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Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2013

S. 1529 · 113th Congress · Sep 19, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

To provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.

Section 1 Short title; references; and table of contents

(a)
Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2013”.
(b)
References— Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 5, United States Code.
(c)
Table of contents— The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to apply employment benefits and obligations to Federal employees in same-sex domestic partnerships and to their domestic partners that are the same as the employment benefits and obligations that apply under existing statutes to married Federal employees and to their spouses.