Respect for Marriage Act

S 1236 Respect for Marriage Act

US Congress 113th Congress

Respect for Marriage Act
S.1236


About S.1236

Respect for Marriage Act - Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal a provision that prohibited a state, territory, possession, or Indian tribe from being required to recognize any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a same sex marriage. Amends the federal rules of construction added by such Act concerning the definitions of "marriage" and "spouse" to provide that, for purposes of any federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual's marriage is valid in the state where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Removes the definition of "spouse" (currently, a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife).

  

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Introduced 07/04/2013

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Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S5273)

06/26/2013

Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary.

06/26/2013