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1 U.S.C. § 7 — Marriage
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**(a)** For the purposes of any Federal law, rule, or regulation in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual’s marriage is between 2 individuals and is valid in the State where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any State, if the marriage is between 2 individuals and is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a State.
**(b)** In this section, the term “State” means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States.
**(c)** For purposes of subsection (a), in determining whether a marriage is valid in a State or the place where entered into, if outside of any State, only the law of the jurisdiction applicable at the time the marriage was entered into may be considered.
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**(a)** For the purposes of any Federal law, rule, or regulation in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual’s marriage is between 2 individuals and is valid in the State where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any State, if the marriage is between 2 individuals and is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a State.
**(b)** In this section, the term “State” means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States.
**(c)** For purposes of subsection (a), in determining whether a marriage is valid in a State or the place where entered into, if outside of any State, only the law of the jurisdiction applicable at the time the marriage was entered into may be considered.
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In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise—
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**(a) In General.—** No person acting under color of State law may deny—
(1) full faith and credit to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State pertaining to a marriage between 2 individuals, on the basis of the sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals; or
(2) a right or claim arising from such a marriage on the basis that such marriage would not be recognized under the law of that State on the basis of the sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals.
**(b) Enforcement by Attorney General.—** The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against any person who violates subsection (a) for declaratory and injunctive relief.
**(c) Private Right of Action.—** Any person who is harmed by a violation of subsection (a) may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against the person who violated such subsection for declaratory and injunctive relief.
**(d) State Defined.—** In this section, the term “State” has the meaning given such term under [section 7 of title 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title1-section7&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
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is used in any law of the United States enacted after
the date of enactment of this Act [June 25, 1959], it
shall mean the 49 States on the North American Con-
tinent and the District of Columbia, unless otherwise
expressly provided.’’
§ 2. ‘‘County’’ as including ‘‘parish’’, and so forth
The word ‘‘county’’ includes a parish, or any
other equivalent subdivision of a State or Terri-
tory of the United States.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)
§ 3. ‘‘Vessel’’ as including all means of water
transportation
The word ‘‘vessel’’ includes every description
of watercraft or other artificial contrivance
used, or capable of being used, as a means of
transportation on water.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)
§ 4. ‘‘Vehicle’’ as including all means of land
transportation
The word ‘‘vehicle’’ includes every description
of carriage or other artificial contrivance used,
or capable of being used, as a means of transpor-
tation on land.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)
§ 5. ‘‘Company’’ or ‘‘association’’ as including suc-
cessors and assigns
The word ‘‘company’’ or ‘‘association’’, when
used in reference to a corporation, shall be
deemed to embrace the words ‘‘successors and
assigns of such company or association’’, in like
manner as if these last-named words, or words of
similar import, were expressed.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)
§ 6. Limitation of term ‘‘products of American
fisheries’’
Wherever, in the statutes of the United States
or in the rulings, regulations, or interpretations
of various administrative bureaus and agencies
of the United States there appears or may ap-
pear the term ‘‘products of American fisheries’’
said term shall not include fresh or frozen fish
fillets, fr
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