"Currently, [same-gender] partners are eligible under some federal employee family benefits, such as counseling programs and certain travel and relocation payments. They also are eligible for the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program ... and for a less generous form of a survivor benefit ... However, legislation would be required to make those partners eligible for two of the most valuable benefits, Federal Employees Health Benefits Program coverage and standard retirement survivor annuities. 'CBO expects that few federal employees (less than 1 percent) would choose to register a same-sex domestic partnership if given the opportunity,' [the report] said."

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