To amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to treat domestic partnerships as marriage for purposes of the program of benefits paid by the Federal government for survivors of a District of Columbia police officer, firefighter, or teacher in the same manner and to the same extent that domestic partnerships are treated as marriage for purposes of such benefits which are paid by the District of Columbia, to conform the age limit after which a surviving spouse of a police officer, firefighter, or teacher may remarry without losing survivor benefits under such program to the age limit established with respect to survivor benefits of Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Summary
The bill changes the National Capital Revitalization and Self‑Government Improvement Act of 1997 so that domestic partners of District of Columbia police officers, firefighters, and teachers receive the same federal survivor benefits as married spouses. It also aligns the remarriage age limit for surviving spouses with the standard used for federal employees. The change aims to ensure equal treatment of domestic partnerships under the benefit program.
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