to a different individual, prospectively void such elec-
tion 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 effec-
tive 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 para-
graph (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 partner-
ship), or 
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‘‘(B) if later, within 2 years after— 
‘‘(i) the death or remarriage of any former 
spouse (or the death of or entry into a subse-
quent domestic partnership by any domestic 
partner) of such employee or Member who was 
entitled to a survivor annuity under section 
8445, or 
‘‘(ii) if more than 1, the death or remar-
riage of the last such surviving former spouse 
(or the death of or the entry into a subsequent 
domestic partnership by the last such surviving 
domestic partner), 
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 ‘‘mar-
riage.’’ and inserting ‘‘marriage (or domestic 
partnership).’’; and 
(5) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(or in a domestic part-
nership)’’ after ‘‘married’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(or domestic partner)’’ 
after ‘‘spouse’’ each place it appears. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 84, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 8416 and inserting the following: 
‘‘8416. Survivor reduction for a current spouse or a current domestic partner.’’. 
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SEC. 304. SURVIVOR REDUCTION FOR A FORMER SPOUSE 
OR FORMER DOMESTIC PARTNER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8417 is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘or a former 
domestic partner’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(or a former 
domestic partner)’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’; and 
(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 ter-
minated).’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by insert-
ing ‘‘(or a surviving partner)’’ after ‘‘a 
widow or widower’’; and 
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(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) CLERICAL 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 a former domestic partner.’’. 
SEC. 305. SURVIVOR ELECTIONS; DEPOSIT; OFFSETS. 
Section 8418(b) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(or domestic partnership)’’ 
after ‘‘marriage’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘former spouse.’’ and inserting 
‘‘former spouse (or former domestic partner).’’. 
SEC. 306. 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 fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b)(1) Any reduction in an annuity for the purpose 
of providing a survivor annuity for the current spouse (or 
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current domestic partner) of a retired employee or Mem-
ber 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 mar-
riage to (or the termination of the domestic part-
ner’s domestic partnership with) the employee or 
Member, except that an appropriate reduction shall 
be made thereafter if the spouse (or domestic part-
ner) is entitled, as a former spouse (or former do-
mestic 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 the former domestic partner enters 
into a subsequent domestic partnership) before reaching 
age 55 or dies. This reduction shall be replaced by appro-
priate reductions under subsection (a) if the retired em-
ployee or Member has— 
‘‘(A) another former spouse (or former domestic 
partner) who is entitled to a survivor annuity under 
section 8445; 
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‘‘(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 domes-
tic 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 do-
mestic partnership) after retirement and with re-
spect to whom an election has been made under sub-
section (b) or (c) of section 8416.’’. 
SEC. 307. 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’’. 
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SEC. 308. 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 ‘‘sur-
viving spouse.’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse 
(or surviving domestic partner).’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘mar-
ried,’’ and 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 do-
mestic partnership)’’ after ‘‘married’’. 
SEC. 309. LUMP-SUM BENEFITS; DESIGNATION OF BENE-
FICIARY; 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 
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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 do-
mestic partner)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘spouse 
or former spouse’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘spouse or former spouse (or domestic 
partner or former domestic partner)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘widow or 
widower’’ and inserting ‘‘widow or widower (or sur-
viving partner)’’. 
SEC. 310. ANNUITIES: METHODS OF PAYMENT; ELECTION; 
PURCHASE. 
Section 8434(a)(2) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘(or do-
mestic partner)’’ after ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (E)(i), by inserting ‘‘(or 
former domestic partner)’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’. 
SEC. 311. PROTECTIONS FOR SPOUSES, DOMESTIC PART-
NERS, FORMER SPOUSES, AND FORMER DO-
MESTIC PARTNERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8435 is amended— 
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