Respect for Marriage Act

March 16, 2011

Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Polis, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Bass of California, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Filner, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Himes, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Israel, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Keating, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Markey, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moran, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Speier, Mr. Stark, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Towns, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Welch, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Yarmuth) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary