HR 9654 · 119th CongressIn Committeecongress.gov ↗

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.

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This bill would change federal law so that domestic partners of Washington, D.C. police officers, firefighters, and teachers would be treated the same as married spouses when it comes to survivor benefits paid by the federal government. It would also change the age at which a surviving spouse of these workers can remarry without losing their survivor benefits, matching it to the age limit that already applies to survivors of federal employees. No official summary is available for this bill.

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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

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Introduced

July 13, 2026

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