HR 724
110th Congress
House
Law
District courts
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate relations
Jurisdiction
Marriage
Married people
Minorities
Same-sex marriage
State government-Indian relations
State laws
Supreme Court
Marriage Protection Act of 2007
Introduced: January 30, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Jan 30, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 30, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Marriage Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to deny federal courts jurisdiction to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution, of the provision of the Defense of Marriage Act declaring that no state shall be required to give effect to any marriage between persons of the same sex under the laws of any other state.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Committees of jurisdiction
2