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H.R. 1404

Social Security and Marriage Equality Act

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.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3](D-WI)Sponsor
54 cosponsors52 D2 R
54cosponsors1committees4actions2related bills2subjects
  1. Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

    Social Security Subcommittee
  2. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

    Ways and Means Committee
  3. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  4. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Social Security and Marriage Equality Act — Informed