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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1102 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 704
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1102

                          [Report No. 111-376]

     To provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2009

  Mr. Lieberman (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Akaka, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
   Brown of Ohio, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
  Durbin, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
   Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. 
   Murray, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
   Burris, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Specter, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Menendez, Ms. 
  Landrieu, Mr. Franken, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

                           December 17, 2010

              Reported by Mr. Lieberman, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
     To provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Partnership 
Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. BENEFITS TO DOMESTIC PARTNERS OF FEDERAL 
              EMPLOYEES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--An employee who has a domestic partner 
and the domestic partner of the employee shall be entitled to benefits 
available to, and shall be subject to obligations imposed upon, a 
married employee and the spouse of the employee.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Certification of Eligibility.--In order to obtain 
benefits and assume obligations under this Act, an employee shall file 
an affidavit of eligibility for benefits and obligations with the 
Office of Personnel Management identifying the domestic partner of the 
employee and certifying that the employee and the domestic partner of 
the employee--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) are each other's sole domestic partner and 
        intend to remain so indefinitely;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) have a common residence, and intend to 
        continue the arrangement;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) are at least 18 years of age and mentally 
        competent to consent to contract;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) share responsibility for a significant measure 
        of each other's common welfare and financial 
        obligations;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) are not married to or domestic partners with 
        anyone else;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) are same sex domestic partners, and not 
        related in a way that, if the 2 were of opposite sex, would 
        prohibit legal marriage in the State in which they reside; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) understand that willful falsification of 
        information within the affidavit may lead to disciplinary 
        action and the recovery of the cost of benefits received 
        related to such falsification and may constitute a criminal 
        violation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Dissolution of Partnership.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--An employee or domestic partner 
        of an employee who obtains benefits under this Act shall file a 
        statement of dissolution of the domestic partnership with the 
        Office of Personnel Management not later than 30 days after the 
        death of the employee or the domestic partner or the date of 
        dissolution of the domestic partnership.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Death of employee.--In a case in which an 
        employee dies, the domestic partner of the employee at the time 
        of death shall receive under this Act such benefits as would be 
        received by the widow or widower of an employee.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Other dissolution of partnership.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--In a case in which a 
                domestic partnership dissolves by a method other than 
                death of the employee or domestic partner of the 
                employee, any benefits received by the domestic partner 
                as a result of this Act shall terminate.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Exception.--In a case in which a 
                domestic partnership dissolves by a method other than 
                death of the employee or domestic partner of the 
                employee, the former domestic partner of the employee 
                shall be entitled to benefits available to, and shall 
                be subject to obligations imposed upon, a former 
                spouse.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Stepchildren.--For purposes of affording benefits 
under this Act, any natural or adopted child of a domestic partner of 
an employee shall be deemed a stepchild of the employee.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Confidentiality.--Any information submitted to the 
Office of Personnel Management under subsection (b) shall be used 
solely for the purpose of certifying an individual's eligibility for 
benefits under subsection (a).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Regulations and Orders.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Office of personnel management.--Not later 
        than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
        Office of Personnel Management shall promulgate regulations to 
        implement section 2 (b) and (c).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Other executive branch regulations.--Not later 
        than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
        President or designees of the President shall promulgate 
        regulations to implement this Act with respect to benefits and 
        obligations administered by agencies or other entities of the 
        executive branch.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Other regulations and orders.--Not later than 
        6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency 
        or other entity or official not within the executive branch 
        that administers a program providing benefits or imposing 
        obligations shall promulgate regulations or orders to implement 
        this Act with respect to the program.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Procedure.--Regulations and orders required 
        under this subsection shall be promulgated after notice to 
        interested persons and an opportunity for comment.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Definitions.--In this Act:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Benefits.--The term ``benefits'' means--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) health insurance and enhanced dental 
                and vision benefits, as provided under chapters 89, 
                89A, and 89B of title 5, United States Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) retirement and disability benefits and 
                plans, as provided under--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, 
                        United States Code;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) chapter 8 of the Foreign 
                        Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4041 et seq.); 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) the Central Intelligence 
                        Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain 
                        Employees (50 U.S.C. chapter 38);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) family, medical, and emergency leave, 
                as provided under--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) subchapters III, IV, and V of 
                        chapter 63 of title 5, United States 
                        Code;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) 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;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) section 202 of the 
                        Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 
                        U.S.C. 1312); and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) section 412 of title 3, 
                        United States Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Federal group life insurance, as 
                provided under chapter 87 of title 5, United States 
                Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) long-term care insurance, as provided 
                under chapter 90 of title 5, United States 
                Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) compensation for work injuries, as 
                provided under chapter 81 of title 5, United States 
                Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) benefits for disability, death, or 
                captivity, as provided under--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) sections 5569 and 5570 of 
                        title 5, United States Code;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) section 413 of the Foreign 
                        Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973); 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) part L of title I of the 
                        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
                        1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796 et seq.), insofar as that 
                        part applies to any employee;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (H) travel, transportation, and related 
                payments and benefits, as provided under--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) chapter 57 of title 5, United 
                        States Code;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) chapter 9 of the Foreign 
                        Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.); 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) section 1599b of title 10, 
                        United States Code; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (I) any other benefit similar to a benefit 
                described under subparagraphs (A) through (H) provided 
                by or on behalf of the United States to any 
                employee.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Domestic partner.--The term ``domestic 
        partner'' means an adult unmarried person living with another 
        adult unmarried person of the same sex in a committed, intimate 
        relationship.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Employee.--The term ``employee''--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) means an officer or employee of the 
                United States or of any department, agency, or other 
                entity of the United States, including the President of 
                the United States, the Vice President of the United 
                States, a Member of Congress, or a Federal judge; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall not include a member of the 
                uniformed services.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Obligations.--The term ``obligations'' means 
        any duties or responsibilities with respect to Federal 
        employment that would be incurred by a married employee or by 
        the spouse of an employee.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Uniformed services.--The term ``uniformed 
        services'' has the meaning given under section 2101(3) of title 
        5, United States Code.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) with respect to the provision of benefits and 
        obligations, take effect 6 months after the date of enactment 
        of this Act; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) apply to any individual who is employed as an 
        employee on or after the date of enactment of this 
        Act.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES; AND 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; and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purpose.

TITLE I--ESTABLISHMENT AND TERMINATION OF DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS; OTHER 
                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 101. Federal employees in domestic partnerships.
Sec. 102. Guidance documentation.
Sec. 103. Review of programs under which employment benefits and 
                            obligations are established.
Sec. 104. Study on recruitment and retention.
Sec. 105. Effective date.

               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

                     Subtitle A--General Provisions

Sec. 301. Definitions.

                     Subtitle B--Creditable Service

Sec. 311. Creditable service.
Sec. 312. Survivor reduction for a current spouse or a current domestic 
                            partner.
Sec. 313. Survivor reduction for a former spouse or former domestic 
                            partner.
Sec. 314. Survivor elections; deposit; offsets.
Sec. 315. Survivor reductions; computation.
Sec. 316. Insurable interest reductions.
Sec. 317. Alternative forms of annuities.
Sec. 318. Lump-sum benefits; designation of beneficiary; order of 
                            precedence.

                    Subtitle C--Thrift Savings Plan

Sec. 321. Benefits and election of benefits.
Sec. 322. Annuities: methods of payment; election; purchase.
Sec. 323. Protections for spouses, domestic partners, former spouses, 
                            and former domestic partners.
Sec. 324. Justices and judges.

                     Subtitle D--Survivor Annuities

Sec. 331. Definitions.
Sec. 332. Rights of a widow, widower, or surviving partner.
Sec. 333. Rights of a child.
Sec. 334. Rights of a former spouse or former domestic partner.

             Subtitle E--General Administrative Provisions

Sec. 341. Authority of the Office of Personnel Management.
Sec. 342. Cost-of-living adjustments.

   Subtitle F--Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Management System

Sec. 351. 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. Definition.
Sec. 503. Relocation expenses of employees transferred or reemployed.
Sec. 504. Taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and 
                            relocation expenses of employees 
                            transferred.
Sec. 505. Relocation expenses of an employee who is performing an 
                            extended assignment.

                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. Employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities.
Sec. 609. Effective date.

   TITLE VII--EMPLOYEE LEAVE; DEATH OR CAPTIVITY COMPENSATION; OTHER 
                           EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Sec. 701. Voluntary transfers of leave; Voluntary Leave Bank Program.
Sec. 702. Family and medical leave.
Sec. 703. Settlement of accounts.
Sec. 704. Benefits for captives.
Sec. 705. Compensation for disability or death.
Sec. 706. Annuity of the Comptroller General.

TITLE VIII--ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, EMPLOYMENT OF 
                 RELATIVES, GIFTS, AND EMPLOYEE CONDUCT

Sec. 801. Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
Sec. 802. Conflicts of interest.
Sec. 803. Employment of relatives, restrictions.
Sec. 804. Receipt and disposition of foreign gifts and decorations.
Sec. 805. Regulation of conduct; gifts.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to apply employment benefits and 
obligations to Federal employees in same-sex domestic partnerships and 
to their domestic partners that are the same as the employment benefits 
and obligations that apply under existing statutes to married Federal 
employees and to their spouses.

TITLE I--ESTABLISHMENT AND TERMINATION OF DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS; OTHER 
                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES IN DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS.

    (a) In General.--Subpart A of part III is amended by inserting 
after section 2305 the following:

        ``CHAPTER 25--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES IN DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS

``Sec.
``2501. Definitions.
``2502. Establishment and termination of domestic partnerships.
``Sec. 2501. Definitions
    ``In this chapter--
            ``(1) the term `annuitant' means--
                    ``(A) an annuitant as defined under section 8331 or 
                8401; and
                    ``(B) 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;
            ``(2) the term `Director' means the Director of the Office 
        of Personnel Management;
            ``(3) the term `domestic partner' means either of the 
        individuals in a domestic partnership;
            ``(4) the term `domestic partnership' means a relationship 
        between 2 individuals of the same sex, at least 1 of whom is an 
        employee, former employee, or annuitant, that has been 
        established under section 2502(a) and not dissolved under 
        section 2502(b); and
            ``(5) the term `employee' means--
                    ``(A) an employee as defined under section 2105, 
                including an employee referred to in subsection (c) or 
                (e) of that section;
                    ``(B) a Member of Congress;
                    ``(C) the President; or
                    ``(D) any other individual who is employed by the 
                Government and is included within this definition under 
                regulations prescribed by the President or a designee 
                of the President.
``Sec. 2502. Establishment and termination of domestic partnerships
    ``(a) Establishment of Domestic Partnership.--
            ``(1) An employee, former employee, or annuitant and 
        another individual (who may also be an employee, former 
        employee, or annuitant) may establish a domestic partnership as 
        provided in this section for the purposes of the provisions of 
        law to which this chapter applies.
            ``(2) To establish a domestic partnership, the 2 
        individuals referred to in paragraph (1) shall jointly execute, 
        and the employee, former employee, or annuitant shall file, an 
        application accompanied by an affidavit, the application and 
        affidavit being in such form and filed in such manner as the 
        Director shall by regulation prescribe.
            ``(3) By the affidavit referred to in paragraph (2), each 
        of the individuals shall attest to the following:
                    ``(A)(i) The individuals are of the same sex; and
                    ``(ii) the individual who files the application and 
                affidavit is an employee, former employee, or 
                annuitant.
                    ``(B)(i) The individuals are in a committed 
                domestic-partnership relationship with each other 
                satisfying the conditions in clauses (ii), (iii), and 
                (iv) and intend to remain so indefinitely.
                    ``(ii) The individuals have a common residence and 
                intend to continue to do so (or would have a common 
                residence, but are prevented from doing so because of 
                an assignment abroad or other employment-related, 
                financial, or other reasons identified in the 
                affidavit).
                    ``(iii) The individuals share responsibility for a 
                significant measure of each other's welfare and 
                financial obligations.
                    ``(iv) Neither individual is married to or in a 
                domestic partnership with anyone except each other.
                    ``(C) Each individual is at least 18 years of age 
                and mentally competent to consent to a contract.
                    ``(D) The individuals are not related to each other 
                by blood in a way that would prohibit legal marriage 
                between individuals otherwise eligible to marry in the 
                jurisdiction (or, if applicable, in any jurisdiction) 
                in which the individuals have a common residence.
                    ``(E) Each of the individuals understands that--
                            ``(i) as a domestic partner, each 
                        individual not only gains certain benefits, but 
                        also assumes certain obligations, as set forth 
                        in the provision of law to which this chapter 
                        applies, the violation of which may lead to 
                        disciplinary action against an employee and to 
                        criminal and other penalties;
                            ``(ii) either or both of the domestic 
                        partners are required to file notification 
                        under subsection (b)(2) dissolving the domestic 
                        partnership within 30 days after any condition 
                        under clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of 
                        subparagraph (B) ceases to be satisfied, and, 
                        if 1 domestic partner dies, the other is 
                        required to file a notification under 
                        subsection (b)(3) within 30 days after the 
                        death; and
                            ``(iii) willful falsification of 
                        information in the affidavit, or willful 
                        failure to file notification as required under 
                        subsection (b)(2) or (3), may lead to recovery 
                        of amounts obtained as a result of such 
                        falsification or failure, disciplinary action 
                        against an employee, and criminal or other 
                        penalties.
    ``(b) Termination of Domestic Partnership.--
            ``(1) A domestic partnership is terminated upon--
                    ``(A) the death of either domestic partner;
                    ``(B) the filing of a notification under paragraph 
                (2) by either or both domestic partners; or
                    ``(C) the satisfaction of such other conditions as 
                the Director may by regulation prescribe.
            ``(2)(A) If any condition referred to under clause (ii), 
        (iii), or (iv) of subsection (a)(3)(B) ceases to be satisfied, 
        either or both of the domestic partners shall, within 30 days 
        after the condition ceases to be satisfied, execute and file a 
        notification, in such form and in such manner as prescribed by 
        the Director in regulation, stating that the condition is no 
        longer satisfied and that the domestic partnership is 
        terminated.
            ``(B) Each domestic partner has a duty that the 
        notification under subparagraph (A) be timely filed, but the 
        duty of 1 domestic partner shall be satisfied if the other 
        domestic partner timely executes and files the required 
        notification.
            ``(C) The Director shall promulgate regulations 
        establishing the criteria for determining when any condition 
        referred to under clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subsection 
        (a)(2)(B) ceases to be satisfied.
            ``(3) When one domestic partner dies, the other domestic 
        partner shall, within 30 days after the death, execute and file 
        a notification of the death, in such form and in such manner as 
        prescribed by the Director in regulation.
    ``(c) Effectiveness of Application.--
            ``(1) An application shall not be effective for purposes of 
        this section unless the filing individual is an employee, 
        former employee, or annuitant as of the time of the filing.
            ``(2) No individual shall, for purposes of the provisions 
        of law to which this chapter applies, be treated as being in a 
        domestic partnership unless there is in effect, in accordance 
        with regulations prescribed by the Director, an application 
        filed in accordance with this section.
            ``(3) An application so filed shall remain in effect until 
        the earlier of--
                    ``(A) the death of either individual; or
                    ``(B) the date as of which the domestic partnership 
                is otherwise terminated, as determined under such 
                regulations.
    ``(d) Additional Notifications to Employing Agencies.--A domestic 
partner employed by an entity of the United States shall provide such 
notifications to the employing entity of the formation, existence, or 
termination of the domestic partnership, in addition to the filings 
required under subsections (a) and (b), as may be required, and in such 
form and in such manner as prescribed, by the Director in regulation.
    ``(e) Members of the Armed Forces Not Eligible.--Notwithstanding 
any provision of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment 
Rights Act of 1994 (38 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), a member of the Armed 
Forces or of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps may not be either of 
the individuals who establish a domestic partnership under this 
section.
    ``(f) Applicability.--This section applies for purposes of the 
provisions of this title (excluding chapter 81).
    ``(g) Regulations.--The Director shall issue regulations to carry 
out this section.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for 
part III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to chapter 23 the following:

``25. Federal Employees in Domestic Partnerships............    2501''.

SEC. 102. GUIDANCE DOCUMENTATION.

    (a) In General.--The officers and agencies that have authority to 
issue guidance documentation with respect to benefits and obligations 
established under the amendments made by this Act and the measures 
taken under section 103(b)(1)(B) and (2) shall develop and issue such 
guidance documentation under the coordination of the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management.
    (b) Office of Personnel Management.--The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management shall, to the greatest extent practicable--
            (1) compile the guidance documentation referred to under 
        subsection (a);
            (2) prepare and issue guidance documentation with respect 
        to benefits and obligations available to domestic partners of 
        certain Secret Service and Park Police Officers who are covered 
        under the DC Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement 
        Plan, and include that guidance documentation in the 
        compilation under paragraph (1); and
            (3) ensure that such documentation is readily available to 
        employees and their domestic partners, both in print form and 
        by publicly accessible website.
    (c) Timeliness.--To the maximum extent practicable, the guidance 
documentation shall be--
            (1) prepared and made readily available not later than 30 
        days before the effective date of this Act; and
            (2) updated as necessary.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 103. REVIEW OF PROGRAMS UNDER WHICH EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND 
              OBLIGATIONS ARE ESTABLISHED.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``benefit'' includes any right, power, 
        privilege, immunity, or protection, whether substantive, 
        procedural, remedial, or otherwise;
            (2) the term ``domestic partner'' means either of the 
        individuals in a domestic partnership;
            (3) the term ``domestic partnership'' means a relationship 
        between 2 individuals of the same sex, at least 1 of whom is an 
        employee, that satisfies the conditions in subparagraphs (A) 
        through (D) of section 2502(a)(3) of title 5, United States 
        Code;
            (4) the term ``employee'' means--
                    (A) an employee as defined under section 2501 of 
                title 5, United States Code, as added by section 101 of 
                this Act;
                    (B) a member of the commissioned corps of the 
                Public Health Service or of the commissioned corps of 
                the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or
                    (C) any other individual performing personal 
                service to the United States (including an 
                instrumentality wholly owned by the United States), 
                whether for pay, for nominal pay, or as a volunteer, 
                who is not performing such service as an employee of 
                any employer other than the Government of the United 
                States or as a member of the Armed Forces or of the 
                Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and
            (5) the term ``obligation'' includes any duty, disability, 
        or liability, whether substantive, procedural, remedial, or 
        otherwise.
    (b) Reviews, Additional Measures, Recommendations, and Reports to 
Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, the 
President and designees of the President shall--
            (1) conduct a review of the employment benefits and of the 
        employment obligations applied to married employees and their 
        spouses to determine what authority exists to apply such 
        benefits and obligations to employees at executive branch 
        agencies who have domestic partners and the domestic partners 
        of those employees;
            (2) include within the review under paragraph (1) all 
        employment benefits and obligations under regulations 
        prescribed by the President or a designee of the President, or 
        promulgated by the head of any agency or department of the 
        executive branch under its authority;
            (3) take any additional measures that can be taken, to the 
        greatest extent practicable and consistent with law, to grant 
        employment benefits to and impose employment obligations upon 
        employees at executive branch agencies with domestic partners 
        and the domestic partners of those employees;
            (4) develop recommendations for any legislation to further 
        grant employment benefits to and impose employment obligations 
        upon Federal employees with domestic partners and to and upon 
        the domestic partners of those employees; and
            (5) submit a report to Congress summarizing the review, 
        determinations, and recommendations under paragraphs (1), (2), 
        (3), and (4).
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 104. STUDY ON RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

    The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives a report regarding the effect that providing benefits 
for domestic partners under this Act has on the recruitment and 
retention efforts of the Federal Government.

SEC. 105. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise specifically provided, this 
Act and amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application to Current and Future Employees.--An employee, 
former employee, or annuitant shall be eligible to establish a domestic 
partnership under section 2502(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, as 
added by section 101 of this Act, only if the employee, former 
employee, or annuitant is or has been employed as an employee on or 
after the effective date of this Act.

               TITLE II--CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 8331 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (30), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (31), by striking the period and inserting 
        a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(32) `domestic partner' and `domestic partnership' have 
        the meanings given under section 2501;
            ``(33) `Federal employee' means an elected official of the 
        United States or an employee of any entity of the United 
        States; and
            ``(34) `former domestic partner' means a former domestic 
        partner of an individual--
                    ``(A) if such individual performed at least 18 
                months of civilian service as a Federal employee; and
                    ``(B) if the former domestic partner was in a 
                domestic partnership with such individual for at least 
                9 months.''.

SEC. 202. CREDITABLE SERVICE.

    Section 8332 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(3)(C)(ii), by striking ``former 
        spouse.'' and inserting ``former spouse (or former domestic 
        partner).''; and
            (2) in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (o), by 
        striking ``spouse'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``spouse (or domestic partner),''.

SEC. 203. COMPUTATION OF ANNUITY.

    Section 8339 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' 
                        after ``the spouse'' each place it appears;
                            (ii) by inserting ``(or has a domestic 
                        partner)'' after ``is married''; and
                            (iii) by inserting ``(or domestic 
                        partner's)'' after ``the spouse's'' each place 
                        it appears;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(or former 
                domestic partner)'' after ``former spouse'' each place 
                it appears;
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in the first sentence--
                                    (I) by inserting ``(or former 
                                domestic partner)'' after ``former 
                                spouse'' each place it appears; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``(or being in a 
                                domestic partnership with)'' after 
                                ``based on marriage to'';
                            (ii) in the second sentence--
                                    (I) by inserting ``(or the domestic 
                                partnership of the former domestic 
                                partner with)'' after ``the marriage of 
                                the former spouse to''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``is dissolved,'' 
                                and inserting ``is dissolved (or 
                                terminated),'';
                            (iii) in the sixth sentence, by striking 
                        ``former spouse.'' and inserting ``former 
                        spouse (or former domestic partner).'';
                            (iv) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking ``is then 
                                married,'' and inserting ``is then 
                                married (or is then in a domestic 
                                partnership),''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``the spouse's 
                                written consent.'' and inserting ``the 
                                written consent of the spouse (or 
                                domestic partner).''; and
                            (v) by amending the next to last sentence 
                        to read as follows: ``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).''; and
                    (D) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
    ``(5)(A) 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--
            ``(i) after the death of the spouse (or domestic partner), 
        or
            ``(ii) 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,
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).
    ``(B) Any reduction in an annuity for the purpose of providing a 
survivor annuity for a former spouse (or a former domestic partner) of 
a retired employee or Member shall be terminated for each full month 
after the former spouse remarries (or enters into a domestic 
partnership) (or the former domestic partner enters into a subsequent 
domestic partnership or marries) before reaching age 55 or dies. This 
reduction shall be replaced by an appropriate reduction or reductions 
under paragraph (4) if the retired employee or Member has (i) another 
former spouse (or another former domestic partner) who is entitled to a 
survivor annuity under section 8341(h), (ii) a current spouse to whom 
the employee or Member was married (or a current domestic partner with 
whom the employee or Member was in a domestic partnership) at the time 
of retirement and with respect to whom a survivor annuity was not 
jointly waived under paragraph (1), or (iii) a current spouse whom the 
employee or Member married (or a current domestic partner with whom the 
employee or Member entered into domestic partnership) after retirement 
and with respect to whom an election has been made under subparagraph 
(C) or subsection (k)(2).
    ``(C)(i) Upon entry into a subsequent marriage (or domestic 
partnership), a retired employee or Member who was married (or in a 
domestic partnership) at the time of retirement, including an employee 
or Member whose annuity was not reduced to provide a survivor annuity 
for the employee's or Member's spouse or former spouse (or domestic 
partner or former domestic partner) as of the time of retirement, may 
irrevocably elect during such marriage (or domestic partnership), in a 
signed writing received by the Office--
            ``(I) within 2 years after such entry into a subsequent 
        marriage (or domestic partnership), or
            ``(II) if later, within 2 years after--
                    ``(aa) the death of or entry into a subsequent 
                marriage (or domestic partnership) by any former spouse 
                (or former domestic partner) of such employee or Member 
                who was entitled to a survivor annuity under section 
                8341(h), or
                    ``(bb) if there was more than 1, the death of or 
                entry into a subsequent marriage (or domestic 
                partnership) by the last such surviving former spouse 
                (or surviving former domestic partner),
        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.
    ``(ii) Such election and reduction shall be effective the first day 
of the second month after the election is received by the Office, but 
not less than 9 months after the date of the subsequent marriage (or 
entry into the subsequent domestic partnership), and the retired 
employee or Member shall deposit in the Fund an amount determined by 
the Office of Personnel Management, as nearly as may be 
administratively feasible, to reflect the amount by which the annuity 
of such retired employee or Member would have been reduced if the 
election had been in effect since the date of retirement or, if later, 
the date the previous reduction in such retired employee's or Member's 
annuity was terminated under subparagraph (A) or (B), plus interest. 
For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the annual rate of interest 
for each year during which an annuity would have been reduced if the 
election had been in effect on and after the applicable date referred 
to in such sentence shall be 6 percent.
    ``(iii) 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).
    ``(iv) 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.
    ``(v) An election to provide a survivor annuity to a person under 
this subparagraph--
            ``(I) shall prospectively void any election made by the 
        employee or Member under subsection (k)(1) with respect to such 
        person; or
            ``(II) 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.
    ``(vi) The deposit provisions of clauses (ii) and (iii) shall not 
apply if--
            ``(I) the employee or Member makes an election under this 
        subparagraph after having made an election under subsection 
        (k)(1); and
            ``(II) the election under subsection (k)(1) becomes void 
        under clause (v).'';
            (2) in subsection (k)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``a married employee or 
                        Member'' and inserting ``an employee or Member 
                        who is married (or in a domestic 
                        partnership)''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' 
                        after ``spouse'' each place it appears;
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking the matter before 
                        subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
    ``(2)(A) 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--
            ``(i) within 2 years after such employee or Member marries 
        (or enters into a domestic partnership), or
            ``(ii) if later, within 2 years after--
                    ``(I) the death of or entry into a subsequent 
                marriage (or domestic partnership) by any former spouse 
                (or former domestic partner) of such employee or Member 
                who was entitled to a survivor annuity under section 
                8341(h), or
                    ``(II) if there was more than 1, the death of or 
                entry into a subsequent marriage (or domestic 
                partnership) by the last such surviving former spouse 
                (or surviving former domestic partner),
a reduction in the retired employee or Member's current annuity as 
provided in subsection (j).'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i) (in the matter 
                        before subclause (I)), by striking 
                        ``marriage.'' and inserting ``marriage (or 
                        entry into a domestic partnership).'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting 
                        ``(or in a domestic partnership)'' after 
                        ``married''; and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``marriage.'' and inserting ``marriage (or 
                        domestic partnership).''; and
            (3) in subsection (o)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B)(i), by striking 
                ``is married,'' and inserting ``is married (or is in a 
                domestic partnership),''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A) (in the matter following 
                clause (ii)), by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' 
                after ``spouse''.

SEC. 204. COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF ANNUITIES.

    Section 8340 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (1);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (2) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) the terms `widow', `widower', and `surviving partner' 
        have the respective meanings given them under section 8341.''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by 
                striking all after ``who retires,'' and before ``of a 
                deceased annuitant'' and inserting ``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''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``a widow, 
                widower, former spouse, or insurable interest 
                designee'' and inserting ``a widow, widower, or former 
                spouse (or surviving partner or former domestic 
                partner) or insurable interest designee''.

SEC. 205. SURVIVOR ANNUITIES.

    Section 8341 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
                paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) `surviving partner'--
                    ``(A) means the surviving domestic partner of an 
                employee or Member who--
                            ``(i) 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
                            ``(ii) satisfies such other requirements, 
                        related to parenthood and the domestic 
                        partnership, as the Director of the Office of 
                        Personnel Management shall by regulation 
                        prescribe based on the definition of a widow or 
                        widower under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of 
                        this section; and
                    ``(B) notwithstanding subparagraph (A), includes a 
                surviving domestic partner described under that 
                subparagraph only if the employee or Member performed 
                at least 18 months of service as a Federal employee;''; 
                and
                    (C) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A))--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``an unmarried 
                                dependent child'' and inserting ``a 
                                dependent child who is unmarried (and 
                                not in a domestic partnership) and'';
                                    (II) by inserting ``(or surviving 
                                domestic partner)'' after ``the 
                                surviving spouse''; and
                                    (III) by inserting at the end, 
                                before the semicolon, the following: 
                                ``, and (v) a child of the domestic 
                                partner of an employee or Member (not 
                                adopted by the employee or Member), but 
                                only if--
                                    ``(I) the child lived with the 
                                employee or Member in a regular parent-
                                child relationship; and
                                    ``(II) the employee or Member 
                                performed at least 18 months of service 
                                as a Federal employee''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraphs (B) and (C), by 
                        striking ``unmarried dependent child'' and 
                        inserting ``dependent child who is unmarried 
                        (and not in a domestic partnership)'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``widow or widower'' each 
                        place it appears and inserting ``widow or 
                        widower (or surviving partner)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``remarriage,'' and 
                        inserting ``remarriage (or entry into a 
                        subsequent domestic partnership)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``widow or widower'' each 
                        place it appears and inserting ``widow or 
                        widower (or surviving partner)''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``(or in a domestic 
                        partnership with)'' after ``married to'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in the matter before subparagraph (A), 
                        by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' after 
                        ``spouse'';
                            (ii) by striking ``widow or widower'' each 
                        place it appears and inserting ``widow or 
                        widower (or surviving partner)''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
                        ``(or, in the case of a widow or widower, 
                        enters into a domestic partnership) (or, in the 
                        case of a surviving partner, enters into a 
                        subsequent domestic partnership or marries)'' 
                        after ``remarries''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) by striking ``widow or widower'' each 
                        place it appears and inserting ``widow or 
                        widower (or surviving partner)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
                        ``(or former domestic partner)'' after ``former 
                        spouse'';
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``widow or widower'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``widow or widower (or surviving 
                partner)'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``(or former 
                domestic partner)'' after ``former spouse''; and
                    (C) in clause (ii), by inserting ``(or, in the case 
                of a widow or widower, enters into a domestic 
                partnership) (or, in the case of a surviving partner, 
                enters into a subsequent domestic partnership or 
                marries)'' after ``remarries'';
            (4) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by striking the matter before paragraph (2) and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(e)(1) For the purposes of this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `former spouse' 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
            ``(B) the term `former domestic partner' includes a former 
        domestic partner who was in a domestic partnership with a 
        Federal employee or Member for less than 9 months and a former 
        domestic partner of a Federal employee or Member who completed 
        less than 18 months of service covered by this subchapter.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``a spouse or a 
                former spouse'' each place it appears and inserting ``a 
                spouse or former spouse (or a domestic partner or 
                former domestic partner)'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``dies 
                        or marries;'' and inserting ``dies or marries 
                        (or enters into a domestic partnership);''; and
                            (ii) in the matter following subparagraph 
                        (E)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``(or domestic 
                                partner or former domestic partner)'' 
                                after ``spouse or former spouse''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``spouse, former 
                                spouse, or child'' and inserting 
                                ``spouse or former spouse (or domestic 
                                partner or former domestic partner) or 
                                child,''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ``marriage, then, 
                if such marriage'' and inserting ``marriage, then, if 
                such marriage (or a domestic partnership, then, if such 
                domestic partnership)'';
            (5) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following:
    ``(f) 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)--
            ``(1) is entitled to an annuity equal to 55 percent of the 
        deferred annuity of the Member commencing on the day after the 
        Member dies and terminating on the last day of the month before 
        the surviving spouse dies or remarries (or enters into a 
        domestic partnership) (or the surviving domestic partner dies 
        or enters into a subsequent domestic partnership or marries); 
        or
            ``(2) 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.
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--
            ``(A) the annuity which would otherwise be payable to such 
        surviving spouse (or such surviving domestic partner) under 
        this subsection, and
            ``(B) the amount of the survivor annuity payable to any 
        former spouse (or any former domestic partner) of such Member 
        under subsection (h).'';
            (6) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:
    ``(g) In the case of a surviving spouse (or surviving domestic 
partner) whose annuity under this section is terminated because of a 
subsequent entry into a marriage (or domestic partnership) before 
becoming 55 years of age, annuity at the same rate shall be restored 
commencing on the day the remarriage (or subsequent domestic 
partnership) is dissolved by death, annulment, or divorce (or 
terminated), if--
            ``(1) the surviving spouse (or surviving domestic partner) 
        elects to receive this annuity instead of a survivor benefit to 
        which he may be entitled, under this subchapter or another 
        retirement system for Government employees, by reason of the 
        subsequent entry into a marriage (or domestic partnership); and
            ``(2) any lump sum paid on termination of the annuity is 
        returned to the Fund.'';
            (7) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following:
    ``(h)(1) 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.
    ``(2)(A) The annuity payable to a former spouse (or former domestic 
partner) under this subsection may not exceed the difference between--
            ``(i) the amount applicable in the case of such former 
        spouse (or former domestic partner), as determined under 
        subparagraph (B), and
            ``(ii) 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.
    ``(B) 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--
            ``(i) 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;
            ``(ii) 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
            ``(iii) 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.
    ``(3) 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--
            ``(A) shall not commence before--
                    ``(i) the day after the employee, Member, or 
                annuitant dies, or
                    ``(ii) 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,
        whichever is later, and
            ``(B) shall terminate--
                    ``(i) except as provided in subsection (k), in the 
                case of an annuity computed by reference to clause (i) 
                or (ii) of paragraph (2)(B), no later than the last day 
                of the month before the former spouse remarries (or 
                enters into a domestic partnership) (or former domestic 
                partner enters into a subsequent domestic partnership 
                or marries) before becoming 55 years of age or dies; or
                    ``(ii) in the case of an annuity computed by 
                reference to clause (iii) of such paragraph, no later 
                than the last day of the month before the former spouse 
                remarries (or enters into a domestic partnership) or 
                dies (or the former domestic partner enters into a 
                subsequent domestic partnership or marries or dies).
    ``(4) For purposes of this subchapter, a modification in a decree, 
order, agreement, or election referred to in paragraph (1) shall not be 
effective--
            ``(A) if such modification is made after the retirement or 
        death of the employee or Member concerned, and
            ``(B) to the extent that such modification involves an 
        annuity under this subsection.
    ``(5) 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.
    ``(6) Any payment under this subsection to a person bars recovery 
by any other person.
    ``(7) As used in this subsection, `court' 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.'';
            (8) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following:
    ``(i) 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--
            ``(1) the death of the employee or Member was accidental; 
        or
            ``(2) 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.''; and
            (9) by redesignating subsection (k) subsection (j) and 
        amending such subsection to read as follows:
    ``(j)(1) Subsections (b)(3)(B), (d)(ii), and (h)(3)(B)(i), to the 
extent that they provide for termination of a survivor annuity because 
of a subsequent entry into a marriage (or domestic partnership) before 
age 55, shall not apply if 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.
    ``(2) A subsequent entry into a marriage (or domestic partnership) 
described in paragraph (1) shall not be taken into account for purposes 
of subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 8339(j)(5) or any other provision 
of this chapter which the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management may by regulation identify in order to carry out the 
purposes of this subsection.''.

