,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #ddi #aagth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #hdjd
  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the        
,,united ,,states  ,july #bj1           
#bjbb,received2 read the first time     
,july #ba1 #bjbb,read the second time   
and placed on the calendar  ,,an ,,act  
,to repeal the ,defense of ,marriage    
,act and ensure respect for ,state      
regulation of marriage1 and for other   
purposes4  #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    
repealed4  #c4 ,full faith and credit   
given to marriage equality ,chapter #aae
 of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 as
 amended by this ,act1 is further       
amended by inserting after section      
#agch;,b the following3  #agch;,c4      
,certain acts1 records1 and proceedings 
and the effect thereof  7a7 ,in general 

,no person acting under color of ,state 
law may deny-- 7#a7 full faith and      
credit to any public act1 record1 or    
judicial proceeding of any other ,state 
pertaining to a marriage between #b     
individuals1 on the basis of the sex1   
race1 ethnicity1 or national origin of  
those individuals2 or  7#b7 a right or  
claim arising from such a marriage on   
the basis that such marriage would not  
be recognized under the law of that     
,state on the basis of the sex1 race1   
ethnicity1 or national origin of those  
individuals4  7b7 ,enforcement by       
,attorney ,general ,the ,attorney       
,general may bring a civil action in the
 appropriate ,united ,states district   
court against any person who violates   
subsection 7a7 for declaratory and      
injunctive relief4  7c7 ,private right  
of action ,any person who is harmed by a
 violation of subsection 7a7 may bring a
 civil action in the appropriate ,united
 ,states district court against the     
person who violated such subsection for 

declaratory and injunctive relief4  7d7 
,state defined ,in this section1 the    
term ,state has the meaning given such  
term under section #g of title #a4  4   
#d4 ,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 law1 rule1 or regulation 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  7c7 ,for purposes of  
subsection 7a71 in determining whether a

 marriage is valid in a ,state or the   
place where entered into1 if outside of 
any ,state1 only the law of the         
jurisdiction applicable at the time the 
marriage was entered into may be        
considered4  4  #e4 ,severability ,if   
any provision of this ,act1 or any      
amendment made by this ,act1 or the     
application of such provision to any    
person1 entity1 government1 or          
circumstance1 is held to be             
unconstitutional1 the remainder of this 
,act1 or any amendment made thereby1 or 
the application of such provision to all
 other persons1 entities1 governments1  
or circumstances1 shall not be affected 
thereby4  ,passed the ,house of         
,representatives ,july #ai1             
#bjbb4;,cheryl ,l4 ,johnson1,clerk4     
,july #ba1 #bjbb,read the second time   
and placed on the calendar