Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2015
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Social Security Act (SSAct), and other federal laws (including provisions concerning workers' compensation, retirement benefits, disability and death benefits, insurance, inheritances, or immigration) to replace: (1) references to "wife" or "husband" with references to "spouse"; and (2) references to "husband and wife" or "husband or wife" with references to "married couple" or " married person."
For purposes of federal laws or regulations, "marriage" is defined as a legal union between two people as spouses. The bill eliminates a definition of "spouse" that refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.
Requirements concerning compensation to a surviving wife after the disability or death of a person employed at a military, air, or naval base outside the United States are revised to make surviving spouses eligible for such compensation.
Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, provisions concerning the amount of leave available to a husband and wife employed by the same employer are revised to apply to a married couple employed by the same employer.
Requirements under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 that make disability and death benefits payable to the wife or widow of a miner are revised to make the benefits payable to the spouse or surviving spouse of a miner.
IRC provisions that require a divorced wife's gross income to include the income of any trust she is entitled to receive that would otherwise be includible in the gross income of her husband, or vice versa, are revised to apply to the gross income of individuals who are divorced from their spouse.
The bill revises title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the SSAct to consolidate separate provisions for a wife's insurance benefits and a husband's insurance benefits into a single standard for a spouse's insurance benefits.
Criminal penalties that currently apply to persons who threaten to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon a former President's wife or widow are revised to apply to threats made to a former President's spouse or surviving spouse.
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2976 Introduced in House (IH)]
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.
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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 Committee on the Judiciary
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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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Amend the Code for Marriage Equality
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
(a) Act of August 16, 1941.--Section 2(b) of the Act of August 16,
1941, entitled ``An Act to provide compensation for disability or death
to persons employed at military, air, and naval bases outside the
United States.'' (42 U.S.C. 1652(b)) is amended by striking ``wife''
each place such term appears and inserting ``spouse''.
(b) Act of August 4, 1955.--Section 43(a) of the Act of August 4,
1955, entitled ``An Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to
release on behalf of the United States conditions in two deeds
conveying certain submarginal lands to Clemson Agricultural College of
South Carolina so as to permit such college, subject to certain
conditions, to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of such lands.'' (42
U.S.C. 2333(a)) is amended by striking ``husband and wife'' and
inserting ``married couple''.
(c) Act of December 2, 1942.--Section 101(c) of the Act of December
2, 1942, entitled ``An Act to provide compensation for the injury,
disability, death, or enemy detention of employees of contractors with
the United States, and for other purposes.'' (42 U.S.C. 1701(c)) is
amended by striking ``wife or husband'' each place such term appears
and inserting ``spouse''.
(d) Act of February 28, 1891.--Section 5 of the Act of February 28,
1891 (25 U.S.C. 371), is amended by striking ``husband and wife'' and
inserting ``a married couple''.
(e) Act of September 2, 1960.--The Act of September 2, 1960,
entitled ``An Act to provide for continued delivery of water under the
Federal reclamation laws to lands held by husband and wife upon the
death of either'' (43 U.S.C. 423h) is amended--
(1) in the title, by striking ``husband and wife upon the
death of either'' and inserting ``a married couple upon the
death of either spouse''; and
(2) by striking ``husband or wife'' and inserting ``married
person''.
(f) Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949.--The Central
Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in the heading of section 16(c), by striking ``Wives or
Husbands'' and inserting ``Spouses''; and
(2) in section 19(b)(4), by striking ``widow or widower,
former spouse, and/or a child or children as defined in section
204 and section 232 of the Central Intelligence Agency
Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees'' and inserting
``surviving spouse, former spouse, or child as defined in
section 102 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
Act''.
(g) Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act.--The Central
Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.) is
amended--
(1) in section 221(d)(5), by striking ``former wife or
husband of'' and inserting ``person who has been, but is no
longer, married to'';
(2) in section 232(c)(3), by striking ``former wife or
husband of'' and inserting ``person who has been, but is no
longer, married to'';
(3) in section 241--
(A) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (2), by inserting after
``former spouse'' the following: ``(as defined
under section 102)'';
(ii) in paragraph (3)--
(I) in the heading, by striking
``wife or husband'' and inserting
``spouse other than as defined under
section 102''; and
(II) by striking ``former wife or
husband of the former participant'' and
inserting ``person who has been, but is
no longer, married to the former
participant, but who is not a former
spouse as defined under suction 102'';
and
(iii) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking
``former wife or husband'' and inserting
``person'';
(B) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``surviving
wife or husband of such participant'' and inserting
``person who was married to such participant at the
participant's death''; and
(C) in paragraph (d)(2)--
(i) by striking ``surviving former spouse
or surviving former wife or husband of such
participant'' and inserting ``person''; and
(ii) by striking ``to such former spouse or
former wife or husband'' and inserting ``under
such paragraph''; and
(4) in section 304(d)(2), by striking ``widow or widower''
each place such term appears and inserting ``surviving
spouse''.
