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Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Bill TextProposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. 2/6/2007--Introduced. Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of a legal union of a man and a woman. Prohibits any federal or state court from having jurisdiction to determine whether the U.S. Constitution or any state constitution requires the legal incidents of marriage to be conferred upon any union other than a legal union between one man and one woman. Provides that no state shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state concerning a union between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage, or as having the legal incidents of marriage, under the laws of such other state.
Also tagged in: District courts, Families, Interstate relations, Jurisdiction, Law, Marriage, Married people, Minorities, State and local government, State government-Indian relations, State laws, Supreme Court
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Bill TextTo amend title 28, United States Code, to limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act. 1/30/2007--Introduced. Marriage Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to deny federal courts jurisdiction to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution, of the provision of the Defense of Marriage Act declaring that no state shall be required to give effect to any marriage between persons of the same sex under the laws of any other state.
Also tagged in: Aged, Caregivers, Children, Domestic partners, Employee health benefits, Families, Family leave, Federal employees, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Grandparents, Labor, Medical care, Medical records, Medicine, Siblings, Sick leave
Latest Action: 07/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent who has a serious health condition. 6/20/2007--Introduced. Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a same-sex spouse as determined under applicable state law, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person has a serious health condition. Amends federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to federal employees.
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Latest Action: 01/05/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E32-33) Bill TextTo limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, and for other purposes. 1/5/2007--Introduced. We the People Act - Prohibits the Supreme Court and each federal court from adjudicating any claim or relying on judicial decisions involving: (1) state or local laws, regulations, or policies concerning the free exercise or establishment of religion; (2) the right of privacy, including issues of sexual practices, orientation, or reproduction; or (3) the right to marry without regard to sex or sexual orientation where based upon equal protection of the laws.Allows the Supreme Court and the federal courts to determine the constitutionality of federal statutes, administrative rules, or procedures in considering cases arising under the Constitution. Prohibits the Supreme Court and the federal courts from issuing any ruling that appropriates or expends money, imposes taxes, or otherwise interferes with the legislative functions or administrative discretion of the states.Authorizes [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Bill TextProposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. 12/19/2007--Introduced. Constitutional Amendment - Defines marriage in the United States as consisting only of a legal union of one man and one woman.
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Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Bill TextProposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. 12/19/2007--Introduced. Constitutional Amendment - Defines marriage in the United States as consisting only of a legal union of one man and one woman.
Also tagged in: Aged, Caregivers, Children, Domestic partners, Employee health benefits, Families, Family leave, Federal employees, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Grandparents, Labor, Medical care, Medical records, Medicine, Siblings, Sick leave
Latest Action: 07/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent who has a serious health condition. 6/20/2007--Introduced. Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a same-sex spouse as determined under applicable state law, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person has a serious health condition. Amends federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to federal employees.
Also tagged in: Constitution, Constitutional amendments, Courts, Families, Interstate relations, Jurisdiction, Law, Marriage, State and local government, State constitutions, State courts, State laws
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Bill TextProposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. 2/6/2007--Introduced. Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of a legal union of a man and a woman. Prohibits any federal or state court from having jurisdiction to determine whether the U.S. Constitution or any state constitution requires the legal incidents of marriage to be conferred upon any union other than a legal union between one man and one woman. Provides that no state shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state concerning a union between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage, or as having the legal incidents of marriage, under the laws of such other state.
Also tagged in: District courts, Families, Interstate relations, Jurisdiction, Law, Marriage, Married people, Minorities, State and local government, State government-Indian relations, State laws, Supreme Court
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Bill TextTo amend title 28, United States Code, to limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act. 1/30/2007--Introduced. Marriage Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to deny federal courts jurisdiction to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution, of the provision of the Defense of Marriage Act declaring that no state shall be required to give effect to any marriage between persons of the same sex under the laws of any other state.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Appellate courts, Appropriations, Budgets, Church and state, Civil liberties, Constitution, Constitutional law, District courts, Equality before the law, Federal mandates, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Homosexuality, Impeachments, Judicial ethics, Judicial tenure, Jurisdiction, Law, Local laws, Medical care, Medicine, Politics and government, Religion, Religious liberty, Reproduction, Right of privacy, Sex, Sexual orientation, State and local government, State courts, State laws, States' rights, Supreme Court, Taxation
Latest Action: 01/05/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E32-33) Bill TextTo limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, and for other purposes. 1/5/2007--Introduced. We the People Act - Prohibits the Supreme Court and each federal court from adjudicating any claim or relying on judicial decisions involving: (1) state or local laws, regulations, or policies concerning the free exercise or establishment of religion; (2) the right of privacy, including issues of sexual practices, orientation, or reproduction; or (3) the right to marry without regard to sex or sexual orientation where based upon equal protection of the laws.Allows the Supreme Court and the federal courts to determine the constitutionality of federal statutes, administrative rules, or procedures in considering cases arising under the Constitution. Prohibits the Supreme Court and the federal courts from issuing any ruling that appropriates or expends money, imposes taxes, or otherwise interferes with the legislative functions or administrative discretion of the states.Authorizes [...] show full description
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