US Congress House Bill 2523 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 182-1-1)
Status: Introduced on June 26 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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).

Respect for Marriage Act

Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2013-06-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB1236 (Same As) 2013-06-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2523/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2523/BILLS-113hr2523ih.pdf