US Congress House Bill 1116 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 158-3)
Status: Introduced on March 16 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution 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. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Charles Bass [R-NH]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Hansen Clarke [D-MI]	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. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]	Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
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]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Rep. Kathleen Hochul [D-NY]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	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. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Carolyn 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. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	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. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	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]
Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2011-03-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB598 (Related) 2011-11-10 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 228.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1116/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1116/BILLS-112hr1116ih.pdf