To improve the bill.

SA 6496. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 6487 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Baldwin (for
herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Portman, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Tillis, and Ms.
Lummis)) to the bill H.R. 8404, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act
and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 3, beginning on line 3, strike ``No person acting
under color of State law'' and insert ``No State, territory
or possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe''
On page 3, line 17, strike ``person'' and insert ``State,
territory or possession of the United States, or Indian
Tribe''.
On page 3, strike lines 19 through 23.
On page 5, strike line 20 and all that follows through page
6, line 3, and insert the following:
(a) No Impact on Benefits, Status, or Rights.--Nothing in
this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall be
construed to

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deny or alter any benefit, status, or right (including tax-
exempt status, tax treatment, educational funding, or a
grant, contract, agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship,
license, certification, accreditation, claim, or defense) of
any entity or person--
(1) if such benefit, status, or right does not arise from a
marriage; or
(2) if such potential denial or alteration would be based
in whole or in part on the belief, practice, or observance,
of the entity or person about marriage.
On page 6, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:
(c) No Impact From Partnerships.--For purposes of this Act,
and any amendment made by this Act, no faith-based
organization shall be considered to be acting under color of
State law on the basis of any partnership the organization
entered into with a government.
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