IB Union Calendar No. 239 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2517 [Report No. 111–400, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2009 Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Berman, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Engel, Ms. Harman, Mr. Holt, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Langevin, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Nadler of New York, Ms. Norton, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Tierney, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Wu, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, Mr. Welch, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Stark, Mr. Dingell, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Farr, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Michaud, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Polis of Colorado, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Filner, Mr. Clyburn, and Mr. Quigley) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned January 22, 2010 Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic January 22, 2010 Referral to the Committees on House Administration and the Judiciary extended for a period ending not later than January 29, 2010 January 29, 2010 Additional sponsors: Ms. Clarke, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Israel, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Sestak, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Kilroy, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Hare, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Baird, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Adler of New Jersey, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Inslee, Ms. Watson, Mr. Honda, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Andrews, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Levin, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Walz, Mr. Massa, Mr. Sires, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Maffei, Ms. Giffords, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Peters, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Olver, Ms. Speier, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Chu, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Courtney, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Clay, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Baca, Mr. Rush, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Payne, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Luján, Ms. Titus, Ms. Waters, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Shea-Porter, and Ms. Roybal-Allard January 29, 2010 The Committees on House Administration and the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 20, 2009 A BILL To provide certain benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.
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Short title; references; table of contents
(a)
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009. (b)
References
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)
Table of contents
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; references; table of contents. Title I—Domestic partnerships Sec. 101. Domestic partnerships. Title II—Civil Service Retirement System Sec. 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 System Sec. 301. Definitions. Sec. 302. Creditable service. Sec. 303. Survivor reduction for a current spouse or a current domestic partner. Sec. 304. Survivor reduction for a former spouse or former domestic partner. Sec. 305. Survivor elections; deposit; offsets. Sec. 306. Survivor reductions; computation. Sec. 307. Insurable interest reductions. Sec. 308. Alternative forms of annuities. Sec. 309. Lump-sum benefits; designation of beneficiary; order of precedence. Sec. 310. Annuities: methods of payment; election; purchase. Sec. 311. Protections for spouses, domestic partners, former spouses, and former domestic partners. Sec. 312. Justices and judges. Sec. 313. Survivor annuities: definitions. Sec. 314. Rights of a widow, widower, or surviving partner. Sec. 315. Rights of a former spouse or former domestic partner. Sec. 316. Authority of the Office of Personnel Management. Sec. 317. Cost-of-living adjustments. Sec. 318. Fiduciary responsibilities; liability and penalties. Title IV—Insurance benefits Sec. 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 subsistence Sec. 501. Reimbursement for taxes incurred on money received for travel expenses. Sec. 502. Relocation expenses of employees transferred or reemployed. Sec. 503. Taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferred. Sec. 504. Relocation expenses of an employee who is performing an extended assignment. Title VI—Compensation for work injuries Sec. 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. Regulations. Sec. 609. Effective date. Title VII—Provisions relating to employment of relatives and other matters Sec. 701. Employment of relatives; restrictions. Sec. 702. Settlement of accounts. Sec. 703. Benefits for captives. Sec. 704. Compensation for disability or death. Sec. 705. Family and medical leave. Title VIII—Additional provisions Sec. 801. Applicability. Sec. 802. Regulations. Title IX—Amendment to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 Sec. 901. Amendment to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Title X—Reporting requirements Sec. 1001. Report of the president. Sec. 1002. GAO report.
<enum>I</enum><header>Domestic partnerships</header> <section id="HA59DC47854FD458A85515E3F9DCC5FAC"><enum>101.</enum><header>Domestic partnerships</header> <subsection id="HF1D004E2FEF944F09B92D094BC47ACDB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 21 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HB9C4EFA89B0A4FF19B9772B3171E3B2F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H164E0BC2D60E4FC2BFBFE8FEF928CE93"><enum>2110.</enum><header>Domestic partnerships</header> <subsection id="HAA4A3F64801942B99CED9E0ACD0AEA6B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>To establish the existence of a domestic partnership, between an employee, former employee, or annuitant and another individual, for purposes of the provisions of law to which this section applies, the employee, former employee, or annuitant (as the case may be) shall be required to file an affidavit, in such form and manner as the Office of Personnel Management shall by regulation prescribe, attesting to the following: </text> <paragraph id="HEA177F30B65D420594FA32E80784C7BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Both individuals are members of the same sex.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H441635AB151749F2BD53CD4603508658"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Both individuals are at least 18 years of age and competent to contract.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6377414FD66844BBA852433F7D81C900"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The filing employee, former employee, or annuitant (as the case may be) has notified the other individual of the filing of the affidavit attesting that their partnership satisfies the requirements of this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H588AEC09C1FF47C78927B36E340FE87E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Such individuals are in a domestic partnership with one another and intend to remain so indefinitely. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA7C44D88279E47B5AAC1CC4CAD0F029D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Such individuals—</text> <subparagraph id="H6CECEAD19514490AA09810F2C0A57F95"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have a common residence; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H24367DC8F8934081A7B3B946753DA184"><enum>(B)</enum><text>do not have a common residence because of financial, employment-related, or other reasons, as identified in the affidavit.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8ED1F7D8CD19450D89F3762A21727A0C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Neither individual is married to or in a domestic partnership with anyone outside of the domestic partnership referred to in paragraph (4).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H94DBD027AF2B49B483EDEB7E5E25DF32"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The 2 individuals share responsibility for a significant measure of each other’s common welfare and financial obligations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H532BE3B3C5BB400E9A113A839B0CD26E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The 2 individuals are not related in a way that, if they were of the opposite sex, would prohibit legal marriage in the jurisdiction in which either individual resides.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6A36085493A84598B9B0AC776EA5EB32"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The filing employee, former employee, or annuitant (as the case may be) understands that willful falsification of information set forth in the affidavit or failure to provide appropriate notification of the termination of the domestic partnership may lead to the recovery of amounts obtained as a result of such falsification or failure (as the case may be), criminal or other penalties, and (in appropriate cases) disciplinary action. </text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection"> An affidavit 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 filing. No 2 individuals shall, for purposes of the provisions of law to which this section applies, be treated as being in a domestic partnership with one another unless there is in effect, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Office, an affidavit filed in accordance with the preceding provisions of this subsection. An affidavit so filed shall remain in effect until the earlier of the date of the death of either individual or the date as of which the domestic partnership is otherwise terminated, as determined under such regulations. </continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="H8C4C1FC03DBB4067B6C0FAFB06CF7734"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Domestic partner</header><text>For purposes of the provisions of law to which this section applies, the term <term>domestic partner</term> means an individual who is in a domestic partnership, as described in subsection (a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1975773A0EDA47869EB4F84BE04E1509" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Employee defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>employee</term> means an employee as defined by section 2105, an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard (as described in section 2105(c)), an employee of the United States Postal Service or of the Postal Regulatory Commission (as described in section 2105(e)), a Member of Congress, a member of the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, a member of the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and any other individual who is employed by the Government (as determined under regulations of the President or a designee thereof), but does not include a technician (within the meaning of section 8337(h) or, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 43 of title 38, a member of the armed forces.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H325A0653A3C14EFF9560FC3B82E00E04"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annuitant defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>annuitant</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="HBDF02D8048CA43379E57B5FFE80CC30B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an annuitant within the meaning of section 8331 or 8401; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01139168C0D5435B8FAE58356A01D1BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>as determined under regulations prescribed by the President or a designee thereof, 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></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF8718F16262943188CD8957FDED6003D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>No individual may—</text> <paragraph id="HFC6A1978CB224EDEA06D5C893664FD86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>use the information obtained under subsection (a) for any purpose other than the administration of any provision of law to which this section applies; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD8E01B3CD5A847CBB88FCA34E1B969A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">furnish any information obtained under subsection (a) to anyone, or permit anyone to examine or otherwise gain access to any such information, except for—</text> <subparagraph id="H03CBD2E1B741466FA9738FF35C618F60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual who needs such information for a purpose that satisfies paragraph (1); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1B48F550BF174260868374B2510883DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a member of the domestic partnership to which the information pertains or an authorized representative thereof.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H838A2D54C6A7466AA9A92B33F6850DEC" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This section applies for purposes of the provisions of this title (excluding chapter 81) and any provision of law identified in or under title VIII of the <short-title>Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009</short-title>.