Respect for Marriage Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-598
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2011-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: 
Respect for Marriage Act of 2011 - Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal a provision that prohibited a state, territory, possession, or Indian tribe from being required to recognize any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a same sex marriage.
 
Amends the federal rules of construction added by such Act concerning the definitions of &quot;marriage&quot; and &quot;spouse&quot; to provide that, for purposes of any federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual's marriage is valid in the state where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Removes the definition of &quot;spouse&quot; (currently, a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife).

action_date: 2011-11-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Respect for Marriage Act of 2011 - Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal a provision that prohibited a state, territory, possession, or Indian tribe from being required to recognize any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a same sex marriage.
 
Amends the federal rules of construction added by such Act concerning the definitions of &quot;marriage&quot; and &quot;spouse&quot; to provide that, for purposes of any federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual's marriage is valid in the state where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Removes the definition of &quot;spouse&quot; (currently, a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 228.
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2011-07-20
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-120.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1753-1754)
action_date: 2011-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate