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===Federal level=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Congress ! Short title ! Bill number(s) ! Summary ! Date introduced ! Sponsor(s) ! # of cosponsors ! Latest status |- | [[107th Congress]] | Federal Marriage amendment | {{USBill|107|H.J.Res.|93}} | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.<br /> States that neither this Constitution or the constitution of any State, nor State or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups. | May 15, 2002 | [[Ronnie Shows]]<br />(D-MS) | 22 | Died in the [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|Committee on the Judiciary]] |- | rowspan=4 | [[108th Congress]] | rowspan=3 | Federal Marriage Amendment | {{USBill|108|H.J.Res.|56}} | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Prohibits the Constitution or any State constitution, or State or Federal law from being construed to require that marital status or its legal incidents be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups. | May 21, 2003 | [[Marilyn Musgrave]]<br />(R-CO) | 131 | Died in the [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|Committee on the Judiciary]] |- | [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:s.j.res.00026: S.J.Res.<br />43] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127224944/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:s.j.res.00026: |date=November 27, 2008 }} | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Prohibits the Constitution or any State constitution, or State or Federal law, from being construed to require that marital status or its legal incidents be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups. | November 25, 2003 | [[Wayne Allard]]<br />(R-CO) | 10 | Died in the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Committee on the Judiciary]] |- | [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:S.J.Res40: S.J.Res.<br />40] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215133112/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:S.J.Res40: |date=December 15, 2012 }} | Constitutional Amendment - Federal Marriage Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Prohibits the Constitution or any State constitution from being construed to require that marital status or its legal incidents be conferred upon any union other than that of a man and a woman. | July 7, 2004 | [[Wayne Allard]]<br />(R-CO) | 19 | Failed [[cloture]] motion (48-50) |- | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. | {{USBill|108|H.J.Res.|106}} | Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Prohibits the Constitution or any State constitution from being construed to require that marital status or its legal incidents be conferred upon any union other than that of a man and a woman. | September 23, 2004 | [[Marilyn Musgrave]]<br />(R-CO) | 121 | Failed in House (227-186) |- | rowspan=2 | [[109th Congress]] | rowspan=4 | Marriage Protection Amendment | [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:S.J.Res1: S.J.Res.<br />1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212213455/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:S.J.Res1: |date=December 12, 2012 }} | Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that:<br /> (1) marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman; and<br /> (2) neither the U.S. Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union. | January 24, 2005 | [[Wayne Allard]]<br />(R-CO) | 32 | Failed [[cloture]] motion (49-48) |- | {{USBill|109|H.J.Res.|88}} | Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that: (1) marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman; and (2) neither the U.S. Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union. | June 6, 2006 | [[Marilyn Musgrave]]<br />(R-CO) | 134 | Failed in House (236-187) |- | rowspan=2 | [[110th Congress]] | {{USBill|110|H.J.Res.|89}} | Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Defines marriage in the United States as consisting only of the union of a man and a woman. Prohibits either the U.S. Constitution or the constitution of any state from being construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union. | May 22, 2008 | [[Paul Broun]]<br />(R-GA) | 91 | Died in the Subcommittee on the [[United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice|Constitution and Civil Justice]] |- | [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.j.res.00043: S.J.Res.<br />43] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105232120/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.j.res.00043: |date=January 5, 2011 }} | Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that: (1) marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman; and (2) neither the U.S. Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union. | June 25, 2008 | [[Roger Wicker]]<br />(R-MS) | 17 | Died in the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Committee on the Judiciary]] |- | [[113th Congress]] | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. | {{USBill|113|H.J.Res.|51}} | Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Defines marriage in the United States as consisting only of the union of a man and a woman. Prohibits either the U.S. Constitution or the constitution of any state from being construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union. | June 28, 2013 | [[Tim Huelskamp]]<br />(R-KS) | 58 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the [[United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice|Constitution and Civil Justice]] |- | [[114th Congress]] | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. | {{USBill|114|H.J.Res.|32}} | | February 12, 2015 | [[Tim Huelskamp]]<br />(R-KS) | 30 | Died in Congress. Never made it out of the committee due to not enough votes on the proposal. |}
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