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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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