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S 373 113th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Marriage and family status Military personnel and dependents Veterans' pensions and compensation

Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2013

Introduced: February 14, 2013 Introduced by: Shaheen, Jeanne Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 24, 2013
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 12, 2013
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
Feb 14, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 14, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2013 - Considers a person a spouse, for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans' benefits, if the marriage of the individual is valid in the state in which the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place in which the marriage was entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Includes as a state the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. territories and possessions.

What's happening now July 24, 2013

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 683 Related bill Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act
  • HR 3569 Related bill Protecting the Freedoms and Benefits for All Veterans Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jul 8, 2013
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 14, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 373: Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-373/
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