="id4f91f536-6224-44b9-91f0-05cd904380b4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was in a domestic partnership with such
employee, Member, or annuitant, or former employee or Member, for not less than
9 months immediately before the death of such employee, Member, or annuitant,
or former employee or Member; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id20d3617b-d789-46a0-a72b-9bfdffb5247e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>satisfies
such other requirements, based on parenthood and the domestic partnership, as
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall by regulation
prescribe based on the definition of a widow or widower under paragraphs (1)(B)
and (2)(B) of this section; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id36d1e58a-9087-4b0a-bcbf-f87f8af54808"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5) (as so redesignated by paragraph (1))—</text><subparagraph id="id3a26d184-a2d3-4aa2-9c6e-6dfb858e71a3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="idcd35315f-90e9-4fe5-9655-beafaa742cb8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>an unmarried dependent child</quote> and inserting <quote>a dependent
child who is unmarried (and not in a domestic partnership)</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="idb698b64c-813b-4021-b51c-f7304fcb9943"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause
(ii), by striking <quote>stepchild but only if the stepchild</quote> and
inserting <quote>stepchild (or child of the domestic partner not adopted by or
otherwise the child of the employee or Member) but only if the stepchild (or
the child of the domestic partner)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id5aaa4158-4a60-4ce4-bc23-ce6269136a7f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause
(iv), by inserting <quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or
widower</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05114c79-25a9-4133-a69e-cc4b441f5d05"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in
subparagraphs (B) and (C), by striking <quote>unmarried dependent child</quote>
each place that term appears and inserting <quote>dependent child who is
unmarried (and not in a domestic partnership)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ida4c6564a-78ac-491b-a3fa-03363c5ab403"><enum>332.</enum><header>Rights of
a widow, widower, or surviving partner</header><subsection id="id55935f11-05fd-43c2-862b-d9818e899d1b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8442 is
amended—</text><paragraph id="idaab97835-cea0-4ce9-85a1-65dacdc52537"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the
section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">(or surviving partner)</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">widow or
widower</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idab3a5aca-8b6c-4cd4-a28e-6479bc9ba146"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph id="id7cef9729-d261-4446-99ae-5a2d126beebf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or widower</quote>
each place it appears;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc550b4a3-d552-4e29-ba99-16039fcee8bd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or entry into a domestic partnership)</quote> after
<quote>marriage</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc71f7182-c158-4906-a6d0-92d9cde5aadf"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idac289932-3d9a-4543-9eb4-0476ad3667fe"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by inserting <quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or
widower</quote> each place it appears;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc67769ff-55df-4036-87eb-149a8d5c5d32"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><subparagraph id="id610003b6-e32e-448d-ba21-6d30aa1efbe8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
in paragraph (1) before subparagraph (A) thereof, by inserting <quote>(or a
surviving partner with whom in a domestic partnership)</quote> after
<quote>widow or widower to whom married</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb180b817-076b-407e-bf08-62edd47f2e47"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>widow or widower</quote> each place it appears (other than where amended
by subparagraph (A)) and inserting <quote>widow or widower (or surviving
partner)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6e3256a3-71b8-45e3-b1e6-0cec668487b4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text><subparagraph id="iddb253086-c735-416b-9b2e-1795dd8ab6e3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>widow or widower</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>widow or widower (or surviving partner)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1bf14a79-67f9-4105-ab6b-c1776f227d8d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B), by inserting <quote>(or enters into a domestic partnership) (or in the
case of a surviving partner, enters into a subsequent domestic partnership or
marries)</quote> after <quote>remarries</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08bba6c5-0c98-4bef-983f-1cc9d416d10d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause id="ide90046e5-a9a6-44ed-8820-b15220d3d72f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>remarriage before</quote> and inserting <quote>subsequent entry into a
marriage (or domestic partnership) before</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="idc895f93c-a4be-458e-94bc-7bc6c50f1b61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>remarriage is dissolved by death, divorce, or annulment,</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsequent marriage is dissolved by death, divorce, annulment
(or subsequent domestic partnership is terminated),</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idc66b7b70-07f6-468b-bace-6f0010934a50"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>remarriage;</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsequent marriage (or domestic partnership);</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id668e0ea3-2fca-4d33-b8ce-d44ce43ed0f8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text><clause id="id1b077261-74ce-4fdf-8289-7fa70e0c1f67"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
“remarriage” and inserting “subsequent entry into a marriage (or domestic
partnership)”; and</text></clause><clause id="idabcff996-ef1f-42d7-b25c-de72f8d0571c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or in a domestic partnership for not less than 30 years with)</quote>
after <quote>married for at least 30 years to</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5c055dc8-0578-44cf-a766-73c03f5f5b56"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text><subparagraph id="id749FF03F29A24D7C80FE11A94A74F4EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="idBDA07E8584174D03910AECF0A521EADC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A)</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id6f3b4e62-ff3a-4efb-80af-06cc7634bb2b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or widower</quote>
each place it appears; and</text></clause><clause id="idb233858a-b1cb-41dd-8552-aac7b94f2903"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>(or in a domestic partnership with)</quote> after <quote>been
married to</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id830aedac-959a-400c-baea-62493c82c327"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="id68a381f1-4d93-41e7-8aea-a963963ab547" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idd27586a6-c0ee-46a8-b74b-9fc7dee473e6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the surviving
spouse of such individual had been previously married to such individual and
subsequently divorced (or the surviving partner of such individual had been
previously in a domestic partnership with such individual which domestic
partnership was subsequently terminated), and the time married (or in a
domestic partnership, or combination thereof) is not less than 9
months.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idee79c433-bcdf-4990-b1a6-000d56f13cb1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection
(g), by striking <quote>widow or widower</quote> and inserting <quote>widow or
widower (or surviving partner)</quote> each place it appears; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b598fb4-e76f-444b-95b3-534ad364e328"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)—</text><subparagraph id="idfd523b93-1343-4fb4-8d02-720f22fef565"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>widow or widower</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>widow or widower (or surviving partner)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id53d1277b-f0ae-49ac-9e91-1c6ff3b59758"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>former spouse</quote>
each place it appears.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id965607ce-27e2-4cc2-8acb-2d8774d48f4f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
and conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 84 is
amended by striking the item relating to section 8442 and inserting the
following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id516273d6-bdf4-46e9-9965-0b3a8c8d3645" style="USC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">8442. Rights of a widow or widower (or
surviving
partner).</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8f79b88-305c-48f0-b961-d2ae76d03f6f"><enum>333.</enum><header>Rights of
a child</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8443(b) is
amended by striking subparagraph (E) and the matter following that subparagraph
and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8008a64d-b902-4e98-a299-f5772c115c04" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idf288d231-4a2a-402d-b32d-91e150d6aaa0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>dies or
marries (or enters into a domestic partnership);</text></subparagraph><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="paragraph">whichever
occurs first. On the death of the surviving wife or husband (or surviving
domestic partner), or former wife or husband (or former domestic partner), or
termination of the annuity of a child, the annuity of any other child or
children shall be recomputed and paid as though the wife or husband (or
domestic partner), former wife or husband (or former domestic partner), or
child had not survived the annuitant, employee, or Member. If the annuity of a
child under this subchapter terminates under subparagraph (E) because of
marriage (or domestic partnership), then, if such marriage (or domestic
partnership) ends, such annuity shall resume on the first day of the month in
which it ends, but only if any lump sum paid is returned to the Fund, and that
individual is not otherwise ineligible for such
annuity.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id07451c86-1ea6-483a-9436-de785c576337"><enum>334.</enum><header>Rights of
a former spouse or former domestic partner</header><subsection id="id38e0dd61-89df-4cbb-8652-5cf7aa0e769c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8445 is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id2c9b0955-c88a-43cc-83a8-239bb0850312"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the
section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">(or former domestic partner)</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">former
spouse</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id69a25b77-e18d-4b66-af08-71cbbe5ac15c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>former spouse</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1012f984-9b1d-4599-bff1-8325e5f7949f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="id2f7ca22b-7f46-4a10-af14-3941533edd29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>former spouse</quote>
each place it appears; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd153ff6f-431c-451b-be1e-f4bd3fed91e1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or
widower</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6014fd97-3cc0-4ea4-8076-a1c6831a1296"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2), by inserting “(or enters into a domestic partnership) (or the former
domestic partner enters into a subsequent domestic partnership or marries)”
after “remarries”;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfe720fa5-e506-4288-931b-634d730455b0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>former spouse</quote> each place it appears; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id19db487b-8bf3-4909-9473-ab095ecacd98"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (h) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="idb1edca2a-7fec-4f81-88e9-e29f954f5cc4" style="OLC"><subsection id="idfb9da451-8b4d-4b38-b3b3-1c378c6e341b"><enum>(h)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id342da113-5ff1-4629-a4f2-11f33bed2f91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (c)(2),
to the extent that it provides for termination of a survivor annuity because of
a subsequent entry into a marriage (or domestic partnership) before age 55,
shall not apply if—</text><subparagraph id="id9B43480A7AB342EEBD742852452118DC" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the former spouse—</text><clause id="id316D8140B7AF4631A7745B46C7746170"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was married to the individual on
whose service the survivor annuity is based for not less than 30 years;
or</text></clause><clause id="idFDCCDC9D0F214C0395A3C6C864076741"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was in a domestic partnership with
the individual on whose service the survivor annuity is based immediately
before marriage to such individual, and the combined duration of the domestic
partnership and marriage was not less than 30 years; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id88DB5287802A40AA994EEB317EBEE710" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the former domestic partner—</text><clause id="id60A2A01514D642DBAD6D668B590B9C25"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was in a domestic partnership with
the individual on whose service the survivor annuity is based for not less than
