(8) in section 179(b)(4), by striking ‘‘husband 
and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(9) in section 213(d)(8), by striking ‘‘husband 
and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a married couple’’; 
(10) in section 219(g)(4), by striking ‘‘A hus-
band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘Spouses’’; 
(11) in section 274(b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘hus-
band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(12) in the matter following section 643(f)(2), 
by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘mar-
ried couple’’; 
(13) in section 682— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘wife’’ 
and inserting ‘‘recipient’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘gross income of a 
wife’’ and inserting ‘‘gross income of an in-
dividual’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘separated from her 
husband’’ and inserting ‘‘separated from 
his or her spouse’’; 
(iv) by striking ‘‘such wife is entitled 
to receive’’ and inserting ‘‘such person is 
entitled to receive’’; 
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(v) by striking ‘‘gross income of her 
husband’’ and inserting ‘‘gross income of 
his or her spouse’’; 
(vi) by striking ‘‘gross income of such 
husband’’ and inserting ‘‘gross income of 
such spouse’’; and 
(vii) by striking ‘‘minor children of 
such husband’’ and inserting ‘‘minor chil-
dren of such spouse’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Wife’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Recipient’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘a wife to whom sub-
section (a) applies’’ and inserting ‘‘an indi-
vidual who receives income from a trust to 
which subsection (a) applies’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘such wife’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such individual’’; 
(14) in section 761(f), by striking ‘‘husband 
and wife’’ each place such term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘married couple’’; 
(15) in section 911— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(C)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘husband or wife’’ and 
inserting ‘‘member of a married couple’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ 
and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(9), by striking ‘‘a 
husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘the members 
of a married couple’’; 
(16) in section 1244(b)(2), by striking ‘‘hus-
band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(17) in section 1272(a)(2)(E)(iii)— 
(A) in the heading of such clause, by strik-
ing ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married 
couple’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and 
inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(18) in section 1313(c)(1), by striking ‘‘hus-
band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(19) in section 1361(c)(1)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(20) in the heading of section 2040(b), by strik-
ing ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouses’’; 
(21) in the item relating to section 2513 in the 
table of contents for subchapter B of chapter 12 of 
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subtitle B, by striking ‘‘husband or wife’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘spouse’’; 
(22) in the heading of section 2513, by striking 
‘‘husband or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(23) in section 2516, by striking ‘‘a husband 
and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘the members of a married 
couple’’; 
(24) in section 5733(d)(2), by striking ‘‘a hus-
band or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘an individual’’; 
(25) in the item relating to section 6013 in the 
table of contents for subpart B of part II of sub-
chapter A of chapter 61 of subtitle F, by striking 
‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(26) in section 6013— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘husband 
and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and 
inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
husband or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
and 
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(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘husband 
and 
wife’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘spouses’’; 
(C) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘filed by the husband 
and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘filed by the mar-
ried couple’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the return of the hus-
band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘the return 
of both spouses’’; 
(D) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the hus-
band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘the spouses’’; 
and 
(E) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘hus-
band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a married cou-
ple’’; 
(27) in the matter following section 6014(b)(4), 
by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
married couple’’; 
(28) in section 6017, by striking ‘‘husband and 
wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(29) in section 6096(a), by striking ‘‘husband 
and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a married couple’’; 
(30) in section 6166(b)(2)(B)— 
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(A) in the heading of such subparagraph, 
by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting 
‘‘a married couple’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘husband and 
wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; and 
(C) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘husband and 
wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(31) in section 6212(b)(2), by striking ‘‘hus-
band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a married couple’’; 
(32) in section 6231(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘a 
husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a married 
couple’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (12)— 
(i) by amending the heading to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(12) SPOUSES.—’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘a husband and wife’’ 
and inserting ‘‘spouses’’; 
(33) in section 7428(c)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘hus-
band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(34) in section 7701(a), by amending para-
graph (17) to read as follows: 
‘‘(17) DIVORCED
SPOUSES.—As used in sec-
tions 682 and 2516, if the married couple therein 
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referred to are divorced, wherever appropriate to the 
meaning of such sections the term ‘spouse’ shall be 
read ‘former spouse’ and the term ‘married couple’ 
shall be read ‘former married couple’.’’; and 
(35) in section 7872(f)(7)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Husband 
and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘Married couple’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and 
inserting ‘‘married couple’’. 
(q) LONGSHORE
AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COM-
PENSATION ACT.—The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 
Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 2(16), by striking ‘‘wife or hus-
band’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(2) in section 5(a), by striking ‘‘husband or 
wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(3) in section 8(d)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘wife, 
husband,’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(4) in section 9— 
(A) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘wife or 
husband’’ each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(B) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘wife’’ 
each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘spouse’’. 
