SEC. 318. FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES; LIABILITY AND 
PENALTIES. 
Section 8477(a)(4)(F) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(F) a spouse (or domestic partner), sib-
ling, 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)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 
domestic partner’’ after ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In the case of an individual whose domestic part-
ner has a child by a previous marriage, domestic partner-
ship (as defined under regulations of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management), or otherwise, such child shall, unless 
adopted by such individual, be treated as a stepchild of 
such individual.’’; 
(2) in section 8705(a), by inserting ‘‘or sur-
viving domestic partner’’ after ‘‘widow or widower’’; 
and 
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(3) in section 8714c(b)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘spouse;’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic part-
ner;’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to calendar years be-
ginning 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) (in the matter before sub-
paragraph (A)), by inserting ‘‘or domestic partner’’ 
after ‘‘the spouse’’; 
(2) in paragraph (8)(B), by striking ‘‘or former 
spouses,’’ and inserting ‘‘former spouses, or former 
domestic partners,’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(10), by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph 
(12), and by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(11) ‘former domestic partner’ means a do-
mestic partner— 
‘‘(A) whose domestic partnership with an 
employee, former employee, or annuitant has 
terminated, 
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‘‘(B) who has not entered into another do-
mestic partnership before age 55 after the do-
mestic partnership to the employee, former em-
ployee, 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 aforemen-
tioned annuity benefits under a retirement sys-
tem 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 annu-
ity or any portion of an annuity as a former do-
mestic partner under a retirement system for 
Government employees, 
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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); and’’; and 
(4) by adding after paragraph (12) (as so re-
designated by paragraph (3)), as a flush left sen-
tence, the following: 
‘‘For purposes of paragraph (5), in the case of an em-
ployee or annuitant whose domestic partner has a child 
by a previous marriage, domestic partnership (as defined 
under regulations of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment), or otherwise, such child shall, unless adopted by 
such individual, be treated as a stepchild of such indi-
vidual.’’. 
(b) CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.—Section 8902 is 
amended in subsections (g), (j), and (k)(1), by inserting 
‘‘former domestic partner,’’ after ‘‘former spouse,’’ each 
place it appears. 
(c) DEBARMENT AND OTHER SANCTIONS.—Section 
8902a(a)(1)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘or former 
spouse’’ and inserting ‘‘former spouse, or former domestic 
partner’’. 
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(d) HEALTH BENEFITS PLANS.—Section 8903(1) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘former domestic partners,’’ 
after ‘‘former spouses,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘former domestic partner,’’ 
after ‘‘former spouse,’’. 
(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 part-
nership 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 in-
serting ‘‘either spouse or domestic partner,’’; 
and 
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(3) in subsections (f) and (g), by inserting 
‘‘former domestic partner,’’ after ‘‘former spouse,’’ 
each place it appears. 
(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 treat-
ment 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 SUR-
VIVOR OR DISABILITY ANNUITANTS.—Section 8908(b) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or surviving domestic part-
ner’’ after ‘‘surviving spouse’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or a subsequent domestic 
partnership’’ after ‘‘because of remarriage’’. 
(h) REGULATIONS.—Section 8913(c) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and former spouses’’ and in-
serting ‘‘former spouses, and former domestic part-
ners’’; and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘annuitant or former spouse’’ 
and inserting ‘‘annuitant, former spouse, or former 
domestic partner’’. 