30 years; or</text></clause><clause id="idECAD9304BD234F1D960421B6CF3211A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was married the individual on
whose service the survivor annuity is based immediately before entering into a
domestic partnership with such individual, and the combined duration of the
marriage and the domestic partnership was not less than 30 years.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id56df49d4-f0d5-46a5-a3d1-332f2a388332" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A subsequent entry into a marriage
(or domestic partnership) described in paragraph (1) shall not be taken into
account for purposes of section 8419(b)(1)(B) or any other provision of this
chapter which the Director may by regulation identify in order to carry out the
purposes of this
subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide58086b2-8693-4d2d-9bdd-96aea40abd1b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
and conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 84 is
amended by striking the item relating to section 8445 and inserting the
following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d879a1d-b711-4d64-8d4f-4cb9a76cdc8e" style="USC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">8445. Rights of a former spouse (or former
domestic
partner).</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="ideae38e79-dea5-4d26-b06d-a76376c05eb2"><enum>E</enum><header>General
administrative provisions</header><section id="id3aab95b5-e930-49e3-9c44-b654b294f001"><enum>341.</enum><header>Authority
of the Office of Personnel Management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8461(j)(1)(D) is amended by striking
<quote>such employees, their spouses, their former spouses, and their
survivors</quote> and inserting <quote>such employees and their spouses (and
domestic partners), former spouses (and former domestic partners), and
survivors</quote>.</text></section><section id="id43881487-f095-453f-89f6-53db61cbcc8b"><enum>342.</enum><header>Cost-of-living
adjustments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8462(c) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="ide49f8946-98fe-4843-bc5c-dc9ae52b9b30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2), by striking <quote>survivor (other than a widow or widower whose annuity
is computed under section 8442(g) or a child under section 8443)</quote> and
inserting the following: <quote>survivor, other than a widow or widower (or
surviving partner) whose annuity is computed under section 8442(g) or a child
under section 8443,</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1b8466b4-b1a2-4c5e-bdb4-c94de1a1c4fa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4) (in the matter before subparagraph (A)), by inserting <quote>(or surviving
partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or widower</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5af6983a-69b1-489c-87cf-a4f70bf5666c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(B)(i), by inserting <quote>(or surviving partner’s)</quote> after
<quote>widow’s or widower’s</quote>.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id6122599c-e3e6-43bd-b003-b6671b60c21e"><enum>F</enum><header>Federal
Retirement Thrift Investment Management System</header><section id="idf76abd4a-7897-4b5a-80b8-23a4af6cf72d"><enum>351.</enum><header>Fiduciary
responsibilities; liability and penalties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8477(a)(4)(F) is amended to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block id="id2baed16e-6a12-42c2-96f5-b0c6a40a0bab" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id88a36ab6-e16c-434c-8ef9-b2a5604e71cf"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a spouse (or
domestic partner), sibling, ancestor, lineal descendant, or spouse (or domestic
partner) of a lineal descendant of a person described in subparagraph (A), (B),
or
(D);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Insurance
benefits</header><section id="ide36f2250-e47b-4653-bbd1-647800603e10"><enum>401.</enum><header>Life
insurance</header><subsection id="ide43585b3-f38c-4eef-8976-18f46c575a1a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 87 is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id87ce3232-8a95-45ca-a3c0-a224f99fd083"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
8701(d)—</text><subparagraph id="idc5704bff-5c08-4e93-bc77-d8a52bde61f7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause id="id9161762f-813d-42b1-98e3-7f1a68f4b0b5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id983b2195-4814-4069-b3a3-45ae146526ce"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>stepchild or foster child (but only if the
stepchild</quote> and inserting <quote>stepchild (or child of the domestic
partner of the individual not adopted by or otherwise the child of the
individual) or foster child (but only if the stepchild (or the child of the
domestic partner)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23906d73-deba-4529-84bf-259c0d0f84ee"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58c472ae-8188-4248-9b28-ecb97f5eb13c" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id6425af00-8e4b-486b-a565-92e1f5b01d49"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the
purpose of this subsection, <term>domestic partner</term> has the meaning given
under section
2501.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3e9c8ae-f564-4d21-9e0f-6e70f5137977"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
8705(a), by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>widow or widower</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idee0cc80a-eadb-4f79-8979-e807832b35a1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
8714c(b)(1)(A), by striking <quote>spouse;</quote> and inserting <quote>spouse
(or domestic partner);</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ida3a0ccc5-82d8-4b3a-8321-67b185203714"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to calendar years beginning after the end of the 6-month period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="id1c12f7ed-ecfc-4041-a3a9-4f1927d5f7d6"><enum>402.</enum><header>Health
insurance</header><subsection id="id31bd2b09-5972-4f0f-94de-883dd6824aef"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8901 is amended—</text><paragraph id="idc93ed039-c047-4e6f-bcfa-e4ecfa5e14c6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)—</text><subparagraph id="id1efdfac0-b1dc-4e2e-b6b8-da9e3fffa2a6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
before subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="id62de11ab-6be1-4d98-8a83-07c010bc593c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idf8fc73c9-4594-47da-a5a5-9b7c8f63c474"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>an unmarried dependent child</quote> and inserting <quote>a dependent
child who is unmarried (and not in a domestic partnership) and
is</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1dd91e5c-a5cc-4b63-be3e-49b69da4a009"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>(or a child of the domestic partner not
adopted by or otherwise the child of the employee or annuitant)</quote> after
<quote>stepchild</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6da8f1e2-c329-48f2-b256-a0671f6bedfe"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the matter
following subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>an unmarried dependent child
regardless of age</quote> and inserting <quote>a dependent child regardless of
age who is unmarried (and not in a domestic partnership)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ff5c0ed-d6a6-4a89-8f95-44e573256389"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(8)(B), by striking <quote>or former spouses,</quote> and inserting
<quote>former spouses (or former domestic partners),</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4e50a877-d527-4158-9500-00398c08fb09"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(10)—</text><subparagraph id="id19b3dfda-3f85-4ffe-837a-0ebaa49504fd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(or entered into a domestic
partnership)</quote> after <quote>remarried</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3028837d-c6db-4138-b621-0e0cd145d89e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id23fcc337-ae53-4471-8a03-03ea8f2dd4d7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12), and by inserting after
paragraph (10) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6387c2f8-abd2-4ae0-87c8-ecbd5ec2300a" style="USC"><paragraph id="idccd0a4f1-4b34-4079-9954-02dcf7fa20f1"><enum>(11)</enum><text><term>former
domestic partner</term> means a former domestic partner of an employee, former
employee, or annuitant—</text><subparagraph id="idac6e2492-80cd-4a4b-947c-b24cea8e0d87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who has not
entered into another domestic partnership (or married) before age 55 after the
domestic partnership to the employee, former employee, or annuitant was
terminated;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id21592a6a-3985-4d46-b660-78bfefd19214"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who was
enrolled in an approved health benefits plan under this chapter as a family
member at any time during the 18-month period before the date of the
termination of the domestic partnership to the employee, former employee, or
annuitant; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49fa8398-c937-4c91-a3c4-4b39fb64f15c"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idc2215724-20a4-4e94-94d9-5f798689f034"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who is receiving
any portion of a survivor annuity under section 8341(h) or 8445 (or benefits
similar to either of the aforementioned annuity benefits under a retirement
system for Government employees other than the Civil Service Retirement System
or the Federal Employees’ Retirement System);</text></clause><clause id="id9663d22f-d16c-4281-bb7b-2883370cccc3" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for whom an election has been made
under section 8339(j)(3) or 8417(b) (or similar provision of law); or</text></clause><clause id="id8e894381-e575-4cf5-bfbd-945fad601bbb" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>who is otherwise entitled to an
annuity or any portion of an annuity as a former domestic partner under a
retirement system for Government employees,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">except
that such term shall not include any such former domestic partner of a former
employee whose domestic partnership was terminated after the former employee’s
separation from the service (other than by
retirement).</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f36365f-4f99-4851-8d00-76ca319aba2b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
the period at the end of paragraph (12) (as redesignated) and inserting
<quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7e60dc5f-ebd3-4713-b0dd-1b081fc5e0ec"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7dd20c31-b3ce-4270-862a-acf5ad9f56b3" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idf1880f89-3201-467c-8f29-cfc5e9a8f37f"><enum>(13)</enum><text><term>domestic
partner</term> and <term>domestic partnership</term> have the meanings given
under section
2501.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id89B5A314010E4F3EAF6E67B53AAA5E8A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contracting
authority</header><text>Section 8902 is amended in subsections (g), (j), and
(k)(1), by striking <quote>former spouse,</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>former spouse (or former domestic partner),</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id11c5494f-2813-41bf-83e7-760452995665"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Debarment
and other sanctions</header><text>Section 8902a(a)(1)(B) is amended by
inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>or former
spouse</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4134a6ba-5874-42ae-abf6-82978ee93db5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Health
benefits plans</header><text>Section 8903(1) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idb45d458c-4f89-40fe-9dc8-7622495365a8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>former spouses,</quote> and inserting <quote>former spouses (or former
domestic partners),</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf38f44fe-fbd0-4bae-87fe-8b8ee20b1e3a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
“former spouse,” and inserting “former spouse (or former domestic
partner),”.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb162f01f-8966-42d5-8d3e-2e6ba9ae0351"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Election of
coverage</header><text>Section 8905 is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idc3cd7b71-1311-4a8e-a0d3-e7c709fc5439"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id334f9579-2b69-484d-81a0-cbff735dd888" style="USC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idc78adf34-b8bc-4345-a120-b6b2b07a7cce" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office shall prescribe regulations to
ensure that, in the administration of this subsection, parity of treatment is
afforded—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idfd2d981b-1118-4ba4-8bda-4fd61bb494a5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to former spouses and former domestic
partners; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idb3f1fbce-dc65-441b-adef-606a5d9d405a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the children of a marriage that has
been dissolved and the children of a domestic partnership that has been
terminated.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idd278b0c1-42e4-4942-aec1-dcad9f42c51b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text><subparagraph id="idea5d0452-3d56-48e2-8249-5178038fd6eb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>has a spouse</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id50930863-0c8b-4c18-ad0c-63064c9dfea0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>either spouse,</quote> and inserting <quote>either spouse (or either
domestic partner, as the case may be),</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc0c8bfbf-7e1c-4e6a-8c05-623a92598688"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in
subsections (f) and (g), by striking <quote>former spouse,</quote> each place
it appears and inserting <quote>former spouse (or former domestic
partner),</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id7ea3d6a7-8fcc-4946-ab60-fece9702f34d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Continued
coverage</header><text>Section 8905a is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id850d5ff8-dcbf-4d13-99b9-cd8d09de0135" style="USC"><subsection commented="no" id="id28c786e0-bb7d-4c84-b8c7-1aeaad1a3f35"><enum>(g)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office shall prescribe regulations to
ensure that, in the administration of this section, parity of treatment is
afforded—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id0a88d924-ab99-4b02-97b5-bac39046ac99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to former
spouses (and former domestic partners); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idcad26d0e-0fee-4936-99b3-ee5eba04ce3b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the children of a marriage that has been
dissolved (and the children of a domestic partnership that has been
terminated).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idb8d53e58-de1f-4470-a2d8-8add96057d85"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Coverage of
restored employees and survivor or disability annuitants</header><text>Section
8908(b) is amended by striking “remarriage and is later restored” and inserting
<quote>having entered into a subsequent marriage (or domestic partnership) and
is later restored (or a surviving domestic partner whose survivor annuity under
this title was terminated because of having entered into a subsequent domestic
partnership or a marriage and is later restored)</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="iddd82e332-7f15-4300-abca-625a7c0640ca"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Employees
health benefits fund</header><text>Section 8909(d) is amended by striking
<quote>former spouse,</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>former
spouse (or former domestic partner),</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd1a63487-5679-4a45-9d51-9098e7574151"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Section
8913(c) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id1f47d85f-177c-4cad-a337-80b63dff80e4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(and former domestic partners)</quote> after <quote>and former
spouses</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf0ca82c4-5c7a-4918-8f87-294afb335056"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>or former
spouse</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2713448E45A44260A7E66E1D9558EFC6"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Contract
requirements; Federal court jurisdiction</header><paragraph id="id4138D44955E9475497170203B2E5B6A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contracts for
health benefits plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
8902 is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idDC00B3FED5B94464B9E77CFF7EFF4387"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(j), as amended by subsection (b) of this section—</text><clause id="id6DB292472F964B52847FFF0BDB1717A9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(j)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id749CC840E85945C3ADAE161156CDFB94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80E857E64D024A119D78076871377E8F" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id7E6698CB1C14475E98A041A1414483A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each contract
under this chapter may require the carrier to obtain recovery of funds through
reimbursement or subrogation with respect to benefits provided to or for an
individual covered under this chapter.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8C9CF03198AD49DF94FB3743AAC13738"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(m)(1), by striking the sentence after <quote>(1)</quote> and inserting
<quote>The provisions of this chapter and, by operation of this chapter, the
terms of any contract established under this chapter shall supersede and
preempt any State or local law, or any regulation issued thereunder, insofar as
those provisions or terms relate to health insurance or any plan. This
paragraph does not apply with respect to State tax or statutory
reserves.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5DDFF024D482467DBB73562137928474"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Jurisdiction of
courts</header><text>Chapter 89 is amended by striking section 8912 and
inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16CF111A11C347ED93EC56F2EC6FA194" style="USC"><section id="idAE2FBD42583443BFB26A50953BD27A51"><enum>8912.</enum><header>Jurisdiction
of courts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The district courts
of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction of any civil action or
claim founded on this chapter, except for a civil action or claim against the
United States within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Court of
Federal Claims under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/1491">section 1491</external-xref> of title 28 or chapter 71 of title
41.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id4d66a691-c00f-483a-83b6-c5aebdb5c9ac"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idE0F6C0104EEE401590BE53D021DC252A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made
by this section shall apply with respect to contract years beginning after the
end of the 6-month period beginning on the date of enactment of this
Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id94B5544384FA421CAFD8870063F046A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal court
jurisdiction over the Federal Employees Health benefits
Program</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (j) shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id55FC652DBCA64EC9BCE27D50957D3D5A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take effect on
the date of enactment of this Act; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb646c468f364454bbe3e892c38dc973f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply with
respect to any civil action or claim pending or filed on or after the date of
enactment of this Act that relates to any injury or illness occurring before,
on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id8ae6771f-5b89-4689-a24d-cc6fb8aec960"><enum>403.</enum><header>Enhanced
dental benefits</header><subsection id="id9feb2ec5-27e9-4876-94b4-2f86bce08b6d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 89A is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id328fb95f-6888-44fa-8e86-9f27826e92d7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
8956(a)—</text><subparagraph id="idc063e79f-f6f9-476b-b384-c7dc494db66b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or domestic partner</quote> after <quote>a spouse</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14ac0921-1b5d-40b5-a457-4d38ffb7da6f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>either spouse,</quote> and inserting <quote>either spouse (or either
domestic partner, as the case may be),</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id779f9791-5785-460a-b615-5bc89a922edf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
8957, by striking <quote>surviving spouse,</quote> and inserting
<quote>surviving spouse (or surviving domestic partner),</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id08d10ae8-87ab-463e-b6bd-faa2065759cb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to contract years beginning after the end of the 6-month period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="id9c7f33e1-e1f9-4397-8174-6b735b00cdb2"><enum>404.</enum><header>Enhanced
vision benefits</header><subsection id="id2ae581cf-9682-4ff1-a835-00eab0360e5c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 89B is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id289851e8-df73-4389-8530-045d2bc3bada"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
8986(a)—</text><subparagraph id="idc9d3790d-dd84-4b83-85ef-26bfe3aa0fad"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>a spouse</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd4482dc-7679-458a-8c39-c0cd53fd55f7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>either spouse,</quote> and inserting <quote>either spouse (or either
domestic partner, as the case may be),</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd4de47b5-2435-4f5e-bb17-769b583fa4e6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
8987, by striking <quote>surviving spouse,</quote> and inserting
<quote>surviving spouse (or surviving domestic partner),</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idece56bf3-ab95-418e-82de-5a0d395a31ed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to contract years beginning after the end of the 6-month period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="id520c8733-6187-4abb-8781-7eb5cc666a1a"><enum>405.</enum><header>Long-term
care insurance</header><subsection id="id4c636497-7723-4459-89e7-c4a48fef0b60"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 90 is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id3ff134e0-3d7e-4100-8aa6-ede9e1e24e48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
9001(5), by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E) and by inserting
after subparagraph (C) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00ae7530-e406-4b32-887f-325ac4f929b9" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idaa80a32a-6b90-4cb0-9ac8-7f5e3df18822"><enum>(D)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idff65874d-19cb-4517-a5a6-b42e4c6d74fc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a domestic partner
(as that term is defined in section 2501) of an individual described in
paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4);</text></clause><clause id="id8c552ffb-3100-4185-85f1-bb9344f80a74" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a child (including an adopted
child, a stepchild, or, to the extent the Office of Personnel Management by
regulation provides, a foster child) of a domestic partner referred to in
clause (i), if such child is not less than 18 years of age; and</text></clause><clause id="id0acfdebc-05ac-4afa-bcca-d252e9996a95" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a parent of a domestic partner of
an individual referred to in paragraph (1) or
(3).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idadada01f-d150-4e60-9186-a00d62094c0e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
9002(e)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id848f3119-25d6-466f-bfe6-2d27b8ec04b7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Spousal parity</header-in-text></quote> and inserting the
following: <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Parity for
spouse (or domestic partner)</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc61ea766-d22c-4d5e-a7a1-0e03e62fdf3d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id55dcd59a-ca60-4711-8657-4a7cf0c35822"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to calendar years beginning after the end of the 6-month period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Travel,
transportation, and subsistence</header><section commented="no" id="idec6df02a-0b11-4731-b00a-ce749d88457e"><enum>501.</enum><header>Reimbursement
for taxes incurred on money received for travel expenses</header><subsection commented="no" id="id240f98e2-8b38-440f-b6b9-41681de628c1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5706c is
amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id5c08e0a0-c12c-4f87-9c1e-dc62487fb98e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>(if filing jointly),</quote> and inserting <quote>(if
filing jointly) (or by an employee and such employee’s domestic partner (as
that term is defined under section 2501), if joint filing is allowed and they
file jointly),</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7e855dac-32a1-4aef-9122-d3a7193f21de"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>employee and spouse, as the case may be,</quote> and
inserting <quote>employee and spouse (or domestic partner), as the case may
be</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idac2963b7-41b1-4977-ab88-974566492157"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to taxable years beginning after the end of the 6-month period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="id59bfa9d2-97fd-4a84-ac2e-9bc99dada237"><enum>502.</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5721 is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida26a8a29-8fd8-4223-947c-b2291b833d31"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfa78e84c-49f3-4cd8-accc-a2aec64fd697"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb3f70cbe-d3fc-4236-8a88-60a074185c5d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03523fbb-79e7-4d1c-bfff-2898bce75feb" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id987f24e3-2c96-41f0-90d1-28390fcef053"><enum>(8)</enum><text><term>domestic
partner</term> has the meaning given under section
2501.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id90602a1d-7792-4ee9-811c-539be9b257aa"><enum>503.</enum><header>Relocation
expenses of employees transferred or reemployed</header><subsection id="id1aae0ea1-7326-471f-8e02-915a27c59616"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
5724a(b)(1)(A) is amended by striking <quote>employee’s spouse</quote> and
inserting <quote>employee’s spouse (or domestic partner)</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id4adf0018-f751-424d-b671-0bdb0dbc9bba"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect
to expenses incurred after the end of the 6-month period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id4aac76b7-2533-4b2e-a403-7ca183596c1e"><enum>504.</enum><header>Taxes on
reimbursements for travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees
transferred</header><subsection commented="no" id="ida73b7c26-9290-4c97-add8-bfa772c12d25"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5724b(a) is
amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idac82494b-dbe2-4b38-b21d-464aa87b9a77"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking “(if filing jointly),” and
inserting “(if filing jointly) (or by an employee and the employee's domestic
partner, if joint filing by them is allowed and if they file jointly),”;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ide0e50ee3-f72c-47a6-935d-03e13cba300b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>employee and spouse, as the case may be,</quote> and inserting
<quote>employee and spouse (or domestic partner), as the case may
be</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc6d4b2fc-614d-4d8f-a14e-4f7f0057295c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to taxable years beginning after the end of the 6-month period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="idc687b6bd-4ab9-4ea2-bd50-6836c21adc75"><enum>505.</enum><header>Relocation
expenses of an employee who is performing an extended assignment</header><subsection id="id151f9b2f-c298-4e48-b49d-c0e039dba1bb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5737(a)(4) is
amended by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>employee
and spouse</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idf1097203-2c72-4576-8264-15fcd39f486f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
this section shall apply with respect to expenses incurred after the end of the
6-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="id7d7ff666-6a7a-4f0e-afad-cccde90a521b"><enum>506.</enum><header>Transportation
of family members incident to repatriation of employees held
captive</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5760(c) is
amended by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, and includes
the domestic partner (as defined under section 2501) of an employee described
in subsection (b).</quote>.</text></section><section id="id9ee9230d-8ae6-4a3d-899a-519e89fe0681"><enum>507.</enum><header>Regulations
to include domestic partners</header><subsection id="id4d75dcda-f9b2-489f-8f3d-66d4f6842968"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 57 is amended by adding after section 5761 the
following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfca09632-e694-42a4-9f82-87e533f54e86" style="USC"><section id="id7a4006ff-afd0-4d93-b2a4-a0caf6c4a991"><enum>5762.</enum><header>Regulations
to include domestic partners</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Regulations prescribed under, or to
administer provisions of, this chapter shall include a domestic partner (as
defined under section 2501) within the meaning of the terms <quote>immediate
family</quote> and
<quote>dependent</quote>.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id84ec4867-e2e8-4dfe-9c08-488d0cb72102"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
and conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 57 is
amended by adding after the item relating to section 5761 the following:</text><quoted-block id="id1c89a710-ef2d-4dc6-a35e-d97cc250b178" style="USC"><toc><toc-entry level="section">5762. Regulations to include domestic
partners.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Compensation
for work injuries</header><section id="idab7deccc-3377-4f06-8759-157f7566dde2"><enum>601.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8101 is amended—</text><paragraph id="idcd4ad79d-3356-45d5-9443-b8efc17a630c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFBF7B2322244BC8B580A06E7304EF13" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id7F40B946D379494FA1605832AD5AE0E5"><enum>(6)</enum><text><term>widow</term>
means the wife living with or dependent for support on the decedent at the time
of the death of the decedent, or living apart for reasonable cause or because
of desertion by the
decedent;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idFD6581CFF6CE4976AAC9D409079EC67E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
by striking <quote>married brothers or married sisters;</quote> and inserting
<quote>any brother or sister who is married (or is in a domestic
partnership);</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5fcaf9ad-3b59-471a-9e84-27cfe980f3d8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(9)—</text><subparagraph id="idfd5f42b9-f01e-4d28-8802-657bd1db140e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or children of the employee’s domestic partner not adopted by or
otherwise the children of the employee)</quote> after
<quote>stepchildren</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id925b39fa-08c3-401f-9152-2cf1c8734960"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
“married children” and inserting <quote>any child who is married (or in a
domestic partnership)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id58C245F3E68B4C80A954AFC5C6425654"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (11) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93C8AE2125D94813BC9501585EFB78C7" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id0ADD8E7022E048DDBE2CB918FB5FBD4E"><enum>(11)</enum><text><term>widower</term>
means the husband living with or dependent for support on the decedent at the
time of the death of the decedent, or living apart for reasonable cause or
because of desertion by the
decedent;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idf752c3e2-d285-4b2a-aebc-7d09eeba1c96"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph
(18), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id559d427d-7311-4a0f-bbc2-8976b4675665"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph
(19), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5e2a4cc3-37e2-4d9e-a0e9-da3af0db1178"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in paragraph
(20), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfbc9ac66-325d-4731-9516-ebac6e463a0f"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida651be92-f155-4e3c-b66f-93dfe2d65166" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idF14ADA4DC1E04A78B43A0D5305DDFD68"><enum>(21)</enum><text>the term
<term>covered state</term> means a State, foreign country, or political
subdivision of a foreign country in which a marriage between 2 individuals of
the same sex is recognized under the law of that State, country, or political
subdivision; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF463C9D72EEE445CA2BFCB535DF627BF"><enum>(22)</enum><text><term>domestic
partner</term> means an individual who is in a domestic partnership with
another individual, as determined by the Secretary of Labor for purposes of
this subchapter under regulations issued by the Secretary, in consultation with
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management—</text><subparagraph id="ida0a49c40-340a-4c92-b8ea-202448475f52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who are of
the same sex;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id771867ab-762a-42c8-b427-3a0e866e81d7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less than
1 of whom is an employee or an individual otherwise eligible for coverage under
this subchapter (or any application or extension thereof) based on such
individual’s employment or other service;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id01e3aa4d-b301-44c9-88ba-439163686028"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idd9243fc3-e1b2-4f30-8681-cf9da071f189"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who are in a
committed domestic-partnership relationship with each other satisfying the
conditions in clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) and intend to remain so
indefinitely;</text></clause><clause id="id2224bb37-e275-4703-b8c6-4d9d540d89a5" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who have a common residence and
intend to continue to do so (or would have a common residence, but are
prevented from doing so because of such reasons as an assignment abroad or
other employment-related factors, financial considerations, family
responsibilities or other such reasons);</text></clause><clause id="idf982c36a-dff8-4833-97fc-77da83667a7f" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>who share responsibility for a
significant measure of each other’s welfare and financial obligations;
and</text></clause><clause id="id6bd65a1f-636b-4e15-a0d0-b69e4ea9a677" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>neither of whom is married to or
in a domestic partnership with anyone except each other;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbe6c8608-6e11-4f09-aad2-66aebde60289"><enum>(D)</enum><text>who are not
less than 18 years of age and mentally competent to consent to a
contract;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida542dfee-6939-4a38-b610-2ad45e8cbe40"><enum>(E)</enum><text>who are not
related to each other by blood in a way that would prohibit legal marriage
between individuals otherwise eligible to marry in the jurisdiction (or, if
applicable, in any jurisdiction) in which the individuals have a common
residence; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEF0B64A7BEF1437D8E58443B063FA25B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>on the date on
which the employee is injured or dies, or, for purposes of section 8110, the
date on which the augmented compensation is to be provided, neither of whom has
resided in a covered state for more than 6 months;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id651103CDBD124E56A8F356558210C201"><enum>(23)</enum><text>the term
<term>State</term> means each of the several States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the
United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfff10426-aacf-49cb-89be-f2e94d1e1606"><enum>(24)</enum><text><term>surviving
partner</term> means the domestic partner in a domestic partnership with the
decedent at the time of his or her
death.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idaf0642f5-0ca3-4632-9d31-56dc65fe14d5"><enum>602.</enum><header>Death
gratuity for injuries incurred in connection with employee’s service with an
Armed Force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8102a(d)
is amended—</text><paragraph id="id56bcdff0-0fbb-4d3f-a873-4adf5370ac7d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by striking <quote>surviving spouse.</quote> and inserting
<quote>surviving spouse (or surviving partner).</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5daa7ea3-37ea-4185-b728-c5ab3d9c9683"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(C), by inserting <quote>(or children of the employee’s domestic partner not
adopted by or otherwise the children of the employee)</quote> after
<quote>stepchildren</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id814E4FAF5F7B49ED86A546AF2F4ABD09"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19135eea708b448f985e73aab0c8e841" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id58d86a1c3943466b8b42a43e8cbc4929"><enum>(6)</enum><text>If a person
covered by this section has a spouse (or a domestic partner), but designates a
person other than the spouse (or domestic partner) to receive all or a portion
of the amount payable under this section, the head of the agency, or other
entity, in which that person is employed shall provide notice of the
designation to the spouse (or the domestic
partner).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id5683f957-3ca2-4b2c-a5e6-5f96ef6421d4"><enum>603.</enum><header>Beneficiaries
of awards unpaid at death; order of precedence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8109(a)(3)(D) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida5efb948-afa6-4320-80ca-12725c59d502"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause
(i), by striking <quote>the widow or widower.</quote> and inserting <quote>the
widow or widower (or the surviving partner).</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id960fa3a0-6636-4466-9c05-2a45ca9c1382"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)—</text><subparagraph id="idf00c8d22-f2fd-4070-b549-74dfea9ca48f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or a surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>a widow or
widower</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6c7e5a9f-2678-4f0b-a665-687d18b4e4fc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or the surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>the widow or
widower</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5d4834d8-7229-43ab-9b40-daec1e4ab10d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in clause
(iii), by striking <quote>no widow or widower,</quote> and inserting <quote>no
widow or widower (and no surviving partner),</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id9a6930ad-050b-4078-95c1-5b8815106039"><enum>604.</enum><header>Augmented
compensation for dependents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8110(a) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id3e01d5f9-555c-4841-a8f0-546e13fdfa18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text><subparagraph id="idec55d125-de21-418b-82e9-d1a4cbc909be"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>an unmarried child</quote> and inserting <quote>a child who is unmarried
(and not in a domestic partnership)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb4740d32-5091-49d2-8fda-485d728a78c3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3cc3688-20b9-4a56-876a-455ffc0e86a5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc036a49d-8bb7-47f1-ad38-0526e8c3b15e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (4) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b223a42-4eef-4048-b9ea-e3f7e2be6926" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idf793260d-1d62-4be7-a35a-143b7ec274b7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a domestic
partner, if—</text><subparagraph id="id8e293f8a-8174-4eaf-b313-0905c2c6d4be"><enum>(A)</enum><text>he or she is
a member of the same household as the employee;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5d4b9bb8-8ab6-423d-9f5b-e5b4c2dfbdff"><enum>(B)</enum><text>he or she is
receiving regular contributions from the employee for his or her support;
or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0a658a86-0f21-4dea-98d8-dc2f023925e1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the employee
has been ordered by a court to contribute to his or her
