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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