US Congress House Bill 94 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 79)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Social Security Act (SSAct), and other federal laws 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 2019

Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-01-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/94/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr94/BILLS-116hr94ih.pdf