[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2305 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2305

    To amend the method by which the Social Security Administration 
   determines the validity of marriages under title II of the Social 
                             Security Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2014

 Mrs. Murray (for herself, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Merkley, and Ms. 
   Baldwin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the method by which the Social Security Administration 
   determines the validity of marriages under title II of the Social 
                             Security 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 ``Social Security and Marriage 
Equality Act''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF VALID MARRIAGE UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 216(h)(1)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 416(h)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ``is domiciled'' and 
all that follows through ``the District of Columbia,'' and inserting 
``and such applicant were married (or, if such insured individual and 
such applicant were not married in any State but were validly married 
in another jurisdiction, the courts of any State)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to all final determinations of family status made after June 26, 
2013.
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