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Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2023
1/11/2024, 8:30 AM
Summary of Bill HR 4602
The main provisions of this bill include expanding the definition of marriage to include all individuals, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. This means that same-sex couples would have the same rights and privileges as opposite-sex couples when it comes to marriage.
Additionally, the bill aims to ensure that all federal benefits and protections that are currently available to married couples are also extended to same-sex couples. This includes things like tax benefits, social security benefits, and immigration rights. Overall, the goal of Bill 118 HR 4602 is to promote equality and fairness in marriage laws in the United States. It seeks to ensure that all individuals have the right to marry the person they love, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation.
Congressional Summary of HR 4602
Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2023
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Social Security Act (SSA), and other federal laws to replace (1) references to wife or husband with references to spouse, and (2) references to husband and wife or husband or wife with references to married couple or married person.
For purposes of federal laws or regulations, marriage is defined as a legal union between two people as spouses. The bill eliminates a definition of spouse that refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.
Requirements concerning compensation to a surviving wife after the disability or death of a person employed at a military, air, or naval base outside the United States are revised to make surviving spouses eligible for such compensation.
The bill makes similar revisions to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and other federal statutes.
The bill revises title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the SSA to consolidate separate provisions for a wife's insurance benefits and a husband's insurance benefits into a single standard for a spouse's insurance benefits.
