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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 3135 (Introduced in House) — To provide certain benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. · Sec. 702

Sec. 702. Settlement of accounts

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Section 5581 is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (2), by striking by Federal statute. at the end and inserting by Federal statute; and ; and by adding at the end the following: surviving partner has the meaning given it by sections 8341 and 8441, respectively. . Section 5582(b) is amended by inserting (or surviving partner) after widow or widower .
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