I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3567 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 15, 2009 Mr. Nadler of New York (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Polis of Colorado, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Engel, Ms. Kilroy, Ms. Speier, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Israel, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Stark, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Welch, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Olver, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Markey of Massachusetts, Ms. Norton, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Fattah, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Honda, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Watson, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Holt, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Towns, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Filner, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Berman, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Harman, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Himes, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Farr, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Maffei, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. McCollum, and Mr. Wu) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Respect for Marriage Act of 2009.

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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Section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, is repealed, and the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to that section.

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Marriage recognition

Section 7 of title 1, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

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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.

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