SEC. 206. LUMP-SUM BENEFITS; DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY; ORDER OF 
              PRECEDENCE.

    Section 8342 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(or surviving partner)'' after 
                ``widow or widower'' ; and
                    (B) by striking ``stepchild.'' and inserting 
                ``stepchild (or a child of a domestic partner which 
                child is not otherwise a child of the employee or 
                Member).''; and
            (2) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``(or the 
                domestic partner, if any)'' after ``the spouse, if 
                any'';
                    (B) by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' after 
                ``spouse'' each place it appears; and
                    (C) by inserting ``(or former domestic partner)'' 
                after ``former spouse'' each place it appears.

SEC. 207. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ANNUITIES.

    Section 8343a is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) (in the material before subparagraph (A)), by 
                inserting ``(or in a domestic partnership)'' after 
                ``married''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``(or 
                surviving domestic partner)'' after ``surviving 
                spouse'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``married,'' each 
                place it appears and inserting ``married (or in a 
                domestic partnership),''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``former 
                spouse,'' and inserting ``former spouse (or former 
                domestic partner),''; and
            (3) in subsection (e), by inserting ``(or in a domestic 
        partnership)'' after ``married''.

SEC. 208. ADMINISTRATION; REGULATIONS.

    Section 8347(n)(1)(D) is amended by striking ``their spouses, and 
their former spouses'' and inserting ``their spouses (and domestic 
partners), and their former spouses (and former domestic partners)''.

SEC. 209. PARTICIPATION IN THE THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN.

    Section 8351(b)(5) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraphs (A), (B) and (C), by inserting `` (or 
        domestic partner)'' after ``spouse'' each place it appears;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``a married employee 
        or Member'' and inserting ``an employee or Member who is 
        married (or in a domestic partnership)''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``(or domestic 
        partner or former domestic partner)'' after ``spouse or former 
        spouse''.

            TITLE III--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

                     Subtitle A--General Provisions

SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 8401 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (35), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (36), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(37) `domestic partner' and `domestic partnership' have 
        the meanings given under section 2501;
            ``(38) `Federal employee' means an elected official of the 
        United States or an employee of any entity of the United 
        States; and
            ``(39) `former domestic partner' means a former domestic 
        partner of an individual--
                    ``(A) if such individual performed at least 18 
                months of civilian service creditable under section 
                8411 as a Federal employee; and
                    ``(B) if the former domestic partner was in a 
                domestic partnership with such individual for at least 
                9 months.''.

                     Subtitle B--Creditable Service

SEC. 311. CREDITABLE SERVICE.

    Section 8411 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(4)(C)(ii), by inserting ``(or former 
        domestic partner)'' after ``former spouse'';
            (2) in subsection (l)(4)(B)(i), by inserting ``(or domestic 
        partner)'' after ``spouse''; and
            (3) in subsection (l)(5), by inserting ``(or domestic 
        partner)'' after ``spouse'' each place it appears.

SEC. 312. SURVIVOR REDUCTION FOR A CURRENT SPOUSE OR A CURRENT DOMESTIC 
              PARTNER.

    (a) In General.--Section 8416 is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``(or domestic 
        partner)'' after ``spouse'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(or in a domestic partnership)'' 
                after ``married'' each place it appears;
                    (B) by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' after 
                ``spouse'' each place it appears; and
                    (C) by inserting ``(or domestic partner's)'' after 
                ``spouse's'' each place it appears;
            (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b)(1) Upon entry into a subsequent marriage (or subsequent 
domestic partnership), a retired employee or Member who was married (or 
in a domestic partnership) at the time of retirement, including an 
employee or Member whose annuity was not reduced to provide a survivor 
annuity for the employee's or Member's spouse or former spouse (or 
domestic partner or former domestic partner) as of the time of 
retirement, may irrevocably elect during such marriage (or domestic 
partnership), in a signed writing received by the Office--
            ``(A) within 2 years after such entry into a subsequent 
        marriage (or domestic partnership), or
            ``(B) if later, within 2 years after--
                    ``(i) the death of or entry into a subsequent 
                marriage (or domestic partnership) by any former spouse 
                (or former domestic partner) of such employee or Member 
                who was entitled to a survivor annuity under section 
                8445, or
                    ``(ii) if there was more than 1, the death of or 
                entry into a subsequent marriage (or domestic 
                partnership) by the last such surviving former spouse 
                (or former domestic partner),
        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.
    ``(2) The election and reduction shall be effective the first day 
of the second month after the election is received by the Office, but 
not less than 9 months after the date of the subsequent marriage (or 
entry into the subsequent domestic partnership).
    ``(3) An election to provide a survivor annuity to an individual 
under this subsection--
            ``(A) shall prospectively void any election made by the 
        employee or Member under section 8420 with respect to such 
        individual; or
            ``(B) 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.
    ``(4) 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--
            ``(A) the employee or Member was married to (or in a 
        domestic partnership with) such individual at the time of 
        retirement; and
            ``(B) the annuity rights of such individual based on the 
        service of such employee or Member were then waived under 
        subsection (a).'';
            (4) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking the matter before paragraph (2) and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(c)(1) 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--
            ``(A) within 2 years after such employee or Member marries 
        (or enters into a domestic partnership), or
            ``(B) if later, within 2 years after--
                    ``(i) the death of or entry into a subsequent 
                remarriage (or domestic partnership) by of any former 
                spouse (or domestic partner) of such employee or Member 
                who was entitled to a survivor annuity under section 
                8445,
                    ``(ii) if more than 1, the death of or entry into a 
                subsequent marriage (or domestic partnership) by the 
                last such surviving former spouse (or surviving 
                domestic partner),
        a reduction in the current annuity of the retired employee or 
        Member, in accordance with section 8419(a).''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``marriage.'' and 
                inserting ``marriage (or domestic partnership).''; and
            (5) in subsection (d)(1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(or in a domestic partnership)'' 
                after ``married''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' after 
                ``spouse'' each place it appears.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 8416 and inserting the following:

``8416. Survivor reduction for a current spouse (or domestic 
                            partner).''.

SEC. 313. SURVIVOR REDUCTION FOR A FORMER SPOUSE OR FORMER DOMESTIC 
              PARTNER.

    (a) In General.--Section 8417 is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``(or former 
        domestic partner)'' after ``former spouse'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ``(or a former domestic 
        partner)'' after ``former spouse'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``(or former 
                domestic partner)'' after ``former spouse'' each place 
                it appears;
                    (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
    ``(2) 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).''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting 
                        ``(or a surviving partner)'' after ``a widow or 
                        widower''; and
                            (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
                        as follows:
            ``(B) 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.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--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:

``8417. Survivor reduction for a former spouse (or former domestic 
                            partner).''.

SEC. 314. SURVIVOR ELECTIONS; DEPOSIT; OFFSETS.

    Section 8418(b) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(or domestic partnership)'' after 
        ``marriage''; and
            (2) by striking ``former spouse.'' inserting ``former 
        spouse (or former domestic partner).''.

SEC. 315. SURVIVOR REDUCTIONS; COMPUTATION.

    Section 8419 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``(or domestic 
        partner)'' after ``spouse'' each place it appears; and
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) 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--
            ``(A) after the death of the spouse (or domestic partner); 
        or
            ``(B) 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.
    ``(2) Any reduction in an annuity for the purpose of providing a 
survivor annuity for a former spouse (or former domestic partner) of a 
retired employee or Member shall be terminated for each full month 
after the former spouse remarries (or enters into a domestic 
partnership) (or the former domestic partner enters into a subsequent 
domestic partnership or marries) before reaching age 55 or dies. This 
reduction shall be replaced by appropriate reductions under subsection 
(a) if the retired employee or Member has--
            ``(A) another former spouse (or former domestic partner) 
        who is entitled to a survivor annuity under section 8445;
            ``(B) 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
            ``(C) 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.''.

SEC. 316. INSURABLE INTEREST REDUCTIONS.

    Section 8420 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``married employee or Member'' and 
                inserting ``employee or Member who is married (or in a 
                domestic partnership)''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' after 
                ``spouse'' each place it appears; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ``(or former 
        domestic partner)'' after ``former spouse''.

SEC. 317. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ANNUITIES.

    Section 8420a is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``(or in a domestic partnership)'' after 
                ``married''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``surviving 
                spouse.'' inserting ``surviving spouse (or surviving 
                domestic partner).'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``married,'' 
                inserting ``married (or in a domestic partnership),'' 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(or former 
                domestic partner)'' after ``former spouse'' each place 
                it appears; and
            (3) in subsection (e), by inserting ``(or in a domestic 
        partnership)'' after ``married''.

SEC. 318. LUMP-SUM BENEFITS; DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY; ORDER OF 
              PRECEDENCE.

    Section 8424 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the 
                        spouse, if any, and any former spouse'' and 
                        inserting ``any spouse or former spouse (and 
                        any domestic partner or former domestic 
                        partner)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``spouse or former spouse'' each place it 
                        appears and inserting ``spouse or former spouse 
                        (or domestic partner or former domestic 
                        partner)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``spouse or 
                former spouse'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``spouse or former spouse (or domestic partner or 
                former domestic partner)''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``widow or widower'' and inserting 
                ``widow or widower (or surviving partner)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``stepchild.'' and inserting 
                ``stepchild (or a child of a domestic partner which 
                child is not otherwise a child of the employee or 
                Member).''.

                    Subtitle C--Thrift Savings Plan

SEC. 321. BENEFITS AND ELECTION OF BENEFITS.

    Section 8433(e) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following:
            ``(2) Notwithstanding section 8424(d), if an employee, 
        Member, former employee, or former Member dies and has 
        designated as sole or partial beneficiary his or her spouse (or 
        domestic partner) at the time of death, or, if an employee, 
        Member, former employee, or former Member, dies with no 
        designated beneficiary and is survived by a spouse (or domestic 
        partner), the spouse (or domestic partner) may maintain the 
        portion of the employee's or Member's account to which the 
        spouse (or domestic partner) is entitled in accordance with the 
        following terms:
                    ``(A) Subject to the limitations of subparagraph 
                (B), the spouse (or domestic partner) shall have the 
                same withdrawal options under subsection (b) as the 
                employee or Member were the employee or Member living.
                    ``(B) The spouse (or domestic partner) may not make 
                withdrawals under subsection (g) or (h).
                    ``(C) The spouse (or domestic partner) may not make 
                contributions or transfers to the account.
                    ``(D) The account shall be disbursed upon the death 
                of the surviving spouse (or surviving domestic 
                partner). A beneficiary or surviving spouse (or 
                surviving domestic partner) of a deceased spouse (or 
                domestic partner) who has inherited an account is 
                ineligible to maintain the inherited spousal 
                account.''.