(h) Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
of 2000.--The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 3628(e)(3)(A), by striking ``wife or husband
of that individual'' and inserting ``person''; and
(2) in section 3630(e)(3)(A), by striking ``wife or husband
of that individual'' and inserting ``person''.
(i) Ethics in Government Act of 1978.--Section 109(16) of the
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 109(16)) is amended by
striking ``husband, wife'' and inserting ``spouse''.
(j) Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.--Section 102(f) of the
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(f)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``husband and wife'' and
inserting ``married couple''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``that husband
and wife'' and inserting ``such spouses''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``husband and
wife'' and inserting ``married couple''.
(k) Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.--Section 313(c)(3)(B) of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114(c)(3)(B)) is
amended by striking ``husband, wife'' and inserting ``spouse''.
(l) Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.--The Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 402--
(A) in subsection (a)(2)--
(i) by striking ``wife who is a member of
the same household of the miner'' and inserting
``spouse who is a member of the same household
as the miner'';
(ii) by striking ``miner for her support''
and inserting ``miner for his or her support'';
(iii) by striking ``whose husband is a
miner who has been ordered by a court to
contribute to her support'' and inserting ``for
whose support the miner has been ordered by a
court to contribute'';
(iv) by striking ``216(b) (1) or (2)'' and
inserting ``216(b)(1) or (2)'';
(v) by striking ``status as the `wife' of a
miner'' and inserting ``status as the `spouse'
of a miner'';
(vi) by striking ```wife' also includes a
`divorced wife' as defined in section
216(d)(1)'' and inserting ```spouse' also
includes a `divorced spouse' as defined in
section 216(d)(9)'';
(vii) by striking ``one-half of her
support'' and inserting ``half of his or her
support''; and
(viii) by inserting ``his or'' before ``her
support from such miner''; and
(B) in subsection (e)--
(i) by striking ``widow includes the wife''
and inserting ``surviving spouse includes the
spouse'';
(ii) by striking ``individual's status as
the `widow''' and inserting ``individual's
status as the `surviving spouse''';
(iii) by striking ``surviving divorced
wife'' and inserting ``surviving divorced
spouse''; and
(iv) by inserting ``his or'' before ``her''
each place such term appears;
(2) in section 411(c)(4)--
(A) by striking ``widow's,'' and inserting
``surviving spouse's,''; and
(B) by striking ``wife's'' and inserting
``spouse's''; and
(3) in section 413(b)--
(A) by striking ``wife's'' and inserting
``surviving spouse's''; and
(B) by striking ``widow,'' and inserting
``surviving spouse,''.
(m) Foreign Service Act of 1980.--The Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in the item relating to the first section 830 in the
table of contents, by striking ``wives and husbands'' and
inserting ``spouses'';
(2) in section 804--
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``former wife or
husband of a participant or former participant'' and
inserting ``person''; and
(B) in paragraph (13), by striking ``surviving wife
or husband of a participant or annuitant who was
married to the'' and inserting ``person who was married
to a'';
(3) in section 815(f)(2), by striking ``wife or husband''
and inserting ``spouse''; and
(4) in the first section 830 (relating to qualified former
wives and husbands)--
(A) in the heading of such section, by striking
``former wives and husbands'' and inserting
``spouses'';
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ``qualified
former wife or husband'' and inserting ``qualified
former spouse''; and
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ``former wife or
husband'' each place such term occurs and inserting
``former spouse''.
(n) Immigration and Nationality Act.--The Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 101(a)(35) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(35))--
(A) by striking ``, `wife', or `husband'''; and
(B) by striking ``, wife, or husband'';
(2) in section 202(b) (8 U.S.C. 1152(b)), by striking
``husband and wife'' and inserting ``spouses'';
(3) in section 278 (8 U.S.C. 1328), by striking ``a husband
or wife shall be admissible and competent evidence against each
other'' and inserting ``an individual shall be admissible and
competent evidence against such individual's spouse''; and
(4) in section 283 (8 U.S.C. 1353), by striking ``wives''
and inserting ``spouses''.
