[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3313 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3313

     To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit Federal court 
     jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2003

  Mr. Hostettler (for himself, Mr. Pence, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. 
 Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Goode, Mr. Akin, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Weldon 
of Florida, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
Forbes, and Mr. Paul) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit Federal court 
     jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marriage Protection Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON JURISDICTION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 99 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1632. Limitation on jurisdiction
    ``No court created by Act of Congress shall have any jurisdiction, 
and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or 
determine any question pertaining to the interpretation of section 
1738c of this title or of this section. Neither the Supreme Court nor 
any court created by Act of Congress shall have any appellate 
jurisdiction to hear or determine any question pertaining to the 
interpretation of section 7 of title 1.''.
    (b) Amendment to Table of Sections.--The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 99 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item:

``1632. Limitation on jurisdiction.''.
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