[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 182 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S6827]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6499. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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:

        After section 4 of the bill, insert the following:

     SEC. 4A. LIMITS ON RECOGNITION OF CERTAIN MARRIAGES.

       (a) No Recognition or Full Faith and Credit for Polygamous 
     Marriages.--
       (1) In general.--Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made 
     by this Act, shall be construed--
       (A) to require or authorize Federal recognition of a 
     polygamous marriage;
       (B) to give full faith and credit to an act, record, or 
     proceeding pertaining to a polygamous marriage; or
       (C) to require or authorize recognition of a right or claim 
     arising from a polygamous marriage.
       (2) Covered marriage.--In this subsection, the term 
     ``polygamous marriage'' means a marriage that is not a 
     union--
       (A) between no more than 2 or less than 2 individuals; and
       (B) in which each of those individuals is in only 1 
     marriage.
       (b) No Full Faith and Credit for Marriages in Which a Party 
     Is Below a Certain Age Limit.--
       (1) In general.--Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made 
     by this Act, shall be construed--
       (A) to give full faith and credit in a second State to an 
     act, record, or proceeding pertaining to a marriage in a 
     first State if either party, on the date of the marriage, was 
     under the age of consent for marriage in the second State; or
       (B) to require or authorize recognition in a second State 
     of a right or claim arising from a marriage in a first State 
     if either party, on the date of the marriage, was under that 
     age.
       (2) State determination.--Nothing in this Act, or any 
     amendment made by this Act, shall prohibit a State from 
     determining the age of consent for marriage in that State.
       (c) No Full Faith and Credit for Marriages in Which the 
     Parties Are Too Closely Related.--
       (1) In general.--Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made 
     by this Act, shall be construed--
       (A) to give full faith and credit in a second State to an 
     act, record, or proceeding pertaining to a marriage in a 
     first State in which the parties have a degree of 
     consanguinity for which marriage is forbidden in the second 
     State; or
       (B) to require or authorize recognition in a second State 
     of a right or claim arising from a marriage in a first State 
     in which the parties have that degree of consanguinity.
       (2) State determination.--Nothing in this Act, or any 
     amendment made by this Act, shall prohibit a State from 
     determining the degree of consanguinity for marriage in that 
     State.
                                 ______