,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abcf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bf1     
#bjac ,mrs4 ,feinstein 7for herself1    
,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,baucus1 ,mr4       
,bennet1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mrs4 ,boxer1
 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4      
,cardin1 ,mr4 ,carper1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4
 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,cowan1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4
 ,franken1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4      
,harkin1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,ms4 ,hirono1  
,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,ms4           
,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 ,mr4 ,levin1   
,mrs4 ,mc,caskill1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4 
,merkley1 ,ms4 ,mikulski1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 
,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4         
,sanders1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,schumer1  
,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mr4    
,udall of ,colorado1 ,mr4 ,udall of ,new
 ,mexico1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4            
,whitehouse1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and 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