Text of US HB 2976 (2015)

I 114TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2976 To replace references to ‘‘wives’’ and ‘‘husbands’’ in Federal law with references to ‘‘spouses’’, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 8, 2015 Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. BEYER, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. FARR, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. POCAN, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. BERA, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. HONDA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary A BILL To replace references to ‘‘wives’’ and ‘‘husbands’’ in Federal law with references to ‘‘spouses’’, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Amend the Code for 4 Marriage Equality Act of 2015’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2976 IH SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 1 (a) ACT OF AUGUST 16, 1941.—Section 2(b) of the 2 Act of August 16, 1941, entitled ‘‘An Act to provide com- 3 pensation for disability or death to persons employed at 4 military, air, and naval bases outside the United States.’’ 5 (42 U.S.C. 1652(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘wife’’ each 6 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 7 (b) ACT OF AUGUST 4, 1955.—Section 43(a) of the 8 Act of August 4, 1955, entitled ‘‘An Act to direct the Sec- 9 retary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United 10 States conditions in two deeds conveying certain submar- 11 ginal lands to Clemson Agricultural College of South 12 Carolina so as to permit such college, subject to certain 13 conditions, to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of such 14 lands.’’ (42 U.S.C. 2333(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘hus- 15 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’. 16 (c) ACT OF DECEMBER 2, 1942.—Section 101(c) of 17 the Act of December 2, 1942, entitled ‘‘An Act to provide 18 compensation for the injury, disability, death, or enemy 19 detention of employees of contractors with the United 20 States, and for other purposes.’’ (42 U.S.C. 1701(c)) is 21 amended by striking ‘‘wife or husband’’ each place such 22 term appears and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 23 (d) ACT OF FEBRUARY 28, 1891.—Section 5 of the 24 Act of February 28, 1891 (25 U.S.C. 371), is amended 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2976 IH by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a married 1 couple’’. 2 (e) ACT OF SEPTEMBER 2, 1960.—The Act of Sep- 3 tember 2, 1960, entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for continued 4 delivery of water under the Federal reclamation laws to 5 lands held by husband and wife upon the death of either’’ 6 (43 U.S.C. 423h) is amended— 7 (1) in the title, by striking ‘‘husband and wife 8 upon the death of either’’ and inserting ‘‘a married 9 couple upon the death of either spouse’’; and 10 (2) by striking ‘‘husband or wife’’ and inserting 11 ‘‘married person’’. 12 (f) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ACT OF 13 1949.—The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 14 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) is amended— 15 (1) in the heading of section 16(c), by striking 16 ‘‘Wives or Husbands’’ and inserting ‘‘Spouses’’; and 17 (2) in section 19(b)(4), by striking ‘‘widow or 18 widower, former spouse, and/or a child or children as 19 defined in section 204 and section 232 of the Cen- 20 tral Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for 21 Certain Employees’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse, 22 former spouse, or child as defined in section 102 of 23 the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:55 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2976 IH (g) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT 1 ACT.—The Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act 2 (50 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.) is amended— 3 (1) in section 221(d)(5), by striking ‘‘former 4 wife or husband of’’ and inserting ‘‘person who has 5 been, but is no longer, married to’’; 6 (2) in section 232(c)(3), by striking ‘‘former 7 wife or husband of’’ and inserting ‘‘person who has 8 been, but is no longer, married to’’; 9 (3) in section 241— 10 (A) in subsection (b)— 11 (i) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 12 ‘‘former spouse’’ the following: ‘‘(as de- 13 fined under section 102)’’; 14 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 15 (I) in the heading, by striking 16 ‘‘wife or husband’’ and inserting 17 ‘‘spouse other than as defined under 18 section 102’’; and 19 (II) by striking ‘‘former wife or 20 husband of the former participant’’ 21 and inserting ‘‘person who has been, 22 but is no longer, married to the 23 former participant, but who is not a 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 2976 IH former spouse as defined under suc- 1 tion 102’’; and 2 (iii) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking 3 ‘‘former wife or husband’’ and inserting 4 ‘‘person’’; 5 (B) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘sur- 6 viving wife or husband of such participant’’ and 7 inserting ‘‘person who was married to such par- 8 ticipant at the participant’s death’’; and 9 (C) in paragraph (d)(2)— 10 (i) by striking ‘‘surviving former 11 spouse or surviving former wife or husband 12 of such participant’’ and inserting ‘‘per- 13 son’’; and 14 (ii) by striking ‘‘to such former spouse 15 or former wife or husband’’ and inserting 16 ‘‘under such paragraph’’; and 17 (4) in section 304(d)(2), by striking ‘‘widow or 18 widower’’ each place such term appears and insert- 19 ing ‘‘surviving spouse’’. 20 (h) ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 21 COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000.—The Energy 22 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 23 Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq.) is amended— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 2976 IH (1) in section 3628(e)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘wife 1 or husband of that individual’’ and inserting ‘‘per- 2 son’’; and 3 (2) in section 3630(e)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘wife 4 or husband of that individual’’ and inserting ‘‘per- 5 son’’. 6 (i) ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1978.—Section 7 109(16) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 8 U.S.C. App. 109(16)) is amended by striking ‘‘husband, 9 wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 10 (j) FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993.— 11 Section 102(f) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 12 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(f)) is amended— 13 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘husband and 14 wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; and 15 (2) in paragraph (2)— 16 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘that 17 husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘such 18 spouses’’; and 19 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘hus- 20 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’. 21 (k) FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971.— 22 Section 313(c)(3)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign 23 Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114(c)(3)(B)) is amended by 24 striking ‘‘husband, wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 2976 IH (l) FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1 1977.