; and (B) with respect to chapter 84 of such title, have the meanings given such terms under section 8401 of such title. 6. Deceased employees (a) In general An impacted Federal employee entitled to make a selection under section 2(a) that is deceased prior to making such selection is deemed to have made the selection described in section 2(a)(2). (b) Payment (1) Distribution The payment to which a deceased impacted Federal employee is entitled under subsection (b) or subsection (a)(2) of section 2, less any amounts withheld under section 5(b) pursuant to subsection (c), shall be made to the person or persons surviving such impacted Federal employee and alive as of the date such impacted Federal employee becomes entitled to such payment in the following order of precedence: (A) First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the impacted Federal employee in a signed and witnessed writing executed and filed with the Office of Personnel Management before the death of such impacted Federal employee, except that a designation, change, or cancellation of beneficiary in a will or other document not so executed and filed has no force or effect. (B) Second, if there is no designated beneficiary, to the widow or widower of the impacted Federal employee. (C) Third, if none of the above, to the child or children of the impacted Federal employee and descendants of deceased children by representation. (D) Fourth, if none of the above, to the parents of the impacted Federal employee or the survivor of such parents. (E) Fifth, if none of the above, to the duly appointed executor or administrator of the estate of the impacted Federal employee. (F) Sixth, if none of the above, to such other next of kin of the impacted Federal employee as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management determines to be entitled under the laws of the domicile of the impacted Federal employee at the date of his death. (2) Child defined In this paragraph, the term child includes a natural child and an adopted child, but does not include a