HCONRES 25
112th Congress
House
Law
Civil actions and liability
Congressional-executive branch relations
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Marriage and family status
Presidential administrations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Obama administration's discontinuing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.
Introduced: March 3, 2011
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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 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Mar 3, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 3, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Condemns the Obama administration's direction that the Department of Justice (DOJ) should discontinue defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and demands that the DOJ continue to defend DOMA in all instances.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Committees of jurisdiction
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