US Congress House Bill 3567 (Prior Session Legislation)

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October 19 2009 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Respect for Marriage Act of 2009 - Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal provisions allowing states, territories, possessions of the United States, or Indian tribes to give no effect to a public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other such entity respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under that entity's laws or a right or claim arising from such relationship. 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.

Respect for Marriage Act of 2009

Rep Higgins, Brian	Rep Lofgren, Zoe	Rep Lowey, Nita M.	Rep Lynch, Stephen F.
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.	Rep McCollum, Betty	Rep McDermott, Jim	Rep Moore, Gwen
Rep Moran, James P.	Rep Nadler, Jerrold	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Olver, John W.
Rep Pastor, Ed	Rep Payne, Donald M.	Rep Lewis, John	Rep Lee, Barbara
Rep Himes, James A.	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.	Rep Hirono, Mazie K.	Rep Hodes, Paul W.
Rep Holt, Rush D.	Rep Honda, Michael M.	Rep Israel, Steve	Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila	Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice	Rep Kennedy, Patrick J.	Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.
Rep Larson, John B.	Rep Pingree, Chellie	Rep Polis, Jared	Rep Price, David E.
Rep Wexler, Robert	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.	Rep Wu, David	Rep McGovern, James P.
Rep Meeks, Gregory W.	Rep Tonko, Paul D.	Rep Tonko, Paul D.	Rep Napolitano, Grace F.
Rep Chu, Judy	Rep Crowley, Joseph	Rep Quigley, Mike	Rep Garamendi, John
Rep Delahunt, Bill	Rep Watson, Diane E.	Rep Van Hollen, Chris	Rep Richardson, Laura
Rep Rothman, Steven R.	Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille	Rep Sanchez, Linda T.	Rep Sarbanes, John P.
Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"	Rep Serrano, Jose E.	Rep Sestak, Joe	Rep Shea-Porter, Carol
Rep Sires, Albio	Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh	Rep Speier, Jackie	Rep Tierney, John F.
Rep Deutch, Theodore E.	Rep Miller, George	Rep Lujan, Ben Ray	Rep Maffei, Daniel B.
Rep Markey, Edward J.	Rep Matsui, Doris O.	Rep Murphy, Christopher S.	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.
Rep Sherman, Brad	Rep Stark, Fortney Pete	Rep Tsongas, Niki	Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Rep Weiner, Anthony D.	Rep Welch, Peter	Rep Ackerman, Gary L.	Rep Kilroy, Mary Jo
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr.	Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Towns, Edolphus	Rep Velazquez, Nydia M.
Rep Waxman, Henry A.	Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr.	Rep Abercrombie, Neil	Rep Capps, Lois
Rep Castor, Kathy	Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"	Rep DeGette, Diana	Rep Engel, Eliot L.
Rep Eshoo, Anna G.	Rep Harman, Jane	Rep Andrews, Robert E.	Rep Arcuri, Michael A.
Rep Baird, Brian	Rep DeLauro, Rosa L.	Rep Doyle, Michael F.	Rep Edwards, Donna F.
Rep Ellison, Keith	Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Fattah, Chaka	Rep Filner, Bob
Rep Fudge, Marcia L.	Rep Grayson, Alan	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.	Rep Gutierrez, Luis V.
Rep Hall, John J.	Rep Hastings, Alcee L.	Rep Davis, Susan A.	Rep Davis, Danny K.
Rep Baldwin, Tammy	Rep Becerra, Xavier	Rep Berkley, Shelley	Rep Berman, Howard L.
Rep Blumenauer, Earl	Rep Brady, Robert A.	Rep Capuano, Michael E.	Rep Clarke, Yvette D.
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy	Rep Cleaver, Emanuel	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Courtney, Joe
Rep Cummings, Elijah E.	Rep Heinrich, Martin

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-10-19		Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2009-09-15		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN03567:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr3567ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr3567ih.pdf