US Congress Senate Bill 373 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-07-24 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2013 - 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.

Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2013

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-24	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2013-06-12	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
2013-02-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB683 (Related) 2013-03-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
HB3569 (Related) 2013-12-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/373/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s373/BILLS-113s373is.pdf