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H80811A0AFDE344F9995844AC8E82E161"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 21 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H4D85BD94B82A49EC8245624210A34A31" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">2110. Domestic partnerships. </toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <enum>II</enum><header>Civil Service Retirement System</header> <section id="H14D3561DC193410BBF9073286ADA8064"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8331 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1D5657EE7150435DBE7D238DF159B09A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (30), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H63ED20791979425C98CBF51A3D6051EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (31), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C30932AC7024A93A8371E3962E57CBF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HC6ABF4F846314FF096D77F1671CE9E63" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H1B06688BF6A543A3A1788D300D56F1B5" commented="no"><enum>(32)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>former domestic partner</quote> means a former domestic partner of an individual—</text> <subparagraph id="H686DC4DF3FCE44F1A48E761A4FD99F8C" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if such individual performed at least 18 months of civilian service as an employee or Member; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H78106BB8EB7E401BA977C2BE0889932A" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the former domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with such individual for at least 9 months.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HD3E6D48B95644760A880F3F6E73B188B"><enum>202.</enum><header>Creditable service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8332 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0EB137F7319140EB97F62E0AD17AF8C3"><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="H39DC82A85E4F43889D8494F6924EF441"><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, domestic partner,</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H54A23893135A4B0F9EA3673FD2A48340"><enum>203.</enum><header>Computation of annuity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8339 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF1B099B6910B4B2FB3572278AA658358"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (j)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4EE3F92AEECE45CCB651FF28A4C17C9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H4E2ECB7C642B470E908C5545CCA28692"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>the spouse</quote> each place it appears;</text></clause> <clause id="HFE86836619F74911BE6A890B09C4A5D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or has a domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>is married</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H994F9581BAC44E7FA4DC3E1712117960"><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="HA3D3024D3DB24B688DB672C63F7B9AE4"><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="H259FC26BE6B94E83B8BCE7D527EA9E33"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="HBFE2906AD07A48C6B1B9F9E013ABFD49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first sentence—</text> <subclause id="H925DB76EE47F4437B5FA35BE77D811C7"><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="HE5F057C8CAF34C19B24AE082C3A77D32"><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="HAA608CA076E14DF5926EF88CB7F47736"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the second sentence—</text> <subclause id="H01603736BC4B44BCADCB5890AFA79F53"><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="H218300F0B6A64821AE516B8B23100D14"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>is dissolved,</quote> and inserting <quote>is dissolved (or terminated),</quote>;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H8A78B558515348D498F25C4CFCEFA553"><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="H4D7B7D7B47A143F2A06EC1B091A12928"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subclause id="HE3842EDC52C140D4A9E79B64CC6095F3"><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="H2F02E3E9FDBC46CEB2C3E1AF3175D8A2"><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="HA5BBCB49B0EF4559B50056933834DC21"><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="HD03063AA8CFB436EB2FBCC5D5DE72B30"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HD6705686CB9B44DCB9AFFB9C3FBE2CD9" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H195F1B186F2E45DCB09DDFBE72934AC1" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum> <subparagraph id="H912E910CC4B143CC8A4D40DEAC923DC1" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><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="H703D9930060C4FEC9D8C31A82FDDE240" 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="H1990410534C741A6B004CBBA53324065" 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="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="H8C18A1036FBE4E30A85DB423D6CAFC79" 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 the former domestic partner enters into a subsequent domestic partnership) 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="H48B42396D26248EB90B63AEEF00F1D07" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum> <clause id="H34E54311F97F47ECB1427AA4536CEDDC" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon remarriage (or entry into a 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> <subclause id="HAD37D93119704747BB4CB6CF4E76CF8C" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>within 2 years after such remarriage (or such subsequent domestic partnership), or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H868AF55001C5453C86746BFD26EBCD5D" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if later, within 2 years after—</text> <item id="H98A3C64938A64783BAE99BAF131B115E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the death or remarriage of any former spouse (or the death of or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership by any former domestic partner) of such employee or Member who was entitled to a survivor annuity under section 8341(h), or</text></item> <item id="HF554901DBDD74546B7190E7C8298BC8E"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>if there was more than 1, the death or remarriage of the last such surviving former spouse (or the death of or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership by the last such surviving former domestic partner), </text></item></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">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></clause> <clause id="H6F8C31B0A2A84088B128D049F42FBA45" 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 remarriage (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="HF57ED5AA62674EB39EEB569DE6A523B4" 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="H41B766B21E5B4218B16EFC42981A7C0E" 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="H6C1133131CD94E6CA3B74775603B1AC4" 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="H1F24D83D1B4D47B792939E10FEA65295"><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="H9F09B7FAB5554E0080A8798620B49F94"><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="H4769E196885A4CC0A27D9D32E3272F2A" 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="H574521C56F9C406FB7BD9D50539F1659"><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="H49447C903C0846F2ACF40CD1F86EA8DB"><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="H00E41B15715A46718691906963727944"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (k)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA8DD12BF61884A3AA4CB6B8693CE3182"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H830313B0E2374F8EBBD05390055C4EC6"><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="H224D38193D8949A0B9B3C1A18664501A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF9D85F9FC9E24EC988C0DA43053E727F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H85655130246F4A9589B8ADF83DD64E0C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the matter before subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H62B0C2D60EE04BC19B9771C58E304679" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HEA0059969A914CE79C0043A62B065C12" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph id="H69884A8842404C1EB3A1AAA5A2B16B50" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><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="HE8A8ED2A995A4649AAE2F0BF3EE48E4A" 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="H344ABA00178F475CA6D574BE31FD379C" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if later, within 2 years after—</text> <subclause id="HCDB1377ADE2847FA8AB4D3CF508DBF3C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the death or remarriage of any former spouse (or the death of or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership by any former domestic partner) of such employee or Member who was entitled to a survivor annuity under section 8341(h), or</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD618FF86E3F0422385FEB298CB7E0DC3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if there was more than 1, the death (or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership) by the last such surviving former spouse (or surviving former domestic partner), </text></subclause></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">a reduction in the retired employee or Member's current annuity as provided in subsection (j).</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="H2C50A1FD9E094462A34342C1014479D1"><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="HD8719D3E68154DEC9A0E77436115D598"><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="HA341309BC30044919F6845005762E36A"><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="H557F8070C5154AB781BCBEE7D3359DF6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (o)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4DBB6A28DFD54EC4A19493CE76C861AA"><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="HB5AA358736FF47718279F7BE8B93191B"><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="H76BB96FB93DD49348B8A6FD9CDFA39EF"><enum>204.</enum><header>Cost-of-living adjustment of annuities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8340 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB3E84A23F21143EBB2C18253485A99B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H9E899FA53935425181B1B905F0B0A986"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7058BE6652C241A5A97A2BCD30CCA770"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7F66F18604DC4A49804879AE5B526653" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HBAECEF1DA782420094E973C8885CFA05" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H4C3A121AA23C4359B30CA0BA7D8F5790" commented="no"><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="H97F9B234465A4877964EBD6549D8C1F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H013A7FCEBF5E4441BAE74B75D299674A"><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="HD1B5C67FC32441B4A4541A38FD00FFC7"><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="HC529427A79E5406A8FC07E25BAA436DC"><enum>205.</enum><header>Survivor annuities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8341 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFE24D57652A64720AE053674C87FE059"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H2926C0657CA243D5BE340CE10952A476"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED5CD60E9AA34E4AAB054BAC9592322D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HFC59E07F0C8940C3B1238C0E0A7412A4" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H57704F4516DC4BD0BD26D1D787BD07EA" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>surviving partner</quote> means the surviving domestic partner of an employee or Member who—</text> <subparagraph id="HE72E88E9441A4CFD9A76EF63FA0572C4" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was in a domestic partnership with such employee or Member for at least 9 months immediately before the death of such employee or Member; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H522A2D8FB32A415DB2045B6C5989E78C" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>satisfies such other requirement, based on parenthood, as the Office of Personnel Management shall by regulation prescribe based on the definition of a widow or widower under this section; </text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB41BC6CEEB854A50AFA3DEF8BB1390AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated by subparagraph (A))—</text> <clause id="HFD5EA59D2F864E2D9EEE8D51A674BAE2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>the surviving spouse</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HBAED2106329549E8B7B576ED878783EC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>The Office shall prescribe regulations to provide that, for purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph (5)(A)(ii) (relating to the treatment of a stepchild) in the case of a domestic partnership, rules similar to those prescribed to carry out section 8901(5)(B) in similar circumstances shall apply.</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FCC6A2D684E4ED487962991E97D911A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCAEAE1E78DA449ED85BB99B90473F4E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="HA54D97D00BEB401199B4FA5F8198587C"><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="HCABDA9EC703E4503B11F6E27ED782D15"><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="HC6E94C1EB468425BB7462C33B0EF7575"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HAD01A5C4D6F440A392B6657F35212109"><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="H4566C35341244BEF874E5E55C7E4318D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or in a domestic partnership with)</quote> after <quote>married to</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H27ECDC6EF3F64023BA5AEF0C6FE4913B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="H8DEAC68DF1D44A5ABF05D33DEA8F00C9"><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="HCFE469A47D214B73B350A715218BD1A0"><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="H171A66AE8CDE45DD80A0E478699FBEE7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>(or enters into a subsequent domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>remarries</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H81C68A3623E94C6ABDB7E5568888B5FF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause id="H0E7E867FAC324EF897484230C32CEFF1"><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="HB9DED0393E06413DB092CAB0385857FA"><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="H151531E092194536A4A64D6C93E1F639"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="H1CC53B6742FF42878FDA5FE49F316A43"><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="HBB761C4D076444E49970626FC9B576CC"><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="H1B3F5B7D22D942F0A468B7152C829E0B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>(or enters into a subsequent domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>remarries</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97A44D9DDF074AC78731B48A931EDCCA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5C30F7A2D45E4047B400E3741093B9B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the matter before paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H85AFFEE2C4D44559AF7623E2C072D655" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HBCAC0B7E2F1C458794047446531DA43D"><enum>(e)</enum> <paragraph id="H12ABCB7D60AA442DAC1E74125D31CAE4" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the purposes of this subsection—</text> <subparagraph id="HFEB4C416C8574BB98600BAD00E3DCA00" 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="HA8ADB2A5C9ED4DA58CF594769B304128" 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="H288C2E27BAE74E0E887E75BA6F14CB49"><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="HD5CF3D6F5DC44BFD948DFE605AA4137E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="H3FAF22D9764E44DBA818AFF005526ED7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>dies or marries;</quote> and inserting <quote>dies, marries, or enters into a domestic partnership;</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB42FBBC6A3744E44AB09784FAFAE7AB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the matter following subparagraph (E)—</text> <subclause id="H79059C9BCDE74E8D862EF798E0C14143"><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="H0786F043035E48B4AB1362E7FC538792"><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 id="HCE588712F6384000B5CEA875C7287B0E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><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="H61FCC0B840614D39A81609B36278208F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HFCED910B52B64D089941DC8DFDD78B0A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H417C1900017148D2820DFECD4C94A404"><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="H2A8542625AAC4E21A6C5663743FE608C"><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 the surviving domestic partner dies or enters into a subsequent domestic partnership); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2588C2B4C1C5471488859E0B031EACDB"><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></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="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> <paragraph id="H8737B955304646C98DB6F701E240A608"><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></paragraph> <paragraph id="H38C37651B0CD4B64AE6972588BE06A1B"><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></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7DC2DE812A3046598B3644683A88A44C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H6719086BC5524D66B9E98AC6CDC0C6F5" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HC7E6E2CBEE9D4310B396A007B095DB0C"><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 remarriage (or entry into a subsequent 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="H3F7E37C24149429188864CD0EC06AF91"><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 remarriage (or subsequent domestic partnership); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9AC9437F27194062B090C95FB6DE863B"><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="HD36215DDE2C446F99C45E3A14116BB4F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HA4BB57AB42D547659AA0D3F67499C67C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HCB8BC6C44FC3470A916BC99196AB54AB"><enum>(h)</enum> <paragraph id="H18C59C1462AE4E708BD930D26A7EA419" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><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="H541E26155096419EA973921F00AD10FA" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph id="HBCA31076144F4A558A81057D2596A23B" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><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="H46FCF765F49E49B9A68C88ADEDA21D1F" 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="H5772F9FEB530433EBB17DAA204B59E2C" 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="H4B2C3740C37647968048216261AAC6F0" 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="HD7C64FC9D6C9414284763F5C865F6E10"><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="H95686FF49CE44DC9BADA2DC6634BA854"><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 id="H9BB18F8D9C6841528EC47613C712732C" commented="no"><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="H8099BA04B1124C5CB656CF0DAFF23851" 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="HEA91243506AA47B6A1A11F2CD43ED948"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not commence before—</text> <clause id="H41D3B13FAF96432AB71130E03B69F814"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the day after the employee, Member, or annuitant dies, or</text></clause> <clause id="H62495C11DE9E4481B40D17B8E1D20E4C"><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="H78BB1ADA6FA5417F8E68AB898F3F14E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall terminate—</text> <clause id="H699CD623CD074BE8B7561FF53F27B57A"><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 former domestic partner enters into a subsequent domestic partnership) before becoming 55 years of age or dies; or</text></clause> <clause id="H7BDE8B6BCD7E4BC086CB6994E9022CA7"><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 dies (or the former domestic partner enters into a subsequent domestic partnership or dies).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFD617D48D5304540810D1EB94106B0A1" 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="HE1DE8A5FC14449A4A13A51B4DF12C023"><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="HD7CE7E448558449187377708ED57DE15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent that such modification involves an annuity under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF09ACF2E92B4AE08FD1C9846676EE93" 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="HCBEF98B63ABC4A178D0C431D3882B89A" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Any payment under this subsection to a person bars recovery by any other person.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C3F3CBCC9EE4238864917AF7D6856C9" 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="H21FBC36901FA45E4902B910B0E5D907F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block id="HF641EF07AE28437B882C06C74C5B5B20" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HB667A1C218404F69B69BDC5A1F238A77"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The requirement in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(2)(A), and (a)(5)(A) that the surviving spouse (or surviving domestic partner) of an employee or Member have been married to (or in a domestic partnership with) such employee or Member for at least 9 months immediately before the employee’s or Member’s death 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="H3C77BB1318B24BA8BA5CAE94F3A282B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the death of the employee or Member was accidental; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE0260AD8CC341F78F0BF4029A9D12D5"><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 at least 9 months.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB66A4547B13848858E39E6EF89F2419C"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (j) and amending such subsection to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H31F5C493C3EC4680A066862BCDF0092C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H44DD0B3A734340339C1E139821DA49EF"><enum>(j)</enum> <paragraph id="H89F135401BB24F15917F435BD3B57267" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><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 remarriage (or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership) before age 55, shall not apply if the widow, widower or former spouse was married to (or the surviving partner or former domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with) the individual on whose service the survivor annuity is based for at least 30 years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBFEB04D22F94C59BB175B0A7BA22C98" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A remarriage (or entry into a subsequent 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 id="H9C55D7EC915D4277B443217366720AEE" display-inline="no-display-inline" 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="H4B7F848E1EEC47988AB75F7595D1FDF5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by inserting <quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or widower</quote> ; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H90C0374ED1F444CE9E69AA127FF2D9A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (j)—</text> <subparagraph id="H575CFE782BD244B28F8F6196705F718B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting <quote>(or the domestic partner, if any, and any former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>the spouse, if any, and any former spouse</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3719F6064F474C929FF6E8670ADC88A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner or former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse or former spouse</quote> each place it appears.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HE2071E8BB61D4A95A829663C2A8EC15C"><enum>207.</enum><header>Alternative forms of annuities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 8343a is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3FC1DD471219420C832E062C97C42A7A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by inserting <quote>(or in a domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>married</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7FEC2A6F26DC4A7A99216BF5EDEDF468"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(B), by inserting <quote>(or surviving domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>surviving spouse</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7FB94665AB8E4652A3D8BCA863D90A85"><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="H50A5EAD23B5E4C1E85B000BEC7EC8FB3"><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, domestic partners, former spouses, and former domestic partners</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H8DA9C21953D64DBE9F3AAFA7D9C4FC5C"><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="HF29A5213E6AC42C98F3C9AFA0324E60B"><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="H54DB50DF5FD34E7899537D27250270F2"><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="HD8639CED10E142CAB185B957BCC61EF7"><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> <section id="H5A6809A3495745E8BB3493B26DA2136F"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 8401 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCF75423CBD9A45CABD20E5A206CBCBF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (35), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D8A01376B3B4CB2B1E67EC3D90DD69F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (36), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H180F21B707D044CFA1B4BE24C77C81E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HBACF2AEC8B744E4AA3DDF56B4134E278" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE9DB5E789E7A4D009782D19E0DFA2DA1"><enum>(37)</enum><text><quote>former domestic partner</quote> means a former domestic partner of an individual—</text> <subparagraph id="H5FEBEDE62E0740ED986DE7DF0FE191BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if such individual performed at least 18 months of civilian service creditable under section 8411 as an employee or Member; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7081585E137A4BCF9EB2166697620C12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the former domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with such individual for at least 9 months.