,i #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #bebc ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,june #bf1 #bjac ,mr4 ,nadler 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,pelosi1 ,mr4 ,hoyer1 ,mr4 ,clyburn1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4 ,polis1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,andrews1 ,mr4 ,barber1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4 ,becerra1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,brady of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,braley of ,iowa1 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,capps1 ,mr4 ,capuano1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,carney1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1 ,mrs4 ,christensen1 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,ms4 ,clarke1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,courtney1 ,mr4 ,crowley1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,delaney1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mr4 ,dingell1 ,mr4 ,doggett1 ,mr4 ,doyle1 ,ms4 ,edwards1 ,mr4 ,ellison1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,ms4 ,esty1 ,mr4 ,farr1 ,mr4 ,fattah1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,grayson1 ,mr4 ,al ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,gutirrez1 ,ms4 ,hahn1 ,ms4 ,hanabusa1 ,mr4 ,hanna1 ,mr4 ,hastings of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,heck of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,higgins1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,holt1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,israel1 ,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,ms4 ,kuster1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,larson of ,connecticut1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,levin1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mrs4 ,lowey1 ,mr4 ,ben ,ray ,lujn of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4 ,maffei1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mrs4 ,mc,carthy of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,mc,dermott1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,mr4 ,michaud1 ,mr4 ,george ,miller of ,california1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mrs4 ,negrete ,mc,leod1 ,mr4 ,nolan1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,o',rourke1 ,mr4 ,owens1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,pastor of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,peters of ,michigan1 ,ms4 ,pingree of ,maine1 ,mr4 ,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,ms4 ,linda ,t4 ,snchez of ,california1 ,ms4 ,loretta ,sanchez of ,california1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mr4 ,schneider1 ,ms4 ,schwartz1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,ms4 ,shea-,porter1 ,mr4 ,sherman1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,mr4 ,tierney1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,ms4 ,tsongas1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,walz1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,watt1 ,mr4 ,waxman1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,yarmuth7 introduced the following bill2 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 marriage4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,respect for ,marriage ,act4 #b4 ,repeal of section added to title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 by section #b of the ,defense of ,marriage ,act ,section #agch;,c of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 is repealed1 and the table of sections at the beginning of chapter #aae of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by striking the item relating to that section4 #c4 ,marriage recognition ,section #g of title #a1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended to read as follows3 #g4 ,marriage 7a7 ,for the purposes of any ,federal law in which marital status is a factor1 an individual shall be considered married if that individual's marriage is valid in the ,state where the marriage was entered into or1 in the case of a marriage entered into outside any ,state1 if the marriage is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a ,state4 7b7 ,in this section1 the term ,state means a ,state1 the ,district of ,columbia1 the ,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 or any other territory or possession of the ,united ,states4 4