HJRES 22 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

Introduced Feb 6, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Daniel E. Lungren R-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 1, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 6, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 46

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2007 to Sep 18, 2008, with 14 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-LACharles W. Boustany, Jr.OriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-GACharles W. NorwoodOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-UTChris CannonOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-CADuncan HunterOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-CAGeorge RadanovichOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-MOJo Ann EmersonOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-CAKen CalvertOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-ALMike RogersOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-KYRon LewisOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-ALSpencer BachusOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-IASteve KingOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-AZTrent FranksOriginalFeb 6, 2007
R-NYJohn R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.Feb 12, 2007
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 1, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  2. Feb 6, 2007Introduced in House
  3. Feb 6, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
SJRES 43A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.Related billJun 25, 2008
HJRES 74Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.Related billJan 14, 2008
HJRES 89Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.Related billJul 28, 2008

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 6, 2007Introduced in House

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