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HDC5986526EBC4D88A1AA67526F0210D6"><enum>302.</enum><header>Creditable service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 8411 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE4EF8F0814894548A653F1E9EFFE1123"><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="H1136D305FF6A48BF8D634AF49E997147"><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="H510E63A577E241C9A34677A6DA70E318"><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="HEC83AD7E3B784E8C941AB18DC81830CC"><enum>303.</enum><header>Survivor reduction for a current spouse or a current domestic partner</header> <subsection id="HA9609F4173E7412B8F2E5DA9177CB62E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Section 8416 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H968BFC704EDD4955BB256D694A11974A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the catchline, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">or a current domestic partner</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">spouse</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H67979DB83D4D4CA5A84383E0EE02BE43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC157654399434F1AB273A0A41DD50064"><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="HE245CC169B934E358482D5EFF05D6572"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE373BB74B19741DA80B552C511FF302A"><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="HA140B177A6594D68BE00F5DD3454115E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8A7EB958F3E5452294DD94D9D07EC136" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HF4DCA9E78C3A4A25B584C722F336B0D5"><enum>(b)</enum> <paragraph id="H4C16F570AEDE4ED2BD75FEE908C40233" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Upon remarriage (or entry into a 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="H9E608DABFAA1449A9ABBA6D6F627E3D5" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within 2 years after such remarriage (or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership), or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H454C3C5A88BB4BA1B6A3ADB24C831E66" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if later, within 2 years after—</text> <clause id="H4BE239AAB1D749098362A05F9618B26B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the death or remarriage of any former spouse (or the death of or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership by any former domestic partner) of such employee or Member who was entitled to a survivor annuity under section 8445, or</text></clause> <clause id="H08B1491043DE4DB1A5D100C6B88CAB06"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if there was more than 1, the death or remarriage of the last such surviving former spouse (or the death of or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership by the last such surviving former domestic partner),</text></clause></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">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></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FEFDC28596847D88AE88C4AC0B3F8C0" 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 remarriage (or entry into the subsequent domestic partnership).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB5C5738648504F56AF22E5DB8260FA1A" 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="H11CF17889EEB4D6A92652948E80F3612"><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="HEF3EFFC270DB4204B3214FF53EC61A8A"><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="H63BF904115244486B1DE86BA3C81EEE0" 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="HE5D85CC168284C27BE1FC89B1C9DA565"><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="H71AA45FFF2554A3CA57D7404A00B88AC"><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="H16A7597575124A569A1DA736423E02CA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H53BA29C6570D44DEBBABFCF39742D354"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the matter before paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HF855089D21CC46DFB366C38936CBCD9A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H5B7D858B7D2F4DD79A7FFEA7795FB006"><enum>(c)</enum> <paragraph id="HF04BD106657F4DD99C75DC09788B709C" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><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="H22091D4653264B8E877A177737333655" 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="HC9032473CCC84A32990028E4AD06A1ED" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if later, within 2 years after—</text> <clause id="HDCB3E324605F44C08E6B3C1D51B6AADC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the death or remarriage of any former spouse (or the death of or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership by any domestic partner) of such employee or Member who was entitled to a survivor annuity under section 8445,</text></clause> <clause id="HAFA1A11B0F7F47CC88DF9C9F3208FA11"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if more than 1, the death or remarriage of the last such surviving former spouse (or the death of or the entry into a subsequent domestic partnership by the last such surviving domestic partner),</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">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="H43D0D49230DD451587F4281BA885DD38"><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="H6C18DB29324546A7A999D91A7621CB0C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3CF194FDFAFE42AE87B9A75D2D58637C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or in a domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>married</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H87CA309312D74CB79FA82662F03B06D7"><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="H7969B631814F49A18CA75B4B4F1EEC16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 84, is amended by striking the item relating to section 8416 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HB56C033744D44D51A8ECDB2C2C2B975A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">8416. Survivor reduction for a current spouse or a current domestic partner.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H70C67CB00C6A4CC2A03EF2BD7D08426B"><enum>304.</enum><header>Survivor reduction for a former spouse or former domestic partner</header> <subsection id="HCF026A8A0BB641E386A24BC77BB3EB0F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Section 8417 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2B0E90A3019E4A1B91A6CFBD34A582C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the catchline, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">or a 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="HAA33BDFF6A9D4F8D83E07A7DD63B3D41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>(or a former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>former spouse</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB0091C4E44642EAAEF2EBB98105C701"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H6F5FBA7660DE453FAAC513955DDD48A3"><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="HDAC172086F4A4AAFB040FFE7323201C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HE6E2AFB44134468E941CCC1E359086FC" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H89DC1FC90B884A03926D6B5780C7182A" 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="H9FEB09571385458DA22AA31345FED203"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="H898772D7B0014514A5F7F8A0B2978C0B"><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="H0047BCAB1BBC43FC979BCA9F6FC6BCC4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H8E653A5A07D04156B72CAFE02FCFB9CE" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HFC44097791404F7FB8F497CDC1DA1820" 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 id="HF468B31E35B34ADDB18D96137E25F7B5" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical 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 style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEEEE2D9A8A7439489F7E88EF0F66148"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">8417. Survivor reduction for a former spouse or a former domestic partner. </toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H72849FDC4B9D4D1AB0D2DAA9CB4E4C2B"><enum>305.</enum><header>Survivor elections; deposit; offsets</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 8418(b) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H68A6BE62122D4FB0A9413D7D8605E9E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>marriage</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86F0725A239E461C8F425129179F67AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>former spouse.</quote> and inserting <quote>former spouse (or former domestic partner).</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HDB5FEBD7E43E4AE89A6BEFA3C57A2602"><enum>306.</enum><header>Survivor reductions; computation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 8419 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H94D6816DAD764B3AA6656788D7D95A51"><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="HD02BB7C2BDAC4A2EBFDC15FEAAECBFD1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H1DCE69D747364F30A79C95A1AFE7B9FC" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE209C077D6B14B96AED9561267FAAA6C"><enum>(b)</enum> <paragraph id="HFE8752E6BB1F4CF091D3F862A089D7F4" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><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="H79A3B267EEDB490C8845B7CDE86F6C8B" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>after the death of the spouse (or domestic partner); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBFDFD5ADA16D40F8BDBEE2C922A88C87" 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="H12EFBDD4DD734B7485100A00C711B484" 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 the former domestic partner enters into a subsequent domestic partnership) 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="H6CC58706C0984A6F9071A2430E7D6CE8"><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="HEF677363031C465EB189133E52C025D2"><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="H3D2E822B693846B1A32586BE49C3B817"><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="H87B0829826894C108253DE193AB7E593"><enum>307.</enum><header>Insurable interest reductions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 8420 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDF5270D1EB66421DB813908FF6120EBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H51FC86E3B6664E39877839752EA61FD5"><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="H33C02DC3BEAD48549B64C04FC3A65A69"><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="H6BD094CCFB214833A6468F5B0F07A18A"><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="H7922E94E0931440EB9312605C6FCA4F3"><enum>308.</enum><header>Alternative forms of annuities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 8420a is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4C30FB694997454B8D468F4484A1E96D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5755C3E26C73495391FCF711E08A4D7F"><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="HF8292AFB94344355BB927B7EE3D8749D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>surviving spouse.</quote> and inserting <quote>surviving spouse (or surviving domestic partner).</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50208D6102BA407AA284EA8A08BDCCBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC91CFD6691BF40C290939558608F8D5C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>married,</quote> and inserting <quote>married (or in a domestic partnership),</quote> and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE25283BEBCE84C02B40555ECE95DC8A8"><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="HEE328E64CBDE401E813EB33B3B9919FD"><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="H689F945F228E4AFF801BF1C8C7FA07F7"><enum>309.</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="H8F2A7233794D41D99BE77BAD016CA3F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H99749FBF87DD42BFB06BF25BD895789C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="HD1AA5B5CAA914E10A35F4FEC4C1194E4"><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="HEB26EC0666CD47CD80ED28335F6E86BC"><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="HCD4B80A6041549ACA6B5A14BAE871312"><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="H8CB73B01D6CE4F13A69D78E1D50E7E14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>widow or widower</quote> and inserting <quote>widow or widower (or surviving partner)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HF552D0A18C274500AA1E6F5A10C290FD"><enum>310.</enum><header>Annuities: methods of payment; election; purchase</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 8434(a)(2) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H93B3CD9758C84614BC25CA00AEB5D953"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD8DE0A13D09456A939FF1C2DC1C2292"><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="H21C4CCFA2F734F21A1068561A8AAAF22"><enum>311.