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(r) NATIONAL HOUSING ACT.—Section 527(a) of the 
National Housing Act (8 U.S.C. 1735f–5(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouses’’. 
(s) ACT OF SEPTEMBER 5, 1962.—Section 3(c) of the 
Act of September 5, 1962, entitled ‘‘An Act to provide 
for the division of the tribal assets of the Ponca Tribe 
of Native Americans of Nebraska among the members of 
the tribe, and for other purposes.’’ (25 U.S.C. 973(c)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 
(t) RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT
OF 1974.—The 
Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) in section 2— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(ii), by striking 
‘‘(C), in the case of a wife, has in her care 
(individually or jointly with her husband)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(C) has in his or her care 
(individually or jointly with his or her 
spouse)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘di-
vorced wife’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘divorced spouse’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘(i)’’; and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘; and (ii) in the 
case of a husband, was receiving at 
least one-half of his support from his 
wife at the time his wife’s annuity 
under subsection (a)(1) began’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘di-
vorced wife’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘divorced spouse’’; and 
(v) in the matter following paragraph 
(4), by striking ‘‘divorced wife’s annuity’’ 
and inserting ‘‘divorced spouse’s annuity’’; 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in clause (i)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘a widow 
(as defined in section 216 (c) and 
(k) of the Social Security Act) or 
widower (as defined in section 
216 (g) and (k) of the Social Se-
curity Act)’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
surviving spouse (as defined in 
section 216(a) of the Social Secu-
rity Act)’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘, and who, 
in the case of a widower, was re-
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ceiving at least one-half his sup-
port from the deceased employee 
at the time of her death or at the 
time her annuity under sub-
section (a)(1) began’’; 
(II) in clause (ii)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘a widow 
(as defined in section 216 (c) and 
(k) of the Social Security Act)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a surviving spouse 
(as defined in section 216(a) of 
the Social Security Act)’’; and 
(bb) by inserting ‘‘his or’’ 
before ‘‘her’’; 
(III) in clause (iv), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse’’; and 
(IV) in clause (v)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘The widow 
(as defined in section 216(c) of 
the Social Security Act)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the surviving spouse (as 
defined in section 216(a) of the 
Social Security Act)’’; 
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(bb) by striking ‘‘wife (as 
defined in section 216(d)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘spouse (as defined in 
section 216(a)’’; 
(cc) by striking ‘‘mother (as 
defined’’ and inserting ‘‘parent 
(as defined’’; 
(dd) by striking ‘‘widow, 
surviving divorced wife, or sur-
viving divorced mother’’ each 
place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘surviving spouse, sur-
viving divorced spouse, or sur-
viving divorced parent’’; and 
(ee) by striking ‘‘202(f)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘202(e)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘, (B) in the case 
of a widow, the last month for which 
she was entitled to an annuity under 
paragraph (ii) of subdivision (1) as 
the widow of the deceased employee,’’; 
and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘widow or wid-
ower’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘widow, widower, or child’’ and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse or child’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (4)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘wife, husband, 
widow, 
widower’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘spouse, surviving spouse’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘or (c)’’; 
(III) by striking ‘‘subsection, (e), 
(f), or (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(e) or (g)’’; and 
(IV) 
by 
striking 
‘‘202(d)(7)(c)(i)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘202(d)(7)(C)(i)’’; 
(C) in subsection (e)(5), by striking ‘‘di-
vorced wife’’ and inserting ‘‘divorced spouse’’; 
(D) in subsection (f)(2), by striking 
‘‘wife’s’’ each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
(E) in subsection (h)(3), by striking ‘‘wife’’ 
and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(2) in section 3— 
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(A) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘wife’s 
or 
husband’s’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(B) in subsection (h)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘wife, husband, widow, 
or widower’’ each place such term appears 
and 
inserting 
‘‘spouse 
or 
surviving 
spouse’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, 
widow’s, or widower’s’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse’s or surviving spouse’s’’; 
(3) in section 4— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘divorced wife’’ 
each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘divorced spouse’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘wife’s insurance 
benefit or the husband’s insurance 
benefit’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’s in-
surance benefit’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 202(a), section 202(b), or section 
202(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 202(a) or 
section 202(c)’’; 
(B) in subsection (e)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘wife’s or husband’s in-
surance benefit’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘spouse’s insurance 
benefit’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (4), by striking 
‘‘wife’s and husband’s’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse’s’’; 
(C) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow’s insur-
ance benefit, widower’s insurance ben-
efit, mother’s insurance benefits, par-
ent’s insurance benefit, or child’s in-
surance benefit’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’s insurance benefit, par-
ent’s insurance benefit, or child’s in-
surance benefit’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘widow or wid-
ower’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse’’; and 
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(III) by striking ‘‘widow’s insur-
ance benefit or widower’s insurance 
benefit payable under section 202(e) 
or 202(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 
spouse’s insurance benefit payable 
under section 202(e)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow or wid-
ower’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking 
‘‘widow’s insurance benefit, a wid-
ower’s insurance benefit, or’’ and in-
serting ‘‘surviving spouse’s benefit 
or’’; and 
(III) in clause (iii), by striking 
‘‘widow, surviving divorced wife, or 
surviving divorced mother’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘surviving spouse, surviving di-
vorced spouse, or surviving divorced 
