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HR 1404 114th Congress House Social Welfare Marriage and family status Social security and elderly assistance

Social Security and Marriage Equality Act

Introduced: March 17, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Mar 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 17, 2015
Introduced in House
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Social Security and Marriage Equality Act

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state.

Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died.

What's happening now March 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2025 Related bill Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2015
  • S 753 Identical bill Social Security and Marriage Equality Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 20
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · May 19, 2015
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Apr 13, 2015
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Apr 13, 2015
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Apr 13, 2015
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 25, 2015
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Mar 19, 2015
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Mar 17, 2015
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 17, 2015
Curbelo, Carlos
· Mar 17, 2015
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Mar 17, 2015
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Mar 17, 2015
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 17, 2015
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 17, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 17, 2015
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Mar 17, 2015
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 17, 2015
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Mar 17, 2015
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Mar 17, 2015
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Mar 17, 2015
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Mar 17, 2015
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 17, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1404: Social Security and Marriage Equality Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1404/
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"H.R. 1404: Social Security and Marriage Equality Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1404/.
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H.R. 1404, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1404/.
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