</enum><header>Protections for spouses, domestic partners, former spouses, and former domestic partners</header> <subsection id="HF3B0544291FE4E12BBD31AF7808B03FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Section 8435 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFF50760EC75A4C9EB9CF21461D8F1100"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the catchline, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">spouses and former spouses</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">spouses, domestic partners, former spouses, and former domestic partners</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H72C1CD32FAE74ECFBC1B5DED8E39F817"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7AC8D580998447C7884EDC49FCD24363"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H9CEB06ED8AF0428B994DC7C96D5C8B20"><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="H5328E2C1B1594005A67E6DDEEB58C33E"><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="HA86A5ED65A754B12A778DD8E43B69796"><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="H39713106FE484B02A90C4D5DD74D40CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8CB2F6217493450085E29CBC4F9167E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H2305DD8D9C8D41FD9F16D13450DF4680"><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="HA05292611B2E4348BB34F2D787FB2D88"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or in a domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>married</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71FE452B34A5465CB7D6849C5E67222C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5990D041357945C8BEA146F9F2F3E97E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="HAD5D7D1D6F2341909332D55EAC35BD5C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>former spouse</quote> the first 2 places it appears; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H236B2F0B694D44FDB57A82F0FCBDB1CD"><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="HC5DB323DEC714454A4085B2071C1F245"><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="H18026850EF0F44529632F76500ACE4FA"><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="H78FFDFCC8FD2419C92AF22D5C212D25C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H50B1E3A74EDD4CA9AC77AE95A0987DE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the matter before subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HBFC737F322824962BF38DE3CD778579F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HF8CA2A111A1D4831BFED6345FFF38391"><enum>(e)</enum> <paragraph id="H34ABCD782CD1445C853E44421A1AB424" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum> <subparagraph id="HBC38A03F11694BD8B0BCB4D3A9EC32FD" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><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="H5F2558C89FD6424B99413B5637AFFDBB"><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="H17B28AD29BAF4775A917E3A55AD3495B"><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="H7FA062848AF044078B35EFB942DE2D71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical 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 style="USC" id="HE04A20467981411AA19B3B97303BB491" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">8435. Protections for spouses, domestic partners, former spouses, and former domestic partners.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H5BF43B86B2ED4FD39BD40BDA970B6C9E"><enum>312.</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> <section id="H2438CB9E1FC44A1080211AE6E34ACC95"><enum>313.</enum><header>Survivor annuities: definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 8441 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7452A5B967C24C68B72C5D2339454752"><enum>(1)</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 style="USC" id="H2EA4925821FC4163AEF6E9DCC7586AD5" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HCCBEB19FA9B24F97BB7FB17F4101B5EF"><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="H55B624C27CDB4A85BC2A648895E6A67C"><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 at least 9 months immediately before the death of such employee, Member, or annuitant, or former employee or Member; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H792E056A4C4243A8914B55F7699B8CC9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>satisfies such other requirement, based on parenthood, as the Office of Personnel Management shall by regulation prescribe based on the definition of a widow or widower under this section;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9CE8023653884229B9C6A8EF7E4D0706"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated by paragraph (1))—</text> <subparagraph id="H689A1E4DE49144E79118D38A3CBECA9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or widower</quote>; and </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H584FDC5C42134D0D8D3CA33C43B84603"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HAB477F5EE59346B28C17D0A827171DF7" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">The Office shall prescribe regulations to provide that, for purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph (5)(A)(ii) (relating to the treatment of a stepchild) in the case of a domestic partnership, rules similar to those prescribed to carry out section 8901(5)(B) in similar circumstances shall apply.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H8DB8C407BC8241E796420D804C837A3E"><enum>314.</enum><header>Rights of a widow, widower, or surviving partner</header> <subsection id="H4DE92F60F98F4C4EA7D9346820E2FB2A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8442 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB469BF83E2AD4D698001BA7426350894"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the catchline, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">widow or widower</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">widow, widower, or surviving partner</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4BDDAEFA527F428E8DE701E1159C2651"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H44FB25B3F77A4E5BB174AA73993DF7B0"><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="H79C913DCAD9E434FA11E2E960B1235F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting <quote>(or entry into a domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>marriage</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2A70E186832E459CAFCAC7C44250EEDB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>(or domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE7575C3555094AF5A4767E534D1AF0BA"><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="H48A10BB9668E400F9B2A81F6A124DA64"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4B8656BAA9AB40CA9A1C633CEC25BCA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), (in the matter before subparagraph (A)), 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="HAEF5EE66209045E6BB06BC1FB2A35F6E"><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="H6F61BFD1C9574B4F86C4E61C293A825D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB63990BC60434DF0B58AFADBDDDE31BF"><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="H334600A6AE164417A2EDA79C2E7ED51E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting <quote>(or enters into a subsequent domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>remarries</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H065CF3F3A71B4952990DBDAA559C7233"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HD28FB82A4D2745CC8B926DF27142E44A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>remarriage before</quote> and inserting <quote>remarriage (or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership) before</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H251BF39B042946F2AE1627FF740E4528"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>remarriage is dissolved by death, divorce, or annulment,</quote> and inserting <quote>remarriage is dissolved by death, divorce, annulment (or subsequent domestic partnership is terminated),</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H428B2A7C54854F38A47E25B0B8DE4F03"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>remarriage;</quote> and inserting <quote>remarriage (or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership);</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H983FE8581220494CAB47E6685178F500"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="HA8131B4400F74ED8957C26ABEABCDA9D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership</quote> after <quote>remarriage</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H907B673C56894A9E9A63F311932E1934"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or in a domestic partnership for at least 30 years with)</quote> after <quote>married for at least 30 years to</quote>; </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97C25F5CC1964B24B0D775797C550EEE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB60D918EC6124444BC3B4D8B36A14AB9"><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="HC91069F898FF4542A6F8A9D597C69D28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or in a domestic partnership with)</quote> after <quote>been married to</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H949D7D595F8C4741B436356808411B25"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HB34EDC6627CA42CA8C7891A19F0D6944" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H448399B2C8E94B91AA4A8C8194A89AED"><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 at least 9 months.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6DB3C38C006949299C1F3F307F39F6B7"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>widow or widower</quote> and inserting <quote>widow, widower, or surviving partner</quote> each place it appears; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6560D67CABEE4550BADD222D5E78D628"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text> <subparagraph id="H9BB62D098ADC4240A472BB0252D33F48"><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="H2D041365604748CFB34E91B9E2A4046C"><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 id="HFCD4DF0829474F58A11AC44F288AECD7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical 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 style="USC" id="HD5B32DCE696B4B04BB3F74080FBD9598" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">8442. Rights of a widow, widower, or surviving partner.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H091C503A79FD47ECAB66BB39AFE44755"><enum>315.</enum><header>Rights of a former spouse or former domestic partner</header> <subsection id="HA927EC06F79D4C1392060AAD39BDE13D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8445 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H092962A402D94272AE5AA5F193FCA8AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the catchline, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">former spouse</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">former spouse or former domestic partner</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7304A32416E341B19C43FD8DB4DABDF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>(or former domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>former spouse</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H42900150A83D4B7D88770BEF94CA0949"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0864E61BECA74A9DB20583B5EFA24E81"><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="HE32B8BC5D4DD420CAAFFFD09B22A95BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or widower</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE1FC7047A8F043388708BDBAE67F2682"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by inserting <quote>(or the former domestic partner enters into a subsequent domestic partnership)</quote> after <quote>former spouse remarries</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0DE751B335A544BCBEAD080F916414CB"><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="HE20DA321787A49D6B88A450E1F76FC6E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H8E8B07CFF2464D61B9C90D26BB6EFCAD" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H1B0F8867A114471EACD866863404DBF1"><enum>(h)</enum> <paragraph id="H0667B58859E54234BA6619B1063513DD" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (c)(2), to the extent that it provides for termination of a survivor annuity because of a remarriage (or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership) before age 55, shall not apply if the former spouse (or former domestic partner) was married to (or in a domestic partnership with) the individual on whose service the survivor annuity is based for at least 30 years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H290172320532491E9507DB055F066CD3" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A remarriage (or entry into a subsequent 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 id="HC5EAB99188DE4B8AB03771725888E81C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical 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 style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8618208F343A4F11A8539B202EAE8014"> <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> <section id="HDE825E465D2B46CDBB41C91548D284B1"><enum>316.