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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 1529 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. · Sec. 603

Sec. 603. Beneficiaries of awards unpaid at death; order of precedence

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Section 8109(a)(3)(D) is amended— in clause (i), by striking the widow or widower. and inserting the widow or widower (or the surviving partner). ; in clause (ii)— by inserting (or a surviving partner) after a widow or widower ; and by inserting (or the surviving partner) after the widow or widower ; and in clause (iii), by striking no widow or widower, and inserting no widow or widower (and no surviving partner), .
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