(o) Indian Land Consolidation Act.--Section 207(j)(3)(A)(ii) of the
Indian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2206) is amended by striking
``husband and wife'' and inserting ``the participants as spouses''.
(p) Internal Revenue Code.--The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended--
(1) in the matter following section 21(d)(2)(B), by
striking ``husband and wife'' and inserting ``married couple'';
(2) in section 22(e)(1), by striking ``husband and wife''
and inserting ``married couple'';
(3) in section 38(c)(6)(A), by striking ``husband or wife''
and inserting ``spouse'';
(4) in section 42(j)(5)(C)--
(A) in the heading of clause (i), by striking
``Husband and wife'' and inserting ``Married couple'';
and
(B) in clause (i), by striking ``a husband and
wife'' and inserting ``a married couple'';
(5) in section 62(b)(3)(A), by striking ``husband and
wife'' and inserting ``married couple'';
(6) in section 121--
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``husband and
wife'' and inserting ``married couple''; and
(B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``husband and
wife make'' and inserting ``married couple makes'';
(7) in section 165(h)(4)(B), by striking ``husband and
wife'' and inserting ``married couple'';
(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 husband and
wife'' and inserting ``Spouses'';
(11) in section 274(b)(2)(B), by striking ``husband and
wife'' and inserting ``married couple'';
(12) in the matter following section 643(f)(2), by striking
``husband and wife'' and inserting ``married 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
individual'';
(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'';
(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 children 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
subsection (a) applies'' and inserting ``an
individual who receives income from a trust to
which subsection (a) applies''; and
(iii) by striking ``such wife'' and
inserting ``such individual'';
(14) in section 761(f), by striking ``husband and wife''
each place such term appears and inserting ``married couple'';
(15) in section 911--
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(C)--
(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 ``husband and
wife'' and inserting ``married couple'';
(17) in section 1272(a)(2)(E)(iii)--
(A) in the heading of such clause, by striking
``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 ``husband 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 striking
``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 subtitle B, by
striking ``husband or wife'' and inserting ``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 husband 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 subchapter 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
(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 married
couple''; and
(ii) by striking ``the return of the
husband and wife'' and inserting ``the return
of both spouses'';
(D) in subsection (c), by striking ``the husband
and wife'' and inserting ``the spouses''; and
(E) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``husband and
wife'' and inserting ``a married couple'';
(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)--
(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 ``husband 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 ``husband and
wife'' and inserting ``married couple'';
(34) in section 7701(a), by amending paragraph (17) to read
as follows:
``(17) Divorced spouses.--As used in sections 682 and 2516,
if the married couple therein 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' Compensation 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 husband'' 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 inserting
``spouse''; and
(B) in subsection (g), by striking ``wife'' each
place such term appears and inserting ``spouse''.
(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
``divorced wife'' each place such term appears
and inserting ``divorced spouse'';
(iii) in paragraph (3)--
(I) by striking ``(i)''; and
(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
``divorced 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 Security Act)'' and
inserting ``a surviving spouse
(as defined in section 216(a)
of the Social Security Act)'';
and
(bb) by striking ``, and
who, in the case of a widower,
was receiving at least one-half
his support from the deceased
employee at the time of her
death or at the time her
annuity under subsection (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 inserting ``the
surviving spouse (as defined in
section 216(a) of the Social
Security Act)'';
(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
surviving divorced mother''
each place such term appears
and inserting ``surviving
spouse, surviving divorced
spouse, or surviving 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
(II) by striking ``widow or
widower'' 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 ``divorced
wife'' and inserting ``divorced spouse'';
(D) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``wife's''
each place such term appears and inserting
``spouse's''; and
(E) in subsection (h)(3), by striking ``wife'' and
inserting ``spouse'';
(2) in section 3--
(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
inserting ``divorced spouse''; and
(II) by striking ``wife's insurance
benefit or the husband's insurance
benefit'' and inserting ``spouse's
insurance benefit''; and
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking
``section 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
insurance benefit'' each place such term
appears 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 insurance
benefit, widower's insurance benefit,
mother's insurance benefits, parent's
insurance benefit, or child's insurance
benefit'' and inserting ``surviving
spouse's insurance benefit, parent's
insurance benefit, or child's insurance
benefit'';
(II) by striking ``widow or
widower'' and inserting ``surviving
spouse''; and
(III) by striking ``widow's
insurance 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
widower'' each place such term appears
and inserting ``surviving spouse'';
(II) in clause (ii), by striking
``widow's insurance benefit, a
widower's insurance benefit, or'' and
inserting ``surviving spouse's benefit
or''; and
(III) in clause (iii), by striking
``widow, surviving divorced wife, or
surviving divorced mother'' and
inserting ``surviving spouse, surviving
divorced spouse, or surviving divorced
parent''; and
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ``widow
or widower'' and inserting ``surviving
spouse'';
(D) in subsection (g)--
(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
widower'' each place such term appears
and inserting ``surviving spouse''; and
(II) by striking ``widow's or
widower's'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``surviving
spouse's'';
(iii) in paragraph (5), by striking
``widow, surviving divorced wife, or surviving
divorced mother'' and inserting ``surviving
spouse, surviving divorced spouse, or surviving
divorced parent''; and
(iv) in paragraph (10)--
(I) by striking ``widow or
widower'' each place such term appears
and inserting ``surviving spouse'';
(II) by striking ``widow's or
widower's'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``surviving
spouse's''; and
(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
widower'' each place such term appears
and inserting ``surviving spouse'';
(II) by striking ``widow's or
widower'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 surviving 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)--
(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 ``surviving
spouse'';
(iii) in paragraph (5), by striking ``widow
or widower'' and inserting ``surviving
spouse'';
(iv) in paragraph (6)--
(I) by striking ``widow'' and
inserting ``surviving spouse'';
(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
``surviving 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
inserting ``spouse''; and
(II) by striking ``wife's'' and
inserting ``spouse's'';
(iv) in paragraph (6), by striking ``widow
or widower'' and inserting ``surviving
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
divorced spouse''; and
(II) by striking ``widow or
widower'' 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'';
(III) in clause (ii), by striking
``widow or widower'' and inserting
``surviving spouse'';
(IV) in clause (iii), by striking
``widow, widower, or child'' and
inserting ``surviving spouse or
child'';
(V) in clause (iv), by striking
``widow, widower'' and inserting
``surviving spouse'';
(VI) in clause (v), by striking
``widow, widower'' and inserting
``surviving spouse'';
(VII) in clause (vi), by striking
``widow, widower'' and inserting
``surviving spouse''; and
(VIII) in the matter following
clause (vi), by striking ``widow,
widower, or parent'' each place such
term appears and inserting ``surviving
spouse or parent''; and
(ii) in paragraph (3)--
(I) in subparagraph (A), by
striking ``divorced wife'' and
inserting ``surviving divorced
spouse'';
(II) in subparagraph (B), by
striking ``widow'' and inserting
``surviving spouse''; and
(III) in the matter following
subparagraph (B), by striking
``divorced wife'' and inserting
``survivor'';
(D) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``widow or
widower'' each place such term appears and inserting
``surviving spouse''; and
(E) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ``widow or
widower'' each place such term appears and inserting
``surviving spouse'';
(6) in section 7--
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ``wife or
divorced wife or husband'' and inserting ``spouse or
divorced spouse''; and
(B) in subsection (d)(2)(i), by striking ``in the
case of a spouse or divorced wife, had such spouse's
husband or wife'' and inserting ``in the case of a
spouse or divorced spouse, had such person's spouse'';
and
(7) in section 19(a)--
(A) by striking ``wife's insurance benefits payable
to a wife, husband's insurance benefits'' and inserting
``spouse's insurance benefits''; and
(B) by striking ``widow's insurance benefits
payable to a widow, widower's insurance benefits,
mother's insurance benefits payable to a widow'' and
inserting ``surviving spouse's benefits payable to a
surviving spouse, parent's insurance benefits payable
to a surviving spouse''.
(u) Small Business Investment Act of 1958.--Section 503(a)(2) of
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697(a)(2)) is
amended by striking ``wife, husband'' and inserting ``spouse''.
(v) Social Security Act.--The Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et
seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 202--
(A) in subsection (b)--
(i) in the heading, by striking ``Wife's''
and inserting ``Spouse's'';
(ii) by striking ``wife'' each place such
term appears and inserting ``spouse'';
(iii) in paragraph (1)--
(I) by striking ``(as defined in
section 216(b))'';
(II) by striking ``(as defined in
section 216(d))'';
(III) in subparagraph (B), by
striking ``her'' and inserting ``such
spouse's'';
(IV) in subparagraph (D)(i), by
striking ``she'' and inserting ``such
spouse or divorced spouse'';
(V) in the matter following
subparagraph (D)(ii)(II), by inserting
before ``she'' each place such word
appears the following: ``he or'';
(VI) in subparagraph (E), by
striking ``she'' and inserting ``such
spouse'';
(VII) in subparagraph (G), by
striking ``she'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``such spouse'';
(VIII) in subparagraph (H), by
inserting ``he or'' before ``she''; and
(IX) in subparagraph (J), by
striking ``she'' and inserting ``such
spouse''; and
(iv) in paragraph (2)--
(I) by inserting before ``her''
each place such term appears ``his
or''; and
(II) by striking ``husband'' each
place such term appears and inserting
``spouse'';
(B) by striking subsection (c);
(C) in subsection (e)--
(i) in the heading, by striking ``Widow's''
and inserting ``Surviving spouse's'';
(ii) in paragraph (1)--
(I) in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A)--
(aa) by striking ``widow
(as defined in section
216(c))'' and inserting
``surviving spouse'';
(bb) by striking ``wife (as
defined in section 216(d))''
and inserting ``spouse''; and
(cc) by striking ``widow or
surviving divorced wife'' and
inserting ``surviving spouse or
surviving divorced spouse'';
(II) in subparagraph (C)--
(aa) in clause (i), by
striking ``widow's'' and
inserting ``surviving
spouse's'';
(bb) in clause (ii)--
(AA) in the matter
preceding subclause
(I), by striking
``wife's'' and
inserting ``spouse's'';
and
(BB) in subclause
(III), by inserting
``he or'' before
``she'' and by
inserting ``him or''
before ``her''; and
(cc) in clause (iii), by
inserting ``father's or''
before ``mother's'';
(III) in the matter preceding
subparagraph (E), by striking
``widow's'' and inserting ``surviving
spouse's'';
(IV) in subparagraph (E), by
inserting before ``she'' each place
such word appears the following: ``he
or'';
(V) in subparagraph (F), by
inserting before ``she'' each place
such word appears the following: ``he
or''; and
(VI) in the matter following
subparagraph (F)(ii) by inserting
before ``she'' each place such word
appears the following: ``he or'';
(iii) in paragraph (2)--
(I) by striking ``widow's
insurance'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``surviving
spouse's insurance'';
(II) by striking ``surviving
divorced wife'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``surviving
divorced 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
divorced wife'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``surviving
divorced spouse''; and
(III) by inserting ``he or'' before
``she'';
(v) in paragraph (4)--
(I) by inserting before ``her''
each place such term appears the
following: ``his or'';
(II) by inserting before ``she''
each place such term appears the
following ``he or'';
(III) by striking ``widow or
surviving divorced wife'' and inserting
``surviving spouse or surviving
divorced spouse''; and
(IV) in subparagraph (B), by
inserting ``or father's'' before
``insurance'';
(vi) in paragraph (5)--
(I) by striking ``widow or
surviving divorced wife'' each place
such term appears and inserting
``surviving spouse or surviving
divorced spouse''; and
(II) in subparagraph (A)--
(aa) in clause (i), by
inserting ``he or'' before
``she''; and
(bb) in clause (ii)(I), by
inserting ``his or'' before
``her''; and
(vii) in the matter following paragraph
(7)(B), by striking ``she'' and inserting
``such individual'';
(D) by striking subsection (f);
(E) in the matter following subsection (i)(2), by
striking ``wife's or husband's'' and inserting
``spouse's'';
(F) in subsection (j)(4)(B)(i)--
(i) by striking ``widow, surviving divorced
wife or widower'' and inserting ``surviving
spouse or surviving divorced spouse'';
(ii) by striking ``widow or widower'' and
inserting ``surviving spouse''; and
(iii) by striking ``surviving divorced
wife'' and inserting ``surviving divorced
spouse'';
(G) in subsection (q)--
(i) in paragraph (1)--
(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) by striking ``wife's
or husband's'' and inserting
``spouse's''; and
(bb) by striking ``widow's
or widower's'' and inserting
``surviving spouse's'';
(ii) in paragraph (3)--
(I) in subparagraph (A)--
(aa) by striking ``wife's,
husband's, widow's, or
widower's'' and inserting
``spouse's or surviving
spouse's'';
(bb) by striking ``wife's
or husband's'' and inserting
``spouse's''; and
(cc) by striking ``widow's
or widower's'' and inserting
``surviving spouse's'';
(II) in the matter following
subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking
``wife's, husband's, widow's, or
widower's'' and inserting ``spouse's or
surviving spouse's'';
(III) in subparagraph (B), by
striking ``wife's or husband's'' each
place such term appears and inserting
``spouse's'';
(IV) in subparagraph (C), by
striking ``wife's, husband's, widow's,
or widower's'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``spouse's or
surviving spouse's'';
(V) in subparagraph (D), by
striking ``wife's, husband's, widow's,
or widower's'' and inserting ``spouse's
or surviving spouse's''; and
(VI) in subparagraph (E), by
striking ``widow's or widower's'' each
