H.R. 1404 · 114th Congress
Social Security and Marriage Equality Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Ron Kind
- Introduced
- 2015-03-17
- Latest action
- 2015-03-27 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Summary
Social Security and Marriage Equality Act
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state.
Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died.