—The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 2 (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended— 3 (1) in section 402— 4 (A) in subsection (a)(2)— 5 (i) by striking ‘‘wife who is a member 6 of the same household of the miner’’ and 7 inserting ‘‘spouse who is a member of the 8 same household as the miner’’; 9 (ii) by striking ‘‘miner for her sup- 10 port’’ and inserting ‘‘miner for his or her 11 support’’; 12 (iii) by striking ‘‘whose husband is a 13 miner who has been ordered by a court to 14 contribute to her support’’ and inserting 15 ‘‘for whose support the miner has been or- 16 dered by a court to contribute’’; 17 (iv) by striking ‘‘216(b) (1) or (2)’’ 18 and inserting ‘‘216(b)(1) or (2)’’; 19 (v) by striking ‘‘status as the ‘wife’ of 20 a miner’’ and inserting ‘‘status as the 21 ‘spouse’ of a miner’’; 22 (vi) by striking ‘‘ ‘wife’ also includes a 23 ‘divorced wife’ as defined in section 24 216(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘ ‘spouse’ also in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 2976 IH cludes a ‘divorced spouse’ as defined in 1 section 216(d)(9)’’; 2 (vii) by striking ‘‘one-half of her sup- 3 port’’ and inserting ‘‘half of his or her sup- 4 port’’; and 5 (viii) by inserting ‘‘his or’’ before ‘‘her 6 support from such miner’’; and 7 (B) in subsection (e)— 8 (i) by striking ‘‘widow includes the 9 wife’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse in- 10 cludes the spouse’’; 11 (ii) by striking ‘‘individual’s status as 12 the ‘widow’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘individual’s 13 status as the ‘surviving spouse’ ’’; 14 (iii) by striking ‘‘surviving divorced 15 wife’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving divorced 16 spouse’’; and 17 (iv) by inserting ‘‘his or’’ before ‘‘her’’ 18 each place such term appears; 19 (2) in section 411(c)(4)— 20 (A) by striking ‘‘widow’s,’’ and inserting 21 ‘‘surviving spouse’s,’’; and 22 (B) by striking ‘‘wife’s’’ and inserting 23 ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 24 (3) in section 413(b)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 2976 IH (A) by striking ‘‘wife’s’’ and inserting 1 ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; and 2 (B) by striking ‘‘widow,’’ and inserting 3 ‘‘surviving spouse,’’. 4 (m) FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980.—The Foreign 5 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amend- 6 ed— 7 (1) in the item relating to the first section 830 8 in the table of contents, by striking ‘‘wives and hus- 9 bands’’ and inserting ‘‘spouses’’; 10 (2) in section 804— 11 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘former 12 wife or husband of a participant or former par- 13 ticipant’’ and inserting ‘‘person’’; and 14 (B) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘sur- 15 viving wife or husband of a participant or annu- 16 itant who was married to the’’ and inserting 17 ‘‘person who was married to a’’; 18 (3) in section 815(f)(2), by striking ‘‘wife or 19 husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 20 (4) in the first section 830 (relating to qualified 21 former wives and husbands)— 22 (A) in the heading of such section, by 23 striking ‘‘former wives and husbands’’ and in- 24 serting ‘‘spouses’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 2976 IH (B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘quali- 1 fied former wife or husband’’ and inserting 2 ‘‘qualified former spouse’’; and 3 (C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘former 4 wife or husband’’ each place such term occurs 5 and inserting ‘‘former spouse’’. 6 (n) IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—The Im- 7 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is 8 amended— 9 (1) in section 101(a)(35) (8 U.S.C. 10 1101(a)(35))— 11 (A) by striking ‘‘, ‘wife’, or ‘husband’ ’’; 12 and 13 (B) by striking ‘‘, wife, or husband’’; 14 (2) in section 202(b) (8 U.S.C. 1152(b)), by 15 striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting 16 ‘‘spouses’’; 17 (3) in section 278 (8 U.S.C. 1328), by striking 18 ‘‘a husband or wife shall be admissible and com- 19 petent evidence against each other’’ and inserting 20 ‘‘an individual shall be admissible and competent 21 evidence against such individual’s spouse’’; and 22 (4) in section 283 (8 U.S.C. 1353), by striking 23 ‘‘wives’’ and inserting ‘‘spouses’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 2976 IH (o) INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION ACT.—Section 1 207(j)(3)(A)(ii) of the Indian Land Consolidation Act (25 2 U.S.C. 2206) is amended by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ 3 and inserting ‘‘the participants as spouses’’. 4 (p) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—The Internal Rev- 5 enue Code of 1986 is amended— 6 (1) in the matter following section 21(d)(2)(B), 7 by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘mar- 8 ried couple’’; 9 (2) in section 22(e)(1), by striking ‘‘husband 10 and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 11 (3) in section 38(c)(6)(A), by striking ‘‘husband 12 or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 13 (4) in section 42(j)(5)(C)— 14 (A) in the heading of clause (i), by striking 15 ‘‘Husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘Married 16 couple’’; and 17 (B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a husband 18 and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a married couple’’; 19 (5) in section 62(b)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘hus- 20 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 21 (6) in section 121— 22 (A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘hus- 23 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 24 and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 2976 IH (B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘hus- 1 band and wife make’’ and inserting ‘‘married 2 couple makes’’; 3 (7) in section 165(h)(4)(B), by striking ‘‘hus- 4 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 5 (8) in section 179(b)(4), by striking ‘‘husband 6 and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 7 (9) in section 213(d)(8), by striking ‘‘husband 8 and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a married couple’’; 9 (10) in section 219(g)(4), by striking ‘‘A hus- 10 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘Spouses’’; 11 (11) in section 274(b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘hus- 12 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 13 (12) in the matter following section 643(f)(2), 14 by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘mar- 15 ried couple’’; 16 (13) in section 682— 17 (A) in subsection (a)— 18 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘wife’’ 19 and inserting ‘‘recipient’’; 20 (ii) by striking ‘‘gross income of a 21 wife’’ and inserting ‘‘gross income of an in- 22 dividual’’; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 2976 IH (iii) by striking ‘‘separated from her 1 husband’’ and inserting ‘‘separated from 2 his or her spouse’’; 3 (iv) by striking ‘‘such wife is entitled 4 to receive’’ and inserting ‘‘such person is 5 entitled to receive’’; 6 (v) by striking ‘‘gross income of her 7 husband’’ and inserting ‘‘gross income of 8 his or her spouse’’; 9 (vi) by striking ‘‘gross income of such 10 husband’’ and inserting ‘‘gross income of 11 such spouse’’; and 12 (vii) by striking ‘‘minor children of 13 such husband’’ and inserting ‘‘minor chil- 14 dren of such spouse’’; and 15 (B) in subsection (b)— 16 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Wife’’ 17 and inserting ‘‘Recipient’’; 18 (ii) by striking ‘‘a wife to whom sub- 19 section (a) applies’’ and inserting ‘‘an indi- 20 vidual who receives income from a trust to 21 which subsection (a) applies’’; and 22 (iii) by striking ‘‘such wife’’ and in- 23 serting ‘‘such individual’’; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 2976 IH (14) in section 761(f), by striking ‘‘husband 1 and wife’’ each place such term appears and insert- 2 ing ‘‘married couple’’; 3 (15) in section 911— 4 (A) in subsection (b)(2)(C)— 5 (i) by striking ‘‘husband or wife’’ and 6 inserting ‘‘member of a married couple’’; 7 and 8 (ii) by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ 9 and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; and 10 (B) in subsection (d)(9), by striking ‘‘a 11 husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘the members 12 of a married couple’’; 13 (16) in section 1244(b)(2), by striking ‘‘hus- 14 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 15 (17) in section 1272(a)(2)(E)(iii)— 16 (A) in the heading of such clause, by strik- 17 ing ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married 18 couple’’; and 19 (B) by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and 20 inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 21 (18) in section 1313(c)(1), by striking ‘‘hus- 22 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 23 (19) in section 1361(c)(1)(A)(i), by striking 24 ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 15 •HR 2976 IH (20) in the heading of section 2040(b), by strik- 1 ing ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouses’’; 2 (21) in the item relating to section 2513 in the 3 table of contents for subchapter B of chapter 12 of 4 subtitle B, by striking ‘‘husband or wife’’ and insert- 5 ing ‘‘spouse’’; 6 (22) in the heading of section 2513, by striking 7 ‘‘husband or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 8 (23) in section 2516, by striking ‘‘a husband 9 and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘the members of a married 10 couple’’; 11 (24) in section 5733(d)(2), by striking ‘‘a hus- 12 band or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘an individual’’; 13 (25) in the item relating to section 6013 in the 14 table of contents for subpart B of part II of sub- 15 chapter A of chapter 61 of subtitle F, by striking 16 ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 17 (26) in section 6013— 18 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘husband 19 and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 20 (B) in subsection (a)— 21 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 22 (1), by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and 23 inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 16 •HR 2976 IH (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 1 husband or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 2 and 3 (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 4 ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting 5 ‘‘spouses’’; 6 (C) in subsection (b)(1)— 7 (i) by striking ‘‘filed by the husband 8 and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘filed by the mar- 9 ried couple’’; and 10 (ii) by striking ‘‘the return of the hus- 11 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘the return 12 of both spouses’’; 13 (D) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the hus- 14 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘the spouses’’; 15 and 16 (E) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘hus- 17 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a married cou- 18 ple’’; 19 (27) in the matter following section 6014(b)(4), 20 by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a 21 married couple’’; 22 (28) in section 6017, by striking ‘‘husband and 23 wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 17 •HR 2976 IH (29) in section 6096(a), by striking ‘‘husband 1 and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a married couple’’; 2 (30) in section 6166(b)(2)(B)— 3 (A) in the heading of such subparagraph, 4 by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting 5 ‘‘a married couple’’; 6 (B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘husband and 7 wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; and 8 (C) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘husband and 9 wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 10 (31) in section 6212(b)(2), by striking ‘‘hus- 11 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a married couple’’; 12 (32) in section 6231(a)— 13 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘a 14 husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘a married 15 couple’’; and 16 (B) in paragraph (12)— 17 (i) by amending the heading to read 18 as follows: 19 ‘‘(12) SPOUSES.—’’; and 20 (ii) by striking ‘‘a husband and wife’’ 21 and inserting ‘‘spouses’’; 22 (33) in section 7428(c)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘hus- 23 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 18 •HR 2976 IH (34) in section 7701(a), by amending para- 1 graph (17) to read as follows: 2 ‘‘(17) DIVORCED SPOUSES.—As used in sec- 3 tions 682 and 2516, if the married couple therein 4 referred to are divorced, wherever appropriate to the 5 meaning of such sections the term ‘spouse’ shall be 6 read ‘former spouse’ and the term ‘married couple’ 7 shall be read ‘former married couple’.’’; and 8 (35) in section 7872(f)(7)— 9 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Husband 10 and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘Married couple’’; and 11 (B) by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and 12 inserting ‘‘married couple’’. 13 (q) LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COM- 14 PENSATION ACT.—The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 15 Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended— 16 (1) in section 2(16), by striking ‘‘wife or hus- 17 band’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 18 (2) in section 5(a), by striking ‘‘husband or 19 wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 20 (3) in section 8(d)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘wife, 21 husband,’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 22 (4) in section 9— 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 19 •HR 2976 IH (A) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘wife or 1 husband’’ each place such term appears and in- 2 serting ‘‘spouse’’; and 3 (B) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘wife’’ 4 each place such term appears and inserting 5 ‘‘spouse’’. 6 (r) NATIONAL HOUSING ACT.—Section 527(a) of the 7 National Housing Act (8 U.S.C. 1735f–5(a)) is amended 8 by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouses’’. 9 (s) ACT OF SEPTEMBER 5, 1962.—Section 3(c) of the 10 Act of September 5, 1962, entitled ‘‘An Act to provide 11 for the division of the tribal assets of the Ponca Tribe 12 of Native Americans of Nebraska among the members of 13 the tribe, and for other purposes.’’ (25 U.S.C. 973(c)) is 14 amended by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 15 (t) RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1974.—The 16 Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 17 is amended— 18 (1) in section 2— 19 (A) in subsection (c)— 20 (i) in paragraph (1)(ii), by striking 21 ‘‘(C), in the case of a wife, has in her care 22 (individually or jointly with her husband)’’ 23 and inserting ‘‘(C) has in his or her care 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 20 •HR 2976 IH (individually or jointly with his or her 1 spouse)’’; 2 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘di- 3 vorced wife’’ each place such term appears 4 and inserting ‘‘divorced spouse’’; 5 (iii) in paragraph (3)— 6 (I) by striking ‘‘(i)’’; and 7 (II) by striking ‘‘; and (ii) in the 8 case of a husband, was receiving at 9 least one-half of his support from his 10 wife at the time his wife’s annuity 11 under subsection (a)(1) began’’; 12 (iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘di- 13 vorced wife’’ each place such term appears 14 and inserting ‘‘divorced spouse’’; and 15 (v) in the matter following paragraph 16 (4), by striking ‘‘divorced wife’s annuity’’ 17 and inserting ‘‘divorced spouse’s annuity’’; 18 (B) in subsection (d)— 19 (i) in paragraph (1)— 20 (I) in clause (i)— 21 (aa) by striking ‘‘a widow 22 (as defined in section 216 (c) and 23 (k) of the Social Security Act) or 24 widower (as defined in section 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 21 •HR 2976 IH 216 (g) and (k) of the Social Se- 1 curity Act)’’ and inserting ‘‘a 2 surviving spouse (as defined in 3 section 216(a) of the Social Secu- 4 rity Act)’’; and 5 (bb) by striking ‘‘, and who, 6 in the case of a widower, was re- 7 ceiving at least one-half his sup- 8 port from the deceased employee 9 at the time of her death or at the 10 time her annuity under sub- 11 section (a)(1) began’’; 12 (II) in clause (ii)— 13 (aa) by striking ‘‘a widow 14 (as defined in section 216 (c) and 15 (k) of the Social Security Act)’’ 16 and inserting ‘‘a surviving spouse 17 (as defined in section 216(a) of 18 the Social Security Act)’’; and 19 (bb) by inserting ‘‘his or’’ 20 before ‘‘her’’; 21 (III) in clause (iv), by striking 22 ‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting 23 ‘‘surviving spouse’’; and 24 (IV) in clause (v)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 22 •HR 2976 IH (aa) by striking ‘‘The widow 1 (as defined in section 216(c) of 2 the Social Security Act)’’ and in- 3 serting ‘‘the surviving spouse (as 4 defined in section 216(a) of the 5 Social Security Act)’’; 6 (bb) by striking ‘‘wife (as 7 defined in section 216(d)’’ and 8 inserting ‘‘spouse (as defined in 9 section 216(a)’’; 10 (cc) by striking ‘‘mother (as 11 defined’’ and inserting ‘‘parent 12 (as defined’’; 13 (dd) by striking ‘‘widow, 14 surviving divorced wife, or sur- 15 viving divorced mother’’ each 16 place such term appears and in- 17 serting ‘‘surviving spouse, sur- 18 viving divorced spouse, or sur- 19 viving divorced parent’’; and 20 (ee) by striking ‘‘202(f)’’ 21 and inserting ‘‘202(e)’’; 22 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 23 (I) by striking ‘‘, (B) in the case 24 of a widow, the last month for which 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 23 •HR 2976 IH she was entitled to an annuity under 1 paragraph (ii) of subdivision (1) as 2 the widow of the deceased employee,’’; 3 and 4 (II) by striking ‘‘widow or wid- 5 ower’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 6 spouse’’; 7 (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 8 ‘‘widow, widower, or child’’ and inserting 9 ‘‘surviving spouse or child’’; and 10 (iv) in paragraph (4)— 11 (I) by striking ‘‘wife, husband, 12 widow, widower’’ and inserting 13 ‘‘spouse, surviving spouse’’; 14 (II) by striking ‘‘or (c)’’; 15 (III) by striking ‘‘subsection, (e), 16 (f), or (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 17 (e) or (g)’’; and 18 (IV) by striking 19 ‘‘202(d)(7)(c)(i)’’ and inserting 20 ‘‘202(d)(7)(C)(i)’’; 21 (C) in subsection (e)(5), by striking ‘‘di- 22 vorced wife’’ and inserting ‘‘divorced spouse’’; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 24 •HR 2976 IH (D) in subsection (f)(2), by striking 1 ‘‘wife’s’’ each place such term appears and in- 2 serting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 3 (E) in subsection (h)(3), by striking ‘‘wife’’ 4 and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 5 (2) in section 3— 6 (A) in subsection (f)— 7 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 8 ‘‘wife’s or husband’s’’ and inserting 9 ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 10 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 11 ‘‘wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 12 (B) in subsection (h)— 13 (i) by striking ‘‘wife, husband, widow, 14 or widower’’ each place such term appears 15 and inserting ‘‘spouse or surviving 16 spouse’’; and 17 (ii) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, 18 widow’s, or widower’s’’ and inserting 19 ‘‘spouse’s or surviving spouse’s’’; 20 (3) in section 4— 21 (A) in subsection (a)— 22 (i) in paragraph (1)— 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 25 •HR 2976 IH (I) by striking ‘‘divorced wife’’ 1 each place such term appears and in- 2 serting ‘‘divorced spouse’’; and 3 (II) by striking ‘‘wife’s insurance 4 benefit or the husband’s insurance 5 benefit’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’s in- 6 surance benefit’’; and 7 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sec- 8 tion 202(a), section 202(b), or section 9 202(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 202(a) or 10 section 202(c)’’; 11 (B) in subsection (e)— 12 (i) by striking ‘‘wife’s or husband’s in- 13 surance benefit’’ each place such term ap- 14 pears and inserting ‘‘spouse’s insurance 15 benefit’’; and 16 (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking 17 ‘‘wife’s and husband’s’’ and inserting 18 ‘‘spouse’s’’; 19 (C) in subsection (f)— 20 (i) in paragraph (1)— 21 (I) by striking ‘‘widow’s insur- 22 ance benefit, widower’s insurance ben- 23 efit, mother’s insurance benefits, par- 24 ent’s insurance benefit, or child’s in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 26 •HR 2976 IH surance benefit’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 1 viving spouse’s insurance benefit, par- 2 ent’s insurance benefit, or child’s in- 3 surance benefit’’; 4 (II) by striking ‘‘widow or wid- 5 ower’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 6 spouse’’; and 7 (III) by striking ‘‘widow’s insur- 8 ance benefit or widower’s insurance 9 benefit payable under section 202(e) 10 or 202(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 11 spouse’s insurance benefit payable 12 under section 202(e)’’; 13 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 14 (I) by striking ‘‘widow or wid- 15 ower’’ each place such term appears 16 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 17 (II) in clause (ii), by striking 18 ‘‘widow’s insurance benefit, a wid- 19 ower’s insurance benefit, or’’ and in- 20 serting ‘‘surviving spouse’s benefit 21 or’’; and 22 (III) in clause (iii), by striking 23 ‘‘widow, surviving divorced wife, or 24 surviving divorced mother’’ and insert- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 27 •HR 2976 IH ing ‘‘surviving spouse, surviving di- 1 vorced spouse, or surviving divorced 2 parent’’; and 3 (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 4 ‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 5 viving spouse’’; 6 (D) in subsection (g)— 7 (i) in paragraph (1)(i), by striking 8 ‘‘widow or widower’’ each place such term 9 appears and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 10 (ii) in paragraph (4)— 11 (I) by striking ‘‘widow or wid- 12 ower’’ each place such term appears 13 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; and 14 (II) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid- 15 ower’s’’ each place such term appears 16 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 17 (iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 18 ‘‘widow, surviving divorced wife, or sur- 19 viving divorced mother’’ and inserting 20 ‘‘surviving spouse, surviving divorced 21 spouse, or surviving divorced parent’’; and 22 (iv) in paragraph (10)— 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 28 •HR 2976 IH (I) by striking ‘‘widow or wid- 1 ower’’ each place such term appears 2 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 3 (II) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid- 4 ower’s’’ each place such term appears 5 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 6 and 7 (III) in clause (ii), by striking 8 ‘‘widow or widower’s’’ and inserting 9 ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 10 (E) in subsection (h)— 11 (i) in paragraph (1)— 12 (I) by striking ‘‘widow or wid- 13 ower’’ each place such term appears 14 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 15 (II) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid- 16 ower’s’’ each place such term appears 17 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 18 and 19 (III) by striking ‘‘or 202(f)’’; and 20 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 21 ‘‘widow, surviving divorced wife, or sur- 22 viving divorced mother’’ and inserting 23 ‘‘surviving spouse, surviving divorced 24 spouse, or surviving