; and (iv) in paragraph (8), by striking of a husband and wife and inserting of a married couple ; and (B) in subsection (d), by striking husband or wife each place such term appears and inserting spouse ; (11) in section 1107, by striking wife, husband, widow, widower, divorced wife, divorced husband, surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced husband each place such term appears and inserting spouse, surviving spouse, divorced spouse, surviving divorced spouse ; (12) in section 1128(j)(1)(A), by striking husband or wife and inserting spouse ; (13) in section 1611(e)(3)— (A) by striking husband and wife are and inserting married couple is ; and (B) as amended by subparagraph (A), by striking husband and wife each place such term appears and inserting married couple ; (14) in subsection 1614(b)— (A) by striking husband or wife and inserting spouse ; and (B) by striking husband and wife and inserting a married couple ; and (15) in section 1631(b)(1)(A)(i), by striking husband or wife and inserting spouse . (w) Title 1 Section 7 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by striking one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word spouse refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or wife and inserting two people as spouses . (x) Title 5 Title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 2108(3)— (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking wife or husband and inserting spouse ; (B) by amending subparagraph (F) to read as follows: (F) the parent of an individual who lost his life under honorable conditions while serving in the armed forces during a period named by paragraph (1)(A) of this section; ; and (C) by amending subparagraph (G) to read as follows: (G) the parent of a service-connected permanently and totally disabled veteran; and ; (2) in section 3110(a)(3), by striking husband, wife and inserting spouse ; (3) in section 5561(3)(A), by striking wife and inserting spouse