US Congress House Bill 6046 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-0)
Status: Introduced on June 27 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-07-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2012 - Considers a person a spouse, for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans' benefits, if the marriage of the individual is valid in the state in which the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place in which the marriage was entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Includes as a state the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. territories and possessions.

Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2012

Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-07-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2012-06-27	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2012-06-27	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2012-06-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6046/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6046/BILLS-112hr6046ih.pdf