divorced parent’’; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 29 •HR 2976 IH (F) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘spouse 1 or divorced wife’’ each place such term appears 2 and inserting ‘‘spouse or divorced spouse’’; 3 (4) in section 5— 4 (A) in subsection (a)— 5 (i) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘wife, 6 husband, widow, or widower’’ and inserting 7 ‘‘spouse or surviving spouse’’; and 8 (ii) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘wife’s 9 or husband’s’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; 10 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘widow 11 or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 12 (C) in subsection (c)— 13 (i) in paragraph (3)— 14 (I) by striking ‘‘wife’’ each place 15 such term appears and inserting 16 ‘‘spouse’’; and 17 (II) by inserting ‘‘his or’’ before 18 ‘‘her’’; 19 (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking 20 ‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 21 viving spouse’’; 22 (iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 23 ‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 24 viving spouse’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 30 •HR 2976 IH (iv) in paragraph (6)— 1 (I) by striking ‘‘widow’’ and in- 2 serting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 3 (II) by striking ‘‘she dies’’ and 4 inserting ‘‘such surviving spouse 5 dies’’; 6 (III) by striking ‘‘she remarries’’ 7 and inserting ‘‘such surviving spouse 8 remarries’’; and 9 (IV) by striking ‘‘she no longer’’ 10 and inserting ‘‘such surviving spouse 11 no longer’’; and 12 (v) in paragraph (9)(B), by striking 13 ‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 14 viving spouse’s’’; 15 (5) in section 6— 16 (A) in subsection (a)— 17 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 18 ‘‘widow or widower’’ each place such term 19 appears and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 20 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 21 ‘‘widow or widower’’ each place such term 22 appears and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 23 (iii) in paragraph (3)— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 31 •HR 2976 IH (I) by striking ‘‘wife’’ and insert- 1 ing ‘‘spouse’’; and 2 (II) by striking ‘‘wife’s’’ and in- 3 serting ‘‘spouse’s’’; 4 (iv) in paragraph (6), by striking 5 ‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 6 viving spouse’’; and 7 (v) in paragraph (7), by striking 8 ‘‘widow, widower’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 9 spouse’’; 10 (B) in subsection (b)— 11 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 12 ‘‘wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 13 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 14 (I) by striking ‘‘widow surviving 15 divorced wife, widower’’ and inserting 16 ‘‘no surviving spouse, surviving di- 17 vorced spouse’’; and 18 (II) by striking ‘‘widow or wid- 19 ower’’ each place such term appears 20 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 21 (C) in subsection (c)— 22 (i) in paragraph (1)— 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 32 •HR 2976 IH (I) by striking ‘‘widow, widower, 1 or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 2 spouse or parent’’; 3 (II) in clause (i), by striking 4 ‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting 5 ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 6 (III) in clause (ii), by striking 7 ‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting 8 ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 9 (IV) in clause (iii), by striking 10 ‘‘widow, widower, or child’’ and insert- 11 ing ‘‘surviving spouse or child’’; 12 (V) in clause (iv), by striking 13 ‘‘widow, widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 14 viving spouse’’; 15 (VI) in clause (v), by striking 16 ‘‘widow, widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 17 viving spouse’’; 18 (VII) in clause (vi), by striking 19 ‘‘widow, widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 20 viving spouse’’; and 21 (VIII) in the matter following 22 clause (vi), by striking ‘‘widow, wid- 23 ower, or parent’’ each place such term 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 33 •HR 2976 IH appears and inserting ‘‘surviving 1 spouse or parent’’; and 2 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 3 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik- 4 ing ‘‘divorced wife’’ and inserting 5 ‘‘surviving divorced spouse’’; 6 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 7 striking ‘‘widow’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 8 viving spouse’’; and 9 (III) in the matter following sub- 10 paragraph (B), by striking ‘‘divorced 11 wife’’ and inserting ‘‘survivor’’; 12 (D) in subsection (d)(1), by striking 13 ‘‘widow or widower’’ each place such term ap- 14 pears and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; and 15 (E) in subsection (e)(1), by striking 16 ‘‘widow or widower’’ each place such term ap- 17 pears and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 18 (6) in section 7— 19 (A) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking 20 ‘‘wife or divorced wife or husband’’ and insert- 21 ing ‘‘spouse or divorced spouse’’; and 22 (B) in subsection (d)(2)(i), by striking ‘‘in 23 the case of a spouse or divorced wife, had such 24 spouse’s husband or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘in the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 34 •HR 2976 IH case of a spouse or divorced spouse, had such 1 person’s spouse’’; and 2 (7) in section 19(a)— 3 (A) by striking ‘‘wife’s insurance benefits 4 payable to a wife, husband’s insurance benefits’’ 5 and inserting ‘‘spouse’s insurance benefits’’; 6 and 7 (B) by striking ‘‘widow’s insurance benefits 8 payable to a widow, widower’s insurance bene- 9 fits, mother’s insurance benefits payable to a 10 widow’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s bene- 11 fits payable to a surviving spouse, parent’s in- 12 surance benefits payable to a surviving spouse’’. 13 (u) SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT ACT OF 1958.— 14 Section 503(a)(2) of the Small Business Investment Act 15 of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697(a)(2)) is amended by striking 16 ‘‘wife, husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 17 (v) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—The Social Security Act 18 (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended— 19 (1) in section 202— 20 (A) in subsection (b)— 21 (i) in the heading, by striking 22 ‘‘Wife’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Spouse’s’’; 23 (ii) by striking ‘‘wife’’ each place such 24 term appears and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:55 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 35 •HR 2976 IH (iii) in paragraph (1)— 1 (I) by striking ‘‘(as defined in 2 section 216(b))’’; 3 (II) by striking ‘‘(as defined in 4 section 216(d))’’; 5 (III) in subparagraph (B), by 6 striking ‘‘her’’ and inserting ‘‘such 7 spouse’s’’; 8 (IV) in subparagraph (D)(i), by 9 striking ‘‘she’’ and inserting ‘‘such 10 spouse or divorced spouse’’; 11 (V) in the matter following sub- 12 paragraph (D)(ii)(II), by inserting be- 13 fore ‘‘she’’ each place such word ap- 14 pears the following: ‘‘he or’’; 15 (VI) in subparagraph (E), by 16 striking ‘‘she’’ and inserting ‘‘such 17 spouse’’; 18 (VII) in subparagraph (G), by 19 striking ‘‘she’’ each place such term 20 appears and inserting ‘‘such spouse’’; 21 (VIII) in subparagraph (H), by 22 inserting ‘‘he or’’ before ‘‘she’’; and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 36 •HR 2976 IH (IX) in subparagraph (J), by 1 striking ‘‘she’’ and inserting ‘‘such 2 spouse’’; and 3 (iv) in paragraph (2)— 4 (I) by inserting before ‘‘her’’ 5 each place such term appears ‘‘his 6 or’’; and 7 (II) by striking ‘‘husband’’ each 8 place such term