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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 1529 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. · Sec. 801

Sec. 801. Ethics in Government Act of 1978

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Section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting (or the domestic partner or a parent, child, or sibling of the domestic partner) after relative ; in paragraph (3), by striking spouse, or by a parent, brother, sister, or child of the reporting individual or of the reporting individual's spouse, and inserting spouse (or domestic partner), or by a parent, brother, sister, or child of the reporting individual or of the reporting individual's spouse (or of the reporting individual’s domestic partner), ; in paragraph (4)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking spouse, or a parent, brother, sister, or child of the reporting individual or of the reporting individual's spouse and inserting spouse (or domestic partner), or a parent, brother, sister, or child of the reporting individual or of the reporting individual's spouse (or of the reporting individual’s domestic partner), ; and in subparagraph (A), by inserting (or domestic partner) after spouse ; and in paragraph (5), by inserting (or domestic partner) after spouse each place that term appears; in subsection (e)— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)and subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and
(D)by inserting (or domestic partner) after spouse each place that term appears; in subparagraph (E), by inserting (or domestic partner's) after spouse's ; in subparagraph (F)— by inserting (and domestic partners) after spouses ; and by inserting (or domestic partner) after spouse ; and in the matter following subparagraph (F), by inserting (or domestic partner) after spouse ; and in paragraph (2), by inserting (or the termination of the reporting individual's domestic partnership) after his spouse ; and in subsection (f), by inserting (or domestic partner) after spouse each place that term appears. Section 109 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— in paragraph (2)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting (or who is a son or daughter of the reporting individual’s domestic partner) after stepdaughter ; in subparagraph (A), by striking unmarried and inserting not married (and not in a domestic partnership) ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting “(or, in the case of a son or daughter of the reporting individual’s domestic partner, would be a dependent within the meaning of such section if the requirements of subsections (c)(1)(A) and (d)(1)(A) of such section were disregarded)” before the semicolon; by redesignating paragraphs
(4)through
(19)as paragraphs
(5)through (20), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: domestic partner and domestic partnership have the meanings given under section 2501 of title 5, United States Code. . The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— in section 101(f)— in paragraph (9), by striking section 109(12) and inserting section 109(13) ; in paragraph (10), by striking section 109(13) and inserting section 109(14) ; in paragraph (11), by striking section 109(10) and inserting section 109(11) ; and in paragraph (12), by striking section 109(8) and inserting section 109(9) ; and in section 105(b)(3)(A), by striking section 109(8) or 109(10) and inserting section 109(9) or
(11). Section 3(4)(D) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1602(4)(D) ) is amended by striking section 109(13) and inserting section 109(14) . Section 499(j)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290b(j)(2) ) is amended by striking section 109(16) and inserting section 109(17) . Section 501(c) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking spouse, child, or dependent relative of such individual and inserting spouse (or domestic partner), child, or dependent relative of such individual (or child, sibling, or parent of such individual's domestic partner, which child, sibling, or parent is a dependent of such individual) . Section 505 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— in paragraph (3), by inserting (or the individual's domestic partner, or a parent, child, or sibling of the individual’s domestic partner) after relative ; and in paragraph (4), by inserting (or the domestic partner, or a parent, child, or sibling of the domestic partner) after relative .
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