SEC. 322. ANNUITIES: METHODS OF PAYMENT; ELECTION; PURCHASE.

    Section 8434(a)(2) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``(or domestic 
        partner)'' after ``spouse''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (E)(i), by inserting ``(or former 
        domestic partner)'' after ``former spouse''.

SEC. 323. PROTECTIONS FOR SPOUSES, DOMESTIC PARTNERS, FORMER SPOUSES, 
              AND FORMER DOMESTIC PARTNERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 8435 is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``(and domestic 
        partners and former domestic partners)'' after ``spouses and 
        former spouses'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``A 
                        married employee or Member (or former employee 
                        or Member)'' each place it appears and 
                        inserting ``An employee or Member, or former 
                        employee or former Member, who is married (or 
                        in a domestic partnership)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
                        ``(or domestic partner)'' after ``spouse'' each 
                        place it appears; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(or domestic 
                partner's)'' after ``spouse's'' each place it appears;
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``(or surviving domestic 
                        partner)'' after ``surviving spouse'' each 
                        place it appears; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``(or in a domestic 
                        partnership)'' after ``married''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ``(or 
                domestic partner)'' after ``spouse'';
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``(or former 
                domestic partner)'' after ``former spouse'' the first 2 
                places it appears;
                    (B) in paragraphs (3) through (6), by inserting 
                ``(or former domestic partner)'' after ``former 
                spouse'' each place it appears;
                    (C) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting ``(or former 
                domestic partners)'' after ``former spouses''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ``(or 
                surviving domestic partner)'' after ``surviving 
                spouse'';
            (5) in subsection (e)(1)--
                    (A) by striking the matter before subparagraph (B) 
                and inserting the following:
    ``(e)(1)(A) 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.''; 
and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``(or 
                domestic partner's)'' after ``spouse's'' each place it 
                appears; and
            (6) in subsection (g), by inserting ``(or domestic partner 
        or former domestic partner)'' after ``spouse or former 
        spouse''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 84 is amended by striking the item relating to section 8435 and 
inserting the following:

``8435. Protections for spouses and former spouses (and domestic 
                            partners and former domestic partners).''.

SEC. 324. JUSTICES AND JUDGES.

    Section 8440a(b)(6) is amended by inserting ``(or domestic 
partners)'' after ``spouses''.

                     Subtitle D--Survivor Annuities

SEC. 331. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 8441 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
        (4) and (5), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (2) 
        the following:
            ``(3) the term `surviving partner'--
                    ``(A) means the surviving domestic partner of an 
                employee, Member, or annuitant, or of a former employee 
                or Member, who--
                            ``(i) 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
                            ``(ii) satisfies such other requirements, 
                        based on parenthood and the domestic 
                        partnership, as the Director of the Office of 
                        Personnel Management shall by regulation 
                        prescribe based on the definition of a widow or 
                        widower under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of 
                        this section; and
                    ``(B) notwithstanding subparagraph (A), includes a 
                surviving domestic partner described under that 
                subparagraph only if the employee, Member, annuitant, 
                or former employee or Member performed at least 18 
                months of service as a Federal employee;''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated by paragraph 
        (1))--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``an unmarried dependent 
                        child'' and inserting ``a dependent child who 
                        is unmarried (and not in a domestic 
                        partnership)'';
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end; and
                            (iii) in clause (iv)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``(or surviving 
                                partner)'' after ``widow or widower''; 
                                and
                                    (II) by inserting at the end, 
                                before the semicolon, the following: 
                                ``, and (v) a child of a domestic 
                                partner of an employee, Member, or 
                                annuitant (not adopted by the employee, 
                                Member, or annuitant), but only if--
                                    ``(I) the child lived with the 
                                employee, Member, or annuitant in a 
                                regular parent-child relationship; and
                                    ``(II) the employee, Member, or 
                                annuitant performed at least 18 months 
                                of service as a Federal employee;''; 
                                and
                    (B) in subparagraphs (B) and (C), by striking 
                ``unmarried dependent child'' each place that term 
                appears and inserting ``dependent child who is 
                unmarried (and not in a domestic partnership)''.

SEC. 332. RIGHTS OF A WIDOW, WIDOWER, OR SURVIVING PARTNER.

    (a) In General.--Section 8442 is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``(or surviving 
        partner)'' after ``widow or widower'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(or surviving partner)'' after 
                ``widow or widower'' each place it appears;
                    (B) by inserting ``(or entry into a domestic 
                partnership)'' after ``marriage''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' after 
                ``spouse'' each place it appears;
            (3) in subsection (b), by inserting ``(or surviving 
        partner)'' after ``widow or widower'' each place it appears;
            (4) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the matter in paragraph (1) before 
                subparagraph (A) thereof, by inserting ``(or a 
                surviving partner with whom in a domestic 
                partnership)'' after ``widow or widower to whom 
                married''; and
                    (B) by striking ``widow or widower'' each place it 
                appears (other than where amended by subparagraph (A)) 
                and inserting ``widow or widower (or surviving 
                partner)'';
            (5) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``widow or widower'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``widow or widower (or surviving 
                partner)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ``(or, in the 
                case of a widow or widower, enters into a domestic 
                partnership) (or, in the case of a surviving partner, 
                enters into a subsequent domestic partnership or 
                marries)'' after ``remarries'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``remarriage before'' and 
                        inserting ``subsequent entry into a marriage 
                        (or domestic partnership) before'';
                            (ii) by striking ``remarriage is dissolved 
                        by death, divorce, or annulment,'' and 
                        inserting ``subsequently entered marriage is 
                        dissolved by death, divorce, annulment (or 
                        subsequently entered domestic partnership is 
                        terminated),''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``remarriage;'' and inserting ``subsequently 
                        entered marriage (or domestic partnership);''; 
                        and
                    (D) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking ``remarriage'' and 
                        inserting ``subsequent entry into a marriage 
                        (or domestic partnership)''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``(or in a domestic 
                        partnership for at least 30 years with)'' after 
                        ``married for at least 30 years to'';
            (6) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(or surviving partner)'' after 
                ``widow or widower'' each place it appears;
                    (B) by inserting ``(or in a domestic partnership 
                with)'' after ``been married to''; and
                    (C) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) 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.'';
            (7) in subsection (g), by striking ``widow or widower'' and 
        inserting ``widow, widower, or surviving partner'' each place 
        it appears; and
            (8) in subsection (h)--
                    (A) by striking ``widow or widower'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``widow or widower (or surviving 
                partner)''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``(or former domestic partner)'' 
                after ``former spouse'' each place it appears.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 84 is amended by striking the item relating to section 8442 and 
inserting the following:

``8442. Rights of a widow or widower (or surviving partner).''.

SEC. 333. RIGHTS OF A CHILD.

    Section 8443(b) is amended by striking subparagraph (E) and the 
matter following that subparagraph and inserting the following:
                    ``(E) dies or marries (or enters into a domestic 
                partnership);
        whichever occurs first. On the death of the surviving wife or 
        husband (or surviving domestic partner), or former wife or 
        husband (or former domestic partner), or termination of the 
        annuity of a child, the annuity of any other child or children 
        shall be recomputed and paid as though the wife or husband (or 
        domestic partner), former wife or husband (or former domestic 
        partner), or child had not survived the annuitant, employee, or 
        Member. If the annuity of a child under this subchapter 
        terminates under subparagraph (E) because of marriage (or 
        domestic partnership), then, if such marriage (or domestic 
        partnership) ends, such annuity shall resume on the first day 
        of the month in which it ends, but only if any lump sum paid is 
        returned to the Fund, and that individual is not otherwise 
        ineligible for such annuity.''.

SEC. 334. RIGHTS OF A FORMER SPOUSE OR FORMER DOMESTIC PARTNER.

    (a) In General.--Section 8445 is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``(or former 
        domestic partner)'' after ``former spouse'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ``(or former domestic 
        partner)'' after ``former spouse'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(or former domestic partner)'' 
                after ``former spouse'' each place it appears; and
                    (B) by inserting ``(or surviving partner)'' after 
                ``widow or widower'';
            (4) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting ``(or enters into a 
        domestic partnership) (or the former domestic partner enters 
        into a subsequent domestic partnership or marries)'' after 
        ``remarries'';
            (5) in subsection (e), by inserting ``(or former domestic 
        partner)'' after ``former spouse'' each place it appears; and
            (6) by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:
    ``(h)(1) Subsection (c)(2), to the extent that it provides for 
termination of a survivor annuity because of a subsequent entry into a 
marriage (or domestic partnership) before age 55, shall not apply if 
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.
    ``(2) A subsequent entry into a marriage (or domestic partnership) 
described in paragraph (1) shall not be taken into account for purposes 
of section 8419(b)(1)(B) or any other provision of this chapter which 
the Director may by regulation identify in order to carry out the 
purposes of this subsection.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 84 is amended by striking the item relating to section 8445 and 
inserting the following:

``8445. Rights of a former spouse (or former domestic partner).''.

             Subtitle E--General Administrative Provisions

SEC. 341. AUTHORITY OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.

    Section 8461(j)(1)(D) is amended by striking ``such employees, 
their spouses, their former spouses, and their survivors'' and 
inserting ``such employees and their spouses (and domestic partners), 
former spouses (and former domestic partners), and survivors''.

SEC. 342. COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.

    Section 8462(c) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``survivor (other than a 
        widow or widower whose annuity is computed under section 
        8442(g) or a child under section 8443)'' and inserting the 
        following: ``survivor, other than a widow or widower (or 
        surviving partner) whose annuity is computed under section 
        8442(g) or a child under section 8443,'';
            (2) in paragraph (4) (in the matter before subparagraph 
        (A)), by inserting ``(or surviving partner)'' after ``widow or 
        widower''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)(B)(i), by inserting ``(or surviving 
        partner's)'' after ``widow's or widower's''.

   Subtitle F--Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Management System

SEC. 351. FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES; LIABILITY AND PENALTIES.

    Section 8477(a)(4)(F) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(F) 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);''.

                      TITLE IV--INSURANCE BENEFITS

SEC. 401. LIFE INSURANCE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 87 is amended--
            (1) in section 8701(d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``(or 
                        domestic partner)'' after ``spouse''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
                        ``(or child of the individual's domestic 
                        partner)'' after ``stepchild'' each place it 
                        appears; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) For the purpose of this subsection, `domestic 
        partner' has the meaning given under section 2501.''.
            (2) in section 8705(a), by inserting ``(or surviving 
        domestic partner)'' after ``widow or widower''; and
            (3) in section 8714c(b)(1)(A), by striking ``spouse;'' and 
        inserting ``spouse (or domestic partner);''.
    (b) Effective Date.--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.

