3.0.0 3569 2023-01-11T13:23:48Z 2023-01-11T13:23:48Z House H HR 2013-11-20 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WALZ:H.R. 3569.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the UnitedStates, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizensof the United States and the State wherein they reside. NoState shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge theprivileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, orproperty, without due process of law; nor deny to any personwithin its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.____________________[Page H7311]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2013-12-11T21:26:10Z Referred to 2013-11-20T15:01:35Z Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2013 113 373 S 2013-07-24 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Related bill CRS 2013-12-11 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2013-11-20 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2013-11-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-11-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000799 Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] Timothy Walz D MN J. 1 N H001051 Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22] Richard Hanna R NY L. 22 2013-11-20 True R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 27 2013-11-20 True T000472 Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] Mark Takano D CA 41 2013-11-20 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2014-06-23 False Armed Forces and National Security Marriage and family status Military personnel and dependents Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2013-11-20 Introduced in House 2014-02-08T14:48:58Z Protecting the Freedoms and Benefits for All Veterans Act - Revises the definition of "surviving spouse" for purposes of veterans benefits provisions to eliminate the requirement that the person who was the spouse of a veteran at the time of the veteran's death be a person of the opposite sex.

Considers an individual to be a "spouse" if: (1) the marriage is valid in the state in which it was entered into; or (2) in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, the marriage is valid in the place in which it was entered into and could have been entered into in a state, or it was valid in the place in which all parties to it resided at the time it was entered into.


]]> Protecting the Freedoms and Benefits for All Veterans Act Display Title Protecting the Freedoms and Benefits for All Veterans Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to add a definition of spouse for purposes of veteran benefits that recognizes new State definitions of spouse. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Protecting the Freedoms and Benefits for All Veterans Act Introduced in House 2013-11-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3569ih/xml/BILLS-113hr3569ih.xml 2013-12-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.