H.J.Res. 37 · 111th Congress
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
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Goodlatte34 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Constitutional Amendment - Requires marriage in the United States to consist only of a legal union of a man and a woman.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 4, 2009
Constitutional Amendment - Requires marriage in the United States to 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.
Prohibits requiring any state 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 (Mar 16, 2009): Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Policy area: Families · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 4, 2009
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.