SEC. 402. HEALTH INSURANCE.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 8901 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``(or the domestic partner of a Federal 
                employee or of a Federal annuitant)'' after ``or 
                annuitant'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``and'' at 
                the end; and
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following:
                    ``(C) a child of the domestic partner of a Federal 
                employee or of a Federal annuitant, unless adopted by 
                such individual, but only if the child lives with the 
                Federal employee or Federal annuitant in a regular 
                parent-child relationship;'';
            (2) in paragraph (8)(B), by striking ``or former spouses,'' 
        and inserting ``former spouses (or former domestic 
        partners),'';
            (3) in paragraph (10)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``(or entered 
                into a domestic partnership)'' after ``remarried''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (4) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12), and 
        by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:
            ``(11) `former domestic partner' means a domestic partner--
                    ``(A) whose domestic partnership with an employee, 
                former employee, or Federal annuitant has terminated,
                    ``(B) who has not entered into another domestic 
                partnership (or married) before age 55 after the 
                domestic partnership to the employee, former employee, 
                or annuitant was terminated,
                    ``(C) 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
                    ``(D)(i) 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),
                    ``(ii) for whom an election has been made under 
                section 8339(j)(3) or 8417(b) (or similar provision of 
                law), or
                    ``(iii) 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,
                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).'';
            (5) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (12) (as 
        redesignated) and inserting ``; and''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) `domestic partner' and `domestic partnership' have 
        the meanings given under section 2501;
            ``(14) `Federal employee' means an elected official of the 
        United States or an employee of any entity of the United 
        States; and
            ``(15) `Federal annuitant' means an annuitant whose service 
        consists of at least 18 months as a Federal employee.''.
    (b) Contracting Authority.--Section 8902 is amended in subsections 
(g), (j), and (k)(1), by striking ``former spouse,'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``former spouse (or former domestic partner),''.
    (c) Debarment and Other Sanctions.--Section 8902a(a)(1)(B) is 
amended by inserting ``(or former domestic partner)'' after ``or former 
spouse''.
    (d) Health Benefits Plans.--Section 8903(1) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``former spouses,'' and inserting ``former 
        spouses (or former domestic partners),''; and
            (2) by striking ``former spouse,'' and inserting ``former 
        spouse (or former domestic partner),''.
    (e) Election of Coverage.--Section 8905 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) The Office shall prescribe regulations to ensure that, in the 
administration of this subsection, parity of treatment is afforded--
            ``(A) to former spouses and former domestic partners; and
            ``(B) to the children of a marriage that has been dissolved 
        and the children of a domestic partnership that has been 
        terminated.'';
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' after 
                ``has a spouse''; and
                    (B) by striking ``either spouse,'' and inserting 
                ``either spouse (or either domestic partner, as the 
                case may be),''; and
            (3) in subsections (f) and (g), by striking ``former 
        spouse,'' each place it appears and inserting ``former spouse 
        (or former domestic partner),''.
    (f) Continued Coverage.--Section 8905a is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(g) The Office shall prescribe regulations to ensure that, in the 
administration of this section, parity of treatment is afforded--
            ``(1) to former spouses and former domestic partners; and
            ``(2) to the children of a marriage that has been dissolved 
        and the children of a domestic partnership that has been 
        terminated.''.
    (g) Coverage of Restored Employees and Survivor or Disability 
Annuitants.--Section 8908(b) is amended by striking ``remarriage and is 
later restored'' and inserting ``having entered into a subsequent 
marriage (or domestic partnership) and is later restored (or a 
surviving domestic partner whose survivor annuity under this title was 
terminated because of having entered into a subsequent domestic 
partnership or a marriage and is later restored)''.
    (h) Employees Health Benefits Fund.--Section 8909(d) is amended by 
striking ``former spouse,'' each place it appears and inserting 
``former spouse (or former domestic partner),''.
    (i) Regulations.--Section 8913(c) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(and former domestic partners)'' after 
        ``and former spouses''; and
            (2) by inserting ``(or former domestic partner)'' after 
        ``or former spouse''.
    (j) Effective Date.--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.

SEC. 403. ENHANCED DENTAL BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 89A is amended--
            (1) in section 8956(a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or domestic partner'' after ``a 
                spouse''; and
                    (B) by striking ``either spouse,'' and inserting 
                ``either spouse (or either domestic partner, as the 
                case may be),''; and
            (2) in section 8957, by striking ``surviving spouse,'' and 
        inserting ``surviving spouse (or surviving domestic 
        partner),''.
    (b) Effective Date.--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.

SEC. 404. ENHANCED VISION BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 89B is amended--
            (1) in section 8986(a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' after 
                ``a spouse''; and
                    (B) by striking ``either spouse,'' and inserting 
                ``either spouse (or either domestic partner, as the 
                case may be),''; and
            (2) in section 8987, by striking ``surviving spouse,'' and 
        inserting ``surviving spouse (or surviving domestic 
        partner),''.
    (b) Effective Date.--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.

SEC. 405. LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 90 is amended--
            (1) in section 9001(5), by redesignating subparagraph (D) 
        as subparagraph (E) and by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
        following:
                    ``(D)(i) a domestic partner (as that term is 
                defined in section 2501) of a Federal employee (as that 
                term is defined in section 8901), of an individual 
                described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph 
                (1), or of an annuitant whose service (as that term is 
                defined in section 8901) consists of at least 18 months 
                as a Federal employee;
                    ``(ii) a child of a domestic partner referred to in 
                clause (i), if such child is at least 18 years of age; 
                and
                    ``(iii) a parent of a domestic partner referred to 
                in clause (i).''; and
            (2) in section 9002(e)(2)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Spousal parity'' 
                and inserting the following: ``Parity for spouse (or 
                domestic partner)''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' after 
                ``spouse''.
    (b) Effective Date.--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.

            TITLE V--TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUBSISTENCE

SEC. 501. REIMBURSEMENT FOR TAXES INCURRED ON MONEY RECEIVED FOR TRAVEL 
              EXPENSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 5706c is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(if filing jointly),'' 
        and inserting ``(if filing jointly) (or by an employee and such 
        employee's domestic partner (as that term is defined under 
        section 2501), if joint filing is allowed and they file 
        jointly),''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``employee and spouse, 
        as the case may be,'' and inserting ``employee and spouse (or 
        domestic partner), as the case may be''.
    (b) Effective Date.--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.

SEC. 502. DEFINITION.

    Section 5721 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) `domestic partner' has the meaning given under 
        section 2501.''.

SEC. 503. RELOCATION EXPENSES OF EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED OR REEMPLOYED.

    (a) In General.--Section 5724a(b)(1)(A) is amended by striking 
``employee's spouse'' and inserting ``employee's spouse (or domestic 
partner)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--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.

SEC. 504. TAXES ON REIMBURSEMENTS FOR TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND 
              RELOCATION EXPENSES OF EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED.

    (a) In General.--Section 5724b is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(if filing jointly),'' 
        and inserting ``by an employee and such employee's spouse (or, 
        where allowable, such employee's domestic partner), if filing 
        jointly,''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``employee and spouse, 
        as the case may be,'' and inserting ``employee and spouse (or 
        domestic partner), as the case may be''.
    (b) Effective Date.--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.

SEC. 505. RELOCATION EXPENSES OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS PERFORMING AN 
              EXTENDED ASSIGNMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 5737(a)(4) is amended by inserting ``(or 
domestic partner)'' after ``employee and spouse''.
    (b) Effective Date.--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.

                TITLE VI--COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES

SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 8101 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``married brothers or 
        married sisters;'' and inserting ``any brother or sister who is 
        married (or is in a domestic partnership);'';
            (2) in paragraph (9)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(or children of the employee's 
                domestic partner, if the employee was a Federal 
                employee)'' after ``stepchildren''; and
                    (B) by striking ``married children'' and inserting 
                ``any child who is married (or in a domestic 
                partnership)'';
            (3) in paragraph (19), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (4) in paragraph (20), by striking the period and inserting 
        a semicolon; and
            (5) by adding after paragraph (20) the following:
            ``(21) the term `domestic partner' means either of the 
        individuals in a domestic partnership;
            ``(22) the term `domestic partnership' means a relationship 
        between 2 individuals of the same sex that meets the conditions 
        of subparagraphs (A) and (B):
                    ``(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), the 
                term means a relationship established under section 
                2502 and not dissolved under that section;
                    ``(B) if neither of the 2 individuals is an 
                employee within the meaning of section 2501, but if at 
                least 1 of them is a covered Federal employee, the term 
                means a relationship established under section 2502 and 
                not dissolved under that section, except that--
                            ``(i) notwithstanding the requirement in 
                        section 2502(a)(2)(A)(ii), each of the 
                        individuals shall attest that the individual 
                        who files the application and affidavit is a 
                        covered Federal employee; and
                            ``(ii) the Secretary of Labor shall 
                        exercise the authorities of the Director under 
                        section 2502 with respect to the domestic 
                        partnership, and shall do so under any 
                        applicable regulations issued by the Director 
                        (except insofar as may be necessitated by 
                        different circumstances);
            ``(23) the term `Federal employee'--
                    ``(A) means--
                            ``(i) an individual referred to in 
                        subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) 
                        (subject to the exclusions following 
                        subparagraph (E) of that paragraph); or
                            ``(ii) any other individual who is eligible 
                        for coverage under this subchapter based on 
                        such individual's employment with or other 
                        service to the United States; and
                    ``(B) shall not include any individual who is 
                eligible for coverage under this subchapter based on 
                the individual's service performed as the employee of 
                any employer other than an entity of the United States; 
                and
            ``(24) the term `surviving partner' means the domestic 
        partner in a domestic partnership with the decedent at the time 
        of his or her death if the decedent was a Federal employee''.

SEC. 602. DEATH GRATUITY FOR INJURIES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH 
              EMPLOYEE'S SERVICE WITH AN ARMED FORCE.

    Section 8102a(d) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``surviving spouse.'' 
        and inserting ``surviving spouse (or surviving partner).''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting ``(or children of the 
        employee's domestic partner, if the employee was a covered 
        Federal employee)'' after ``stepchildren''.

SEC. 603. BENEFICIARIES OF AWARDS UNPAID AT DEATH; ORDER OF PRECEDENCE.

    Section 8109(a)(D) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``the widow or widower.'' 
        and inserting ``the widow or widower (or the surviving 
        partner).'';
            (2) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(or a surviving partner)'' after 
                ``a widow or widower''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``(or the surviving partner)'' 
                after ``the widow or widower''; and
            (3) in clause (iii), by striking ``no widow or widower,'' 
        and inserting ``no widow or widower (and no surviving 
        partner),''.

SEC. 604. AUGMENTED COMPENSATION FOR DEPENDENTS.

    Section 8110(a) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``an unmarried child'' and 
                inserting ``a child who is unmarried (and not in a 
                domestic partnership)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and'';
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) a domestic partner, if--
                    ``(A) he or she is a member of the same household 
                as the employee;
                    ``(B) he or she is receiving regular contributions 
                from the employee for his or her support; or
                    ``(C) the employee has been ordered by a court to 
                contribute to his or her support.''; and
            (4) in the last sentence, by striking ``he marries.'' and 
        inserting ``he marries (or enters into a domestic 
        partnership).''.

SEC. 605. LIMITATIONS ON RIGHT TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION.

    Section 8116(c) is amended by striking ``spouse,'' and inserting 
``spouse (or domestic partner),''.

SEC. 606. COMPENSATION IN CASE OF DEATH.

