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TitleRoll call: H.R. 8404
Original URLhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404
PublicationCongress.gov
Source typecongress_handoff
Date—
EntityChellie Pingree
Captured2026-04-27T05:53:27.666Z UTC
Hash computed at2026-04-27T05:53:27.666Z UTC
SHA-2564a611fa8fd4aa6deef0a21dd563222d5d12f0c851dd224fd4bcac99a65d5a6e9
Content length6,405 bytes
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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]

[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

[H.R. 8404 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

H.R.8404

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two

An Act

To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State

regulation of marriage, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Respect for Marriage Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:

(1) No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies

the highest ideals of love…

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