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Defense of Marriage Act (Public Law 104-199 [H.R. 3396]).

Main Region

First Region

United States of America
Human rights
1996-09-21
National
Law, Act

Second Region

No State shall be required to recognize a same-sex marriage performed in another State. The Federal Government will recognize as marriage only the union between one man and one woman and only a spouse of the opposite sex for the purposes of Federal law.

Serial region

    Serial title
    United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
    Date
    1996-11
    Number
    No. 9
    Page range
    pp. 110 STAT. 2419-2420