    Section 8133 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ``the 
                widow or widower,'' and inserting ``the widow or 
                widower (or the surviving partner),''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(or the 
                surviving partner)'' after ``for the widow or 
                widower'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``no widow or 
                widower,'' and inserting ``no widow or widower (and no 
                surviving partner),''; and
                    (D) in paragraphs (4) and (5), by striking 
                ``widower,'' and inserting ``widower (or surviving 
                partner),'' each place it appears; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) a widow or widower dies or remarries (or enters into 
        a domestic partnership) (or a surviving partner dies or enters 
        into a subsequent domestic partnership or marries) before 
        reaching age 55;''; and
                    (B) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking 
                ``marries,'' each place that term appears and inserting 
                ``marries (or enters into a domestic partnership),''; 
                and
                    (C) in the matter following paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by striking 
                        ``marries.'' and inserting ``marries (or enters 
                        into a domestic partnership).''; and
                            (ii) in the second sentence, by inserting 
                        ``(or domestic partner) (or a surviving partner 
                        who has entitlements to benefits under this 
                        title derived from more than one domestic 
                        partner or spouse)'' after ``husband or wife''.

SEC. 607. LUMP-SUM PAYMENT.

    Section 8135 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``(or surviving 
        partner)'' after ``widow or widower''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) A widow or widower on remarriage (or on entry into a domestic 
partnership) before reaching age 55 (or a surviving partner on entry 
into a subsequent domestic partnership or on marriage before age 55) 
who is entitled to compensation under section 8133 of this title, shall 
be paid a lump sum equal to 24 times the monthly compensation payment 
(excluding compensation on account of another individual) to which that 
individual was entitled immediately before the remarriage (or marriage 
or entry into a domestic partnership).''.

SEC. 608. EMPLOYEES OF NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 8171 is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(e) For the purpose of this subchapter--
            ``(1) the term `domestic partner' means either of the 
        individuals in a domestic partnership;
            ``(2) the term `domestic partnership' means a relationship 
        between 2 individuals of the same sex that meets the conditions 
        of subparagraphs (A) and (B)--
                    ``(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), the 
                term means a relationship established under section 
                2502 and not dissolved under that section; and
                    ``(B) if neither of the 2 individuals is an 
                employee described in subsection (a), but if at least 1 
                of them is a volunteer described in subsection (a), the 
                term means a relationship established under section 
                2502 and not dissolved under that section, except 
                that--
                            ``(i) the Secretary of Labor shall exercise 
                        the authorities of the Director under that 
                        section with respect to the domestic 
                        partnership; and
                            ``(ii) notwithstanding the requirement in 
                        section 2502(a)(2)(A)(ii), each of the 
                        individuals shall attest that the individual 
                        who files the application and affidavit is such 
                        a volunteer;
            ``(3) the term `surviving partner' means the decedent's 
        domestic partner at the time of his or her death;
            ``(4) in the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation 
        Act--
                    ``(A) section 2(14) shall apply as though--
                            ``(i) the term `(or child of the domestic 
                        partner of an employee or volunteer referred to 
                        in section 8171(a) of title 5, United States 
                        Code)' were inserted after `stepchild'; and
                            ``(ii) the term `(or children in domestic 
                        partnerships)' were inserted after `married 
                        children', `(or brothers in domestic 
                        partnerships)' were inserted after `married 
                        brothers', and `(or sisters in domestic 
                        partnerships)' were inserted after `married 
                        sisters';
                    ``(B) in section 8(d)(1)--
                            ``(i) subparagraphs (A), (C), and (D) shall 
                        apply as though the term `(or surviving 
                        partner)' were inserted after `widow or 
                        widower' each place it appears; and
                            ``(ii) subparagraph (D) shall apply as 
                        though the term `wife, husband,' were struck 
                        and `wife or husband (or domestic partner)' 
                        were inserted; and
                    ``(C) in section 9--
                            ``(i) subsection (b) shall apply as though 
                        the portion of the first sentence up to and 
                        including the sixth comma reads as follows: `If 
                        there be a widow or widower (or surviving 
                        partner) and no child of the deceased, to such 
                        widow or widower (or surviving partner) 50 per 
                        centum of the average wages of the deceased, 
                        during widowhood, or dependent widowerhood (or 
                        during the existence of the domestic 
                        partnership, as the case may be), with 2 years' 
                        compensation in 1 sum upon remarriage (or entry 
                        into a domestic partnership) of such widow or 
                        widower (or entry into another domestic 
                        partnership or marriage of such surviving 
                        partner); and if there be a surviving child or 
                        children of the deceased, the additional amount 
                        of 16\2/3\ per centum of such wages for each 
                        such child; in case of the death or remarriage 
                        (or entry into a domestic partnership) of such 
                        widow or widower (or entry into another 
                        domestic partnership or a marriage of such 
                        surviving partner),';
                            ``(ii) subsection (c) shall apply as though 
                        the portion of the subsection up to and 
                        including the fourth comma reads as follows: 
                        `If there be 1 surviving child of the deceased, 
                        but no widow or widower (or surviving partner), 
                        then for the support of such child 50 per 
                        centum of the wages of the deceased; and if 
                        there be more than 1 surviving child of the 
                        deceased, but no widow or dependent husband (or 
                        surviving partner),';
                            ``(iii) subsection (d) shall apply as 
                        though--
                                    ``(I) the portion of the first 
                                sentence up through the word `children' 
                                reads as follows: `If there be no 
                                surviving wife or husband (or surviving 
                                domestic partner) or child, or if the 
                                amount payable to a surviving wife or 
                                husband (or surviving domestic partner) 
                                and to children'; and
                                    ``(II) the second sentence reads as 
                                follows: `But in no case shall the 
                                aggregate amount payable under this 
                                subsection exceed the difference 
                                between 66\2/3\ per centum of such 
                                wages and the amount payable as 
                                hereinbefore provided to widow or 
                                widower (or surviving partner) and for 
                                the support of surviving child or 
                                children.';
                            ``(iv) subsection (g) shall apply as though 
                        the term `(or surviving domestic partner)' were 
                        inserted after `surviving wife' each place it 
                        appears; and
                            ``(v) section 31(b)(2)(C) shall apply as 
                        though the term `(or domestic partner)' were 
                        inserted after `spouse'.''.
    (b) Exclusive Liability.--Section 8173 is amended by striking 
``spouse,'' and inserting ``spouse (or domestic partner),''.

SEC. 609. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Subject to succeeding provisions of this section, 
this title and the amendments made by this title--
            (1) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; 
        and
            (2) shall apply with respect to any injury or death 
        occurring before, on, or after such date of enactment.
    (b) Timely Claim Required; Limitation on Payments.--No compensation 
shall be payable, by virtue of the enactment of this title--
            (1) unless timely claim therefor is filed in accordance 
        with the provisions of section 8122 or 8193 of title 5, United 
        States Code (as applicable), and subsection (c); or
            (2) with respect to any period commencing before the date 
        of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Allowability of Claims.--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)--
            (1) 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
            (2) the timeliness of any such claim, if not precluded by 
        paragraph (1), shall be determined--
                    (A) by applying the provisions of such section 8122 
                or 8193 (as applicable); and
                    (B) as if the time limitations of such section 8122 
                or 8193 (as applicable) did not begin to run until the 
                date on which the provisions of section 2502(a) of 
                title 5, United States Code (as added by section 101 of 
                this Act) become effective.
    (d) Payments for Prior Periods Not Affected.--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.

   TITLE VII--EMPLOYEE LEAVE; DEATH OR CAPTIVITY COMPENSATION; OTHER 
                           EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

SEC. 701. VOLUNTARY TRANSFERS OF LEAVE; VOLUNTARY LEAVE BANK PROGRAM.

    (a) Voluntary Transfers of Leave.--Section 6333 is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Regulations to carry out this section shall include 
provisions to ensure that, in the administration of this section, a 
domestic partner (as that term is defined in section 2501) shall be 
afforded the same status as a spouse.''.
    (b) Voluntary Leave Bank Program.--Section 6362 is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Notwithstanding''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) The established program under this section shall include 
provisions to ensure that, in the administration of this section, a 
domestic partner (as that term is defined in section 2501) shall be 
afforded the same status as a spouse.''.

SEC. 702. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Definition.--Section 6381(6) is amended (in the matter 
        before subparagraph (A)), by striking ``parentis,'' and 
        inserting ``parentis (or a biological, adopted, or foster child 
        of the domestic partner of the employee),''.
            (2) Leave requirement.--Section 6382 is amended in 
        subsections (a)(1)(C) and (e)(2)(A) by striking ``spouse,'' 
        each place that term appears and inserting ``spouse (or 
        domestic partner),''.
            (3) Certification.--Section 6383 is amended in subsections 
        (a) and (b)(4)(A) by striking ``spouse,'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``spouse (or domestic partner),''.
    (b) Congressional Accountability.--Section 202 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(f) Coverage of Employees With Domestic Partners.--
            ``(1) Definition of domestic partner.--In this subsection, 
        the term `domestic partner' has the meaning given under section 
        2501 of title 5, United States Code.
            ``(2) Application to covered employees.--In the case of a 
        covered employee who has a domestic partner--
                    ``(A) for purposes of the application described in 
                subsection (a)(1)--
                            ``(i) the term `domestic partner' shall be 
                        deemed inserted after `spouse' each place it 
                        appears in sections 102 through 105 of the 
                        Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; and
                            ``(ii) a child of the domestic partner of a 
                        covered employee, which child meets the 
                        conditions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
                        section 101(12) of that Act, shall be deemed to 
                        be included in the term `son or daughter' as 
                        defined in that section 101(12); and
                    ``(B) if the covered employee and the domestic 
                partner of the covered employee are employed by the 
                same employing office, the limit on the aggregate 
                number of workweeks of leave to which both may be 
                entitled, as stated in section 102(f) of the Family and 
                Medical Leave Act of 1993, shall apply.
            ``(3) Application to employees of the government 
        accountability office.--In the case of an employee of the 
        Government Accountability Office who has a domestic partner--
                    ``(A) the term `domestic partner' shall be deemed 
                inserted after `spouse' each place it appears in 
                sections 102 through 105 of the Family and Medical 
                Leave Act of 1993;
                    ``(B) a child of the domestic partner of the 
                employee, which child meets the conditions of 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 101(12) of that 
                Act, shall be deemed to be included in the term `son or 
                daughter' as defined in that section 101(12); and
                    ``(C) in any case in which the employee and the 
                domestic partner of the employee are both employed by 
                the Government Accountability Office or are both 
                employed by the Library of Congress, the limit on the 
                aggregate number of workweeks of leave to which both 
                may be entitled, as stated in section 102(f) of the 
                Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, shall apply.''.
    (c) Presidential and Executive Office Accountability.--Section 412 
of title 3, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(e) Coverage of Employees With Domestic Partners.--
            ``(1) Definition of domestic partner.--In this subsection, 
        the term `domestic partner' has the meaning given under section 
        2501 of title 5.
            ``(2) Application to covered employees.--In the case of a 
        covered employee who has a domestic partner--
                    ``(A) for purposes of the application described in 
                subsection (a)(1)--
                            ``(i) the term `domestic partner' shall be 
                        deemed inserted after `spouse' each place it 
                        appears in sections 102 through 105 of the 
                        Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; and
                            ``(ii) a child of the domestic partner of a 
                        covered employee, which child meets the 
                        conditions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
                        section 101(12) of that Act, shall be deemed to 
                        be included in the term `son or daughter' as 
                        defined in that section 101(12); and
                    ``(B) if the covered employee and the domestic 
                partner of the covered employee are employed by the 
                same employing office, the limit on the aggregate 
                number of workweeks of leave to which both may be 
                entitled, as stated in section 102(f) of the Family and 
                Medical Leave Act of 1993, shall apply.''.

