‘‘(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); 
‘‘(E) the 2 individuals share responsibility 
for a significant measure of each other’s com-
mon welfare and financial obligations; 
‘‘(F) the 2 individuals are not related in a 
way that, if they were of the opposite sex, 
would prohibit legal marriage in the jurisdiction 
in which either of them resides; 
‘‘(G) at least 1 of them is an employee or 
an individual otherwise eligible for coverage 
under this subchapter based on such individ-
ual’s employment or other service; and 
‘‘(H) both individuals understand that will-
ful falsification of information within the affi-
davit or failure to provide appropriate notifica-
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tion of the termination of the domestic partner-
ship may lead to the recovery of the amounts 
obtained as a result of such falsification or fail-
ure (as the case may be), criminal or other pen-
alties, and (in appropriate circumstances) dis-
ciplinary action; and 
‘‘(22) ‘surviving partner’ means the domestic 
partner living with or dependent for support on the 
decedent at the time of his or her death, or living 
apart for reasonable cause or because of his or her 
desertion.’’. 
SEC. 602. DEATH GRATUITY FOR INJURIES INCURRED IN 
CONNECTION WITH EMPLOYEE’S SERVICE 
WITH AN ARMED FORCE. 
Section 8102a(d) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘surviving 
spouse.’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse (or sur-
viving partner).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing children of a domestic partner)’’ after ‘‘step-
children’’. 
SEC. 603. BENEFICIARIES OF AWARDS UNPAID AT DEATH; 
ORDER OF PRECEDENCE. 
Section 8109(a)(D) is amended— 
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(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the widow or wid-
ower.’’ and inserting ‘‘the widow or widower (or the 
surviving partner).’’; 
(2) in clause (ii)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(or a surviving partner)’’ 
after ‘‘a widow or widower’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(or the surviving part-
ner)’’ after ‘‘the widow or widower’’; and 
(3) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘no widow or wid-
ower,’’ and inserting ‘‘no widow or widower (and no 
surviving partner),’’. 
SEC. 604. AUGMENTED COMPENSATION FOR DEPENDENTS. 
Section 8110(a) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) a domestic partner, if— 
‘‘(A) he or she is a member of the same 
household as the employee; 
‘‘(B) he or she is receiving regular con-
tributions from the employee for his or her sup-
port; or 
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‘‘(C) the employee has been ordered by a 
court to contribute to his or her support.’’. 
SEC. 605. LIMITATIONS ON RIGHT TO RECEIVE COMPENSA-
TION. 
Section 8116(c) is amended by striking ‘‘spouse,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘spouse (or domestic partner),’’. 
SEC. 606. COMPENSATION IN CASE OF DEATH. 
Section 8133 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking 
‘‘the widow or widower,’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
widow or widower (or the surviving partner),’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(or the 
surviving partner)’’ after ‘‘for the widow or wid-
ower’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘no 
widow or widower,’’ and inserting ‘‘no widow or 
widower (and no surviving partner),’’; and 
(D) in paragraphs (4) and (5), by inserting 
‘‘surviving partner,’’ after ‘‘widow, widower,’’ 
each place it appears; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(1) a widow or widower dies or remarries (or 
a surviving partner dies or enters into a subsequent 
domestic partnership) before reaching age 55;’’; and 
(B) in the last sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(or surviving part-
ner)’’ after ‘‘widow or widower’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(or more than one 
domestic partner)’’ after ‘‘husband or 
wife’’. 
SEC. 607. LUMP-SUM PAYMENT. 
Section 8135(b) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) On remarriage (or entry into a subsequent do-
mestic partnership) before reaching age 55 a widow or 
widower (or surviving partner) entitled to compensation 
under section 8133 of this title, shall be paid a lump sum 
equal to twenty-four times the monthly compensation pay-
ment (excluding compensation on account of another indi-
vidual) to which that individual was entitled immediately 
before the remarriage (or subsequent domestic partner-
ship).’’. 
SEC. 608. REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor may pre-
scribe regulations to carry out this title and the amend-
ments made by this title. 
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(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Labor shall 
consult with the Director of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement and the heads of any other agencies whose pro-
grams are affected by this Act in order to standardize, 
to the extent possible, the process for establishing the ex-
istence of a domestic partnership under each such pro-
gram. 
SEC. 609. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to succeeding provisions 
of this section, this title and the amendments made by 
this title— 
(1) shall take effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act; and 
(2) shall apply with respect to any injury or 
death occurring before, on, or after such date of en-
actment. 
(b) TIMELY CLAIM REQUIRED; LIMITATION ON PAY-
MENTS.—No compensation shall be payable, by virtue of 
the enactment of this title— 
(1) unless timely claim therefor is filed in ac-
cordance with the provisions of sections 8122 or 
8193 of title 5, United States Code (as applicable), 
and subsection (c); or 
(2) with respect to any period commencing be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act. 
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