Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2023

To replace references to wives husbands spouses 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2023 2. Amendments (a) Act of August 16, 1941 Section 2(b) of the Act of August 16, 1941, entitled An Act to provide compensation for disability or death to persons employed at military, air, and naval bases outside the United States. 42 U.S.C. 1652(b) wife spouse (b) Act of August 4, 1955 Section 43(a) of the Act of August 4, 1955, entitled An Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States conditions in two deeds conveying certain submarginal lands to Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina so as to permit such college, subject to certain conditions, to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of such lands. 42 U.S.C. 2333(a) husband and wife married couple (c) Act of December 2, 1942 Section 101(c) of the Act of December 2, 1942, entitled An Act to provide compensation for the injury, disability, death, or enemy detention of employees of contractors with the United States, and for other purposes. 42 U.S.C. 1701(c) wife or husband spouse (d) Act of February 28, 1891 Section 5 of the Act of February 28, 1891 ( 25 U.S.C. 371 husband and wife a married couple (e) Act of September 2, 1960 The Act of September 2, 1960, entitled An Act to provide for continued delivery of water under the Federal reclamation laws to lands held by husband and wife upon the death of either 43 U.S.C. 423h (1) in the title, by striking husband and wife upon the death of either a married couple upon the death of either spouse (2) by striking husband or wife married person (f) Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. (1) in the heading of section 16(c), by striking Wives or Husbands Spouses (2) in section 19(b)(4), by striking widow or widower, former spouse, and/or a child or children as defined in section 204 and section 232 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees surviving spouse, former spouse, or child as defined in section 102 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (g) Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act The Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act ( 50 U.S.C. 2001 et seq. (1) in section 221(d)(5), by striking former wife or husband of person who has been, but is no longer, married to (2) in section 232(c)(3), by striking former wife or husband of person who has been, but is no longer, married to (3) in section 241— (A) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (2), by inserting after former spouse (as defined under section 102) (ii) in paragraph (3)— (I) in the heading, by striking wife or husband spouse other than as defined under section 102 (II) by striking former wife or husband of the former participant person who has been, but is no longer, married to the former participant, but who is not a former spouse as defined under section 102 (iii) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking former wife or husband person (B) in subsection (c)(2), by striking surviving wife or husband of such participant person who was married to such participant at the participant’s death (C) in paragraph (d)(2)— (i) by striking surviving former spouse or surviving former wife or husband of such participant person (ii) by striking to such former spouse or former wife or husband under such paragraph (4) in section 304(d)(2), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (h) Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 ( 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq. (1) in section 3628(e)(3)(A), by striking wife or husband of that individual person (2) in section 3630(e)(3)(A), by striking wife or husband of that individual person (i) Ethics in Government Act of 1978 Section 109(16) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 ( 5 U.S.C. App. 109(16) husband, wife spouse (j) Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Section 102(f) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2612(f) (1) in paragraph (1), by striking husband and wife married couple (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking that husband and wife such spouses (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking husband and wife married couple (k) Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 Section 313(c)(3)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30114(c)(3)(B) husband, wife spouse (l) Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 ( 30 U.S.C. 801 et seq. (1) in section 402— (A) in subsection (a)(2)— (i) by striking wife who is a member of the same household of the miner spouse who is a member of the same household as the miner (ii) by striking miner for her support miner for his or her support (iii) by striking whose husband is a miner who has been ordered by a court to contribute to her support for whose support the miner has been ordered by a court to contribute (iv) by striking 216(b) (1) or (2) 216(b)(1) or (2) (v) by striking status as the wife status as the spouse (vi) by striking wife divorced wife spouse divorced spouse (vii) by striking one-half of her support half of his or her support (viii) by inserting his or her support from such miner (B) in subsection (e)— (i) by striking widow includes the wife surviving spouse includes the spouse (ii) by striking individual’s status as the widow individual’s status as the surviving spouse (iii) by striking surviving divorced wife surviving divorced spouse (iv) by inserting his or her (2) in section 411(c)(4)— (A) by striking widow’s, surviving spouse’s, (B) by striking wife’s spouse’s (3) in section 413(b)— (A) by striking wife’s surviving spouse’s (B) by striking widow, surviving spouse, (m) Foreign Service Act of 1980 The Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq. (1) in the item relating to the first section 830 in the table of contents, by striking wives and husbands spouses (2) in section 804— (A) in paragraph (6), by striking former wife or husband of a participant or former participant person (B) in paragraph (13), by striking surviving wife or husband of a participant or annuitant who was married to the person who was married to a (3) in section 815(f)(2), by striking wife or husband spouse (4) in the first section 830 (relating to qualified former wives and husbands)— (A) in the heading of such section, by striking former wives and husbands spouses (B) in subsection (a), by striking qualified former wife or husband qualified former spouse (C) in subsection (c), by striking former wife or husband former spouse (n) Immigration and Nationality Act The Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. (1) in section 101(a)(35) ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(35) (A) by striking , wife husband (B) by striking , wife, or husband (2) in section 202(b) ( 8 U.S.C. 1152(b) husband and wife spouses (3) in section 278 ( 8 U.S.C. 1328 a husband or wife shall be admissible and competent evidence against each other an individual shall be admissible and competent evidence against such individual’s spouse (4) in section 283 ( 8 U.S.C. 1353 wives spouses (o) Indian Land Consolidation Act Section 207(j)(3)(A)(ii) of the Indian Land Consolidation Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2206 husband and wife the participants as spouses (p) Internal Revenue Code The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in the matter following section 21(d)(2)(B), by striking husband and wife married couple (2) in section 22(e)(1), by striking husband and wife married couple (3) in section 38(c)(6)(A), by striking husband or wife spouse (4) in section 42(j)(5)(C)— (A) in the heading of clause (i), by striking Husband and wife Married couple (B) in clause (i), by striking a husband and wife a married couple (5) in section 62(b)(3)(A), by striking husband and wife married couple (6) in section 121— (A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking husband and wife married couple (B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking husband and wife make married couple makes (7) in section 165(h)(4)(B), by striking husband and wife married couple (8) in section 179(b)(4), by striking husband and wife married couple (9) in section 213(d)(8), by striking husband and wife a married couple (10) in section 219(g)(4), by striking A husband and wife Spouses (11) in section 274(b)(2)(B), by striking husband and wife married couple (12) in the matter following section 643(f)(2), by striking husband and wife married couple (13) in section 682— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) in the heading, by striking wife recipient (ii) by striking gross income of a wife gross income of an individual (iii) by striking separated from her husband separated from his or her spouse (iv) by striking such wife is entitled to receive such person is entitled to receive (v) by striking gross income of her husband gross income of his or her spouse (vi) by striking gross income of such husband gross income of such spouse (vii) by striking minor children of such husband minor children of such spouse (B) in subsection (b)— (i) in the heading, by striking Wife Recipient (ii) by striking a wife to whom subsection (a) applies an individual who receives income from a trust to which subsection (a) applies (iii) by striking such wife such individual (14) in section 761(f), by striking husband and wife married couple (15) in section 911— (A) in subsection (b)(2)(C)— (i) by striking husband or wife member of a married couple (ii) by striking husband and wife married couple (B) in subsection (d)(9), by striking a husband and wife the members of a married couple (16) in section 1244(b)(2), by striking husband and wife married couple (17) in section 1272(a)(2)(E)(iii)— (A) in the heading of such clause, by striking husband and wife married couple (B) by striking husband and wife married couple (18) in section 1313(c)(1), by striking husband and wife spouse (19) in section 1361(c)(1)(A)(i), by striking husband and wife married couple (20) in the heading of section 2040(b), by striking husband and wife spouses (21) in the item relating to section 2513 in the table of contents for subchapter B of chapter 12 of subtitle B, by striking husband or wife spouse (22) in the heading of section 2513, by striking husband or wife spouse (23) in section 2516, by striking a husband and wife the members of a married couple (24) in section 5733(d)(2), by striking a husband or wife an individual (25) in the item relating to section 6013 in the table of contents for subpart B of part II of subchapter A of chapter 61 of subtitle F, by striking husband and wife married couple (26) in section 6013— (A) in the heading, by striking husband and wife married couple (B) in subsection (a)— (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking husband and wife married couple (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking the husband or wife spouse (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking husband and wife spouses (C) in subsection (b)(1)— (i) by striking filed by the husband and wife filed by the married couple (ii) by striking the return of the husband and wife the return of both spouses (D) in subsection (c), by striking the husband and wife the spouses (E) in subsection (d)(1), by striking husband and wife a married couple (27) in the matter following section 6014(b)(4), by striking husband and wife a married couple (28) in section 6017, by striking husband and wife married couple (29) in section 6096(a), by striking husband and wife a married couple (30) in section 6166(b)(2)(B)— (A) in the heading of such subparagraph, by striking husband and wife a married couple (B) in clause (i), by striking husband and wife married couple (C) in clause (ii) by striking husband and wife married couple (31) in section 6212(b)(2), by striking husband and wife a married couple (32) in section 6231(a)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking a husband and wife a married couple (B) in paragraph (12)— (i) by amending the heading to read as follows: (12) Spouses ; and (ii) by striking a husband and wife spouses (33) in section 7428(c)(2)(A), by striking husband and wife married couple (34) in section 7701(a), by amending paragraph (17) to read as follows: (17) Divorced spouses As used in sections 682 and 2516, if the married couple therein referred to are divorced, wherever appropriate to the meaning of such sections the term spouse former spouse married couple former married couple ; and (35) in section 7872(f)(7)— (A) in the heading, by striking Husband and wife Married couple (B) by striking husband and wife married couple (q) Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ( 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq. (1) in section 2(16), by striking wife or husband spouse (2) in section 5(a), by striking husband or wife spouse (3) in section 8(d)(1)(D), by striking wife, husband, spouse (4) in section 9— (A) in subsection (d), by striking wife or husband spouse (B) in subsection (g), by striking wife spouse (r) National Housing Act Section 527(a) of the National Housing Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1735f–5(a) husband and wife spouses (s) Act of September 5, 1962 Section 3(c) of the Act of September 5, 1962, entitled An Act to provide for the division of the tribal assets of the Ponca Tribe of Native Americans of Nebraska among the members of the tribe, and for other purposes. 25 U.S.C. 973(c) wife spouse (t) Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 The Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 ( 45 U.S.C. 231 et seq. (1) in section 2— (A) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (1)(ii), by striking (C), in the case of a wife, has in her care (individually or jointly with her husband) (C) has in his or her care (individually or jointly with his or her spouse) (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking divorced wife divorced spouse (iii) in paragraph (3)— (I) by striking (i) (II) by striking ; and (ii) in the case of a husband, was receiving at least one-half of his support from his wife at the time his wife's annuity under subsection (a)(1) began (iv) in paragraph (4), by striking divorced wife divorced spouse (v) in the matter following paragraph (4), by striking divorced wife’s annuity divorced spouse’s annuity (B) in subsection (d)— (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) in clause (i)— (aa) by striking a widow (as defined in section 216 (c) and (k) of the Social Security Act) or widower (as defined in section 216 (g) and (k) of the Social Security Act) a surviving spouse (as defined in section 216(a) of the Social Security Act) (bb) by striking , and who, in the case of a widower, was receiving at least one-half his support from the deceased employee at the time of her death or at the time her annuity under subsection (a)(1) began (II) in clause (ii)— (aa) by striking a widow (as defined in section 216 (c) and (k) of the Social Security Act) a surviving spouse (as defined in section 216(a) of the Social Security Act) (bb) by inserting his or her (III) in clause (iv), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (IV) in clause (v)— (aa) by striking The widow (as defined in section 216(c) of the Social Security Act) the surviving spouse (as defined in section 216(a) of the Social Security Act) (bb) by striking wife (as defined in section 216(d) spouse (as defined in section 216(a) (cc) by striking mother (as defined parent (as defined (dd) by striking widow, surviving divorced wife, or surviving divorced mother surviving spouse, surviving divorced spouse, or surviving divorced parent (ee) by striking 202(f) 202(e) (ii) in paragraph (2)— (I) by striking , (B) in the case of a widow, the last month for which she was entitled to an annuity under paragraph (ii) of subdivision (1) as the widow of the deceased employee, (II) by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking widow, widower, or child surviving spouse or child (iv) in paragraph (4)— (I) by striking wife, husband, widow, widower spouse, surviving spouse (II) by striking or (c) (III) by striking subsection, (e), (f), or (g) subsection (e) or (g) (IV) by striking 202(d)(7)(c)(i) 202(d)(7)(C)(i) (C) in subsection (e)(5), by striking divorced wife divorced spouse (D) in subsection (f)(2), by striking wife’s spouse’s (E) in subsection (h)(3), by striking wife spouse (2) in section 3— (A) in subsection (f)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking wife’s or husband’s spouse’s (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking wife spouse (B) in subsection (h)— (i) by striking wife, husband, widow, or widower spouse or surviving spouse (ii) by striking wife’s, husband’s, widow’s, or widower’s spouse’s or surviving spouse’s (3) in section 4— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) by striking divorced wife divorced spouse (II) by striking wife’s insurance benefit or the husband’s insurance benefit spouse’s insurance benefit (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking section 202(a), section 202(b), or section 202(c) section 202(a) or section 202(c) (B) in subsection (e)— (i) by striking wife’s or husband’s insurance benefit spouse’s insurance benefit (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking wife’s and husband’s spouse’s (C) in subsection (f)— (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) by striking widow’s insurance benefit, widower’s insurance benefit, mother’s insurance benefits, parent’s insurance benefit, or child’s insurance benefit surviving spouse’s insurance benefit, parent’s insurance benefit, or child’s insurance benefit (II) by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (III) by striking widow’s insurance benefit or widower’s insurance benefit payable under section 202(e) or 202(f) surviving spouse’s insurance benefit payable under section 202(e) (ii) in paragraph (2)— (I) by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (II) in clause (ii), by striking widow’s insurance benefit, a widower’s insurance benefit, or surviving spouse’s benefit or (III) in clause (iii), by striking widow, surviving divorced wife, or surviving divorced mother surviving spouse, surviving divorced spouse, or surviving divorced parent (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (D) in subsection (g)— (i) in paragraph (1)(i), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (ii) in paragraph (4)— (I) by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (II) by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (iii) in paragraph (5), by striking widow, surviving divorced wife, or surviving divorced mother surviving spouse, surviving divorced spouse, or surviving divorced parent (iv) in paragraph (10)— (I) by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (II) by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (III) in clause (ii), by striking widow or widower’s surviving spouse’s (E) in subsection (h)— (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (II) by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (III) by striking or 202(f) (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking widow, surviving divorced wife, or surviving divorced mother surviving spouse, surviving divorced spouse, or surviving divorced parent (F) in subsection (i), by striking spouse or divorced wife spouse or divorced spouse (4) in section 5— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) in clause (v), by striking wife, husband, widow, or widower spouse or surviving spouse (ii) in clause (vii), by striking wife’s or husband’s spouse’s (B) in subsection (b), by striking widow or widower spouse (C) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (3)— (I) by striking wife spouse (II) by inserting his or her (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (iii) in paragraph (5), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (iv) in paragraph (6)— (I) by striking widow surviving spouse (II) by striking she dies such surviving spouse dies (III) by striking she remarries such surviving spouse remarries (IV) by striking she no longer such surviving spouse no longer (v) in paragraph (9)(B), by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (5) in section 6— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (iii) in paragraph (3)— (I) by striking wife spouse (II) by striking wife’s spouse’s (iv) in paragraph (6), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (v) in paragraph (7), by striking widow, widower surviving spouse (B) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking wife spouse (ii) in paragraph (2)— (I) by striking widow surviving divorced wife, widower no surviving spouse, surviving divorced spouse (II) by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (C) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) by striking widow, widower, or parent surviving spouse or parent (II) in clause (i), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (III) in clause (ii), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (IV) in clause (iii), by striking widow, widower, or child surviving spouse or child (V) in clause (iv), by striking widow, widower surviving spouse (VI) in clause (v), by striking widow, widower surviving spouse (VII) in clause (vi), by striking widow, widower surviving spouse (VIII) in the matter following clause (vi), by striking widow, widower, or parent surviving spouse or parent (ii) in paragraph (3)— (I) in subparagraph (A), by striking divorced wife surviving divorced spouse (II) in subparagraph (B), by striking widow surviving spouse (III) in the matter following subparagraph (B), by striking divorced wife survivor (D) in subsection (d)(1), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (E) in subsection (e)(1), by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (6) in section 7— (A) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking wife or divorced wife or husband spouse or divorced spouse (B) in subsection (d)(2)(i), by striking in the case of a spouse or divorced wife, had such spouse's husband or wife in the case of a spouse or divorced spouse, had such person’s spouse (7) in section 19(a)— (A) by striking wife’s insurance benefits payable to a wife, husband’s insurance benefits spouse’s insurance benefits (B) by striking widow’s insurance benefits payable to a widow, widower’s insurance benefits, mother’s insurance benefits payable to a widow surviving spouse’s benefits payable to a surviving spouse, parent’s insurance benefits payable to a surviving spouse (u) Small Business Investment Act of 1958 Section 503(a)(2) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 ( 15 U.S.C. 697(a)(2) wife, husband spouse (v) Social Security Act The Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 301 et seq. (1) in section 202— (A) in subsection (b)— (i) in the heading, by striking Wife’s Spouse’s (ii) by striking wife spouse (iii) in paragraph (1)— (I) by striking (as defined in section 216(b)) (II) by striking (as defined in section 216(d)) (III) in subparagraph (B), by striking her such spouse’s (IV) in subparagraph (D)(i), by striking she such spouse or divorced spouse (V) in the matter following subparagraph (D)(ii)(II), by inserting before she he or (VI) in subparagraph (E), by striking she such spouse (VII) in subparagraph (G), by striking she such spouse (VIII) in subparagraph (H), by inserting he or she (IX) in subparagraph (J), by striking she such spouse (iv) in paragraph (2)— (I) by inserting before her his or (II) by striking husband spouse (B) by striking subsection (c); (C) in subsection (e)— (i) in the heading, by striking Widow’s Surviving spouse’s (ii) in paragraph (1)— (I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (aa) by striking widow (as defined in section 216(c)) surviving spouse (bb) by striking wife (as defined in section 216(d)) spouse (cc) by striking widow or surviving divorced wife surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse (II) in subparagraph (C)— (aa) in clause (i), by striking widow’s surviving spouse’s (bb) in clause (ii)— (AA) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking wife’s spouse’s (BB) in subclause (III), by inserting he or she him or her (cc) in clause (iii), by inserting father’s or mother’s (III) in the matter preceding subparagraph (E), by striking widow’s surviving spouse’s (IV) in subparagraph (E), by inserting before she he or (V) in subparagraph (F), by inserting before she he or (VI) in the matter following subparagraph (F)(ii) by inserting before she he or (iii) in paragraph (2)— (I) by striking widow’s insurance surviving spouse’s insurance (II) by striking surviving divorced wife surviving divorced spouse (III) by striking widow surviving spouse (iv) in paragraph (3)— (I) by striking widow surviving spouse (II) by striking surviving divorced wife surviving divorced spouse (III) by inserting he or she (v) in paragraph (4)— (I) by inserting before her his or (II) by inserting before she he or (III) by striking widow or surviving divorced wife surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse (IV) in subparagraph (B), by inserting or father’s insurance (vi) in paragraph (5)— (I) by striking widow or surviving divorced wife surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse (II) in subparagraph (A)— (aa) in clause (i), by inserting he or she (bb) in clause (ii)(I), by inserting his or her (vii) in the matter following paragraph (7)(B), by striking she such individual (D) by striking subsection (f); (E) in the matter following subsection (i)(2), by striking wife’s or husband’s spouse’s (F) in subsection (j)(4)(B)(i)— (i) by striking widow, surviving divorced wife or widower surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse (ii) by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (iii) by striking surviving divorced wife surviving divorced spouse (G) in subsection (q)— (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) by striking wife’s, husband’s, widow’s, or widower’s spouse’s, or surviving spouse’s (II) in subparagraph (A)— (aa) by striking wife’s or husband’s spouse’s (bb) by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (ii) in paragraph (3)— (I) in subparagraph (A)— (aa) by striking wife’s, husband’s, widow’s, or widower’s spouse’s or surviving spouse’s (bb) by striking wife’s or husband’s spouse’s (cc) by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (II) in the matter following subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking wife’s, husband’s, widow’s, or widower’s spouse’s or surviving spouse’s (III) in subparagraph (B), by striking wife’s or husband’s spouse’s (IV) in subparagraph (C), by striking wife’s, husband’s, widow’s, or widower’s spouse’s or surviving spouse’s (V) in subparagraph (D), by striking wife’s, husband’s, widow’s, or widower’s spouse’s or surviving spouse’s (VI) in subparagraph (E), by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse (iii) in paragraph (5)— (I) by striking wife’s or husband’s spouse’s (II) in subparagraph (D), by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (iv) in paragraph (6)— (I) by striking wife’s, husband’s, widow’s, or widower’s spouse’s, or surviving spouse’s (II) in subparagraph (A)— (aa) in clause (ii), by striking wife’s or husband’s spouse’s (bb) in clause (iii), by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (v) in paragraph (7)— (I) by striking wife’s, husband’s, widow’s, or widower’s spouse’s, or surviving spouse’s (II) by striking wife’s or husband’s spouse’s (III) as amended by subclause (I), by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (vi) in paragraph (9)— (I) in subparagraph (A), by striking old-age insurance benefits, wife’s insurance benefits, and husband’s insurance benefits old-age insurance benefits and spouse’s insurance benefits (II) in subparagraph (B), by striking widow’s insurance benefits and widower’s insurance benefits surviving spouse’s insurance benefits (vii) in paragraph (10)— (I) in subparagraph (A), by striking old-age, wife’s, and husband’s old-age and spouse’s (II) by striking widow’s and widower’s surviving spouse’s (H) in subsection (r)— (i) in the heading, by striking Wife’s or Husband’s Spouse’s (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking wife’s or husband’s spouse’s (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking wife’s or husband’s spouse’s (I) in subsection (t)(11)(B), by striking a wife, a husband, a widow, a widower, a divorced wife, a divorced husband, a surviving divorced wife, a surviving divorced husband a spouse, a surviving spouse, a surviving divorced spouse (2) in section 203— (A) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (2)— (I) by striking wife or husband spouse (II) by striking wife’s or husband’s spouse’s (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking widow or widower surviving divorced spouse (iii) in the matter following subparagraph (4)— (I) by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (II) by striking widow, surviving divorced wife, widower, or surviving divorced husband surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse (B) in subsection (d)— (i) by striking wife’s, husband’s, or child’s spouse’s or child’s (ii) by striking wife, divorced wife, husband, divorced husband spouse or divorced spouse (C) in subsection (f)(1), by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (3) in section 205— (A) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking wife, divorced wife, widow, surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced mother, surviving divorced father, husband, divorced husband, widower, surviving divorced husband spouse, divorced spouse, surviving spouse, surviving divorced spouse, surviving mother, surviving father (ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking child’s, widow’s, or widower’s child’s or surviving spouse’s (B) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking spouse, surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced husband spouse, surviving divorced spouse (C) in subsection (i), by striking wife or husband spouse (D) in subsection (j)(8), by striking child’s, widow’s, or widower’s child’s or surviving spouse’s (E) in subsection (q)(5)— (i) by striking wife, husband or child spouse or child (ii) by striking widow or widower surviving spouse (4) in section 215(h)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking him, his wife, and his children, or, if he has died, to his widow and children him, his spouse, and his children, or, if he has died, to his surviving spouse and children (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking himself, his wife, and his children himself, his spouse, and his children (ii) by striking his widow, if any his surviving spouse, if any (5) in section 216— (A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) The term surviving divorced spouse ; (B) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (9) The term divorced spouse ; and (C) in subsection (l)(2)— (i) by striking old-age, wife’s, or husband’s old-age or spouse’s (ii) by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (6) in section 222— (A) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 202(d), 202(e), or 202(f) 202(d), or 202(e) (B) in subsection (d)(1)— (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking widow’s surviving spouse’s (ii) by striking subparagraph (D); (7) in section 225(a), by striking or that a widow or surviving divorced wife who has not attained age 60 and is entitled to benefits under section 202(e), or that a widower or surviving divorced husband who has not attained age 60 and is entitled to benefits under section 202(f) or that a surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse who has not attained age 60 and is entitled to benefits under section 202(e) (8) in section 226— (A) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(iii), by striking widow’s insurance benefits under section 202(e) or widower’s insurance benefits under section 202(f) surviving spouse’s insurance benefits under section 202(e) (B) in the matter following subsection (b)(2)(C)(ii)(II), by striking in the last sentence of section 202(e)(1), and in the last sentence of section 202(f)(1) and in the last sentence of section 202(e)(1) (C) in subsection (e)— (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) in subparagraph (A)— (aa) by striking widows and widowers surviving spouses (bb) in clause (i), by striking sections 202(e)(1)(B)(ii), 202(e)(4), 202(f)(1)(B)(ii), and 202(f)(4) sections 202(e)(1)(B)(ii) and 202(e)(4) (cc) in clause (ii), by striking and the phrase before he attained age 60 shall (II) in subparagraph (B), by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (ii) in paragraph (2)— (I) by striking widow’s insurance benefits or widower’s insurance benefits surviving spouse’s insurance benefits (II) by striking widow’s or widower’s surviving spouse’s (iii) in paragraph (3)— (I) by striking any disabled widow aged 50 or older who is entitled to mother’s insurance benefits (and who would have been entitled to widow’s insurance benefits by reason of disability if she had filed for such widow’s benefits), and any disabled widower aged 50 or older who is entitled to father’s insurance benefits (and who would have been entitled to widower’s insurance benefits by reason of disability if he had filed for such widower’s benefits) any disabled surviving spouse aged 50 or older who is entitled to mother’s or father’s insurance benefits (and who would have been entitled to surviving spouse’s insurance benefits by reason of disability if he or she had filed for such surviving spouse’s benefits) (II) by striking such widow’s or widower’s such surviving spouse’s (iv) in paragraph (4), by striking widow’s or widower’s insurance benefits under section 202(e) or (f) surviving spouse’s benefits under section 202(e) (9) in section 227— (A) by striking section 202(e) or section 202(f) section 202(e) (B) by striking section 202(b) or section 202(c) section 202(b) (10) in section 228— (A) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (2), by striking husband and wife married couple (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking husband or wife married couple (iii) in paragraph (6), by striking husband and wife both of whom married couple of which both spouses (iv) in paragraph (8), by striking of a husband and wife of a married couple (B) in subsection (d), by striking husband or wife spouse (11) in section 1107, by striking wife, husband, widow, widower, divorced wife, divorced husband, surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced husband spouse, surviving spouse, divorced spouse, surviving divorced spouse (12) in section 1128(j)(1)(A), by striking husband or wife spouse (13) in section 1611(e)(3)— (A) by striking husband and wife are married couple is (B) as amended by subparagraph (A), by striking husband and wife married couple (14) in subsection 1614(b)— (A) by striking husband or wife spouse (B) by striking husband and wife a married couple (15) in section 1631(b)(1)(A)(i), by striking husband or wife spouse (w) Title 1 Section 7 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by striking one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word spouse two people as spouses (x) Title 5 Title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 2108(3)— (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking wife or husband spouse (B) by amending subparagraph (F) to read as follows: (F) the parent of an individual who lost his life under honorable conditions while serving in the armed forces during a period named by paragraph (1)(A) of this section; ; and (C) by amending subparagraph (G) to read as follows: (G) the parent of a service-connected permanently and totally disabled veteran; and ; (2) in section 3110(a)(3), by striking husband, wife spouse (3) in section 5561(3)(A), by striking wife spouse (4) in section 8110(a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking wife spouse (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking she the spouse (iii) in subparagraph (B)— (I) by striking she the spouse (II) by striking her the spouse’s (iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking her the spouse’s (B) by striking paragraph (2); (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and (D) as amended by subparagraph (C), in the matter following paragraph (3), by striking paragraph (3) paragraph (2) (5) in section 8133, in the matter following subsection (b)(3), by striking husband or wife spouse (6) in the matter following section 8443(b)(3)(E), by striking wife or husband spouse (y) Title 10 Section 701(j)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking wife spouse (z) Title 11 Section 522(b)(1) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by striking husband and wife married to one another (aa) Title 18 Section 879(b)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking wife spouse (2) by inserting after during his or her (3) by striking widow surviving spouse (4) by inserting before her death his or (bb) Title 28 Section 3014(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking husband and wife married to one another (cc) Title 38 Section 101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking of the opposite sex (dd) Trading with the enemy Act Section 31 of the Trading With the Enemy Act ( 50 U.S.C. App. 31 wife spouse (ee) Workforce Investment Act of 1998 Section 101(15) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 ( 29 U.S.C. 2801(15) (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking husband, wife, married couple (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking husband and wife married couple

Summary: Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2023 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Social Security Act (SSA), and other federal laws to replace (1) references to wife or husband with references to spouse, and (2) references to husband and wife or husband or wife with references to married couple or married person. For purposes of federal laws or regulations, marriage is defined as a legal union between two people as spouses. The bill eliminates a definition of spouse that refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife. Requirements concerning compensation to a surviving wife after the disability or death of a person employed at a military, air, or naval base outside the United States are revised to make surviving spouses eligible for such compensation. The bill makes similar revisions to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and other federal statutes. The bill revises title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the SSA to consolidate separate provisions for a wife's insurance benefits and a husband's insurance benefits into a single standard for a spouse's insurance benefits.