‘‘the wages and self-employment income of his 
or her deceased spouse or deceased permanent 
partner (or deceased former spouse or deceased 
former permanent partner)’’. 
(3) Section 202(t)(11)(B) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(t)(11)(B)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘spousal relationship’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘spousal or per-
manent partnership relationship’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a wife, a husband, a 
widow, a widower, a divorced wife, a divorced 
husband, a surviving divorced wife, a surviving 
divorced husband, a surviving divorced mother, 
a surviving divorced father’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
wife, a husband, a permanent partner, a widow, 
a widower, a surviving permanent partner, a di-
vorced wife, a divorced husband, a former per-
manent partner, a surviving divorced wife, a 
surviving divorced husband, a surviving former 
permanent partner, a surviving divorced moth-
er, a surviving divorced father, a surviving 
former permanent partner parent’’. 
(4) Section 203(a)(3)(C) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 403(a)(3)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
former permanent partner’’ after ‘‘a divorced
spouse’’ and by inserting ‘‘surviving former perma-
nent partner’’ after ‘‘a surviving divorced spouse’’. 
(5) Section 203(a)(3)(D) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 403(a)(3)(D)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or perma-
nent partner’’ after ‘‘a spouse’’ and by inserting 
‘‘or surviving permanent partner’’ after ‘‘a sur-
viving spouse’’. 
(6) Section 203(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
403(b)(2)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting 
‘‘or former permanent partner’’ after ‘‘divorced 
spouse’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (A)(ii) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii)(I) if such person is such a divorced spouse, 
such person has been divorced for not less than 2 
years, or (II) if such person is such a former perma-
nent partner, the permanent partnership has been 
terminated for not less than 2 years,’’; 
(C) in the matter in subparagraph (A) fol-
lowing clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or former per-
manent partner’’ after ‘‘such divorced spouse’’; 
and
(D) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 
former permanent partner’’ after ‘‘divorced 
spouse’’ and by inserting ‘‘or the date of the 
termination of the permanent partnership’’ 
after ‘‘the date of the divorce’’. 
(7) Section 203(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
403(c)(3)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘wife or 
husband’’ and inserting ‘‘wife, husband, or per-
manent partner’’, by striking ‘‘his or her 
spouse’’ and inserting ‘‘the insured individual’’, 
and by striking ‘‘such spouse’’ and inserting 
‘‘such individual’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘widow 
or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘widow, widower, or 
surviving permanent partner’’, and by inserting 
‘‘or deceased permanent partner’’ after ‘‘de-
ceased spouse’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or sur-
viving former permanent partner parent’’ after 
‘‘surviving divorced mother or father’’, and by 
inserting ‘‘or deceased former permanent part-
ner’’ after ‘‘deceased former spouse’’; and 
(D) in the matter following paragraph (4), 
by striking ‘‘widow, surviving divorced wife,
widower, or surviving divorced husband’’ and 
inserting ‘‘widow, widower, surviving permanent 
partner, surviving divorced wife, surviving di-
vorced husband, or surviving former permanent 
partner’’. 
(8) Section 203(d)(1)(A) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 403(d)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘a 
wife, divorced wife, husband, divorced husband, or 
child’’ and inserting ‘‘a wife, husband, permanent 
partner, divorced wife, divorced husband, former 
permanent partner, or child’’. 
(9) Section 203(d)(1)(B) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 403(d)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
former permanent partner’’ after ‘‘divorced spouse’’ 
each place it appears. 
(10) Paragraphs (1) and (7) of section 203(f) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 403(f)) are amended by in-
serting ‘‘and former permanent partners’’ after ‘‘di-
vorced spouses’’ each place it appears. 
(11) Paragraphs (1) and (4) of section 204(d) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 404(d)) are amended by in-
serting ‘‘or surviving permanent partner’’ after ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’’ each place it appears. 
(12) Section 205(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
405(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘wife, divorced