A cewar Ofishin Ba da Lamuni na Gwamnatin Amurka ( GAO), akwai tanadin doka 1,138 wanda matsayin aure ya zama al'amari na tantance fa'idodi, hakkoki, da gata. Waɗannan haƙƙoƙin sun kasance wani muhimmin batu a muhawarar da aka yi kan amincewar tarayya na auren jinsi . A karkashin Dokar Tsaron Aure na shekarata 1996 (DOMA), an hana gwamnatin tarayya amincewa da ma'auratan da suka yi aure bisa doka a karkashin dokokin jiharsu. Rikicin da ke tsakanin wannan ma’anar da Sashe na Tsari na Biyar ga Kundin Tsarin Mulki ya sa Kotun Koli ta Amurka ta yanke hukuncin daurin rai da rai a DOMA a ranar 26 ga Yuni, shekarata 2013, a shari’ar Amurka v. Windsor. Kafin aiwatar da DOMA, GAO ta gano tanade-tanaden doka na tarayya guda 1,049 a cikin abin da fa'idodi, haƙƙoƙi, da gata suka dogara da matsayin aure ko kuma matsayin aure ya kasance wani abu. An buga sabuntawa a cikin shekarata 2004 ta GAO wanda ke rufe lokacin tsakanin Satumba 21, shekarar 1996 (lokacin da aka sanya hannu kan DOMA zuwa doka), da Disamba 31, 2003.