[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8634 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8634

 To prohibit marriages between individuals who are closely related by 
                                 blood.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2026

   Mr. Self introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit marriages between individuals who are closely related by 
                                 blood.

    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 ``Consanguineous Marriage Prohibition 
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL PROHIBITION ON CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE.

    Section 7 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``2 individuals'' and inserting ``2 individuals who are not related by 
affinity or consanguinity within the degree of first cousin'' each 
place it appears.
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