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to contract years be-
ginning 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 in-
serting ‘‘either spouse or either domestic part-
ner (as the case may be),’’; and 
(2) in section 8957, by inserting ‘‘surviving do-
mestic partner,’’ after ‘‘surviving spouse,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to contract years be-
ginning 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)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘or domestic partner’’ 
after ‘‘a spouse’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘either spouse,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘either spouse or either domestic part-
ner (as the case may be),’’; and 
(2) in section 8987, by inserting ‘‘surviving do-
mestic partner,’’ after ‘‘surviving spouse,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to contract years be-
ginning 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)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or 
(4).’’ and inserting ‘‘or (4) (and the domestic 
partner of an individual described in paragraph 
(1), (2), or (4) or of an individual who satisfies 
paragraph (3) by virtue of having been ap-
pointed to a position in the commissioned corps 
of the Public Health Service or the commis-
sioned corps of the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration).’’; and 
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(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or 
of the domestic partner of such an individual,’’ 
after ‘‘(4),’’; 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 be-
ginning after the end of the 6-month period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE 
V—TRAVEL, 
TRANSPOR-
TATION, 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 ‘‘by an em-
ployee and such employee’s spouse (if filing joint-
ly),’’ and inserting ‘‘by an employee and such em-
ployee’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 ‘‘em-
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ployee 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 begin-
ning after the end of the 6-month period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 502. RELOCATION EXPENSES OF EMPLOYEES TRANS-
FERRED OR REEMPLOYED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5724a(b)(1)(A) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘employee’s spouse’’ and inserting ‘‘employ-
ee’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. 503. TAXES ON REIMBURSEMENTS FOR TRAVEL, 
TRANSPORTATION, 
AND 
RELOCATION 
EX-
PENSES OF EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5724b(a) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘by an employee and such em-
ployee’s spouse (if filing jointly),’’ and inserting ‘‘by 
an employee and such employee’s spouse (or, where 
allowable, such employee’s domestic partner), if fil-
ing jointly,’’; and 
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(2) 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 begin-
ning after the end of the 6-month period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 504. 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) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(6) ‘widow’ means the wife living with or de-
pendent for support on the decedent at the time of 
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death of the decedent, or living apart for reasonable 
cause or because of desertion by the decedent;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘married 
brothers or married sisters;’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘brothers or sisters who are married (or in 
a domestic partnership);’’; 
(3) in paragraph (9), by inserting ‘‘children (in-
cluding adopted children) of a domestic partner,’’ 
after ‘‘adopted children,’’; 
(4) by striking paragraph (11) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(11) ‘widower’ means the husband living with 
or dependent for support on the decedent at the 
time of death of the decedent, or living apart for 
reasonable cause or because of desertion by the dece-
dent;’’; 
(5) in paragraph (19), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(6) in paragraph (20), by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(7) by adding after paragraph (20) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(21) ‘covered State’ means a State (within the 
meaning of section 2110(d)(4)), foreign country, or 
political subdivision of a foreign country in which a 
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marriage between 2 individuals of the same sex is 
recognized under the law of such State, country, or 
political subdivision; 
‘‘(22) ‘domestic partner’ means an individual 
who is in a domestic partnership with another indi-
vidual of the same sex, as determined by the Sec-
retary of Labor for purposes of this subchapter pur-
suant to regulations issued by the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, consistent with the require-
ments that— 
‘‘(A) both individuals are at least 18 years 
of age and competent to contract; 
‘‘(B) both individuals intend to remain in 
the domestic partnership indefinitely; 
‘‘(C) such individuals— 
‘‘(i) have a common residence; or 
‘‘(ii) do not have a common residence 
because of financial, employment-related, 
or other reasons; 
‘‘(D) neither individual is married to or in 
a domestic partnership with anyone outside of 
the domestic partnership referred to in subpara-
graph (B); 
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(1) such claim shall not be allowed if, as of 
such date of enactment, a claim based on such dis-
ability or death would no longer be timely (deter-
mined 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 pre-
cluded by paragraph (1), shall be determined— 
(A) by applying the provisions of such sec-
tion 8122 or 8193 (as applicable); and 
(B) as if the time limitations of such sec-
tion 8122 or 8193 (as applicable) did not begin 
to run until the date on which implementing 
regulations under section 608 become effective. 
(d) PAYMENTS
FOR
PRIOR
PERIODS
NOT
AF-
FECTED.—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. 
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