</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, domestic partners, former spouses, former domestic partners, and survivors</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H135DA7302DF049569F9CAF94FCF8497C"><enum>317.</enum><header>Cost-of-living adjustments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 8462(c) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB427B3B1C06F4B6ABD69CE378DBA782D"><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="HB5E943ACF5BD48198CCDA53461FD7DDD"><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="H2B1FAB24CE9C4558B84E4FEDE5389F25"><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> <section id="HF78224E524064AD39E9CE127DDD4509F"><enum>318.</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="H3FBC10D4EAAA4AEEA305F3DEDDBEA939" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HB44670C2BC1F4EF5BF1F2D7E165DA42D"><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> <enum>IV</enum><header>Insurance benefits</header> <section id="H68AECDC500854FACA143697C6BB93D49"><enum>401.</enum><header>Life insurance</header> <subsection id="H893A0C6A84F848CBB5B09024E4F38FD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 87 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2FA8C3B55C4F430A8420FCAE0C011AEA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 8701(d)—</text> <subparagraph id="H725CCC4532454B7EB8E8385B1ED242D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting <quote>or domestic partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97FB033C23834878834B75AEC0A8DA5C" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H5B64DEC834DD40E6B68623C9AF2053DB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HF3DC22C9368740CA889E6F05A68DAA7F" indent="up1" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an individual whose domestic partner has a child by a previous marriage, domestic partnership (as defined under regulations of the Office of Personnel Management), or otherwise, such child shall, unless adopted by such individual, be treated as a stepchild of such individual. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FDF4CFA7A3B464C92D37168E1270ABD"><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="HCD9F82C57F584B008B745E8AA693F196"><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 id="HAE8CD940EB964CB9888B629A8A76152D" commented="no"><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="HA9899AF6B57C49EBA48ADDECAD48FDBA"><enum>402.</enum><header>Health insurance</header> <subsection id="H0AAABFDE49E145B88DF6FC4895654F36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8901 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H28ED69D927EF46508EFCC33F93750A90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (in the matter before subparagraph (A)), by inserting <quote>or domestic partner</quote> after <quote>the spouse</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20C676ABB8CA4E788E40D9B0384408C5"><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="H4A7B2F4145E747959C2FE4F1D6FBAAE1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (10), by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12), and by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H5A1F3CBFC28B4CB6855A0B850BD8BB1F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HF85C74AEC1384075A5F82F7631357C00"><enum>(11)</enum><text><quote>former domestic partner</quote> means a domestic partner—</text> <subparagraph id="H6C08391D73CC476CB463380ABF5D4C08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whose domestic partnership with an employee, former employee, or annuitant has terminated,</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2F7C5EA64A284F96AB7E23E09F8A7348"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who has not entered into another domestic partnership before age 55 after the domestic partnership to the employee, former employee, or annuitant was terminated,</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7D9D7ECDA43848888414D7E60B57195C"><enum>(C)</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="H35AE204F6278478CA331E8DC12F94C9A"><enum>(D)</enum> <clause id="HE5E16774A8DD4AEF86B30CCB4DFC844E" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><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="HA4B26B9505BF4556AD845C7E58ED8421" 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="HD0C6B9F33D8D4A11A7A2AF3EB29F7FA5" 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="paragraph">except that such term shall not include any such former domestic partner, who has not entered into another domestic partnership, of a former employee whose domestic partnership was terminated after the former employee’s separation from the service (other than by retirement); and</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7552CA57D20F47F8A031435B035609FB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding after paragraph (12) (as so redesignated by paragraph (3)), as a flush left sentence, the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H50CDD7304EFB4881A757EE6EE901B276" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">For purposes of paragraph (5), in the case of an employee or annuitant whose domestic partner has a child by a previous marriage, domestic partnership (as defined under regulations of the Office of Personnel Management), or otherwise, such child shall, unless adopted by such individual, be treated as a stepchild of such individual.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF3F80251993D4D6283F598C587078807"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contracting authority</header><text>Section 8902 is amended in subsections (g), (j), and (k)(1), by inserting <quote>former domestic partner,</quote> after <quote>former spouse,</quote> each place it appears.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7CC9C68737E64342B3CFED83FB610937"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Debarment and other sanctions</header><text>Section 8902a(a)(1)(B) is amended by striking <quote>or former spouse</quote> and inserting <quote>former spouse, or former domestic partner</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H330477A33ACA4737B532C8875F3382AD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Health benefits plans</header><text>Section 8903(1) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H960B472E584549A990518DB419ED2B2F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>former domestic partners,</quote> after <quote>former spouses,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6AE51C647C70443EB95832256AF76312"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>former domestic partner,</quote> after <quote>former spouse,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H04FDD5ADC04F43A1A51474FDB7FADCEB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Election of coverage</header><text>Section 8905 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0FB079A2BE7B48EBA78827525A23234A" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H3144880C0DA248ED9DBA5F0552F1DA1E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H423FE49CD3E74A9A8D6FEE30B646DD04" indent="up1" commented="no"><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 id="H8E2D445DC62E4CADB29400171BDAE8EE" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to former spouses and former domestic partners; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB922DDB687374D4898E56639187F9527" commented="no"><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="H85A75DAAB4E6466D8FF279C45EAEB922"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3C5A90A66BE44C94B5BBE2CC253603EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or domestic partner</quote> after <quote>has a spouse</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71F9DDC9C4B241529B0A69B85E02A5E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>either spouse,</quote> and inserting <quote>either spouse or domestic partner,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD70E5202DE1949608700B5F21B3DC3B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsections (f) and (g), by inserting <quote>former domestic partner,</quote> after <quote>former spouse,</quote> each place it appears.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H95CDD11D9E204C02B1C2710AE3E5EB88" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Continued coverage</header><text>Section 8905a is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H29C4D38DCCBA444D86F36961222E18F9" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HB8C0C0894BF2464E9F648DECE699B714" commented="no"><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 id="H9577F355A46645DFB9C6FA39AE3759E3" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to former spouses and former domestic partners; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H122A67ABD5974053921D53C3EA3EC646" commented="no"><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="H5E27103858AF4CC0B11B9817635CAE0D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Coverage of restored employees and survivor or disability annuitants</header><text>Section 8908(b) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB5FB2FCE5AD847BBA4DF54C423F8F0BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or surviving domestic partner</quote> after <quote>surviving spouse</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB6B88AE20664A97992638B4BBDBCC8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or a subsequent domestic partnership</quote> after <quote>because of remarriage</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCA8780DCBDFA4CA5892980D565DBB45C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Section 8913(c) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF60E25DC27F5479ABCE2052DF1575163"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and former spouses</quote> and inserting <quote>former spouses, and former domestic partners</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H73E6E2562A674376BEE668603F76BCA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>annuitant or former spouse</quote> and inserting <quote>annuitant, former spouse, or former domestic partner</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0CEDCAD2AC6740D5B6458E9EF45BC4A9" commented="no"><enum>(i)</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="H7C60468C70554A10A82E48FA2A44DA0E"><enum>403.</enum><header>Enhanced dental benefits</header> <subsection id="HD2C2595A7AAB4E6D8FB2312EE9484A70"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 89A is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC63BEE536286439A888CFA079E2B6108"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 8956(a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HE04B76D6FB7045EC9D13A93C15B21A66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or domestic partner</quote> after <quote>a spouse</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H55ED6A2C0EAC4959873DE5448EC4E30C"><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="HF3AE62A8E3D1420CBE75E58EEE211062"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 8957, by inserting <quote>surviving domestic partner,</quote> after <quote>surviving spouse,</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H25601AE06784410F9442113724667365" commented="no"><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="H87B278F61DA1465A8FA7DA794B30F5BC"><enum>404.</enum><header>Enhanced vision benefits</header> <subsection id="H88359B5890574A78B335ECB2787A827B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 89B is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8EEFDB7AE2364652A3C7C0BD4CAA5713"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 8986(a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3F0DD5F9B3F64893BC40FCB720B01E41"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or domestic partner</quote> after <quote>a spouse</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H07A679B1C5D7466DA694C8337A68DDB8"><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="HC0D6AFE4F12C4C1583B8BB7B72DF6D04"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 8987, by inserting <quote>surviving domestic partner,</quote> after <quote>surviving spouse,</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE62EF8D35C6A4C078DC91961A6E80837" commented="no"><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="HB077D29D0ABE4A058853418EC6FE8C70"><enum>405.</enum><header>Long-term care insurance</header> <subsection id="HC9F1A7A4DB9A4C3BAE97672F95351300"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 90 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H47FB362E70374E3F9B780D98F37FC90C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 9001(5)—</text> <subparagraph id="HFAB1D54ECB984A92A8CF004ED44DCB25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or (4).</quote> and inserting <quote>or (4) (and the domestic partner of an individual described in paragraph (1), (2), or (4) or of an individual who satisfies paragraph (3) by virtue of having been appointed to a position in the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H146DDBB34E6E4BC8A7E7337846283782"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>or of the domestic partner of such an individual,</quote> after <quote>(4),</quote>; and </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3995CE88D2744EFBAE26765A2A8D3EEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 9002(e)(2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4EBAD95BD1DA442ABD44579D81F5FF53"><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="HFB2DE702173944C3929DD2765A72E851"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or domestic partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H333BFE8249A7468A90E944CE6C97E18F" commented="no"><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 id="HDD7F4D28AD3E4928B87C72BB3D6A17AE" commented="no"><enum>501.