support.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idd1494cfb-499c-48cb-8927-3e2f9b6c7178"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the last
sentence, by striking “he marries.” and inserting “he marries (or enters into a
domestic partnership).”.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id526305b7-17d7-4da4-a5a3-6e062559fc94"><enum>605.</enum><header>Limitations
on right to receive compensation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8116(c) is amended by striking
<quote>spouse,</quote> and inserting <quote>spouse (or domestic
partner),</quote>.</text></section><section id="id72a345aa-e980-425b-be5d-4cd9a7c85e4d"><enum>606.</enum><header>Compensation
in case of death</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8133
is amended—</text><paragraph id="id0bdcede9-26c9-42dd-ba52-7b459bae58ae"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph id="id9807ecc7-9adb-49d8-ade0-67d09371c65e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraphs
(1) and (2), by striking <quote>the widow or widower,</quote> and inserting
<quote>the widow or widower (or the surviving partner),</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id24528268-4048-4a96-9386-aae8106e88d2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2), by inserting <quote>(or the surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>for
the widow or widower</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4bab9a52-1cec-444d-b3ea-0001e4bcf7a0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3), by striking <quote>no widow or widower,</quote> and inserting <quote>no
widow or widower (and no surviving partner),</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddee1a371-5319-453c-bc68-c34626c04ec0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraphs
(4) and (5), by striking “widower,” and inserting “widower (or surviving
partner),” each place it appears; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id17cfc927-ce69-4e11-869b-1ca510f6239d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="idde99472b-580b-4c1b-aaff-b7465a3df3b7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd0723491-34b0-4334-b9a5-c95ffd65dc37" style="USC"><paragraph id="idfeeda224-1048-4a16-991c-3a6cf3f6e619"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a widow or widower dies or remarries (or
enters into a domestic partnership) (or a surviving partner dies or enters into
a subsequent domestic partnership or marries) before reaching age
55;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id960c34d0-8d6e-439f-ad3d-4e760e201ca5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraphs
(2) and (3), by striking <quote>marries,</quote> each place that term appears
and inserting <quote>marries (or enters into a domestic partnership),</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id059c1ef0-8138-46ea-a92f-c873138cfdb9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the matter
following paragraph (3)—</text><clause id="id17944012-ea50-4728-a605-de6a0c75b6bd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by striking <quote>marries.</quote> and inserting <quote>marries (or
enters into a domestic partnership).</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idc80ce673-5069-4f42-b7f5-c11b092f3cbc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the
second sentence, by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner) (or a surviving
partner who has entitlements to benefits under this title derived from more
than 1 domestic partner or spouse)</quote> after <quote>husband or
wife</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idf410c751-27dc-4156-9983-05019bd637f2"><enum>607.</enum><header>Lump-sum
payment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8135 is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id3b086f3e-d306-426c-a77f-b3b4a848ed4b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by inserting <quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or
widower</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0217f838-00e8-406b-bddf-8e1b2abdb679"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbabab8c3-c9be-4b76-a8ea-bf35119760e0" style="USC"><subsection id="id4749eacf-8a7b-432b-9886-0242321b7cd3"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A widow or widower on remarriage (or on
entry into a domestic partnership) before reaching age 55 (or a surviving
partner on entry into a subsequent domestic partnership or on marriage before
age 55) who is entitled to compensation under section 8133 of this title, shall
be paid a lump sum equal to 24 times the monthly compensation payment
(excluding compensation on account of another individual) to which that
individual was entitled immediately before the remarriage (or entry into a
domestic partnership) (or, in the case of a surviving partner, immediately
before entry into the subsequent domestic partnership or the
marriage).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idd60c73a9-68f8-46ae-b248-f224983176dd"><enum>608.</enum><header>Employees
of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities</header><subsection id="id3a6e6df1-457d-4686-9e88-df97e9da38b0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8171 is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide26cfa41-2c6c-4799-9853-8e5f59f99cdd" style="OLC"><subsection id="id77b8cf7b-dc96-4334-83e2-1129ab6bab39"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6b5ac232-f710-4e1d-9738-67ba32a54d63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the purpose of
this section—</text><subparagraph id="idcfa3278a-ef15-400e-a212-bae137881426" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>covered state</term>
means a State, foreign country, or political subdivision of a foreign country
in which a marriage between 2 individuals of the same sex is recognized under
the law of that State, country, or political subdivision;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id483E2865CAC34E3ABB251971BC2CAFF8" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>domestic partner</term>
means an individual who is in a domestic partnership with another individual,
as determined by the Secretary of Labor for purposes of this subchapter under
regulations issued by the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the
Office of Personnel Management—</text><clause id="id65fc90ec-ca58-451c-b4e6-971bae504f49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who are of the same sex;</text></clause><clause id="id37c7f872-b29b-4513-98cf-ad2a7104be2b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not less than 1 of whom is an
employee or an individual otherwise eligible for coverage under this subchapter
(or any application or extension thereof) based on such individual’s employment
or other service;</text></clause><clause id="id3ba681a2-40a0-4d18-9f2b-dcbaffecc9ed"><enum>(iii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7ce07488-8c9a-49bc-9fab-2a362ee7cce6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>who are in a
committed domestic-partnership relationship with each other satisfying the
conditions in subclauses (II), (III), and (IV) and intend to remain so
indefinitely;</text></subclause><subclause id="id61de30bc-4d27-411a-aac4-540a96bfa546" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>who have a common residence and
intend to continue to do so (or would have a common residence, but are
prevented from doing so because of such reasons as an assignment abroad or
other employment-related factors, financial considerations, family
responsibilities or other such reasons);</text></subclause><subclause id="id34cac714-a0ea-4f30-a2f1-c2085b945b62" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>who share responsibility for a
significant measure of each other’s welfare and financial obligations;
and</text></subclause><subclause id="idf0d0a721-52c6-4794-81a7-7e16d916a893" indent="up1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>neither of whom is married to or
in a domestic partnership with anyone except each other;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idf5f139a1-df25-46a8-91be-d6e931577e9d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>who are not less than 18 years of
age and mentally competent to consent to a contract;</text></clause><clause id="idc05f358e-4230-4f06-bdae-bd0f6393f8b7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>who are not related to each other
by blood in a way that would prohibit legal marriage between individuals
otherwise eligible to marry in the jurisdiction (or, if applicable, in any
jurisdiction) in which the individuals have a common residence; and</text></clause><clause id="idC2975A034D1E4A9F868C652958CE0B69"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>on the date of the death or injury
of the employee or individual otherwise eligible for coverage under this
subchapter (or any application or extension thereof) or, for the purpose of
applying section 31(b)(2)(C) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation
Act under this subchapter, the date of the representation, neither of whom has
resided in a covered state for more than 6 months;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id204A2809A0B14D7782AAC80C3E748A1F" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the term <term>State</term> means each
of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idafbbf450-a094-4572-b8b8-486b4028c70a" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the term <term>surviving
partner</term> means the decedent’s domestic partner at the time of his or her
death.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7ff6a77a-929f-417e-9ccc-79b208bcc71e" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the application of the Longshore
and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act under this subchapter—</text><subparagraph id="idafbf1bb7-320c-434a-a08e-f8f98e8706e6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 2(14) of that Act shall apply
as though—</text><clause id="id75c4b50b-309b-435f-b004-fef056e60b9a"><enum>(i)</enum><text><quote>(or child of the domestic
partner of an employee or volunteer referred to in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8171">section 8171(a)</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code)</quote> were inserted after ‘stepchild’; and</text></clause><clause id="id9705b2ba-0de8-46fb-9c95-818490af9c0d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text><quote>(or children in domestic
partnerships)</quote> were inserted after <quote>married children</quote> and
<quote>(or brothers or sisters in domestic partnerships)</quote> were inserted
after <quote>married sisters</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide691d06c-ba78-4505-b394-c74c7075b10f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 8(d)(1) of that Act—</text><clause id="id44e46b8c-422d-4f6b-aebc-a0bbd4665099"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subparagraphs (A), (C), and (D)
shall apply as though <quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> were inserted after
<quote>widow or widower</quote> each place it appears; and</text></clause><clause id="id16354166-b974-4e9c-aad7-44acbb55540d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subparagraph (D) shall apply as
though <quote>wife, husband,</quote> were struck and <quote>wife or husband (or
domestic partner)</quote> were inserted; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id722f1483-15ea-4cee-bf56-c79469ba568d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in section 9 of that Act—</text><clause id="id635f2f69-18e6-401a-a89d-be74bfc7d29a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subsection (b) shall apply as
though the portion of the first sentence up to and including the sixth comma
reads as follows: <quote>If there be a widow or widower (or surviving partner)
and no child of the deceased, to such widow or widower (or surviving partner)
50 per centum of the average wages of the deceased, during widowhood, or
dependent widowerhood (or during the life of the surviving partner, as the case
may be), with 2 years’ compensation in 1 sum upon remarriage (or entry into a
domestic partnership) of such widow or widower (or entry into another domestic
partnership or marriage of such surviving partner); and if there be a surviving
child or children of the deceased, the additional amount of
16<fraction>2/3</fraction> per centum of such wages for each such child; in
case of the death or remarriage (or entry into a domestic partnership) of such
widow or widower (or entry into another domestic partnership or a marriage of
such surviving partner)</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id37fc7e8c-4457-4a14-b002-2a65d66a4d45"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subsection (c) shall apply as
though the portion of the subsection up to and including the fourth comma reads
as follows: ‘If there be 1 surviving child of the deceased, but no widow or
widower (or surviving partner), then for the support of such child 50 per
centum of the wages of the deceased; and if there be more than 1 surviving
child of the deceased, but no widow or dependent husband (or surviving
partner),’;</text></clause><clause id="idc51ee569-b7a1-4eb6-84a7-49de614f34c5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>subsection (d) shall apply as
though—</text><subclause id="ida1a7c9d2-0757-4670-96d8-3ed2647855d0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the portion of the first sentence up
through the word <quote>children</quote> reads as follows: ‘If there be no
surviving wife or husband (or surviving domestic partner) or child, or if the
amount payable to a surviving wife or husband (or surviving domestic partner)
and to children’; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id484e8b10-93ca-46c3-8da9-41228fed00d1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the second sentence reads as follows:
‘But in no case shall the aggregate amount payable under this subsection exceed
the difference between 66<fraction>2/3</fraction> per centum of such wages and
the amount payable as hereinbefore provided to widow or widower (or surviving
partner) and for the support of surviving child or children.’;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idf28a5667-0360-4981-a592-0537aa48542f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>subsection (g) shall apply as
