(I) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, 
widow’s, or widower’s’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse’s, or surviving spouse’s’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (A)— 
(aa) in clause (ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘wife’s or husband’s’’ and in-
serting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
(bb) in clause (iii), by strik-
ing ‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’ and 
inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
(v) in paragraph (7)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, 
widow’s, or widower’s’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse’s, or surviving spouse’s’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘wife’s or hus-
band’s’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
(III) as amended by subclause 
(I), by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid-
ower’s’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
(vi) in paragraph (9)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘old-age insurance benefits, wife’s 
insurance benefits, and husband’s in-
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surance benefits’’ and inserting ‘‘old- 
age insurance benefits and spouse’s 
insurance benefits’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘widow’s insurance benefits 
and widower’s insurance benefits’’ and 
inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s insur-
ance benefits’’; and 
(vii) in paragraph (10)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘old-age, wife’s, and husband’s’’ 
and inserting ‘‘old-age and spouse’s’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘widow’s and 
widower’s’’ each place such term ap-
pears 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse’s’’; 
(H) in subsection (r)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Wife’s 
or Husband’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Spouse’s’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘wife’s or husband’s’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
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(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘wife’s 
or 
husband’s’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘spouse’s’’; and 
(I) in subsection (t)(11)(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’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘a spouse, a surviving spouse, a surviving 
divorced spouse’’; 
(2) in section 203— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘wife or husband’’ 
and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘wife’s or hus-
band’s’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving divorced spouse’’; and 
(iii) in the matter following subpara-
graph (4)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid-
ower’s’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse’s’’; and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘widow, surviving 
divorced wife, widower, or surviving 
divorced husband’’ and inserting ‘‘sur-
viving spouse or surviving divorced 
spouse’’; 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, or 
child’s’’ each place such term appears and 
inserting ‘‘spouse’s or child’s’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘wife, divorced wife, 
husband, divorced husband’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse or divorced spouse’’; and 
(C) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘wid-
ow’s or widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 
spouse’s’’; 
(3) in section 205— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘wife, divorced wife, widow, surviving di-
vorced wife, surviving divorced mother, 
surviving divorced father, husband, di-
vorced husband, widower, surviving di-
vorced husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse, di-
vorced spouse, surviving spouse, surviving 
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