2017 US Code
Title 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 1 - Rules of Construction
Sec. 7 - Definition of "marriage" and "spouse"
| 1 U.S.C. § 7 (2017) |
| §7. Definition of "marriage" and "spouse" |
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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. |
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(Added Pub. L. 104–199, §3(a), Sept. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2419.) |
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CONSTITUTIONALITY
For information regarding constitutionality of this section, as added by section 3(a) of Pub. L. 104–199, see Congressional Research Service, The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation, Appendix 1, Acts of Congress Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court of the United States. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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| Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 1 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION Sec. 7 - Definition of "marriage" and "spouse" |
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| January 12, 2018 |
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| 110 Stat. 2419 |
| Public Law 104-199 |
