Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2023
Summary
Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2023 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Social Security Act (SSA), and other federal laws to replace (1) references to wife or husband with references to spouse , and (2) references to husband and wife or husband or wife with references to married couple or married person. For purposes of federal laws or regulations, marriage is defined as a legal union between two people as spouses. The bill eliminates a definition of spouse that refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife. Requirements concerning compensation to a surviving wife after the disability or death of a person employed at a military, air, or naval base outside the United States are revised to make surviving spouses eligible for such compensation. The bill makes similar revisions to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and other federal statutes. The bill revises title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the SSA to consolidate separate provisions for a wife's insurance benefits and a husband's insurance benefits into a single standard for a spouse's insurance benefits.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 13, 2023
Last action Jul 13, 2023
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Committee
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Jul 13, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Jul 13, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
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P
Julia Brownley
DDemocratic
Co
Ann M. Kuster
DDemocratic
Co
Daniel S. Goldman
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Hillary J. Scholten
DDemocratic
Co
Jahana Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
DDemocratic
Co
Jill N. Tokuda
DDemocratic
Co
Josh Gottheimer
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Pocan
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Takano
DDemocratic
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