(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘widow’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’’; and 
(III) in the matter following sub-
paragraph (B), by striking ‘‘divorced 
wife’’ and inserting ‘‘survivor’’; 
(D) in subsection (d)(1), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; and 
(E) in subsection (e)(1), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(6) in section 7— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking 
‘‘wife or divorced wife or husband’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘spouse or divorced spouse’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(2)(i), by striking ‘‘in 
the case of a spouse or divorced wife, had such 
spouse’s husband or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘in the 
case of a spouse or divorced spouse, had such 
person’s spouse’’; and 
(7) in section 19(a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘wife’s insurance benefits 
payable to a wife, husband’s insurance benefits’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘spouse’s insurance benefits’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘widow’s insurance benefits 
payable to a widow, widower’s insurance bene-
fits, mother’s insurance benefits payable to a 
widow’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s bene-
fits payable to a surviving spouse, parent’s in-
surance 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)) is amended by striking 
‘‘wife, husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 
(v) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—The Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 202— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) 
in 
the 
heading, 
by 
striking 
‘‘Wife’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Spouse’s’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘wife’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘(as defined in 
section 216(b))’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘(as defined in 
section 216(d))’’; 
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(III) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘her’’ and inserting ‘‘such 
spouse’s’’; 
(IV) in subparagraph (D)(i), by 
striking ‘‘she’’ and inserting ‘‘such 
spouse or divorced spouse’’; 
(V) in the matter following sub-
paragraph (D)(ii)(II), by inserting be-
fore ‘‘she’’ each place such word ap-
pears the following: ‘‘he or’’; 
(VI) in subparagraph (E), by 
striking ‘‘she’’ and inserting ‘‘such 
spouse’’; 
(VII) in subparagraph (G), by 
striking ‘‘she’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘such spouse’’; 
(VIII) in subparagraph (H), by 
inserting ‘‘he or’’ before ‘‘she’’; and 
(IX) in subparagraph (J), by 
striking ‘‘she’’ and inserting ‘‘such 
spouse’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by inserting before ‘‘her’’ 
each place such term appears ‘‘his 
or’’; and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘husband’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘spouse’’; 
(B) by striking subsection (c); 
(C) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Wid-
ow’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Surviving spouse’s’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘widow (as 
defined in section 216(c))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(bb) by striking ‘‘wife (as 
defined in section 216(d))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(cc) by striking ‘‘widow or 
surviving divorced wife’’ and in-
serting ‘‘surviving spouse or sur-
viving divorced spouse’’; 
(II) in subparagraph (C)— 
(aa) in clause (i), by striking 
‘‘widow’s’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’s’’; 
(bb) in clause (ii)— 
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(AA) in the matter pre-
ceding 
subclause 
(I), 
by 
striking ‘‘wife’s’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
(BB) in subclause (III), 
by inserting ‘‘he or’’ before 
‘‘she’’ and by inserting ‘‘him 
or’’ before ‘‘her’’; and 
(cc) in clause (iii), by insert-
ing ‘‘father’s or’’ before ‘‘moth-
er’s’’; 
(III) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (E), by striking ‘‘widow’s’’ 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
(IV) in subparagraph (E), by in-
serting before ‘‘she’’ each place such 
word appears the following: ‘‘he or’’; 
(V) in subparagraph (F), by in-
serting before ‘‘she’’ each place such 
word appears the following: ‘‘he or’’; 
and 
(VI) in the matter following sub-
paragraph (F)(ii) by inserting before 
‘‘she’’ each place such word appears 
the following: ‘‘he or’’; 
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(iii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow’s insur-
ance’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s in-
surance’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘surviving di-
vorced wife’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘surviving di-
vorced spouse’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘widow’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘surviving di-
vorced wife’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘surviving di-
vorced spouse’’; and 
(III) by inserting ‘‘he or’’ before 
‘‘she’’; 
(v) in paragraph (4)— 
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(I) by inserting before ‘‘her’’ 
each place such term appears the fol-
lowing: ‘‘his or’’; 
(II) by inserting before ‘‘she’’ 
each place such term appears the fol-
lowing ‘‘he or’’; 
(III) by striking ‘‘widow or sur-
viving divorced wife’’ and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse or surviving di-
vorced spouse’’; and 
(IV) in subparagraph (B), by in-
serting ‘‘or father’s’’ before ‘‘insur-
ance’’; 
(vi) in paragraph (5)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow or sur-
viving divorced wife’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘surviving 
spouse or surviving divorced spouse’’; 
and 
(II) in subparagraph (A)— 
(aa) in clause (i), by insert-
ing ‘‘he or’’ before ‘‘she’’; and 
(bb) in clause (ii)(I), by in-
serting ‘‘his or’’ before ‘‘her’’; 
and 
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(vii) in the matter following para-
graph (7)(B), by striking ‘‘she’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘such individual’’; 
(D) by striking subsection (f); 
(E) in the matter following subsection 
(i)(2), by striking ‘‘wife’s or husband’s’’ and in-
serting ‘‘spouse’s’’; 
(F) in subsection (j)(4)(B)(i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘widow, surviving di-
vorced wife or widower’’ and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse or surviving divorced 
spouse’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘widow or widower’’ 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘surviving divorced 
wife’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving divorced 
spouse’’; 
(G) in subsection (q)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, 
widow’s, or widower’s’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse’s, or surviving spouse’s’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(aa) by striking ‘‘wife’s or 
husband’s’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘widow’s or 
widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’s’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘wife’s, hus-
band’s, widow’s, or widower’s’’ 
and inserting ‘‘spouse’s or sur-
viving spouse’s’’; 
(bb) by striking ‘‘wife’s or 
husband’s’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
(cc) by striking ‘‘widow’s or 
widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’s’’; 
(II) in the matter following sub-
paragraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘wife’s, 
husband’s, widow’s, or widower’s’’ and 
inserting 
‘‘spouse’s 
or 
surviving 
spouse’s’’; 
(III) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘wife’s or husband’s’’ each 
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place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘spouse’s’’; 
(IV) in subparagraph (C), by 
striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, widow’s, 
or widower’s’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘spouse’s or 
surviving spouse’s’’; 
(V) in subparagraph (D), by 
striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, widow’s, 
or widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’s 
or surviving spouse’s’’; and 
(VI) in subparagraph (E), by 
striking ‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (5)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘wife’s or hus-
band’s’’ each place such word appears 
and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (D), by 
striking ‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’ and 
inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (6)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, 
widow’s, or widower’s’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse’s, or surviving spouse’s’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (A)— 
(aa) in clause (ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘wife’s or husband’s’’ and in-
serting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
(bb) in clause (iii), by strik-
ing ‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’ and 
inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
(v) in paragraph (7)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, 
widow’s, or widower’s’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse’s, or surviving spouse’s’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘wife’s or hus-
band’s’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
(III) as amended by subclause 
(I), by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid-
ower’s’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
(vi) in paragraph (9)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘old-age insurance benefits, wife’s 
insurance benefits, and husband’s in-
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surance benefits’’ and inserting ‘‘old- 
age insurance benefits and spouse’s 
insurance benefits’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘widow’s insurance benefits 
and widower’s insurance benefits’’ and 
inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s insur-
ance benefits’’; and 
(vii) in paragraph (10)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘old-age, wife’s, and husband’s’’ 
and inserting ‘‘old-age and spouse’s’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘widow’s and 
widower’s’’ each place such term ap-
pears 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse’s’’; 
(H) in subsection (r)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Wife’s 
or Husband’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Spouse’s’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘wife’s or husband’s’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
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(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘wife’s 
or 
husband’s’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
(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’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘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’’ 
and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘wife’s or hus-
band’s’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving divorced spouse’’; and 
(iii) in the matter following subpara-
graph (4)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid-
ower’s’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse’s’’; and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘widow, surviving 
divorced wife, widower, or surviving 
divorced husband’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse or surviving divorced 
spouse’’; 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, or 
child’s’’ each place such term appears and 
inserting ‘‘spouse’s or child’s’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘wife, divorced wife, 
husband, divorced husband’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse or divorced spouse’’; and 
(C) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘wid-
ow’s or widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 
spouse’s’’; 
(3) in section 205— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘wife, divorced wife, widow, surviving di-
vorced wife, surviving divorced mother, 
surviving divorced father, husband, di-
vorced husband, widower, surviving di-
vorced husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse, di-
vorced spouse, surviving spouse, surviving 
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divorced spouse, surviving mother, sur-
viving father’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘child’s, widow’s, or widower’s’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘child’s or surviving spouse’s’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking 
‘‘spouse, surviving divorced wife, surviving di-
vorced husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse, sur-
viving divorced spouse’’; 
(C) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘wife or 
husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(D) in subsection (j)(8), by striking 
‘‘child’s, widow’s, or widower’s’’ and inserting 
‘‘child’s or surviving spouse’s’’; and 
(E) in subsection (q)(5)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘wife, husband or 
child’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or child’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘widow or widower’’ 
and inserting ‘‘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’’ and inserting ‘‘him, his 
spouse, and his children, or, if he has died, to 
his surviving spouse and children’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘himself, his wife, and 
his children’’ and inserting ‘‘himself, his 
spouse, and his children’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘his widow, if any’’ 
and inserting ‘‘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’ 
means a surviving divorced wife or a surviving di-
vorced husband.’’; 
(B) in subsection (d), by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) The term ‘divorced spouse’ means a di-
vorced wife or a divorced husband.’’; and 
(C) in subsection (l)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘old-age, wife’s, or hus-
band’s’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘old-age 
or 
spouse’s’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid-
ower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
(6) in section 222— 
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(A) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 
‘‘202(d), 202(e), or 202(f)’’ and inserting 
‘‘202(d), or 202(e)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘widow’s’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse’s’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (D); 
(7) in section 225(a), by striking ‘‘or that a 
widow or surviving divorced wife who has not at-
tained age 60 and is entitled to benefits under sec-
tion 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)’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
that a surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse 
who has not attained age 60 and is entitled to bene-
fits 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)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse’s 
insurance 
benefits 
under 
section 
202(e)’’; 
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(B) in the matter following subsection 
(b)(2)(C)(ii)(II), by striking ‘‘in the last sen-
tence of section 202(e)(1), and in the last sen-
tence of section 202(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
in the last sentence of section 202(e)(1)’’; and 
(C) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘widows 
and widowers’’ and inserting 
‘‘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)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tions 
202(e)(1)(B)(ii) 
and 
202(e)(4)’’; and 
(cc) in clause (ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘and the phrase ‘before he 
attained age 60’ in the matter 
following subparagraph (F) of 
section 202(f)(1) shall each’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall’’; and 
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(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’ and 
inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow’s insur-
ance benefits or widower’s insurance 
benefits’’ each place such term ap-
pears 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse’s insurance benefits’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid-
ower’s’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘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 wid-
ow’s insurance benefits by reason of 
disability if she had filed for such wid-
ow’s benefits), and any disabled wid-
ower aged 50 or older who is entitled 
to father’s insurance benefits (and 
who would have been entitled to wid-
ower’s insurance benefits by reason of 
disability if he had filed for such wid-
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ower’s benefits)’’ and inserting ‘‘any 
disabled surviving spouse aged 50 or 
older who is entitled to mother’s or fa-
ther’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)’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘such widow’s or 
widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘such sur-
viving spouse’s’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking 
‘‘widow’s or widower’s insurance benefits 
under section 202(e) or (f)’’ and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse’s benefits under section 
202(e)’’; 
(9) in section 227— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 202(e) or section 
202(f)’’ each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘section 202(e)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 202(b) or section 
202(c)’’ each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘section 202(b)’’; 
(10) in section 228— 
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(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘hus-
band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married 
couple’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘husband or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married 
couple’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (6), by striking 
‘‘husband and wife both of whom’’ and in-
serting ‘‘married couple of which both 
spouses’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘of 
a husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘of a 
married couple’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘husband 
or wife’’ each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(11) in section 1107, by striking ‘‘wife, hus-
band, widow, widower, divorced wife, divorced hus-
band, surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced 
husband’’ each place such term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘spouse, surviving spouse, divorced spouse, sur-
viving divorced spouse’’; 
(12) in section 1128(j)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘hus-
band or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
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(13) in section 1611(e)(3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘husband and wife are’’ 
and inserting ‘‘married couple is’’; and 
(B) as amended by subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(14) in subsection 1614(b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘husband or wife’’ and in-
serting ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a married couple’’; and 
(15) in section 1631(b)(1)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘husband or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘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’ refers only 
to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or wife’’ 
and inserting ‘‘two people as spouses’’. 
(x) TITLE 5.—Title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 2108(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘wife 
or husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (F) to read 
as follows: 
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‘‘(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 per-
manently and totally disabled veteran; and’’; 
(2) in section 3110(a)(3), by striking ‘‘husband, 
wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(3) in section 5561(3)(A), by striking ‘‘wife’’ 
and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(4) in section 8110(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter before subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘she’’ and inserting ‘‘the spouse’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘she’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the spouse’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘her’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the spouse’s’’; and 
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