Text of US HB 1116 (2011)

I 112TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1116 To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 16, 2011 Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. ACKERMAN, Ms. BASS of California, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. CHU, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS of Cali- fornia, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OLVER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. STARK, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:10 Mar 17, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1116.IH H1116 pwalker on DSKD5P82C1PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1116 IH A BILL To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Respect for Marriage 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SECTION ADDED TO TITLE 28, UNITED 6 STATES CODE, BY SECTION 2 OF THE DE- 7 FENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT. 8 Section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, is re- 9 pealed, and the table of sections at the beginning of chap- 10 ter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 11 striking the item relating to that section. 12 SEC. 3. MARRIAGE RECOGNITION. 13 Section 7 of title 1, United States Code, is amended 14 to read as follows: 15 ‘‘§ 7. Marriage 16 ‘‘(a) For the purposes of any Federal law in which 17 marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered 18 married if that individual’s marriage is valid in the State 19 where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of 20 a marriage entered into outside any State, if the marriage 21 VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:10 Mar 17, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1116.IH H1116 pwalker on DSKD5P82C1PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1116 IH is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage 1 could have been entered into in a State. 2 ‘‘(b) In this section, the term ‘State’ means a State, 3 the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 4 Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United 5 States.’’. 6 Æ VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:10 Mar 17, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1116.IH H1116 pwalker on DSKD5P82C1PROD with BILLS