though the term <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> were inserted
after <quote>surviving wife</quote> each place it appears; and</text></clause><clause id="id254cd3e6-257a-4ebf-a8db-8f2ebc92e6e6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>section 31(b)(2)(C) shall apply as
though the term <term>(or domestic partner)</term> were inserted after
<quote>spouse</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id28d30fae-95e2-4ebf-995c-e81bdc5cb261"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exclusive
liability</header><text>Section 8173 is amended by striking
<quote>spouse,</quote> and inserting <quote>spouse (or domestic
partner),</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id9ee4c65c-702c-4904-a642-9772d6c48c8d"><enum>609.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><subsection id="idfcbcedd6-54c6-4f22-a51b-0d9daabd2d90"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to succeeding
provisions of this section, this title and the amendments made by this
title—</text><paragraph id="idf1263660-6b72-4e46-ba33-6ae747ffea49"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall take
effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id09a5aaf9-c42c-451b-b957-7ad36b147106"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall apply
with respect to any injury or death occurring before, on, or after such date of
enactment.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf8c10320-dce1-4f59-bedf-9aba28d135c3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timely
claim required; limitation on payments</header><text>No compensation shall be
payable, by virtue of the enactment of this title—</text><paragraph id="idb3e5c724-cce7-4de6-a27c-c45d0787c721"><enum>(1)</enum><text>unless timely
claim therefor is filed in accordance with the provisions of section 8122 or
8193 of title 5, United States Code (as applicable), and subsection (c);
or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddee1a9b4-68de-449d-9dd6-e1ea9b3112a0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect
to any period commencing before the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5cf7f0cd-b366-4f61-b5a3-62277ee4ad7c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allowability
of claims</header><text>In the case of an original claim for compensation for a
disability or death that occurred before the date of enactment of this Act (and
which would not otherwise be payable, but for the enactment of the amendments
made by this title)—</text><paragraph id="id996075ed-e3dd-4e16-822d-d00bfc3281da"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such claim
shall not be allowed if, as of such date of enactment, a claim based on such
disability or death would no longer be timely (determined in accordance with
such section 8122 or 8193 (as applicable), before the application of paragraph
(2)); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1c354a37-5e24-48b3-828d-5844c012fe2f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the
timeliness of any such claim, if not precluded by paragraph (1), shall be
determined—</text><subparagraph id="id9d1e4fa7-8170-42de-9239-e9cfc7fef947"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by applying
the provisions of such section 8122 or 8193 (as applicable); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide1649490-796b-4699-b610-362808f43e6f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as if the
time limitations of such section 8122 or 8193 (as applicable) did not begin to
run until the date on which the provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2502">section 2502(a)</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code (as added by section 101 of this Act) become
effective.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id227eb677-47e2-4fcb-955c-a452ad55e2de"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payments
for prior periods not affected</header><text>No recovery shall be made of
compensation paid to any individual whose entitlement to compensation is
terminated or reduced as a result of the enactment of this title.</text></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Employee
leave; death or captivity compensation; other employee benefits </header><section id="ida0938e03-f86b-4def-91eb-2d2bf0a1e65f"><enum>701.</enum><header>Voluntary
transfers of leave; Voluntary Leave Bank Program</header><subsection id="id3c60c449-30d3-4aee-aaa6-2eb7f41a89dd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Voluntary
transfers of leave</header><text>Section 6333 is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2177663-389e-48f7-9e33-ca3028160b39" style="OLC"><subsection id="idd4850c13-af69-4957-94b6-c4dfdad60223"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Regulations
to carry out this section shall include provisions to ensure that, in the
administration of this section, a domestic partner (as that term is defined in
section 2501) shall be afforded the same status as a
spouse.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id609fc6f9-7f14-4e6f-b0f9-e93be0787ac4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Voluntary
leave bank program</header><text>Section 6362 is amended—</text><paragraph id="ideedad9e3-4e7c-456b-8062-8880b2366a66"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(a)</quote> before <quote>Notwithstanding</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcaf4cb69-0a12-404a-b95e-fb2c323732e2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65d5b252-3c81-4108-8188-a2e2b118e965" style="OLC"><subsection id="idac3f4def-3273-4b27-b3d5-0697739b3e5a"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The
established program under this section shall include provisions to ensure that,
in the administration of this section, a domestic partner (as that term is
defined in section 2501) shall be afforded the same status as a
spouse.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id98dd545b-675f-44bf-91f8-53facb275d18"><enum>702.</enum><header>Family and
medical leave</header><subsection id="idc22871ad-830e-4b21-9b24-698e9f2cc47f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><paragraph id="id03addee1-9bf3-4def-b688-3936bd2c085c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6381 is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id5a3ef1ca-852c-4f6a-95b3-afe7b1644178"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), in the matter before
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>parentis,</quote> and inserting
<quote>parentis (or a biological, adopted, or foster child of the domestic
partner of the employee),</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide06693ad-93b9-451b-9a72-002b90da2bcb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(11), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5cd9e22b-108a-4d85-b4da-db99bbe558b8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(12), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34531f67-aa8b-49a5-9d10-23e2438b0b27"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding
after paragraph (12) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef95fa01-78d3-4673-9053-0f34b1b4f92d" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id4cd46164-4783-4734-ba66-73f137f2e404"><enum>(13)</enum><text>the term
<term>domestic partner</term> has the meaning given under section
2501.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id235321c6-ee7d-4d03-86a7-5463e91c7456"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Leave
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6382 is
amended by striking <quote>spouse,</quote> each place that term appears and
inserting <quote>spouse (or domestic partner),</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id78dd8219-097f-462b-9813-7c37bf547ec1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6383 is amended in subsections (a)
and (b)(4)(A) by striking <quote>spouse,</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>spouse (or domestic partner),</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id66c31c07-67f6-4189-8c29-bdc9a6004ceb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Congressional
Accountability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202 of
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1312">2 U.S.C. 1312</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf66aa323-171d-4e2b-855e-0e2d35a83afa" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id28118f49-9be8-43a0-8012-388be834ed95"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coverage of
employees with domestic partners</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idedb029e4-a220-4c1a-872c-53bfc10cc8b2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition
of domestic partner</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>domestic
partner</term> has the meaning given under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2501">section 2501</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id070ce439-d1ae-4f1f-8a22-8757098434de"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application
to covered employees</header><text>In the application of the Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2601">29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.</external-xref>) under subsection (a)(1) as to a
covered employee who has a domestic partner—</text><subparagraph id="id2314bee5-4bcb-4b1f-9cd5-030d76f96ec8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sections 102
through 105 of that Act shall apply as though <quote>domestic partner</quote>
were inserted after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears in those
sections;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb0109120-320f-4dc3-9048-a3b92676c416"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section
101(12) of that Act shall apply as though a child of the domestic partner of a
covered employee, which child meets the conditions of subparagraphs (A) and (B)
of that section, were included in the term <quote>son or daughter</quote> as
defined in that section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2a7ee26-494a-4f7f-b857-aed0aac444bb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the
covered employee and the domestic partner of the covered employee are employed
by the same employing office, the limit on the aggregate number of workweeks of
leave to which both may be entitled, as stated in section 102(f) of that Act,
shall apply.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1aa18461-f198-41ef-8357-b87ddec06f15"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application
to employees of the Government Accountability Office</header><text>In the
application of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et
seq.) as to an employee of the Government Accountability Office who has a
domestic partner—</text><subparagraph id="idb503e394-eaac-4bd4-81c2-4ecffb0e9814"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sections 102
through 105 of that Act shall apply as though <quote>domestic partner</quote>
were inserted after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears in those
sections;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4a80e6a3-fe02-49e1-9c21-215174c2ff66"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section
101(12) of that Act shall apply as though a child of the domestic partner of
the employee, which child meets the conditions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
that section, were included in the term <quote>son or daughter</quote> as
defined in that section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34107d57-baf8-472c-a457-986a34c7d883"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in any case
in which the employee and the domestic partner of the employee are both
employed by the Government Accountability Office, the limit on the aggregate
number of workweeks of leave to which both may be entitled, as stated in
section 102(f) of that Act, shall
apply.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idde5f8fc5-d3a9-4f71-9ad3-1058e0daf326"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Presidential
and Executive Office Accountability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/3/412">Section 412</external-xref> of title 3, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id890ec144-4ca1-450e-9335-ce676b471c7d" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id0f4c6c73-bac0-46af-be2d-db215f15729e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Coverage of
employees with domestic partners</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id98ffe1cd-330b-454f-a4b5-013cd96af9d2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition
of domestic partner</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>domestic
partner</term> has the meaning given under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2501">section 2501</external-xref> of title 5.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc752be91-f4cd-43cd-b133-2df5cc78e26d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application
to covered employees</header><text>In the application of the Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2601">29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.</external-xref>) under subsection (a)(1) as to a
covered employee who has a domestic partner—</text><subparagraph id="idaab68209-ff6d-42b1-a511-f241616b4b35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sections 102
through 105 of that Act shall apply as though <quote>domestic partner</quote>
were inserted after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears in those
sections;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc0965759-c676-48a4-bda7-77724b417566"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section
101(12) of that Act shall apply as though a child of the domestic partner of a
covered employee, which child meets the conditions of subparagraphs (A) and (B)
of that section, were included in the term <quote>son or daughter</quote> as
defined in that section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id696254e2-3505-4452-aa54-4033246ebd81"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the
covered employee and the domestic partner of the covered employee are employed
by the same employing office, the limit on the aggregate number of workweeks of
