Federal Marriage amendment

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

MMR MusgraveSponsor

131 cosponsors · 11 D, 120 R

JAR Ann Davis RHD Hall MMD McIntyre CPD Peterson DVR Vitter RBR Bartlett VGR Goode JPR Pitts DWR Weldon JWR Wilson WAR Akin MBR Burgess JDR DeMint EIR Istook SJR Johnson WJR Jones CNR Norwood MPR Pence JRR Ryun JIR Isakson MKR Kennedy SKR King MSR Souder RLR Lewis JMR Miller JGR Gresham Barrett MBR Burns MCR Collins RHR Hayes MRR Rogers CSD Stenholm ZWR Wamp KBR Brady HBR Brown ECR Cantor JDR Doolittle PHR Hoekstra DHR Hunter EWR Whitfield LDD Davis PGR Gingrey CPR Pickering RWR Wicker WHR Herger GTD Taylor BCR Cubin SGR Garrett JSR Sullivan BTR Tauzin JBR Barton JBR Boehner DCR Cunningham JFR Forbes TFR Franks GGR Gutknecht JDR Hayworth HHR Hyde JPR Peterson RPR Pombo SPR Pearce CSR Smith CSR Stearns ESR Schrock TTR Tiahrt BBR Beauprez PCR Crane JCR Carter CCR Chocola JAR Ann Emerson DRR Rohrabacher PSR Sessions BSR Shuster CBR Ballenger SMR Myrick PTR Toomey JCR Culberson TFR Feeney MHR Hart KLD Lucas DMR Manzullo TOR Osborne KCR Calvert HCR Coble MTR Turner JBR Boozman JKR Kingston RAD Alexander BGR Goodlatte TTR Tancredo SBR Bachus TMR McCotter JFR Flake HRR Rogers RAR Aderholt GMR Miller RKR Keller RBR Baker DBR Burton NDR Deal TER Everett BJR Janklow RNR Neugebauer JSR Shadegg GBR Brown-Waite CCR Cannon KHR Hulshof LSR Smith RBR Blunt TCR Cole JDR Duncan MFR Ferguson FWR Wolf MBR Blackburn JHR Hefley JNR Nussle MSD Sandlin BNR Ney MOR Oxley MBR Bilirakis CMR Miller ANR Northup HBR Bonilla RBR Burr CTR Taylor APR Putnam FLR Lucas GRR Radanovich JLR Linder JMD Marshall SBD Bishop BMR McKeon

5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Prohibits the Constitution or any State constitution, or State or Federal law from being construed to require that marital status or its legal incidents be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups.