H.J.Res. 39 · 109th Congress
Marriage Protection resolution
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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 109th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
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LungrenSponsor29 cosponsors · 3 D, 26 R
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Alexander
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Bachus
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Bartlett
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Davis
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Ann Emerson
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Gohmert
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Rogers
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Stearns
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Taylor
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Franks
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Kuhl
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Norwood
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Wamp
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Lewis
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Radanovich
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Johnson
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King
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McCotter
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Hunter
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Jones
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Barrow
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Ann Davis
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Davis
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Goode
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Wilson
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Boustany
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Cannon
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Hayworth
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Calvert9 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 a legal union of a man and a woman.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 17, 2005
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of a legal union of a man and a woman.
Prohibits any Federal or State court from having jurisdiction to determine whether the Constitution or any State constitution requires the legal incidents of marriage to be conferred upon any union other than a legal union between one man and one woman.
Provides that no State shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State concerning a union between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage, or as having the legal incidents of marriage, under the laws of such other State.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
Latest action (Apr 4, 2005): Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Policy area: Families · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 17, 2005
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No recorded floor vote found.