Text of US HB 2523 (2013)

I 113TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2523 To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 26, 2013 Mr. NADLER (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CON- YERS, Mr. POLIS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. POCAN, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BAR- BER, Ms. BASS, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLU- MENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. HAHN, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HANNA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAP- TUR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MAFFEI, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. GEORGE MIL- LER of California, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MORAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD, Mr. NOLAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. PETERS of Michigan, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. PRICE of North Caro- lina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. ROYBAL- ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of Cali- VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:21 Jul 02, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2523.IH H2523 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2523 IH fornia, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHA- KOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WALZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WATT, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary 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 VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:21 Jul 02, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2523.IH H2523 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2523 IH ‘‘§ 7. Marriage 1 ‘‘(a) For the purposes of any Federal law in which 2 marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered 3 married if that individual’s marriage is valid in the State 4 where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of 5 a marriage entered into outside any State, if the marriage 6 is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage 7 could have been entered into in a State. 8 ‘‘(b) In this section, the term ‘State’ means a State, 9 the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 10 Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United 11 States.’’. 12 Æ VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:21 Jul 02, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2523.IH H2523 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS