Social Security and Marriage Equality Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 17, 2015)
Social Security and Marriage Equality Act
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state.
Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died.
What just happenedMar 17, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMar 17, 2015
- Mar 17, 2015IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Finance Committee - Mar 17, 2015IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate