(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘spouses and 
former spouses’’ and inserting ‘‘spouses, do-
mestic partners, former spouses, and 
former domestic partners’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘A married employee or Member (or 
former employee or Member)’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘An employee or 
Member, or former employee or former 
Member, who is married (or in a domestic 
partnership)’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘or domestic partner’’ after ‘‘spouse’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(or do-
mestic partner’s)’’ after ‘‘spouse’s’’ each place 
it appears; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(or surviving domes-
tic partner)’’ after ‘‘surviving spouse’’ each 
place it appears; and 
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘(or in a domestic 
partnership)’’ after ‘‘married’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘(or 
domestic partner)’’ after ‘‘spouse’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(or 
former 
domestic 
partner)’’ 
after 
‘‘former 
spouse’’ the first two places it appears; 
(B) in paragraphs (3) through (6), by in-
serting ‘‘(or former domestic partner)’’ after 
‘‘former spouse’’ each place it appears; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘(or 
surviving domestic partner)’’ after ‘‘surviving 
spouse’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting ‘‘(or 
former domestic partners)’’ after ‘‘former 
spouses’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)(1)— 
(A) by striking the matter before subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(e)(1)(A) A loan or withdrawal under subsection (g) 
or (h) of section 8433 may be made to an employee or 
Member who is married (or in a domestic partnership) 
only if the employee’s or Member’s spouse (or domestic 
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partner) consents to such loan or withdrawal in writing.’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘(or 
domestic partner’s)’’ after ‘‘spouse’s’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(6) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘(or domestic 
partner or former domestic partner)’’ after ‘‘spouse 
or former spouse’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 84 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 8435 and inserting the following: 
‘‘8435. Protections for spouses, domestic partners, former spouses, and former 
domestic partners.’’. 
SEC. 312. JUSTICES AND JUDGES. 
Section 8440a(b)(6) is amended by inserting ‘‘(or do-
mestic partners)’’ after ‘‘spouses’’. 
SEC. 313. SURVIVOR ANNUITIES: DEFINITIONS. 
Section 8441 is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) ‘widow’ means the surviving wife of an em-
ployee or Member who— 
‘‘(A) was married to such employee or 
Member for at least 9 months immediately be-
fore the death of such employee or Member; 
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‘‘(B) was married to such employee or 
Member immediately before the death of such 
employee or Member, was in a domestic part-
nership with such employee or Member imme-
diately before the marriage to such employee or 
Member, and the combined duration of the do-
mestic partnership and marriage was at least 9 
months; or 
‘‘(C) is the mother of issue by the mar-
riage referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B), as 
the case may be; 
‘‘(2) ‘widower’ means the surviving husband of 
an employee or Member who— 
‘‘(A) was married to such employee or 
Member for at least 9 months immediately be-
fore the death of such employee or Member; 
‘‘(B) was married to such employee or 
Member immediately before the death of such 
employee or Member, was in a domestic part-
nership with such employee or Member imme-
diately before the marriage to such employee or 
Member, and the combined duration of the do-
mestic partnership and marriage was at least 9 
months; or 
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‘‘(C) is the father of issue by the marriage 
referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B), as the 
case may be;’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively, and by insert-
ing after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) the term ‘surviving partner’ means the 
surviving domestic partner of an employee, Member, 
or annuitant, or of a former employee or Member, 
who— 
‘‘(A) was in a domestic partnership with 
such employee, Member, or annuitant, or 
former employee or Member, for at least 9 
months immediately before the death of such 
employee, Member, or annuitant, or former em-
ployee or Member; or 
‘‘(B) satisfies such other requirement, 
based on parenthood, as the Office of Personnel 
Management shall by regulation prescribe based 
on the definition of a widow or widower under 
this section;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated by 
paragraph (2)) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘(or surviving partner)’’ after ‘‘widow or widower’’; 
and 
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(4) by adding after ‘‘interim.’’ the following: 
‘‘The Office shall prescribe regulations to provide 
that, for purposes of applying the provisions of para-
graph (5)(A)(ii) (relating to the treatment of a step-
child) in the case of a domestic partnership, rules 
similar to those prescribed to carry out section 
8901(5)(B) in similar circumstances shall apply.’’. 
SEC. 314. RIGHTS OF A WIDOW, WIDOWER, OR SURVIVING 
PARTNER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8442 is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘widow or 
widower’’ and inserting ‘‘widow, widower, or 
surviving partner’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(or surviving partner)’’ 
after ‘‘widow or widower’’ each place it appears; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘(or 
entry into a domestic partnership)’’ after ‘‘mar-
riage’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(or do-
mestic partner)’’ after ‘‘spouse’’ each place it 
appears; 
(3) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘(or sur-
viving partner)’’ after ‘‘widow or widower’’ each 
place it appears; 
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