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110 STAT. 2420 PUBLIC LAW 104-199—SEPT. 21, 1996 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6 the following new item: "7. Definition of'marriage'and'spouse'.". Approved September 21, 1996. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3396: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 104-664 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996): July 11, 12, considered and passed House. Sept. 10, considered and passed Senate.
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