leave to which both may be entitled, as stated in section 102(f) of that Act,
shall
apply.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id06cd0753-4e8d-4cc9-8f2a-df10b7b184a4"><enum>703.</enum><header>Settlement
of accounts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5582(b) is
amended by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner (as defined under
section 2501))</quote> after <quote>widow or widower</quote>.</text></section><section id="iddc2a6ea0-ae9c-492d-a447-0591b9100920"><enum>704.</enum><header>Payments
to missing employees</header><subsection id="id5ffe9338-3921-4e16-a95e-1fa3886feeff"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
5561 is amended—</text><paragraph id="id40b61919-a2a9-4164-8763-b1cc2b0fe853"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text><subparagraph id="id39a94517-989d-400d-a200-6cfde19e0fb7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>wife</quote> and inserting <quote>spouse
(or domestic partner)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9ccfcad1-11eb-43fc-87bd-54ae793d4f05"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B) and inserting—</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5580623-9ca5-44b2-baf2-db174284606f" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id050683cd-ad38-4c6c-812c-14993ef01807"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a child,
including a dependent adopted child (or a dependent child of a domestic partner
not adopted by or otherwise the child of the employee), who is—</text><clause id="id0475da2c-9233-446d-8e90-865e066c1074"><enum>(i)</enum><text>unmarried
(and not in a domestic partnership); and</text></clause><clause id="ida51aec90-dead-4f2b-8aad-d77613238db9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>under 21
years of
age;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc2ce88a8-5d72-4c30-97fe-d219c062b4ce"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)(E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id71d942ed-e5e3-4fa5-9d82-f4eb5b27e3e9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)(F), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide9b6dc92-f805-42b3-ab4a-81753bc76fc4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf043a12-dea8-481c-a171-977a9bed1fbc" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id049ac93a-3c2c-4c30-99a8-97f38185137a"><enum>(7)</enum><text><term>domestic
partner</term> and <term>domestic partnership</term> have the meanings given
under section
2501.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ideeea65f0-9100-4b82-bde7-19dda2b6545f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Benefits
for captives</header><text>Section 5569 is amended by inserting <quote>(or
domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears.</text></subsection></section><section id="id37e1465d-54a8-4b52-8f79-eded6fb2be0f"><enum>705.</enum><header>Annuity of
the Comptroller General</header><subsection id="id5b2af1fb-72f9-4e87-94e5-d9a77ff97048"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
771 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="iddc769ab8-12e8-4d77-a865-3780f893effa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subchapter—</quote> and inserting
<quote>subchapter:</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddc8f630f-84b6-45ca-8270-cb56e0accf6e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><subparagraph id="ide259167a-9a32-42d3-88f4-75d3bd78f7bf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>The term</quote> after <quote>(1)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf2eea418-09ed-4a96-823a-ca9d2bf1b816"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or the child of a reporting Comptroller General’s domestic partner not
adopted by or otherwise the child of the Comptroller General)</quote> after
<quote>including a stepchild</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd4c2226d-fc8d-4004-8b8a-7efb7bf4c5b3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb21b1285-578c-46b6-89e0-b9a22c186974" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id79629c43-4bde-4d2c-bf5b-b3ac80b9f145"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The terms
<term>domestic partner</term> and <term>domestic partnership</term> have the
meanings given under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2501">section 2501</external-xref> of title 5.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd9221f65-4b04-431f-a034-b4b8735adccd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term
<term>surviving spouse</term> means a surviving spouse of an individual who was
a Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General and the spouse—</text><subparagraph id="id5093943f-2c33-4f64-a208-9b0d3c842e14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was married
to the individual for not less than 1 year immediately before the individual
died;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC62F49EFAFAD4E5CBB61C1AD6F4EB974"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was married to
the individual immediately before the individual died, was in a domestic
partnership with the individual immediately before the marriage to such
individual, and the combined duration of the domestic partnership and marriage
was not less than 1 year; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65dd7f4e-65ce-4431-a02a-4b9d781a74d2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has not
remarried (or entered into a domestic partnership) before age 55 and is the
parent of issue by the marriage.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc02af405-034e-43a8-8d52-3eb4048f297c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term
<term>surviving partner</term> means a surviving domestic partner of an
individual who was a Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General and the
domestic partner—</text><subparagraph id="ide01a28d4-2767-472e-9611-57dde5bdc774"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was in a
domestic partnership for not less than 1 year immediately before the individual
died;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc7881b6-a955-4829-8d5e-2fefa917a668"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7733e931-013c-449e-b339-b80bab5ba11b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has not entered
into a subsequent domestic partnership or married before age 55; and</text></clause><clause id="idc3429d60-d489-41c2-b8e0-def5655f32fb" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>satisfies other requirements,
related to parenthood and the domestic partnership, prescribed by the Director
of the Office of Personnel Management by regulation under sections 8341(3)(b)
and 8441(3)(B) of title 5, as determined and applied by the General Counsel of
the Government Accountability Office on the basis of those regulations.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7ebb7fc0-a5ed-4a35-82e2-f36295305e46"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Service as a
Comptroller General equals the number of years and complete months an
individual is Comptroller
General.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id04752691-8aab-45f5-aedc-22c4c95e18e2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Election of
survivor benefits</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/773">Section 773</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—</text><paragraph id="idbddf9e30-cccd-4b9a-b5ca-89bfb7cfc4b9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)(B), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner’s)</quote> after
<quote>surviving spouse's</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc07666bd-0cc6-40a6-8a80-0abac3930b1a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>surviving spouse</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf7f9665a-6a51-4626-9403-7b9f191fdafe"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> before the
period.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2d3ab394-c43a-456b-b5de-7f67f5b11282"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Survivor
annuities</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/774">Section 774</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id0eb3e14f-1045-4bdc-bfba-0faad7e028ce"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><subparagraph id="id7435f068-d92a-4444-a861-82a3b298b30b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9db074f8-873c-4798-87d5-693ccf5c17c2" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idbd09e0b6-3408-4ad7-871e-24c60c29a539"><enum>(1)</enum><text>only by a
spouse (or domestic partner), the surviving spouse (or surviving domestic
partner) shall receive an annuity computed under subsection (d) of this section
beginning on the death of the Comptroller General or retired Comptroller
General or when the spouse (or domestic partner) is 50 years of age, whichever
is
later;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id80234b36-d70d-4830-bada-5f76746817ef"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2), by striking <quote>by a spouse and a dependent child, the surviving
spouse</quote> and inserting <quote>by a spouse (or domestic partner) and a
dependent child, the surviving spouse (or surviving domestic partner)</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide74f9c75-e005-4d72-a4dc-d444c813b8ba"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(A), by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>surviving spouse</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf1c50731-8ba9-4a7b-9924-eacfe0aae1e1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>surviving spouse</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd6cd815c-058c-41f5-992b-eab7365864cb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text><subparagraph id="id9d02ad85-dd93-4508-b73e-fff24ee71d82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or surviving domestic partner's)</quote> after <quote>A surviving
spouse's</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43e5f240-6844-428b-86d3-6752e6413317"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or surviving domestic partner's)</quote> after <quote>a surviving
spouse's</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id548148a9-6e3c-4d43-90d1-02062adaeee2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>unless the
spouse</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida9acb6da-8b75-4df6-8745-364fa8d9c2c0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Refunds</header><text>Section
775 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id51bcddb1-d1b5-4812-ab58-090e7f02014d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(2), by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>surviving spouse</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc3df243f-da65-4c16-abb6-5a47cf0d9c21"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>surviving spouse</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb45b2eaf-a3c9-49bf-96e4-853942c27c59"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Payment of
survivor benefits</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/776">Section 776(b)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code,
is amended—</text><paragraph id="idaf2a7bab-50b9-4383-b5cc-6b19766d01f7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1), by striking <quote>A surviving spouse's annuity ends when the spouse
remarries</quote> and inserting <quote>A surviving spouse's (or surviving
domestic partner’s) annuity ends when the spouse remarries (or enters into a
domestic partnership) (or when the surviving domestic partner enters into
another domestic partnership or marries)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id72514a61-4c54-4ebe-8628-bc8cbee51649"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2), by striking <quote>marries, or dies, whichever is earliest. However, if a
child is not self-supporting because of a physical or mental disability, an
annuity ends when the child recovers, marries</quote> and inserting
<quote>marries (or enters into a domestic partnership), or dies, whichever is
earliest. However, if a child is not self-supporting because of a physical or
mental disability, an annuity ends when the child recovers, marries (or enters
into a domestic partnership)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id28057ed3-91bf-46a4-a452-e483f9966bc4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3), by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>a
surviving spouse</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id16207f8f-af73-425c-bb77-1947595db4a7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Annuity
increases</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/777">Section 777(b)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner's)</quote> after
<quote>A surviving spouse's</quote>.</text></subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Ethics in
Government, conflicts of interest, employment of relatives, gifts, and employee
conduct</header><section commented="no" id="idc00d7f4c-f4be-4ab3-b343-f36744485cd4"><enum>801.</enum><header>Ethics in
Government Act of 1978</header><subsection commented="no" id="id69f14dae-eae8-43a3-b5a5-12f89a532830"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Contents of
reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102 of the
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id99c16138-3f38-409e-9b97-663661184f88"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3ad0bdb8-c153-44e5-87a4-1e8cbdf0bf90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A), by inserting <quote>(or the domestic partner or a parent, child, or
sibling of the domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>relative</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ida9579fe4-5400-4e02-8807-d000808a9e12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3), by striking <quote>spouse, or by a parent, brother, sister, or child of
the reporting individual or of the reporting individual's spouse,</quote> and
inserting <quote>spouse (or domestic partner), or by a parent, brother, sister,
or child of the reporting individual or of the reporting individual's spouse
