§ 7. — Definition of "marriage" and "spouse".
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 1USC7]
TITLE 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1--RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Sec. 7. Definition of ``marriage'' and ``spouse''
In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling,
regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and
agencies of the United States, the word ``marriage'' means only a legal
union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word
``spouse'' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband
or a wife.
(Added Pub. L. 104-199, Sec. 3(a), Sept. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2419.)
