Social Security and Marriage Equality Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (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 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 17, 2015
- Mar 27, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Social Security Subcommittee - Mar 17, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Mar 17, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 17, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House