[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1404 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1404

    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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2015

   Mr. Kind (for himself, Ms. Esty, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Curbelo of 
 Florida, Ms. Norton, Ms. Speier, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Rangel, 
    Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Ms. 
 DelBene, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Peters, Mr. Caardenas, Mr. 
   Cartwright, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Farr, Mr. Higgins, Ms. 
 Moore, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Polis, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Honda, 
Mr. Engel, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Edwards, Ms. Chu of California, Mrs. Capps, 
 Mr. Schiff, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Delaney, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Ellison, Ms. 
 Titus, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Cicilline) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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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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