HR 1404 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Social Security and Marriage Equality Act

Introduced Mar 17, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Ron Kind D-WI

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 27, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Progress

Where this bill 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. IntroducedMar 17, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 54

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2015 to May 19, 2015; 40 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-FLAlan GraysonOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-TXBeto O'RourkeOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalMar 17, 2015
R-FLCarlos CurbeloOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-NVDina TitusOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 17, 2015
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-COJared PolisOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-CALois CappsOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-FLPatrick MurphyOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-CASam FarrOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalMar 17, 2015
D-WADerek KilmerMar 19, 2015
D-CARaul RuizMar 19, 2015
D-MISander M. LevinMar 19, 2015
D-CAJulia BrownleyMar 25, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeApr 13, 2015
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.Apr 13, 2015
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonApr 13, 2015
D-CAMark DeSaulnierApr 13, 2015
D-MNTimothy J. WalzApr 13, 2015
D-HIMark TakaiApr 14, 2015
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchApr 22, 2015
D-WAJim McDermottApr 23, 2015
D-ILBobby L. RushMay 12, 2015
D-ILMike QuigleyMay 19, 2015

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Mar 17, 2015
Social Security Subcommittee
Referred Mar 27, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 27, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
  2. Mar 17, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Mar 17, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I Section 8.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 45, March 17, 2015, page H1722.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 753Social Security and Marriage Equality ActIdentical billMar 17, 2015
HR 2025Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2015Related billMay 12, 2015

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the method by which the Social Security Administration determines the validity of marriages under title II of the Social Security Act.
Short Titles as Introduced
Social Security and Marriage Equality Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 17, 2015Introduced in House

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