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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2523 

To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation 

of marriage. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 26, 2013 

Mr. NADLER (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. POLIS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New 

York, Mr. POCAN, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BARBER, Ms. BASS, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRALEY of 

Iowa, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 

CA ́RDENAS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 

CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. 

CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 

CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS

of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. 

DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, 

Mr. DOYLE, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. 

ESTY, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. GABBARD, 

Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, 

Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, Ms. HAHN, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HANNA, Mr. HASTINGS

of Florida, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 

HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. 

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. 

KIRKPATRICK, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

LEWIS, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, 

Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MAFFEI, Mrs. 

CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. 

MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MORAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. 

NEGRETE MCLEOD, Mr. NOLAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. 

OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. 

PETERS of Michigan, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of CaliVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:21 Jul 02, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2523.IH H2523

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fornia, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SCOTT of 

Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, 

Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TIERNEY, 

Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VARGAS, 

Mr. VEASEY, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. WALZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 

Mr. WATT, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. 

YARMUTH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect 

for State regulation of marriage. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Respect for Marriage 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SECTION ADDED TO TITLE 28, UNITED 

7 STATES CODE, BY SECTION 2 OF THE DE8 FENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT. 

9 Section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, is re10 pealed, and the table of sections at the beginning of chap11 ter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 

12 striking the item relating to that section. 

13 SEC. 3. MARRIAGE RECOGNITION. 

14 Section 7 of title 1, United States Code, is amended 

15 to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘§ 7. Marriage 

2 ‘‘(a) For the purposes of any Federal law in which 

3 marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered 

4 married if that individual’s marriage is valid in the State 

5 where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of 

6 a marriage entered into outside any State, if the marriage 

7 is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage 

8 could have been entered into in a State. 

9 ‘‘(b) In this section, the term ‘State’ means a State, 

10 the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

11 Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United 

12 States.’’. 

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