(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the first sentence— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘(or former do-
mestic 
partner)’’ 
after 
‘‘former 
spouse’’ each place it appears; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘(or being in a 
domestic partnership with)’’ after 
‘‘based on marriage to’’; 
(ii) in the second sentence— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘(or the domestic 
partnership of the former domestic 
partner with)’’ after ‘‘the marriage of 
the former spouse to’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘is dissolved,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘is dissolved (or termi-
nated),’’; 
(iii) in the sixth sentence, by striking 
‘‘former spouse.’’ and inserting ‘‘former 
spouse (or former domestic partner).’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘is then married,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘is then married (or is 
then in a domestic partnership),’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the spouse’s 
written consent.’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
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written consent of the spouse (or do-
mestic partner).’’; and 
(v) by amending the next to last sen-
tence to read as follows: ‘‘In the case of a 
retired employee or Member whose annuity 
is being reduced in order to provide a sur-
vivor annuity for a former spouse (or 
former domestic partner), an election to 
provide or increase a survivor annuity for 
any other former spouse (or any other 
former domestic partner), and to continue 
an appropriate reduction for that purpose, 
may be made within the same period that, 
and subject to the same conditions under 
which, an election could be made under 
paragraph (5)(B) for a current spouse (or 
a current domestic partner), subject to the 
provisions of this paragraph relating to 
consent of a current spouse (or of a cur-
rent domestic partner), if the retired em-
ployee or Member is then married (or in a 
domestic partnership).’’; and 
(D) by amending paragraph (5) to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(5)(A) Any reduction in an annuity for the purpose 
of providing a survivor annuity for the current spouse (or 
the current domestic partner) of a retired employee or 
Member shall be terminated for each full month— 
‘‘(i) after the death of the spouse (or domestic 
partner), or 
‘‘(ii) after the dissolution of the marriage of the 
spouse (or the termination of the domestic partner-
ship of the domestic partner) to the employee or 
Member, 
except that an appropriate reduction shall be made there-
after if the spouse (or domestic partner) is entitled, as 
a former spouse (or former domestic partner), to a sur-
vivor annuity under section 8341(h). 
‘‘(B) Any reduction in an annuity for the purpose of 
providing a survivor annuity for a former spouse (or a 
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 an ap-
propriate reduction or reductions under paragraph (4) if 
the retired employee or Member has (i) another former 
spouse (or another former domestic partner) who is enti-
tled to a survivor annuity under section 8341(h), (ii) a 
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current spouse to whom the employee or Member was mar-
ried (or a current domestic partner with whom the em-
ployee or Member was in a domestic partnership) at the 
time of retirement and with respect to whom a survivor 
annuity was not jointly waived under paragraph (1), or 
(iii) a current spouse whom the employee or Member mar-
ried (or a current domestic partner with whom the em-
ployee or Member entered into domestic partnership) after 
retirement and with respect to whom an election has been 
made under subparagraph (C) or subsection (k)(2). 
‘‘(C)(i) Upon remarriage (or entry into a subsequent 
domestic partnership), a retired employee or Member who 
was married (or in a domestic partnership) at the time 
of retirement, including an employee or Member whose an-
nuity was not reduced to provide a survivor annuity for 
the employee’s or Member’s spouse or former spouse (or 
domestic partner or former domestic partner) as of the 
time of retirement, may irrevocably elect during such mar-
riage (or domestic partnership), in a signed writing re-
ceived by the Office— 
‘‘(I) within 2 years after such remarriage (or 
such subsequent domestic partnership), or 
‘‘(II) if later, within 2 years after— 
‘‘(aa) the death or remarriage of any 
former spouse (or the death of or entry into a 
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subsequent domestic partnership by any former 
domestic partner) of such employee or Member 
who was entitled to a survivor annuity under 
section 8341(h), or 
‘‘(bb) if there was more than 1, the death 
or remarriage of the last such surviving former 
spouse (or the death of or entry into a subse-
quent domestic partnership by the last such 
surviving former domestic partner), 
a reduction in the employee’s or Member’s annuity under 
paragraph (4) for the purpose of providing an annuity for 
such employee’s or Member’s spouse (or domestic partner) 
in the event such spouse (or domestic partner) survives 
the employee or Member. 