place such term appears and inserting
``surviving spouse'';
(iii) in paragraph (5)--
(I) by striking ``wife's or
husband's'' each place such word
appears and inserting ``spouse's''; and
(II) in subparagraph (D), by
striking ``widow's or widower's'' and
inserting ``surviving spouse's'';
(iv) in paragraph (6)--
(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
striking ``wife's or
husband's'' and inserting
``spouse's''; and
(bb) in clause (iii), by
striking ``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
husband's'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``spouse's''; and
(III) as amended by subclause (I),
by striking ``widow's or widower's''
each place such term appears and
inserting ``surviving spouse's'';
(vi) in paragraph (9)--
(I) in subparagraph (A), by
striking ``old-age insurance benefits,
wife's insurance benefits, and
husband's insurance 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
insurance benefits''; and
(vii) in paragraph (10)--
(I) in subparagraph (A), by
striking ``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
appears 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
(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 inserting ``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
husband's'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``spouse's'';
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ``widow
or widower'' and inserting ``surviving divorced
spouse''; and
(iii) in the matter following subparagraph
(4)--
(I) by striking ``widow's or
widower's'' and inserting ``surviving
spouse's''; and
(II) by striking ``widow, surviving
divorced wife, widower, or surviving
divorced husband'' and inserting
``surviving 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 ``widow'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 divorced wife,
surviving divorced mother, surviving divorced
father, husband, divorced husband, widower,
surviving divorced husband'' and inserting
``spouse, divorced spouse, surviving spouse,
surviving divorced spouse, surviving mother,
surviving father''; and
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking
``child's, widow's, or widower's'' and
inserting ``child's or surviving spouse's'';
(B) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ``spouse,
surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced husband''
and inserting ``spouse, surviving 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
(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 divorced husband.'';
(B) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(9) The term `divorced spouse' means a divorced wife or a
divorced husband.''; and
(C) in subsection (l)(2)--
(i) by striking ``old-age, wife's, or
husband's'' and inserting ``old-age or
spouse's''; and
(ii) by striking ``widow's or widower'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 attained age 60 and is
entitled to benefits under section 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 benefits under section
202(e)'';
(8) in section 226--
(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 sentence
of section 202(e)(1), and in the last sentence 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
``sections 202(e)(1)(B)(ii) and
202(e)(4)''; and
(cc) in clause (ii), by
striking ``and the phrase
`before he 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 insurance
benefits or widower's insurance
benefits'' each place such term appears
and inserting ``surviving spouse's
insurance benefits''; and
(II) by striking ``widow's or
widower'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 widow's
insurance benefits by reason of
disability if she had filed for such
widow's benefits), and any disabled
widower aged 50 or older who is
entitled to father's insurance benefits
(and who would have been entitled to
widower's insurance benefits by reason
of disability if he had filed for such
widower's benefits)'' and inserting
``any disabled surviving spouse aged 50
or older who is entitled to mother's or
father'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
surviving 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 inserting
``section 202(e)''; and
(B) by striking ``section 202(b) or section
202(c)'' each place such term appears and inserting
``section 202(b)'';
(10) in section 228--
(A) in subsection (c)--
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ``husband
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 inserting
``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 inserting
``spouse'';
(11) in section 1107, by striking ``wife, husband, widow,
widower, divorced wife, divorced husband, surviving divorced
wife, surviving divorced husband'' each place such term appears
and inserting ``spouse, surviving spouse, divorced spouse,
surviving divorced spouse'';
(12) in section 1128(j)(1)(A), by striking ``husband 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 inserting
``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 amended--
(1) in section 2108(3)--
(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 permanently
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)--
(I) by striking ``she'' and
inserting ``the spouse''; and
(II) by striking ``her'' and
inserting ``the spouse's''; and
(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'';
(2) by inserting after ``during his'' the following: ``or
her'';
(3) by striking ``widow'' and inserting ``surviving
spouse''; and
(4) by inserting before ``her death'' the following: ``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.--Section 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''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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