S 598 ISRS
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 598
To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 16, 2011
Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. LEAHY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. COONS, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. KERRY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. WYDEMr. WYDEN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. KOHL, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. MIKULSKI, and Mr. LEVIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
November 10, 2011
Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment
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 Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SECTION ADDED TO TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE, BY SECTION 2 OF THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT.
Section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, is repealed, and the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to that section.
SEC. 3. MARRIAGE RECOGNITION.
Section 7 of title 1, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘Sec. 7. Marriage
‘(a) For the purposes of any Federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual’s marriage is valid in the State where 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 where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a State.
‘(b) In this section, the term ‘State’ means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States.’.
Calendar No. 228
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 598
A BILL
To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage.
November 10, 2011
Reported without amendment
U.S. Congress - Text of S.598 as Reported in Senate Respect for Marriage Act of 2011
