[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 32 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 32

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                         relating to marriage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2015

 Mr. Huelskamp (for himself, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Pitts, 
  Mr. Palazzo, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Hudson, Mr. 
Fleming, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Jones, Mr. Latta, Mr. Allen, 
 Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, 
  Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Babin, Mr. Pearce, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Harris, Mr. 
    Grothman, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Flores, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Jordan, Mr. 
Rothfus, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, and 
    Mr. Gibbs) introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                         relating to marriage.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein),

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Marriage Protection 
Amendment''.

SEC. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

    The following article is proposed as an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents 
and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the 
legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years 
after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of 
a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of 
any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal 
incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a 
man and a woman.''.
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