Stop Harmful Adolescent Marriage Act of 2019

Stop Harmful Adolescent Marriage Act of 2019

This bill amends the definitions of the terms "spouse," "wife," and "husband" to exclude any individual under the age of 18 for immigration law purposes.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2175 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2175

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that a spouse 
       must be at least 18 years of age, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2019

  Mr. Hunter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that a spouse 
       must be at least 18 years of age, 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 ``Stop Harmful Adolescent Marriage Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 2. AGE REQUIREMENT FOR SPOUSES.

    Section 101(a)(35) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(35)) is amended by inserting after ``does not include'' the 
following: ``any individual under 18 years of age or''.
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