[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1968 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1968

     To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit Federal court 
    jurisdiction and funding over questions concerning the issue of 
     marriage with respect to the Defense of Marriage Act and the 
                 Constitution, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2015

Mr. King of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, 
  Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Yoho, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Massie, and Mr. Thompson of 
Pennsylvania) 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 and funding over questions concerning the issue of 
     marriage with respect to the Defense of Marriage Act and the 
                 Constitution, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Restrain the Judges on Marriage Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON JURISDICTION AND FUNDING.

    (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 and funding
    ``(a) Jurisdiction.--No court created by an Act of Congress shall 
have any jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate 
jurisdiction, to hear or decide any question pertaining to the 
interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution of, any type 
of marriage, section 1738C, or this section.
    ``(b) Funding.--No Federal funds may be used for any litigation in, 
or the enforcement of any order or judgment by, any court created by an 
Act of Congress, on any question pertaining to the interpretation of, 
or the validity under the Constitution of, any type of marriage, 
section 1738C, or this section.''.
    (b) Severability.--If any provision of this section or the 
amendments made by this section or the application thereof to any 
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this section, 
the amendments made by this section, or the application thereof to 
other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall 
not be affected by such invalidation.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to any case that is pending on, that is filed on or after, or for 
which the time to file an appeal has not expired as of, the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (d) Conforming Amendment.--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 and funding.''.
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