</enum><header>Reimbursement for taxes incurred on money received for travel expenses</header> <subsection id="HD92DAD0EF16E41F0B85C586E050C512B" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5706c is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H10B4190245284B9299247C94AE4AD3E3" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>by an employee and such employee’s spouse (if filing jointly),</quote> and inserting <quote>by an employee and such employee’s spouse (or, where allowable, such employee’s domestic partner), if filing jointly, </quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H246E9927319948AF995998BCFA98BD47" commented="no"><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 id="H42E1C5A543154804A539479C648F6D8F" commented="no"><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="H033AAF2253984867A5129F380CF00C69"><enum>502.</enum><header>Relocation expenses of employees transferred or reemployed</header> <subsection id="H88A6A000368647299E103D7168AB119C"><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 id="H6F54D909EA6240EDA214DD1175EE43DF" commented="no"><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 id="HF81613AE54464DB59BF5EFD35D50B88F" commented="no"><enum>503.</enum><header>Taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and relocation expenses of employees transferred</header> <subsection id="H275FD2B2FD1C46D3B964F2F3363F9E38" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5724b(a) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H59B99855C1804431939C63382D63FDB6" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>by an employee and such employee’s spouse (if filing jointly),</quote> and inserting <quote>by an employee and such employee’s spouse (or, where allowable, such employee’s domestic partner), if filing jointly,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F73CF1854B542F19F0AD3F33AEFB41D" commented="no"><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="HCB920B8CE1CE41249E4A8C0BFB4706B2"><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="H3813DBAB2F0E45F5975FEE5A9A8C4739"><enum>504.</enum><header>Relocation expenses of an employee who is performing an extended assignment</header> <subsection id="HA35A1FC7E3BE4C929A87B3251E7F6073"><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="H3EC8CC8B5C6A4815A20907A7341454CF"><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> <enum>VI</enum><header>Compensation for work injuries</header> <section id="H2D02AAA2AC7D4C80B947B25EB38735D3"><enum>601.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8101 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HBA794A164F424C52B27D35F5902343FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by inserting <quote>children (including adopted children) of a domestic partner,</quote> after <quote>adopted children,</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86C521F0AEA54469A2866F0ADBCEE039"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (19), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69F550BDBD904CC2951E1AA1F719D4B7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (20), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H409612B765CE45C0A42B98F6BA68365A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding after paragraph (20) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H24F99C204EEF41088A81C58038416B60" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HEFD392C80F434EF69F1216A00FFDEED4"><enum>(21)</enum><text><quote>domestic partner</quote> means an individual who is in a domestic partnership with another individual of the same sex, as determined by the Secretary of Labor for purposes of this subchapter pursuant to regulations issued by the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, consistent with the requirements that—</text> <subparagraph id="H9A94B3F51E974E548D19356FC585A8FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>both individuals are at least 18 years of age and competent to contract;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H39C7E59350BA42B39FA896274B351E87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>both individuals intend to remain in the domestic partnership indefinitely;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB2F3BA6FF2B046CDA46824C297255C49"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such individuals—</text> <clause id="HA5123067EFAF47B69337BB35F4C2AC54"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have a common residence; or</text></clause> <clause id="H83840BC23B5B40F1A3897BA5C775D5C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>do not have a common residence because of financial, employment-related, or other reasons;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0C5FC83B962645F5B50532718EED44A8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>neither individual is married to or in a domestic partnership with anyone outside of the domestic partnership referred to in subparagraph (B);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6648CCF249B0440D9501D8123F5D2421"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the 2 individuals share responsibility for a significant measure of each other’s common welfare and financial obligations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9B2FE8B64CB640709336E701549458FE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the 2 individuals are not related in a way that, if they were of the opposite sex, would prohibit legal marriage in the jurisdiction in which either of them resides;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H11FCFA29B4FA4A43A73E41E16604B901"><enum>(G)</enum><text>at least 1 of them is an employee or an individual otherwise eligible for coverage under this subchapter based on such individual’s employment or other service; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H67CC844BEB164B679CD29678A16EE576"><enum>(H)</enum><text>both individuals understand that willful falsification of information within the affidavit or failure to provide appropriate notification of the termination of the domestic partnership may lead to the recovery of the amounts obtained as a result of such falsification or failure (as the case may be), criminal or other penalties, and (in appropriate circumstances) disciplinary action; and </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD015F17FE6F4E14A5D2D196E3E64F7D"><enum>(22)</enum><text><quote>surviving partner</quote> means the domestic partner living with or dependent for support on the decedent at the time of his or her death, or living apart for reasonable cause or because of his or her desertion.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H55E34F1D20884BE0805926019D65790F"><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="HF74FDD0BACD2455497596E1E2C90DD02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>surviving spouse.</quote> and inserting <quote>surviving spouse (or surviving partner).</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H394729B3A5D249EC9817457539377155"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting <quote>(including children of a domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>stepchildren</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H56589A09D97C4F9CB6DDDEA3DACA98CA"><enum>603.</enum><header>Beneficiaries of awards unpaid at death; order of precedence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8109(a)(D) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H58D05E5DDAA546A88434D54D63DEA0AF"><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="HF19828583F48457380517ABC0EA0B366"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB91534C762DC4AEC8F25887305E70F0A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or a surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>a widow or widower</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C82CCAA17504745B9397EBD227FCAE4"><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="H29750B449DE84657A295AD708D3B7F11"><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="H9CE2E47D91B149BBB53AE1195DCD3079"><enum>604.</enum><header>Augmented compensation for dependents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8110(a) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H96DEFEA1C9F14BD4ACD2CEEC9EFB1088"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD5B1A8CF5D834405BAEB593805589A3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB400BCEF6E1C4ABFBE2737FCDE9DF7AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H0FBEE0E24215462790E6C6EC430956F6" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HC5592E24B04C4053BB79999561907E21"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a domestic partner, if—</text> <subparagraph id="H51A5BFE50AFD4AB4A3820419757FC981"><enum>(A)</enum><text>he or she is a member of the same household as the employee;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H69EB0C7A316C4FABAAD8DE3A6FC6C309"><enum>(B)</enum><text>he or she is receiving regular contributions from the employee for his or her support; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7931135E2ACE465D8F280C7FD64ABC4A"><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>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H92F4E22D663343F6B19DF01813917D62"><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="HD9E32447B67C4D81A4AD95099F5495C1"><enum>606.</enum><header>Compensation in case of death</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8133 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HEA0F9EF11A7943E283BFEF3F9953375B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H94FAACE5CD974B01B80F59D7A9189A11"><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>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5BCE5ACEB66C4E15B40004426D1A185B"><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="H7AD14418E1434CBCA3B883D8D932795F"><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="H4A5BBCE94A1B4CB38C6CC5FC5A47242F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraphs (4) and (5), by inserting <quote>surviving partner,</quote> after <quote>widow, widower,</quote> each place it appears; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D3B973595E744AC879D51E7E3060617"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB9F559C018BC4EAD93EAB31B6DBD3795"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H0126C7BDFDC24FC3AEE9F970255F0882" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HB61A76DE4FBC47508E743E67AB6C433E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a widow or widower dies or remarries (or a surviving partner dies or enters into a subsequent domestic partnership) before reaching age 55;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7DCB5189F7144191AE57BEE2A350C8A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the last sentence—</text> <clause id="H2DBAAC8E9F194137A9121CA4169389F5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or widower</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H5E5D43B9106E4A0F92BF471776AC7E33"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or more than one domestic partner)</quote> after <quote>husband or wife</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H4F4481B494E94DD69BDABC3E5322EC09"><enum>607.</enum><header>Lump-sum payment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8135(b) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H632D9DAA85E04B02B5525442F9009E1E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HF9E2D515861A47F68BA6D62D11ECB4F9"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On remarriage (or entry into a subsequent domestic partnership) before reaching age 55 a widow or widower (or surviving partner) entitled to compensation under section 8133 of this title, shall be paid a lump sum equal to twenty-four times the monthly compensation payment (excluding compensation on account of another individual) to which that individual was entitled immediately before the remarriage (or subsequent domestic partnership).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HA2A7091B12E94157A9EC0D8D84C0881B"><enum>608.</enum><header>Regulations</header> <subsection id="H072B7713720A46F2B28C2860EA5C253D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor may prescribe regulations to carry out this title and the amendments made by this title.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8D0362B28314459BA24076A46E1111BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall consult with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the heads of any other agencies whose programs are affected by this Act in order to standardize, to the extent possible, the process for establishing the existence of a domestic partnership under each such program.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H2E5AEB1180734CA58B744926CFD2372F"><enum>609.