[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 182 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S6825]
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  SA 6495. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 6487 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Baldwin (for 
herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Portman, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Tillis, and Ms. 
Lummis)) to the bill H.R. 8404, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act 
and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
        On page 3, beginning on line 3, strike ``No person acting 
     under color of State law'' and insert ``No State, territory 
     or possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe''
       On page 3, line 17, strike ``person'' and insert ``State, 
     territory or possession of the United States, or Indian 
     Tribe''.
       On page 3, strike lines 19 through 23.
       On page 5, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 
     6, line 3, and insert the following:
       (a) No Impact on Benefits, Status, or Rights.--Nothing in 
     this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall be 
     construed to deny or alter any benefit, status, or right 
     (including tax-exempt status, tax treatment, educational 
     funding, or a grant, contract, agreement, guarantee, loan, 
     scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, claim, or 
     defense) of any entity or person--
       (1) if such benefit, status, or right does not arise from a 
     marriage; or
       (2) if such potential denial or alteration would be based 
     in whole or in part on the belief, practice, or observance, 
     of the entity or person about marriage.
       On page 6, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:
       (c) No Impact From Partnerships.--For purposes of this Act, 
     and any amendment made by this Act, no faith-based 
     organization shall be deemed to be a State, territory or 
     possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe on the basis 
     of any partnership the organization entered into with the 
     State, territory or possession of the United States, or 
     Indian Tribe.
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