HJRES 39
109th Congress
House
Families
Constitutional amendments
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate relations
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Law
Marriage
Same-sex marriage
State constitutions
State courts
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
Introduced: March 17, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 4, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Mar 17, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 17, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of a legal union of a man and a woman.
Prohibits any Federal or State court from having jurisdiction to determine whether the Constitution or any State constitution requires the legal incidents of marriage to be conferred upon any union other than a legal union between one man and one woman.
Provides that no State shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State concerning a union between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage, or as having the legal incidents of marriage, under the laws of such other State.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Committees of jurisdiction
2