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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. 901

Sec. 901. Amendment to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978

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The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end of title I the following: An employee, former employee, or annuitant and the domestic partner of such employee, former employee, or annuitant (as the case may be) shall be subject to the provisions of law cited in subsection
(b)to the same extent and in the same manner as in the case of a married employee, former employee, or annuitant and the spouse of such employee, former employee, or annuitant (as the case may be). The provisions of law cited in this subsection are as follows: The preceding provisions of this title (relating to financial disclosure requirements of Federal personnel) and the provisions of title V (relating to Government-wide limitations on outside earned income and employment). Regulations prescribed under section 7301 of title 5, United States Code (relating to regulations for the conduct of employees in the executive branch). Section 7351 of title 5, United States Code (relating to gifts to superiors). Section 7353 of title 5, United States Code (relating to gifts to Federal employees). Chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code (relating to bribery, graft, and conflicts of interest). Section 7342 of title 5, United States Code (relating to receipt and disposition of foreign gifts and decorations). Section 1353 of title 31, United States Code (relating to acceptance of travel and related expenses from non-Federal sources). Sections 4941 and 4946 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to taxes on self-dealing and definitions and special rules). Section 455 of title 28, United States Code (relating to disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge). For purposes of this section, the term domestic partner has the meaning given such term by section 2110 of title 5, United States Code. .
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