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S. 598: Respect for Marriage Act of 2011

A bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage.
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Introduced : Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sponsor : Sen. Feinstein, Dianne (CA [D])
Status : calendar Thu, Nov 10, 2011

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Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. (HI [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy (MN [D]) Tue, Aug 2, 2011
Sen. Merkley, Jeffery A. (OR [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. (VT [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Menendez, Robert (NJ [D]) Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Sen. Udall, Tom S. (NM [D]) Tue, May 17, 2011
Sen. Bingaman, Jeff (NM [D]) Mon, Jul 11, 2011
Sen. Franken, Al (MN [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. (MD [D]) Thu, May 26, 2011
Sen. Cantwell, Maria (WA [D]) Thu, Mar 17, 2011
Sen. Boxer, Barbara (CA [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Bennet, Michael F. (CO [D]) Wed, Jun 8, 2011
Sen. Kerry, John Forbes (MA [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. (IL [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Levin, Carl (MI [D]) Thu, Oct 20, 2011
Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. (MD [D]) Thu, Sep 8, 2011
Sen. Schumer, Charles E. (NY [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Kohl, Herbert H. (WI [D]) Thu, Apr 14, 2011
Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon (RI [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Coons, Chris Andrew (DE [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Reed, John Francis (RI [D]) Thu, May 10, 2012
Sen. Udall, Mark E. (CO [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Harkin, Thomas (IA [D]) Thu, Apr 14, 2011
Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (NY [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Brown, Sherrod C. (OH [D]) Thu, May 5, 2011
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard (CT [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Akaka, Daniel Kahikina (HI [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne (NH [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Murray, Patty (WA [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Sanders, Bernard (VT [I]) Mon, Jul 11, 2011
Sen. Wyden, Ron (OR [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. (NJ [D]) Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Actions
DateTypeDescriptionResult
1/1/0001 action Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1753-1754)
1/1/0001 action Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1/1/0001 action Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-120.
1/1/0001 calendar Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
1/1/0001 action Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
1/1/0001 calendar Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 228.
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Senate Judiciary Referral, Hearings, Markup, Reporting
Subject Terms
Law
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations
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short introduced Respect for Marriage Act of 2011
short reported to senate Respect for Marriage Act of 2011
official introduced A bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage.

SUMMARY:

11/10/2011--Reported to Senate without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Respect for Marriage Act of 2011 - Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal a provision that prohibited a state, territory, possession, or Indian tribe from being required to recognize any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a same sex marriage. Amends the federal rules of construction added by such Act concerning the definitions of "marriage" and "spouse" to provide that, for 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. Removes the definition of "spouse" (currently, a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife).
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