appears and inserting 9 ‘‘spouse’’; 10 (B) by striking subsection (c); 11 (C) in subsection (e)— 12 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Wid- 13 ow’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Surviving spouse’s’’; 14 (ii) in paragraph (1)— 15 (I) in the matter preceding sub- 16 paragraph (A)— 17 (aa) by striking ‘‘widow (as 18 defined in section 216(c))’’ and 19 inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 20 (bb) by striking ‘‘wife (as 21 defined in section 216(d))’’ and 22 inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 23 (cc) by striking ‘‘widow or 24 surviving divorced wife’’ and in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 37 •HR 2976 IH serting ‘‘surviving spouse or sur- 1 viving divorced spouse’’; 2 (II) in subparagraph (C)— 3 (aa) in clause (i), by striking 4 ‘‘widow’s’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 5 viving spouse’s’’; 6 (bb) in clause (ii)— 7 (AA) in the matter pre- 8 ceding subclause (I), by 9 striking ‘‘wife’s’’ and insert- 10 ing ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 11 (BB) in subclause (III), 12 by inserting ‘‘he or’’ before 13 ‘‘she’’ and by inserting ‘‘him 14 or’’ before ‘‘her’’; and 15 (cc) in clause (iii), by insert- 16 ing ‘‘father’s or’’ before ‘‘moth- 17 er’s’’; 18 (III) in the matter preceding sub- 19 paragraph (E), by striking ‘‘widow’s’’ 20 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 21 (IV) in subparagraph (E), by in- 22 serting before ‘‘she’’ each place such 23 word appears the following: ‘‘he or’’; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 38 •HR 2976 IH (V) in subparagraph (F), by in- 1 serting before ‘‘she’’ each place such 2 word appears the following: ‘‘he or’’; 3 and 4 (VI) in the matter following sub- 5 paragraph (F)(ii) by inserting before 6 ‘‘she’’ each place such word appears 7 the following: ‘‘he or’’; 8 (iii) in paragraph (2)— 9 (I) by striking ‘‘widow’s insur- 10 ance’’ each place such term appears 11 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s in- 12 surance’’; 13 (II) by striking ‘‘surviving di- 14 vorced wife’’ each place such term ap- 15 pears and inserting ‘‘surviving di- 16 vorced spouse’’; and 17 (III) by striking ‘‘widow’’ each 18 place such term appears and inserting 19 ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 20 (iv) in paragraph (3)— 21 (I) by striking ‘‘widow’’ each 22 place such term appears and inserting 23 ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 39 •HR 2976 IH (II) by striking ‘‘surviving di- 1 vorced wife’’ each place such term ap- 2 pears and inserting ‘‘surviving di- 3 vorced spouse’’; and 4 (III) by inserting ‘‘he or’’ before 5 ‘‘she’’; 6 (v) in paragraph (4)— 7 (I) by inserting before ‘‘her’’ 8 each place such term appears the fol- 9 lowing: ‘‘his or’’; 10 (II) by inserting before ‘‘she’’ 11 each place such term appears the fol- 12 lowing ‘‘he or’’; 13 (III) by striking ‘‘widow or sur- 14 viving divorced wife’’ and inserting 15 ‘‘surviving spouse or surviving di- 16 vorced spouse’’; and 17 (IV) in subparagraph (B), by in- 18 serting ‘‘or father’s’’ before ‘‘insur- 19 ance’’; 20 (vi) in paragraph (5)— 21 (I) by striking ‘‘widow or sur- 22 viving divorced wife’’ each place such 23 term appears and inserting ‘‘surviving 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 40 •HR 2976 IH spouse or surviving divorced spouse’’; 1 and 2 (II) in subparagraph (A)— 3 (aa) in clause (i), by insert- 4 ing ‘‘he or’’ before ‘‘she’’; and 5 (bb) in clause (ii)(I), by in- 6 serting ‘‘his or’’ before ‘‘her’’; 7 and 8 (vii) in the matter following para- 9 graph (7)(B), by striking ‘‘she’’ and insert- 10 ing ‘‘such individual’’; 11 (D) by striking subsection (f); 12 (E) in the matter following subsection 13 (i)(2), by striking ‘‘wife’s or husband’s’’ and in- 14 serting ‘‘spouse’s’’; 15 (F) in subsection (j)(4)(B)(i)— 16 (i) by striking ‘‘widow, surviving di- 17 vorced wife or widower’’ and inserting 18 ‘‘surviving spouse or surviving divorced 19 spouse’’; 20 (ii) by striking ‘‘widow or widower’’ 21 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; and 22 (iii) by striking ‘‘surviving divorced 23 wife’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving divorced 24 spouse’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 41 •HR 2976 IH (G) in subsection (q)— 1 (i) in paragraph (1)— 2 (I) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, 3 widow’s, or widower’s’’ and inserting 4 ‘‘spouse’s, or surviving spouse’s’’; and 5 (II) in subparagraph (A)— 6 (aa) by striking ‘‘wife’s or 7 husband’s’’ and inserting 8 ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 9 (bb) by striking ‘‘widow’s or 10 widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 11 viving spouse’s’’; 12 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 13 (I) in subparagraph (A)— 14 (aa) by striking ‘‘wife’s, hus- 15 band’s, widow’s, or widower’s’’ 16 and inserting ‘‘spouse’s or sur- 17 viving spouse’s’’; 18 (bb) by striking ‘‘wife’s or 19 husband’s’’ and inserting 20 ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 21 (cc) by striking ‘‘widow’s or 22 widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 23 viving spouse’s’’; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 42 •HR 2976 IH (II) in the matter following sub- 1 paragraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘wife’s, 2 husband’s, widow’s, or widower’s’’ and 3 inserting ‘‘spouse’s or surviving 4 spouse’s’’; 5 (III) in subparagraph (B), by 6 striking ‘‘wife’s or husband’s’’ each 7 place such term appears and inserting 8 ‘‘spouse’s’’; 9 (IV) in subparagraph (C), by 10 striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, widow’s, 11 or widower’s’’ each place such term 12 appears and inserting ‘‘spouse’s or 13 surviving spouse’s’’; 14 (V) in subparagraph (D), by 15 striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, widow’s, 16 or widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’s 17 or surviving spouse’s’’; and 18 (VI) in subparagraph (E), by 19 striking ‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’ each 20 place such term appears and inserting 21 ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 22 (iii) in paragraph (5)— 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 43 •HR 2976 IH (I) by striking ‘‘wife’s or hus- 1 band’s’’ each place such word appears 2 and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 3 (II) in subparagraph (D), by 4 striking ‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’ and 5 inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 6 (iv) in paragraph (6)— 7 (I) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, 8 widow’s, or widower’s’’ and inserting 9 ‘‘spouse’s, or surviving spouse’s’’; and 10 (II) in subparagraph (A)— 11 (aa) in clause (ii), by strik- 12 ing ‘‘wife’s or husband’s’’ and in- 13 serting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 14 (bb) in clause (iii), by strik- 15 ing ‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’ and 16 inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 17 (v) in paragraph (7)— 18 (I) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, 19 widow’s, or widower’s’’ and inserting 20 ‘‘spouse’s, or surviving spouse’s’’; 21 (II) by striking ‘‘wife’s or hus- 22 band’s’’ each place such term appears 23 and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 44 •HR 2976 IH (III) as amended by subclause 1 (I), by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid- 2 ower’s’’ each place such term appears 3 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 4 (vi) in paragraph (9)— 5 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik- 6 ing ‘‘old-age insurance benefits, wife’s 7 insurance benefits, and husband’s in- 8 surance benefits’’ and inserting ‘‘old- 9 age insurance benefits and spouse’s 10 insurance benefits’’; and 11 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 12 striking ‘‘widow’s insurance benefits 13 and widower’s insurance benefits’’ and 14 inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s insur- 15 ance benefits’’; and 16 (vii) in paragraph (10)— 17 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik- 18 ing ‘‘old-age, wife’s, and husband’s’’ 19 and inserting ‘‘old-age and spouse’s’’; 20 and 21 (II) by striking ‘‘widow’s and 22 widower’s’’ each place such term ap- 23 pears and inserting ‘‘surviving 24 spouse’s’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 45 •HR 2976 IH (H) in subsection (r)— 1 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Wife’s 2 or Husband’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Spouse’s’’; 3 (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking 4 ‘‘wife’s or husband’s’’ each place such term 5 appears and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 6 (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 7 ‘‘wife’s or husband’s’’ and inserting 8 ‘‘spouse’s’’; and 9 (I) in subsection (t)(11)(B), by striking ‘‘a 10 wife, a husband, a widow, a widower, a divorced 11 wife, a divorced husband, a surviving divorced 12 wife, a surviving divorced husband’’ and insert- 13 ing ‘‘a spouse, a surviving spouse, a surviving 14 divorced spouse’’; 15 (2) in section 203— 16 (A) in subsection (c)— 17 (i) in paragraph (2)— 18 (I) by striking ‘‘wife or husband’’ 19 and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 20 (II) by striking ‘‘wife’s or hus- 21 band’s’’ each place such term appears 22 and inserting ‘‘spouse’s’’; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 46 •HR 2976 IH (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 1 ‘‘widow or widower’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 2 viving divorced spouse’’; and 3 (iii) in the matter following subpara- 4 graph (4)— 5 (I) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid- 6 ower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 7 spouse’s’’; and 8 (II) by striking ‘‘widow, surviving 9 divorced wife, widower, or surviving 10 divorced husband’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 11 viving spouse or surviving divorced 12 spouse’’; 13 (B) in subsection (d)— 14 (i) by striking ‘‘wife’s, husband’s, or 15 child’s’’ each place such term appears and 16 inserting ‘‘spouse’s or child’s’’; and 17 (ii) by striking ‘‘wife, divorced wife, 18 husband, divorced husband’’ and inserting 19 ‘‘spouse or divorced spouse’’; and 20 (C) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘wid- 21 ow’s or widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 22 spouse’s’’; 23 (3) in section 205— 24 (A) in subsection (b)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 47 •HR 2976 IH (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 1 ‘‘wife, divorced wife, widow, surviving di- 2 vorced wife, surviving divorced mother, 3 surviving divorced father, husband, di- 4 vorced husband, widower, surviving di- 5 vorced husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse, di- 6 vorced spouse, surviving spouse, surviving 7 divorced spouse, surviving mother, sur- 8 viving father’’; and 9 (ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 10 ‘‘child’s, widow’s, or widower’s’’ and insert- 11 ing ‘‘child’s or surviving spouse’s’’; 12 (B) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking 13 ‘‘spouse, surviving divorced wife, surviving di- 14 vorced husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse, sur- 15 viving divorced spouse’’; 16 (C) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘wife or 17 husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 18 (D) in subsection (j)(8), by striking 19 ‘‘child’s, widow’s, or widower’s’’ and inserting 20 ‘‘child’s or surviving spouse’s’’; and 21 (E) in subsection (q)(5)— 22 (i) by striking ‘‘wife, husband or 23 child’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or child’’; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 48 •HR 2976 IH (ii) by striking ‘‘widow or widower’’ 1 and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’’; 2 (4) in section 215(h)— 3 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘him, his 4 wife, and his children, or, if he has died, to his 5 widow and children’’ and inserting ‘‘him, his 6 spouse, and his children, or, if he has died, to 7 his surviving spouse and children’’; and 8 (B) in paragraph (2)— 9 (i) by striking ‘‘himself, his wife, and 10 his children’’ and inserting ‘‘himself, his 11 spouse, and his children’’; and 12 (ii) by striking ‘‘his widow, if any’’ 13 and inserting ‘‘his surviving spouse, if 14 any’’; 15 (5) in section 216— 16 (A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 17 the following new paragraph: 18 ‘‘(3) The term ‘surviving divorced spouse’ 19 means a surviving divorced wife or a surviving di- 20 vorced husband.’’; 21 (B) in subsection (d), by adding at the end 22 the following new paragraph: 23 ‘‘(9) The term ‘divorced spouse’ means a di- 24 vorced wife or a divorced husband.’’; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 49 •HR 2976 IH (C) in subsection (l)(2)— 1 (i) by striking ‘‘old-age, wife’s, or hus- 2 band’s’’ and inserting ‘‘old-age or 3 spouse’s’’; and 4 (ii) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid- 5 ower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 6 (6) in section 222— 7 (A) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 8 ‘‘202(d), 202(e), or 202(f)’’ and inserting 9 ‘‘202(d), or 202(e)’’; and 10 (B) in subsection (d)(1)— 11 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 12 ‘‘widow’s’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 13 spouse’s’’; and 14 (ii) by striking subparagraph (D); 15 (7) in section 225(a), by striking ‘‘or that a 16 widow or surviving divorced wife who has not at- 17 tained age 60 and is entitled to benefits under sec- 18 tion 202(e), or that a widower or surviving divorced 19 husband who has not attained age 60 and is entitled 20 to benefits under section 202(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘or 21 that a surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse 22 who has not attained age 60 and is entitled to bene- 23 fits under section 202(e)’’; 24 (8) in section 226— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 50 •HR 2976 IH (A) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(iii), by striking 1 ‘‘widow’s insurance benefits under section 2 202(e) or widower’s insurance benefits under 3 section 202(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 4 spouse’s insurance benefits under section 5 202(e)’’; 6 (B) in the matter following subsection 7 (b)(2)(C)(ii)(II), by striking ‘‘in the last sen- 8 tence of section 202(e)(1), and in the last sen- 9 tence of section 202(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘and 10 in the last sentence of section 202(e)(1)’’; and 11 (C) in subsection (e)— 12 (i) in paragraph (1)— 13 (I) in subparagraph (A)— 14 (aa) by striking ‘‘widows 15 and widowers’’ and inserting 16 ‘‘surviving spouses’’; 17 (bb) in clause (i), by striking 18 ‘‘sections 202(e)(1)(B)(ii), 19 202(e)(4), 202(f)(1)(B)(ii), and 20 202(f)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec- 21 tions 202(e)(1)(B)(ii) and 22 202(e)(4)’’; and 23 (cc) in clause (ii), by strik- 24 ing ‘‘and the phrase ‘before he 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 51 •HR 2976 IH attained age 60’ in the matter 1 following subparagraph (F) of 2 section 202(f)(1) shall each’’ and 3 inserting ‘‘shall’’; and 4 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 5 striking ‘‘widow’s or widower’s’’ and 6 inserting ‘‘surviving spouse’s’’; 7 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 8 (I) by striking ‘‘widow’s insur- 9 ance benefits or widower’s insurance 10 benefits’’ each place such term ap- 11 pears and inserting ‘‘surviving 12 spouse’s insurance benefits’’; and 13 (II) by striking ‘‘widow’s or wid- 14 ower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘surviving 15 spouse’s’’; 16 (iii) in paragraph (3)— 17 (I) by striking ‘‘any disabled 18 widow aged 50 or older who is entitled 19 to mother’s insurance benefits (and 20 who would have been entitled to wid- 21 ow’s insurance benefits by reason of 22 disability if she had filed for such wid- 23 ow’s benefits), and any disabled wid- 24 ower aged 50 or older who is entitled 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 52 •HR 2976 IH to father’s insurance benefits (and 1 who would have been entitled to wid- 2 ower’s insurance benefits by reason of 3 disability if he had filed for such wid- 4 ower’s benefits)’’ and inserting ‘‘any 5 disabled surviving spouse aged 50 or 6 older who is entitled to mother’s or fa- 7 ther’s insurance benefits (and who 8 would have been entitled to surviving 9 spouse’s insurance benefits by reason 10 of disability if he or she had filed for 11 such surviving spouse’s benefits)’’; 12 and 13 (II) by striking ‘‘such widow’s or 14 widower’s’’ and inserting ‘‘such sur- 15 viving spouse’s’’; and 16 (iv) in paragraph (4), by striking 17 ‘‘widow’s or widower’s insurance benefits 18 under section 202(e) or (f)’’ and inserting 19 ‘‘surviving spouse’s benefits under section 20 202(e)’’; 21 (9) in section 227— 22 (A) by striking ‘‘section 202(e) or section 23 202(f)’’ each place such term appears and in- 24 serting ‘‘section 202(e)’’; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 53 •HR 2976 IH (B) by striking ‘‘section 202(b) or section 1 202(c)’’ each place such term appears and in- 2 serting ‘‘section 202(b)’’; 3 (10) in section 228— 4 (A) in subsection (c)— 5 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘hus- 6 band and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married 7 couple’’; 8 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 9 ‘‘husband or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married 10 couple’’; 11 (iii) in paragraph (6), by striking 12 ‘‘husband and wife both of whom’’ and in- 13 serting ‘‘married couple of which both 14 spouses’’; and 15 (iv) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘of 16 a husband and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘of a 17 married couple’’; and 18 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘husband 19 or wife’’ each place such term appears and in- 20 serting ‘‘spouse’’; 21 (11) in section 1107, by striking ‘‘wife, hus- 22 band, widow, widower, divorced wife, divorced hus- 23 band, surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced 24 husband’’ each place such term appears and insert- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:55 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 54 •HR 2976 IH ing ‘‘spouse, surviving spouse, divorced spouse, sur- 1 viving divorced spouse’’; 2 (12) in section 1128(j)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘hus- 3 band or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 4 (13) in section 1611(e)(3)— 5 (A) by striking ‘‘husband and wife are’’ 6 and inserting ‘‘married couple is’’; and 7 (B) as amended by subparagraph (A), by 8 striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ each place such 9 term appears and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; 10 (14) in subsection 1614(b)— 11 (A) by striking ‘‘husband or wife’’ and in- 12 serting ‘‘spouse’’; and 13 (B) by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ and 14 inserting ‘‘a married couple’’; and 15 (15) in section 1631(b)(1)(A)(i), by striking 16 ‘‘husband or wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 17 (w) TITLE 1.—Section 7 of title 1, United States 18 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘one man and one woman 19 as husband and wife, and the word ‘spouse’ refers only 20 to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or wife’’ 21 and inserting ‘‘two people as spouses’’. 22 (x) TITLE 5.—Title 5, United States Code, is amend- 23 ed— 24 (1) in section 2108(3)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 55 •HR 2976 IH (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘wife 1 or husband’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 2 (B) by amending subparagraph (F) to read 3 as follows: 4 ‘‘(F) the parent of an individual who lost 5 his life under honorable conditions while serving 6 in the armed forces during a period named by 7 paragraph (1)(A) of this section;’’; and 8 (C) by amending subparagraph (G) to read 9 as follows: 10 ‘‘(G) the parent of a service-connected per- 11 manently and totally disabled veteran; and’’; 12 (2) in section 3110(a)(3), by striking ‘‘husband, 13 wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 14 (3) in section 5561(3)(A), by striking ‘‘wife’’ 15 and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 16 (4) in section 8110(a)— 17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 18 (i) in the matter before subparagraph 19 (A), by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting 20 ‘‘spouse’’; 21 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 22 ‘‘she’’ and inserting ‘‘the spouse’’; 23 (iii) in subparagraph (B)— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 56 •HR 2976 IH (I) by striking ‘‘she’’ and insert- 1 ing ‘‘the spouse’’; and 2 (II) by striking ‘‘her’’ and insert- 3 ing ‘‘the spouse’s’’; and 4 (iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 5 ‘‘her’’ and inserting ‘‘the spouse’s’’; 6 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 7 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 8 (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 9 (D) as amended by subparagraph (C), in 10 the matter following paragraph (3), by striking 11 ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 12 (2)’’; 13 (5) in section 8133, in the matter following 14 subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘husband or wife’’ and 15 inserting ‘‘spouse’’; and 16 (6) in the matter following section 17 8443(b)(3)(E), by striking ‘‘wife or husband’’ each 18 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 19 (y) TITLE 10.—Section 701(j)(1) of title 10, United 20 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting 21 ‘‘spouse’’. 22 (z) TITLE 11.—Section 522(b)(1) of title 11, United 23 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ 24 and inserting ‘‘married to one another’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 57 •HR 2976 IH (aa) TITLE 18.—Section 879(b)(1)(A) of title 18, 1 United States Code, is amended— 2 (1) by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’; 3 (2) by inserting after ‘‘during his’’ the fol- 4 lowing: ‘‘or her’’; 5 (3) by striking ‘‘widow’’ and inserting ‘‘sur- 6 viving spouse’’; and 7 (4) by inserting before ‘‘her death’’ the fol- 8 lowing: ‘‘his or’’. 9 (bb) TITLE 28.—Section 3014(a) of title 28, United 10 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘husband and wife’’ 11 and inserting ‘‘married to one another’’. 12 (cc) TITLE 38.—Section 101 of title 38, United 13 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘of the opposite sex’’ 14 each place such term appears. 15 (dd) TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT.—Section 31 16 of the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 31) 17 is amended by striking ‘‘wife’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse’’. 18 (ee) WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998.—Sec- 19 tion 101(15) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 20 U.S.C. 2801(15)) is amended— 21 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘husband, 22 wife,’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’; and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:55 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS 58 •HR 2976 IH (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘husband 1 and wife’’ and inserting ‘‘married couple’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:21 Jul 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2976.IH H2976 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS