S. 373 · 113th Congress
Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2013
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Introduced
- 2013-02-14
- Latest action
- 2013-07-24 · Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Summary
Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2013 - 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.