US Congress House Bill 683 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 82-1)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act - Considers a person a spouse, for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans' benefits, if the marriage of the individual is valid in the state in which 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 in which the marriage was entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Includes as a state the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. territories and possessions.

Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act

Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
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. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
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. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2013-02-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2013-02-14	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2013-02-14	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2013-02-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB373 (Related) 2013-07-24 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
HB2529 (Related) 2013-07-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/683/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr683/BILLS-113hr683ih.pdf