§ 7. —  Definition of "marriage" and "spouse".

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[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 1USC7]

 
                       TITLE 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
                    CHAPTER 1--RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
 
Sec. 7. Definition of ``marriage'' and ``spouse''

    In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, 
regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and 
agencies of the United States, the word ``marriage'' means only a legal 
union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word 
``spouse'' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband 
or a wife.

(Added Pub. L. 104-199, Sec. 3(a), Sept. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2419.)