(or of the reporting individual’s domestic partner),</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9d51d232-82b6-4ec6-97d4-4a5603ac1db9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idb00edb0e-c623-4c53-a009-d8e34de69cae"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>spouse, or a parent, brother,
sister, or child of the reporting individual or of the reporting individual's
spouse</quote> and inserting <quote>spouse (or domestic partner), or a parent,
brother, sister, or child of the reporting individual or of the reporting
individual's spouse (or of the reporting individual’s domestic
partner),</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id173c4b18-0ab9-466a-949f-609aed7672d5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ida045bf02-cd80-42fa-89ff-c3249db46965"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote> each place that term appears;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8e969032-eec0-4218-aa2c-3f25e3489939"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id618cfdda-5a0e-41a6-980c-f1bf06a7e73c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text><clause commented="no" id="ide700bdb1-03a0-46b4-accc-45130abbaf97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A) and subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) by
inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each
place that term appears;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id60274d01-6171-462f-b6ed-9ad4af61d323"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (E), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner's)</quote> after
<quote>spouse's</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idd431f8ca-412f-4fde-a4bd-bacca09cb772"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (F)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id23fbf2da-bd80-436e-b96b-c420622858a5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(and domestic partners)</quote> after <quote>spouses</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id59931623-e198-402e-b737-b1f96a1a4f06"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id395e6fbb-432e-4920-adc1-70056346854d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the
matter following subparagraph (F), by inserting <quote>(or domestic
partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6a0fea93-4178-40a5-b02e-574e97943d03"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2), by inserting <quote>(or the termination of the reporting individual's
domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>his spouse</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0e526b03-14a1-44a0-9127-a04dc7e5f578"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(f), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote> each place that term appears.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id50ba95b6-9d7e-4b86-bbb5-f204431be004"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions
relating to financial disclosure</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id297b90ae-62cb-4a03-bcb8-dd292cc576dd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 109 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idef1f6007-1b04-4473-b28d-284918311470"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause commented="no" id="iddd20a113-f188-4ced-87c8-34cb30fe1c77"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(or who is a son or daughter of
the reporting individual’s domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>stepdaughter</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="iddce4cf4b-d820-447d-b153-d316eb32f866"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>unmarried</quote> and inserting <quote>not
married (and not in a domestic partnership)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idb6ca9438-0655-46b8-80db-e1d2101f74ae"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting “(or, in the case of a son or daughter of the
reporting individual’s domestic partner, would be a dependent within the
meaning of such section if the requirements of subsections (c)(1)(A) and
(d)(1)(A) of such section were disregarded)” before the semicolon;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2a123e02-d3b9-4826-89e2-a66b2b7b4ea7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraphs (4) through (19) as paragraphs (5) through (20),
respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id566178e7-bbaf-4458-b374-1ff56d23278e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83a2ef23-cfbf-463b-82c3-b2db00a17f49" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id70a782ac-7787-4ea0-835e-1c6e0de9816a"><enum>(4)</enum><text><term>domestic
partner</term> and <term>domestic partnership</term> have the meanings given
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2501">section 2501</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4f51aae3-3f85-46d4-8288-0eae7fe84840"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical
and conforming amendments</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5c40b110-9b47-4f90-9206-8af517db523c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Ethics in
Government Act of 1978</header><text>The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text><clause commented="no" id="id3f686fa7-9ecc-45d1-90f2-cdea256f1fe6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in section
101(f)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id024d0561-1a57-4556-bfe7-1e4ece70a5f2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in paragraph
(9), by striking <quote>section 109(12)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
109(13)</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id553a4e30-93aa-4934-8b7b-8e52aeb00ecd"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (10), by striking
<quote>section 109(13)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
109(14)</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideace5013-e6d0-430c-a4be-20f3ed6da6f1"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11), by striking
<quote>section 109(10)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 109(11)</quote>;
and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f8d2e7f-8599-4765-970c-d5bc80d28eec"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12), by striking
<quote>section 109(8)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 109(9)</quote>;
and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69d51710-84bf-4baa-aab1-2af4ecf4a7d0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in section
105(b)(3)(A), by striking <quote>section 109(8) or 109(10)</quote> and
inserting <quote>section 109(9) or (11)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb88c7aa6-cfd7-4857-a510-e686e1f61798"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
provisions</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8dbabe81-2c2a-4ef1-b728-2f7df6ba1d35"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Lobbying
Disclosure Act of 1995</header><text>Section 3(4)(D) of the Lobbying Disclosure
Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1602">2 U.S.C. 1602(4)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section
109(13)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 109(14)</quote>.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d454570-d81b-41d7-bc97-4f1a63f56af6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Public
Health Service Act</header><text>Section 499(j)(2) of the Public Health Service
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/290b">42 U.S.C. 290b(j)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section
109(16)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 109(17)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idbee463b4-e785-4a0e-bac9-d3020b6b2d0a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Outside
earned income limitation</header><text>Section 501(c) of the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking <quote>spouse,
child, or dependent relative of such individual</quote> and inserting
<quote>spouse (or domestic partner), child, or dependent relative of such
individual (or child, sibling, or parent of such individual's domestic partner,
which child, sibling, or parent is a dependent of such
individual)</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ida53e6dff-7015-412f-bf98-32ec4681d972"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions
relating to outside earned income and employment</header><text>Section 505 of
the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idfb6a439b-7a0c-431c-b699-658a3b50d715"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3), by inserting <quote>(or the individual's domestic partner, or a parent,
child, or sibling of the individual’s domestic partner)</quote> after
<quote>relative</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id318a0688-30d4-45db-9788-b91b5488b640"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>(or
the domestic partner, or a parent, child, or sibling of the domestic
partner)</quote> after <quote>relative</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ida4e0769f-1c63-4d1c-96a8-67f14d66c1c8"><enum>802.</enum><header>Conflicts
of interest</header><subsection id="id58b824f5-c086-41da-a271-1bcaa1e2f114"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Compensation
to Members of Congress, officers, and others in matters affecting the
Government</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(d) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner, as that term is defined in section
2501 of title 5)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97479b2d-58de-41b6-9240-59cf6da842c6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities of officers and employees in
claims against and other matters affecting the Government</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/205">Section 205(e)</external-xref> of title 18, United States
Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting <quote>(or
domestic partner, as that term is defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2501">section 2501</external-xref> of title 5)</quote>
after <quote>spouse</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida4c5c494-d70c-42cc-97fb-86000ef3ac00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Acts
affecting a personal financial interest</header><text>Section 208(a) of title
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner, as
that term is defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2501">section 2501</external-xref> of title 5)</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id833f93c5-0815-4792-aa74-4efd8ac4d029"><enum>803.</enum><header>Employment
of relatives, restrictions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3110 is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideff0da6c-73df-4e87-b352-cb1b8c3c536e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27d341a7-6214-41d4-8c9a-87bfc5939791"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63ff8121-3674-4e1e-b619-a22b1fe372a2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking the period
and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5f6354d-d7a0-4ae4-984b-901ec30622f8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id777925d9-91c3-4010-9b03-22f9b3e7dafc" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id1b58f3fd-1940-41aa-8dad-4802d3fc2567"><enum>(4)</enum><text><quote>domestic
partner</quote> has the meaning given under section
2501.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca7372f1-287b-4231-8b74-06400d2211b6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by inserting <quote>The restrictions in this subsection shall apply also
to a public official with respect to any individual, and to any individual with
respect to a public official, if the individual is the public official’s
domestic partner; is a parent, child, or sibling of the public official’s
domestic partner; or is the domestic partner of a child, parent, or sibling of
the public official.</quote> at the end.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6d6ee4f-a23d-470b-9e80-ba8f363a0dca"><enum>804.</enum><header>Receipt
and disposition of foreign gifts and decorations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7342(a)(1) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3bd6dd6f-4674-4d76-8f23-b6ae37ff51f2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(G), by inserting
<quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e3dba75-5c5b-44cc-b43c-a608334b8e9b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e3b7aa0-a85e-43c3-a658-7ef126e9c002"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe5f8ce8-f018-4218-ad01-9ea1788fa749"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4aed6e7-8aec-4be3-b673-8450f1c05313" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e2bca71-27fc-4b49-84bb-a32b8f143130"><enum>(7)</enum><text><term>domestic
partner</term> has the same meaning given under section
2501.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c074f82-f051-4f07-96ac-886a607556a5"><enum>805.</enum><header>Regulation
of conduct; gifts</header><subsection id="ida1990f7a-8d58-44ea-85fb-43123d709f43"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Regulations under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/7301">section 7301</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code, shall be modified by the President, and regulations under sections 7351
and 7353 of that title shall be modified by the Office of Government Ethics, so
as to provide that any benefits and obligations applicable to married employees
and their spouses shall also apply to employees in domestic partnerships and
their domestic partners.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbc4eb235-fb45-470a-bcc6-6e61e0ca122c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>domestic partner</term> has the meaning given
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2501">section 2501</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4747c6c3-d845-4fc1-b157-e63fc743924d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>806.</enum><header>Acceptance of travel
assistance from non-Federal sources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1353">Section 1353(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner (as defined under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2501">section 2501</external-xref> of title 5))</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>.</text></section>