</enum><header>Effective date</header> <subsection id="HD494AC48C32246B297B7E185AD1D514F"><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="HA4D7FCF5D7B24AB9BEC9E987EF94A744"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4ADB8B99110F4359A7201B950D2AEE73"><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="H3B389A07AD8F4C38B67ACCD43F2B4BA1"><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="HA66F84DE4CAB4E1AB8ACD53E42D5E0F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>unless timely claim therefor is filed in accordance with the provisions of sections 8122 or 8193 of title 5, United States Code (as applicable), and subsection (c); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H73B4D139614146A2814949DD1F966682"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to any period commencing before the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3431A10E5567462BB8708D40BFEB3DD0"><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="H923AFE4CF7FE4ECB8B3B5A9171C956D4"><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="H8935DB5B86A547C9BBE711448EFAC07B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the timeliness of any such claim, if not precluded by paragraph (1), shall be determined—</text> <subparagraph id="HE3F8CA325300448E9EDBADCCA8CF1D37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by applying the provisions of such section 8122 or 8193 (as applicable); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H788EC2A0E3E34924BE45E71D09D6ABFE"><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 implementing regulations under section 608 become effective.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC184CBAC254E46D79F24C8FDC703F71A"><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>Provisions relating to employment of relatives and other matters </header> <section id="H6DCF925CB30649A59D46DB0158A15743"><enum>701.</enum><header>Employment of relatives; restrictions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3110(a)(3) is amended by inserting <quote>domestic partner,</quote> after <quote>husband, wife,</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H395892DCB2EA42A9A3A5B68A8DE23757"><enum>702.</enum><header>Settlement of accounts</header> <subsection id="H62CD6F8654654588AC5D487B3DEFC31E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5581 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8E4890BE40964C578BF1E776884D8DC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC520574B7A4B41899DC2287D051203B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>by Federal statute.</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>by Federal statute; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28C9B24581464AA29AF46948177108D2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HD96D7FA480FC4D789C232439CA7F1A1D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H76A7E27525C042A8B48DE5E86596FFDC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>surviving partner</quote> has the meaning given it by sections 8341 and 8441, respectively.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8D113557B784472B9700A707FF923D44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Order of precedence</header><text>Section 5582(b) is amended by inserting <quote>(or surviving partner)</quote> after <quote>widow or widower</quote>. </text></subsection></section> <section id="HFCEC184D81764FE4B0284BD1B974B212"><enum>703.</enum><header>Benefits for captives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5569(j) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Such regulations shall include provisions to ensure that, in the administration of this section, a domestic partner shall be afforded the same status as a spouse.</quote>. </text></section> <section id="H6BCA1058188747AFA27EE0C115FDF457"><enum>704.</enum><header>Compensation for disability or death</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5570 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H4CBF32BFF0454F548F9A0E6CB054D192" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H9521024ABE3F4B3792111833781E3FBA"><enum>(h)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations to carry out this section shall include provisions to ensure that, in the administration of this section, a domestic partner shall be afforded the same status as a spouse. </text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H3E32D2B55BE24F7C86F7F616817634AC"><enum>705.</enum><header>Family and medical leave</header> <subsection id="H26E8C1E34A8C4F51911392BDEAA1C6F5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6381(6) is amended (in the matter before subparagraph (A)), by inserting <quote>or a biological, adopted, or foster child of the domestic partner of the employee,</quote> before <quote>who is</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H595302A6C8BE4137B55041214018D99E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Leave requirement</header><text>Section 6382 is amended in subsections (a)(1)(C) and (e)(2)(A) by striking <quote>spouse,</quote> and inserting <quote>spouse (or domestic partner),</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H11A5D1CD2E134D16AEF9DB0844FC27C5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>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></subsection></section> <enum>VIII</enum><header>Additional provisions</header> <section id="H59CB0C40103C4E8CB4BDDBA245395FFE" commented="no"><enum>801.</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title applies with respect to—</text> <paragraph id="H1676B840942744279C4FF9244D11D53B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>benefits in the nature of family, medical, and emergency leave, as provided for under—</text> <subparagraph id="H407F9B9C7B9D4358B35B28D442DA076F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), insofar as that Act applies to the Government Accountability Office and the Library of Congress;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED17228C4BBD477D8B072F54DED2D513"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 202 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H945DDBDA846047C695A26573B24B8261"><enum>(C)</enum><text>section 412 of title 3, United States Code;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA12C59955EEF494084432592DC95752C" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>travel, transportation, and related payments and benefits, as provided for under—</text> <subparagraph id="H7CB34B4263D54DE4BAEC43B0CA413EB6" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HABAEA88FFEEC41E3B48CD91A48CC5BED" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 1599b of title 10, United States Code;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H91F407E12EC14F0292E4F7A89A101A4B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>benefits for members of the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as provided for under—</text> <subparagraph id="HCD64CE7D7944452E960B18FEE1040F27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 261 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (33 U.S.C. 3071); or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2AB7190200BA42DB8AC1D05D9B0700E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other provisions of title 10, United States Code (apart from those made applicable by the provision of law cited in subparagraph (A)); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H03FDCB1744354DDA99043F8C45CE1AE9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>benefits, provided for under any other provisions of law, which (as determined by the President or a designee)—</text> <subparagraph id="H6D98154FBEBD4C62B9B054685956E893"><enum>(A)</enum><text>relate to employees or annuitants (as those terms are defined by section 2110 of title 5, United States Code); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H762C83F852F74CF09BF179D6B861DA4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act with respect to benefits.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H5EDF1CB87CA54DBBABC9EBAC1D85FFF0"><enum>802.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The President (or designee) shall prescribe any regulations necessary to ensure that the provisions of law identified in or under section 801 are administered in a manner consistent with the purposes of this Act.</text></section> <enum>IX</enum><header>Amendment to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978</header> <section id="HF8B3C4441F0F4DC88683162864AB6808" commented="no"><enum>901.</enum><header>Amendment to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end of title I the following:</text> <quoted-block style="traditional" id="HF64F26E221984DF684C442F5E4B57C08" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HC95E74D9BB65414ABAB60D748875391A" commented="no"><enum>112.</enum><header>Domestic partners</header> <subsection id="H575CC47497D64CD79CD599E6B7B0F5AB" commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employee, former employee, or annuitant and the domestic partner of such employee, former employee, or annuitant (as the case may be) shall be subject to the provisions of law cited in subsection (b) to the same extent and in the same manner as in the case of a married employee, former employee, or annuitant and the spouse of such employee, former employee, or annuitant (as the case may be).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0C6C34A44FAB465799EBD587D85C911A" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The provisions of law cited in this subsection are as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H47A1D9AE37884D3C90AAB094AA612EBC" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The preceding provisions of this title (relating to financial disclosure requirements of Federal personnel) and the provisions of title V (relating to Government-wide limitations on outside earned income and employment). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6FA0FB046474433C85EE085AF7BF8270" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Regulations prescribed under section 7301 of title 5, United States Code (relating to regulations for the conduct of employees in the executive branch).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H171B7D60171741CA9807A9FAFA40F9DF" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 7351 of title 5, United States Code (relating to gifts to superiors).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A80D06BF8544B24A4FBD10B10B2563C" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 7353 of title 5, United States Code (relating to gifts to Federal employees).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2A8C465EFA3E4BDF9B71AAF94AC9B714" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code (relating to bribery, graft, and conflicts of interest).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H41AF9C2A203A4EDDA00AD029E5EBFCA4" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 7342 of title 5, United States Code (relating to receipt and disposition of foreign gifts and decorations).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84E7D61EC8F943118BD01845D90F3869" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 1353 of title 31, United States Code (relating to acceptance of travel and related expenses from non-Federal sources).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0B68F0398814CDB878CB364D05BC83B" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Sections 4941 and 4946 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to taxes on self-dealing and definitions and special rules).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10FBBCAC694643358C4891DC621911CE"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 455 of title 28, United States Code (relating to disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H284E8EC407764054AC0B7973E9117C50" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <quote>domestic partner</quote> has the meaning given such term by section 2110 of title 5, United States Code. </text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <enum>X</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header> <section id="H4B21DFE1EFDB4BEF89024FE22A21850A"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Report of the president</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate—</text> <paragraph id="H294845CDA7C74E92A3D15B4EB8A8373A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a report on the implementation of this Act, including the amendments made by this Act; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F7EB5C87A91443698B3E852B96B4B6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of any further measures that should be taken in order to carry out the purposes of this Act, including recommendations for any legislation or administrative action that may be necessary.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H98277D6B7D3D4BD59163BF8337C1CE6F"><enum>1002.</enum><header>GAO report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall transmit to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the effect that this Act and any amendments made by this Act have had on premiums or any other periodic charges payable by enrollees under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code (relating to the Federal employees health benefits program), and the impact of extending benefits to domestic partners on the employee retention and recruitment efforts by the Federal government.</text></section> January 29, 2010 The Committees on House Administration and the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed