(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), (in the matter before 
subparagraph (A)), by inserting ‘‘(or a sur-
viving partner with whom in a domestic part-
nership)’’ 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 wid-
ower (or surviving partner)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘(or 
enters into a subsequent domestic partnership)’’ 
after ‘‘remarries’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘remarriage before’’ 
and inserting ‘‘remarriage (or entry into a 
subsequent domestic partnership) before’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘remarriage is dis-
solved by death, divorce, or annulment,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘remarriage is dissolved by 
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death, divorce, annulment (or subsequent 
domestic partnership is terminated),’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘remarriage;’’ and inserting ‘‘remarriage 
(or entry into a subsequent domestic part-
nership);’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or entry into a subse-
quent domestic partnership’’ after ‘‘remar-
riage’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(or in a domestic 
partnership for at least 30 years with)’’ 
after ‘‘married for at least 30 years to’’; 
(6) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(e)(1) The requirement— 
‘‘(A) in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 8441 
that the widow or widower of an employee or Mem-
ber have been— 
‘‘(i) married to such employee or Member 
for at least 9 months, or 
‘‘(ii) married to such employee or Member 
after having been in a domestic partnership 
with such employee or Member for a combined 
total of at least 9 months, 
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immediately before the employee’s or Member’s 
death in order to qualify as the widow or widower 
of such employee or Member, or 
‘‘(B) in section 8441(3) that the surviving part-
ner of an employee or Member have been in a do-
mestic partnership with such employee or Member 
for at least 9 months immediately before the employ-
ee’s or Member’s death in order to qualify as the 
surviving partner of such employee or Member, 
shall be deemed satisfied if the employee or Member dies 
within the applicable 9-month period, and either of the 
conditions described in paragraph (2) is met. 
‘‘(2) The alternative conditions described in this 
paragraph are the following: 
‘‘(A) The death of the employee or Member was 
accidental. 
‘‘(B) The surviving widow or widower (or sur-
viving domestic partner) of such individual was pre-
viously in a marriage (or 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 or a 
combined total of at least 9 months.’’; 
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(7) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘widow or 
widower’’ and inserting ‘‘widow, widower, or sur-
viving partner’’ each place it appears; and 
(8) in subsection (h)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘widow or widower’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘widow or wid-
ower (or surviving partner)’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(or former domestic 
partner)’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’ each place it 
appears. 
(b) CLERICAL 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, widower, or surviving partner.’’. 
SEC. 315. RIGHTS OF A FORMER SPOUSE OR FORMER DO-
MESTIC PARTNER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8445 is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘former 
spouse’’ and inserting ‘‘former spouse or 
former domestic partner’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(or former 
domestic partner)’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(or former domestic part-
ner)’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’ each place it ap-
pears; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(or 
surviving partner)’’ after ‘‘widow or widower’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting ‘‘(or the 
former domestic partner enters into a subsequent 
domestic partnership)’’ after ‘‘former spouse remar-
ries’’; 
(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 fol-
lows: 
‘‘(h)(1) Subsection (c)(2), to the extent that it pro-
vides for termination of a survivor annuity because of a 
remarriage (or entry into a subsequent domestic partner-
ship) before age 55, shall not apply if the former spouse 
(or former domestic partner) was married to (or in a do-
mestic partnership with) the individual on whose service 
the survivor annuity is based for at least 30 years or a 
combined total of at least 30 years. 
‘‘(2) A remarriage (or entry into a subsequent domes-
tic 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 pur-
poses of this subsection.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL 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.’’. 
SEC. 316. AUTHORITY OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MAN-
AGEMENT. 
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, domestic partners, former spouses, former do-
mestic partners, and survivors’’. 
SEC. 317. 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: ‘‘sur-
vivor, 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 sub-
paragraph (A)), by inserting ‘‘(or surviving part-
ner)’’ after ‘‘widow or widower’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4)(B)(i), by inserting ‘‘(or 
surviving partner’s)’’ after ‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’. 
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