Sec. 601. Definitions
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Section 8101 is amended— by striking paragraph
(6)and inserting the following: widow means the wife living with or dependent for support on the decedent at the time of the death of the decedent, or living apart for reasonable cause or because of desertion by the decedent; ; in paragraph (8), by striking married brothers or married sisters; and inserting any brother or sister who is married (or is in a domestic partnership); ; in paragraph (9)— by inserting (or children of the employee’s domestic partner not adopted by or otherwise the children of the employee) after stepchildren ; and by striking “married children” and inserting any child who is married (or in a domestic partnership) ; by striking paragraph
(11)and inserting the following: widower means the husband living with or dependent for support on the decedent at the time of the death of the decedent, or living apart for reasonable cause or because of desertion by the decedent; ; in paragraph (18), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (19), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (20), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: the term covered state means a State, foreign country, or political subdivision of a foreign country in which a marriage between 2 individuals of the same sex is recognized under the law of that State, country, or political subdivision; and domestic partner means an individual who is in a domestic partnership with another individual, as determined by the Secretary of Labor for purposes of this subchapter under regulations issued by the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management— who are of the same sex; not less than 1 of whom is an employee or an individual otherwise eligible for coverage under this subchapter (or any application or extension thereof) based on such individual’s employment or other service; who are in a committed domestic-partnership relationship with each other satisfying the conditions in clauses (ii), (iii), and
(iv)and intend to remain so indefinitely; who have a common residence and intend to continue to do so (or would have a common residence, but are prevented from doing so because of such reasons as an assignment abroad or other employment-related factors, financial considerations, family responsibilities or other such reasons); who share responsibility for a significant measure of each other’s welfare and financial obligations; and neither of whom is married to or in a domestic partnership with anyone except each other; who are not less than 18 years of age and mentally competent to consent to a contract; who are not related to each other by blood in a way that would prohibit legal marriage between individuals otherwise eligible to marry in the jurisdiction (or, if applicable, in any jurisdiction) in which the individuals have a common residence; and on the date on which the employee is injured or dies, or, for purposes of section 8110, the date on which the augmented compensation is to be provided, neither of whom has resided in a covered state for more than 6 months; the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States; and surviving partner means the domestic partner in a domestic partnership with the decedent at the time of his or her death. .