‘‘(ii) Such election and reduction shall be effective the 
first day of the second month after the election is received 
by the Office, but not less than 9 months after the date 
of the remarriage (or entry into the subsequent domestic 
partnership), and the retired employee or Member shall 
deposit in the Fund an amount determined by the Office 
of Personnel Management, as nearly as may be adminis-
tratively feasible, to reflect the amount by which the annu-
ity of such retired employee or Member would have been 
reduced if the election had been in effect since the date 
of retirement or, if later, the date the previous reduction 
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in such retired employee’s or Member’s annuity was termi-
nated under subparagraph (A) or (B), plus interest. For 
the purposes of the preceding sentence, the annual rate 
of interest for each year during which an annuity would 
have been reduced if the election had been in effect on 
and after the applicable date referred to in such sentence 
shall be 6 percent. 
‘‘(iii) The Office shall, by regulation, provide for pay-
ment of the deposit required under clause (ii) by a reduc-
tion in the annuity of the employee or Member. The reduc-
tion shall, to the extent practicable, be designed so that 
the present value of the future reduction is actuarially 
equivalent to the deposit required under clause (ii), except 
that total reductions in the annuity of an employee or 
Member to pay deposits required by the provisions of this 
paragraph or paragraph (3) shall not exceed 25 percent 
of the annuity computed under subsections (a) through 
(i), (n), (q), and (r), including adjustments under section 
8340. The reduction required by this clause, which shall 
be effective on the same date as the election under clause 
(i), shall be permanent and unaffected by any future dis-
solution of the marriage (or termination of the domestic 
partnership). Such reduction shall be independent of and 
in addition to the reduction required under clause (i). 
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‘‘(iv) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub-
paragraph, an election under this subparagraph may not 
be made for the purpose of providing an annuity in the 
case of a spouse by remarriage (or a domestic partner by 
a subsequent domestic partnership) if such spouse was 
married to (or if such domestic partner was in a domestic 
partnership with) the employee or Member at the time of 
such employee’s or Member’s retirement, and all rights to 
survivor benefits for such spouse (or domestic partner) 
under this subchapter based on marriage (or domestic 
partnership) to such employee or Member were then 
waived under paragraph (1) or a similar prior provision 
of law. 
‘‘(v) An election to provide a survivor annuity to a 
person under this subparagraph— 
‘‘(I) shall prospectively void any election made 
by the employee or Member under subsection (k)(1) 
with respect to such person; or 
‘‘(II) shall, if an election was made by the em-
ployee or Member under such subsection (k)(1) with 
respect to a different person, prospectively void such 
election if appropriate written application is made by 
such employee or Member at the time of making the 
election under this subparagraph. 
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‘‘(vi) The deposit provisions of clauses (ii) and (iii) 
shall not apply if— 
‘‘(I) the employee or Member makes an election 
under this subparagraph after having made an elec-
tion under subsection (k)(1); and 
‘‘(II) the election under subsection (k)(1) be-
comes void under clause (v).’’; 
(2) in subsection (k)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a married employee or 
Member’’ and inserting ‘‘an employee or 
Member who is married (or in a domestic 
partnership)’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(or domestic part-
ner)’’ after ‘‘spouse’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking the matter before sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) An employee or Member, who is unmarried 
(and not in a domestic partnership) at the time of retiring 
under a provision of law which permits election of a re-
duced annuity with a survivor annuity payable to such em-
ployee’s or Member’s spouse (or domestic partner) and 
who later marries (or enters into a domestic partnership), 
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