SEC. 703. SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS.

    (a) Definition.--Section 5581 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``by Federal statute.'' 
        at the end and inserting ``by Federal statute; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) `domestic partner' has the meaning given it by 
        section 2501.''.
    (b) Order of Precedence.--Section 5582(b) is amended by inserting 
``(or surviving domestic partner)'' after ``widow or widower''.

SEC. 704. BENEFITS FOR CAPTIVES.

    Section 5569(j) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``Such regulations shall include provisions to ensure that, in the 
administration of this section, a domestic partner (as that term is 
defined in section 2501) shall be afforded the same status as a 
spouse.''.

SEC. 705. COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY OR DEATH.

    Section 5570 is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Regulations to carry out this section shall include 
provisions to ensure that, in the administration of this section, a 
domestic partner (as that term is defined in section 2501) shall be 
afforded the same status as a spouse.''.

SEC. 706. ANNUITY OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 771 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``subchapter--'' and inserting ``subchapter:'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``The term'' after ``(1)''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``(or the child of a reporting 
                Comptroller General's domestic partner)'' after 
                ``including a stepchild''; and
            (3) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) The terms `domestic partner' and `domestic 
        partnership' have the meanings given under section 2501 of 
        title 5.
            ``(3) The term `surviving spouse' means a surviving spouse 
        of an individual who was a Comptroller General or retired 
        Comptroller General and the spouse--
                    ``(A) was married to the individual for at least 1 
                year immediately before the individual died; or
                    ``(B) has not remarried (or entered into a domestic 
                partnership) before age 55 and is the parent of issue 
                by the marriage.
            ``(4) The term `surviving partner' means a surviving 
        domestic partner of an individual who was a Comptroller General 
        or retired Comptroller General and the domestic partner--
                    ``(A) was in a domestic partnership for at least 1 
                year immediately before the individual died; or
                    ``(B)(i) has not entered into a subsequent domestic 
                partnership or married before age 55; and
                    ``(ii) satisfies other requirements, related to 
                parenthood and the domestic partnership, prescribed by 
                the Director of the Office of Personnel Management by 
                regulation under sections 8341(3)(b) and 8441(3)(B) of 
                title 5, as determined and applied by the General 
                Counsel of the Government Accountability Office on the 
                basis of those regulations.
            ``(5) Service as a Comptroller General equals the number of 
        years and complete months an individual is Comptroller 
        General.''.
    (b) Election of Survivor Benefits.--Section 773 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by inserting ``(or domestic 
        partner's)'' after ``surviving spouse's'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``(or surviving 
        domestic partner)'' after ``surviving spouse''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by inserting ``(or domestic 
        partner)'' before the period.
    (c) Survivor Annuities.--Section 774 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) only by a spouse (or domestic partner), the surviving 
        spouse (or surviving domestic partner) shall receive an annuity 
        computed under subsection (d) of this section beginning on the 
        death of the Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General 
        or when the spouse (or domestic partner) is 50 years of age, 
        whichever is later;'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``by a spouse and 
                a dependent child, the surviving spouse'' and inserting 
                ``by a spouse (or domestic partner) and a dependent 
                child, the surviving spouse (or surviving domestic 
                partner)''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ``(or 
                surviving domestic partner)'' after``surviving 
                spouse'';
            (2) in subsection (d), by inserting ``(or surviving 
        domestic partner)'' after``surviving spouse'';
            (3) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(or surviving domestic 
                partner's)'' after ``A surviving spouse's'';
                    (B) by inserting ``(or surviving domestic 
                partner's)'' after ``a surviving spouse's''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' after 
                ``unless the spouse''.
    (d) Refunds.--Section 775 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ``(or surviving 
        domestic partner)'' after ``surviving spouse''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by inserting ``(or surviving 
        domestic partner)'' after ``surviving spouse''.
    (e) Payment of Survivor Benefits.--Section 776(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``A surviving spouse's 
        annuity ends when the spouse remarries'' and inserting ``A 
        surviving spouse's (or surviving domestic partner's) annuity 
        ends when the spouse remarries (or enters into a domestic 
        partnership) (or when the surviving domestic partner enters 
        into another domestic partnership or marries)'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``marries, or dies, 
        whichever is earliest. However, if a child is not self-
        supporting because of a physical or mental disability, an 
        annuity ends when the child recovers, marries'' and inserting 
        ``marries (or enters into a domestic partnership), or dies, 
        whichever is earliest. However, if a child is not self-
        supporting because of a physical or mental disability, an 
        annuity ends when the child recovers, marries (or enters into a 
        domestic partnership)''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``(or surviving domestic 
        partner)'' after ``a surviving spouse''.
    (f) Annuity Increases.--Section 777(b) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``(or surviving domestic partner's)'' 
after ``A surviving spouse's''.

TITLE VIII--ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, EMPLOYMENT OF 
                 RELATIVES, GIFTS, AND EMPLOYEE CONDUCT

SEC. 801. ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1978.

    (a) Contents of Reports.--Section 102 of the Ethics in Government 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ``(or the 
                domestic partner or a parent, child, or sibling of the 
                domestic partner)'' after ``relative'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``spouse, or by a 
                parent, brother, sister, or child of the reporting 
                individual or of the reporting individual's spouse,'' 
                and inserting ``spouse (or domestic partner), or by a 
                parent, brother, sister, or child of the reporting 
                individual or of the reporting individual's spouse (or 
                of the reporting individual's domestic partner),'';
                    (C) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``spouse, or a parent, 
                        brother, sister, or child of the reporting 
                        individual or of the reporting individual's 
                        spouse,'' and inserting ``spouse (or domestic 
                        partner), or a parent, brother, sister, or 
                        child of the reporting individual or of the 
                        reporting individual's spouse (or of the 
                        reporting individual's domestic partner),''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
                        ``(or domestic partner)'' after ``spouse''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``(or domestic 
                partner)'' after ``spouse'' each place that term 
                appears;
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A) and subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) by 
                        inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' after 
                        ``spouse'' each place that term appears;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 
                        ``(or domestic partner's)'' after ``spouse's'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (F)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``(and domestic 
                                partners)'' after ``spouses''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``(or domestic 
                                partner)'' after ``spouse''; and
                            (iv) in the matter following subparagraph 
                        (F), by inserting ``(or domestic partner)'' 
                        after ``spouse''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(or the 
                termination of the reporting individual's domestic 
                partnership)'' after ``his spouse''; and
            (3) in subsection (f), by inserting ``(or domestic 
        partner)'' after ``spouse'' each place that term appears.
    (b) Definitions Relating to Financial Disclosure.--
            (1) In general.--Section 109 of the Ethics in Government 
        Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by inserting ``(or who is a son or 
                        daughter of the reporting individual's domestic 
                        partner)'' after ``stepdaughter'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``unmarried'' and inserting ``not married (and 
                        not in a domestic partnership)''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
                        ``(or, in the case of a son or daughter of the 
                        reporting individual's domestic partner, would 
                        be a dependent within the meaning of such 
                        section if the requirements of subsections 
                        (c)(1)(A) and (d)(1)(A) of such section were 
                        disregarded)'' before the semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (19) as 
                paragraphs (5) through (20), respectively; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) `domestic partner' and `domestic partnership' have 
        the meanings given under section 2501 of title 5, United States 
        Code.''.
            (2) Technical and conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Ethics in government act of 1978.--The Ethics 
                in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
                            (i) in section 101(f)--
                                    (I) in paragraph (9), by striking 
                                ``section 109(12)'' and inserting 
                                ``section 109(13)'';
                                    (II) in paragraph (10), by striking 
                                ``section 109(13)'' and inserting 
                                ``section 109(14)'';
                                    (III) in paragraph (11), by 
                                striking ``section 109(10)'' and 
                                inserting ``section 109(11)''; and
                                    (IV) in paragraph (12), by striking 
                                ``section 109(8)'' and inserting 
                                ``section 109(9)''; and
                            (ii) in section 105(b)(3)(A), by striking 
                        ``section 109(8) or 109(10)'' and inserting 
                        ``section 109(9) or (11)''.
                    (B) Other provisions.--
                            (i) Lobbying disclosure act of 1995.--
                        Section 3(4)(D) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
                        of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602(4)(D)) is amended by 
                        striking ``section 109(13)'' and inserting 
                        ``section 109(14)''.
                            (ii) Public health service act.--Section 
                        499(j)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
                        U.S.C. 290b(j)(2)) is amended by striking 
                        ``section 109(16)'' and inserting ``section 
                        109(17)''.
    (c) Outside Earned Income Limitation.--Section 501(c) of the Ethics 
in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking 
``spouse, child, or dependent relative of such individual'' and 
inserting ``spouse (or domestic partner), child, or dependent relative 
of such individual (or child, sibling, or parent of such individual's 
domestic partner, which child, sibling, or parent is a dependent of 
such individual)''.
    (d) Definitions Relating to Outside Earned Income and Employment.--
Section 505 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``(or the individual's 
        domestic partner, or a parent, child, or sibling of the 
        individual's domestic partner)'' after ``relative''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``(or the domestic 
        partner, or a parent, child, or sibling of the domestic 
        partner)'' after ``relative''.

SEC. 802. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

    (a) Compensation to Members of Congress, Officers, and Others in 
Matters Affecting the Government.--Section 203(d) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
inserting ``(or domestic partner, as that term is defined in section 
2501 of title 5)'' after ``spouse''.
    (b) Activities of Officers and Employees in Claims Against and 
Other Matters Affecting the Government.--Section 205(e) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
inserting ``(or domestic partner, as that term is defined in section 
2501 of title 5)'' after ``spouse''.
    (c) Acts Affecting a Personal Financial Interest.--Section 208(a) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``(or domestic 
partner, as that term is defined in section 2501 of title 5)'' after 
``spouse''.

SEC. 803. EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES, RESTRICTIONS.

    Section 3110 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) `domestic partner' has the meaning given under 
        section 2501.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``The restrictions in 
        this subsection shall apply also to a public official with 
        respect to any individual, and to any individual with respect 
        to a public official, if the individual is the public 
        official's domestic partner; is a parent, child, or sibling of 
        the public official's domestic partner; or is the domestic 
        partner of a child, parent, or sibling of the public 
        official.'' at the end.

SEC. 804. RECEIPT AND DISPOSITION OF FOREIGN GIFTS AND DECORATIONS.

    Section 7342(a)(1) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(G), by inserting ``(or domestic 
        partner)'' after ``spouse'' each place it appears;
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) `domestic partner' has the same meaning given under 
        section 2501.''.

SEC. 805. REGULATION OF CONDUCT; GIFTS.

    (a) In General.--Regulations under section 7301 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be modified by the President, and regulations under 
sections 7351 and 7353 of that title shall be modified by the Office of 
Government Ethics, so as to provide that any benefits and obligations 
applicable to married employees and their spouses shall also apply to 
employees in domestic partnerships and their domestic partners.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``domestic partner'' has 
the meaning given under section 2501 of title 5, United States Code.
                                                       Calendar No. 704

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1102

                          [Report No. 111-376]

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                                 A BILL

     To provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.

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                           December 17, 2010

                       Reported with an amendment
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