US Congress House Bill 2976 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 38)
Status: Introduced on July 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-08 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Social Security Act (SSAct), and other federal laws (including provisions concerning workers' compensation, retirement benefits, disability and death benefits, insurance, inheritances, or immigration) to replace: (1) references to "wife" or "husband" with references to "spouse"; and (2) references to "husband and wife" or "husband or wife" with references to "married couple" or " married person." For purposes of federal laws or regulations, "marriage" is defined as a legal union between two people as spouses. The bill eliminates a definition of "spouse" that refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife. Requirements concerning compensation to a surviving wife after the disability or death of a person employed at a military, air, or naval base outside the United States are revised to make surviving spouses eligible for such compensation. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, provisions concerning the amount of leave available to a husband and wife employed by the same employer are revised to apply to a married couple employed by the same employer. Requirements under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 that make disability and death benefits payable to the wife or widow of a miner are revised to make the benefits payable to the spouse or surviving spouse of a miner. IRC provisions that require a divorced wife's gross income to include the income of any trust she is entitled to receive that would otherwise be includible in the gross income of her husband, or vice versa, are revised to apply to the gross income of individuals who are divorced from their spouse. The bill revises title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the SSAct to consolidate separate provisions for a wife's insurance benefits and a husband's insurance benefits into a single standard for a spouse's insurance benefits. Criminal penalties that currently apply to persons who threaten to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon a former President's wife or widow are revised to apply to threats made to a former President's spouse or surviving spouse.

Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2015

Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-07-08	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2976/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2976/BILLS-114hr2976ih.pdf