US HB1404 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-2)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Social Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Social Security and Marriage Equality Act Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state. Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died.

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Title

Social Security and Marriage Equality Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-03-27HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
2015-03-17HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-03-17HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB753 (Same As) 2015-03-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB2025 (Related) 2015-05-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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