parent’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’’; 
(D) in subsection (g)— 
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(i) in paragraph (1)(i), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (4)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow or wid-
ower’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid-
ower’s’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 
‘‘widow, surviving divorced wife, or sur-
viving divorced mother’’ and inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse, 
surviving 
divorced 
spouse, or surviving divorced parent’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (10)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow or wid-
ower’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid-
ower’s’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
and 
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(III) in clause (ii), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’s’’ and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
(E) in subsection (h)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow or wid-
ower’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid-
ower’s’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
and 
(III) by striking ‘‘or 202(f)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘widow, surviving divorced wife, or sur-
viving divorced mother’’ and inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse, 
surviving 
divorced 
spouse, or surviving divorced parent’’; and 
(F) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘spouse 
or divorced wife’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘spouse or divorced spouse’’; 
(4) in section 5— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
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(i) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘wife, 
husband, widow, or widower’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse or surviving spouse’’; and 
(ii) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘wife’s 
or husband’s’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘widow 
or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘wife’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting 
‘‘spouse’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘his or’’ before 
‘‘her’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (4), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (6)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow’’ and in-
serting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
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(II) by striking ‘‘she dies’’ and 
inserting 
‘‘such 
surviving 
spouse 
dies’’; 
(III) by striking ‘‘she remarries’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such surviving spouse 
remarries’’; and 
(IV) by striking ‘‘she no longer’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such surviving spouse 
no longer’’; and 
(v) in paragraph (9)(B), by striking 
‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’s’’; 
(5) in section 6— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘wife’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘wife’s’’ and in-
serting ‘‘spouse’s’’; 
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(iv) in paragraph (6), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’’; and 
(v) in paragraph (7), by striking 
‘‘widow, widower’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 
spouse’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow surviving 
divorced wife, widower’’ and inserting 
‘‘no surviving spouse, surviving di-
vorced spouse’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘widow or wid-
ower’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow, widower, 
or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 
spouse or parent’’; 
(II) in clause (i), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
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(III) in clause (ii), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(IV) in clause (iii), by striking 
‘‘widow, widower, or child’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘surviving spouse or child’’; 
(V) in clause (iv), by striking 
‘‘widow, widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’’; 
(VI) in clause (v), by striking 
‘‘widow, widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’’; 
(VII) in clause (vi), by striking 
‘‘widow, widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’’; and 
(VIII) in the matter following 
clause (vi), by striking ‘‘widow, wid-
ower, or parent’’ each place such term 
appears 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse or parent’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘divorced wife’’ and inserting 
‘‘surviving divorced spouse’’; 
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(iii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow’s insur-
ance’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s in-
surance’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘surviving di-
vorced wife’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘surviving di-
vorced spouse’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘widow’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘surviving di-
vorced wife’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘surviving di-
vorced spouse’’; and 
(III) by inserting ‘‘he or’’ before 
‘‘she’’; 
(v) in paragraph (4)— 
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(iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘her’’ and inserting ‘‘the spouse’s’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(D) as amended by subparagraph (C), in 
the matter following paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’; 
(5) in section 8133, in the matter following 
subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘husband or wife’’ and 
inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(6) 
in 
the 
matter 
following 
section 
8443(b)(3)(E), by striking ‘‘wife or husband’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 
(y) TITLE 10.—Section 701(j)(1) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse’’. 
(z) TITLE 11.—Section 522(b)(1) of title 11, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ 
and inserting ‘‘married to one another’’. 
(aa) TITLE 18.—Section 879(b)(1)(A) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
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(2) by inserting after ‘‘during his’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or her’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘widow’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse’’; and 
(4) by inserting before ‘‘her death’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘his or’’. 
(bb) TITLE 28.—Section 3014(a) of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ 
and inserting ‘‘married to one another’’. 
(cc) TITLE 38.—Section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘of the opposite sex’’ 
each place such term appears. 
(dd) TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT.—Section 31 
of the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 31) 
is amended by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 
(ee) WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998.—Sec-
tion 101(15) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2801(15)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘husband, 
wife,’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘husband 
and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’. 
Æ 
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