(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 
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 
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(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 
(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 
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(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— 
(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— 
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(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)’’; 
(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 
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attained age 60’ in the matter 
following subparagraph (F) of 
section 202(f)(1) shall each’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’ and 
inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘widow’s insur-
ance benefits or widower’s insurance 
benefits’’ each place such term ap-
pears 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse’s insurance benefits’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid-
ower’s’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surviving 
spouse’s’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘any disabled 
widow aged 50 or older who is entitled 
to mother’s insurance benefits (and 
who would have been entitled to wid-
ow’s insurance benefits by reason of 
disability if she had filed for such wid-
ow’s benefits), and any disabled wid-
ower aged 50 or older who is entitled 
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to father’s insurance benefits (and 
who would have been entitled to wid-
ower’s insurance benefits by reason of 
disability if he had filed for such wid-
ower’s benefits)’’ and inserting ‘‘any 
disabled surviving spouse aged 50 or 
older who is entitled to mother’s or fa-
ther’s insurance benefits (and who 
would have been entitled to surviving 
spouse’s insurance benefits by reason 
of disability if he or she had filed for 
such surviving spouse’s benefits)’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘such widow’s or 
widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘such sur-
viving spouse’s’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking 
‘‘widow’s or widower’s insurance benefits 
under section 202(e) or (f)’’ and inserting 
‘‘surviving spouse’s benefits under section 
202(e)’’; 
(9) in section 227— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 202(e) or section 
202(f)’’ each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘section 202(e)’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘section 202(b) or section 
202(c)’’ each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘section 202(b)’’; 
(10) in section 228— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘hus-
band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married 
couple’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘husband or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married 
couple’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (6), by striking 
‘‘husband and wife both of whom’’ and in-
serting ‘‘married couple of which both 
spouses’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘of 
a husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘of a 
married couple’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘husband 
or wife’’ each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(11) in section 1107, by striking ‘‘wife, hus-
band, widow, widower, divorced wife, divorced hus-
band, surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced 
husband’’ each place such term appears and insert-
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ing ‘‘spouse, surviving spouse, divorced spouse, sur-
viving divorced spouse’’; 
(12) in section 1128(j)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘hus-
band or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(13) in section 1611(e)(3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘husband and wife are’’ 
and inserting ‘‘married couple is’’; and 
(B) as amended by subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 
(14) in subsection 1614(b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘husband or wife’’ and in-
serting ‘‘spouse’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a married couple’’; and 
(15) in section 1631(b)(1)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘husband or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 
(w) TITLE 1.—Section 7 of title 1, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘one man and one woman 
as husband and wife, and the word ‘spouse’ refers only 
to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or wife’’ 
and inserting ‘‘two people as spouses’’. 
(x) TITLE 5.—Title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 2108(3)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘wife 
or husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (F) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(F) the parent of an individual who lost 
his life under honorable conditions while serving 
in the armed forces during a period named by 
paragraph (1)(A) of this section;’’; and 
(C) by amending subparagraph (G) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(G) the parent of a service-connected per-
manently and totally disabled veteran; and’’; 
(2) in section 3110(a)(3), by striking ‘‘husband, 
wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(3) in section 5561(3)(A), by striking ‘‘wife’’ 
and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 
(4) in section 8110(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter before subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘she’’ and inserting ‘‘the spouse’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)— 
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