,,ia  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #ea  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,june #bh1 #bjac
 ,mr4 ,huelskamp 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,broun of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,pitts1 ,mr4   
,jordan1 ,mr4 ,westmoreland1 ,mr4       
,pittenger1 ,mr4 ,sam ,johnson of       
,texas1 ,mr4 ,barton1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1    
,mr4 ,brooks of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,franks  
of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,meadows1
 ,mr4 ,pearce1 ,mr4 ,duncan of ,south   
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,fleming1 ,mr4          
,neugebauer1 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4         
,walberg1 ,mr4 ,palazzo1 ,mr4 ,shuster1 
,mr4 ,hall1 ,mr4 ,bridenstine1 ,mr4     
,schweikert1 ,mr4 ,wolf1 ,mr4 ,smith of 
,new ,jersey1 ,mr4 ,stockman1 ,mr4      
,hultgren1 and ,mr4 ,lankford7          
introduced the following joint          
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,,joint   
,,resolution  ,proposing an amendment to
 the ,constitution of the ,united       
,states relating to marriage4  #a4      
,short title ,this joint resolution may 

be cited as the ,marriage ,protection   
,amendment4  #b4 ,constitutional        
amendment ,the following article is     
proposed as an amendment to the         
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
which shall be valid to all intents and 
purposes as part of the ,constitution   
when ratified by the legislatures of    
three-fourths of the several ,states    
within seven years after the date of its
 submission for ratification3   --      
,marriage in the ,united ,states shall  
consist only of the union of a man and a
 woman4 ,neither this ,constitution1 nor
 the constitution of any ,state1 shall  
be construed to require that marriage or
 the legal incidents thereof be         
conferred upon any union other than the 
union of a man and a woman4  4