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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

Introduced: February 6, 2007 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

Mar 1, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Feb 6, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 6, 2007

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 U.S. 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 March 1, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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