Marriage Protection Amendment

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 113th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

THR HuelskampSponsor

58 cosponsors · 2 D, 56 R

JBR Barton PBR Broun MBR Brooks JBR Bridenstine JDR Duncan TFR Franks JFR Fleming LGR Gohmert RHR Hall AHR Harris RHR Hultgren SJR Johnson WJR Jones JJR Jordan JLR Lankford MMR Meadows RNR Neugebauer JPR Pitts SPR Pearce SPR Palazzo RPR Pittenger CSR Smith SSR Stockman BSR Shuster DSR Schweikert FWR Wolf LWR Westmoreland TWR Walberg KMR Marchant KBR Bentivolio JCR Carter SGR Garrett DLR LaMalfa RNR Nugent RHR Hudson ANR Nunnelee GHR Harper NRD Rahall MKR Kelly VHR Hartzler KNR Noem CBR Boustany JFR Forbes DHR Hunter JMR Miller SFR Fincher CSR Stewart RHR Hurt BGR Gibbs MBR Bachmann JWR Wilson RWR Weber KRR Rothfus KCR Conaway MSR Salmon RLR Latta SKR King MMD McIntyre

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

Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Defines marriage in the United States as consisting only of the union of a man and a woman. Prohibits either the U.S. Constitution or the constitution of any state from being construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union.