Sec. 705. Annuity of the Comptroller General
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Section 771 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking subchapter— and inserting subchapter: ; in paragraph (1)— by inserting The term after
(1); and by inserting (or the child of a reporting Comptroller General’s domestic partner not adopted by or otherwise the child of the Comptroller General) after including a stepchild ; and by striking paragraphs
(2)and
(3)and inserting the following: The terms domestic partner and domestic partnership have the meanings given under section 2501 of title 5. The term surviving spouse means a surviving spouse of an individual who was a Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General and the spouse— was married to the individual for not less than 1 year immediately before the individual died; was married to the individual immediately before the individual died, was in a domestic partnership with the individual immediately before the marriage to such individual, and the combined duration of the domestic partnership and marriage was not less than 1 year; or has not remarried (or entered into a domestic partnership) before age 55 and is the parent of issue by the marriage. The term surviving partner means a surviving domestic partner of an individual who was a Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General and the domestic partner— was in a domestic partnership for not less than 1 year immediately before the individual died; has not entered into a subsequent domestic partnership or married before age 55; and satisfies other requirements, related to parenthood and the domestic partnership, prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management by regulation under sections 8341(3)(b) and 8441(3)(B) of title 5, as determined and applied by the General Counsel of the Government Accountability Office on the basis of those regulations. Service as a Comptroller General equals the number of years and complete months an individual is Comptroller General. . Section 773 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)(2)(B), by inserting (or domestic partner’s) after surviving spouse's ; in subsection (c), by inserting (or surviving domestic partner) after surviving spouse ; and in subsection (d), by inserting (or domestic partner) before the period. Section 774 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (c)— by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: only by a spouse (or domestic partner), the surviving spouse (or surviving domestic partner) shall receive an annuity computed under subsection
(d)of this section beginning on the death of the Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General or when the spouse (or domestic partner) is 50 years of age, whichever is later; ; in paragraph (2), by striking by a spouse and a dependent child, the surviving spouse and inserting by a spouse (or domestic partner) and a dependent child, the surviving spouse (or surviving domestic partner) ; and in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting (or surviving domestic partner) after surviving spouse ; in subsection (d), by inserting (or surviving domestic partner) after surviving spouse ; and in subsection (e)— by inserting (or surviving domestic partner's) after A surviving spouse's ; by inserting (or surviving domestic partner's) after a surviving spouse's ; and by inserting (or domestic partner) after unless the spouse . Section 775 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (d)(2), by inserting (or surviving domestic partner) after surviving spouse ; and in subsection (e), by inserting (or surviving domestic partner) after surviving spouse . Section 776(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking A surviving spouse's annuity ends when the spouse remarries and inserting A surviving spouse's (or surviving domestic partner’s) annuity ends when the spouse remarries (or enters into a domestic partnership) (or when the surviving domestic partner enters into another domestic partnership or marries) ; in paragraph (2), by striking marries, or dies, whichever is earliest. However, if a child is not self-supporting because of a physical or mental disability, an annuity ends when the child recovers, marries and inserting marries (or enters into a domestic partnership), or dies, whichever is earliest. However, if a child is not self-supporting because of a physical or mental disability, an annuity ends when the child recovers, marries (or enters into a domestic partnership) ; and in paragraph (3), by inserting (or surviving domestic partner) after a surviving spouse . Section 777(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting (or surviving domestic partner's) after A surviving spouse's .