<Table> Defense of Marriage Act <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Long title </Th> <Td> An Act to define and protect the institution of marriage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Acronyms (colloquial) </Th> <Td> DOMA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Enacted by </Th> <Td> the 104th United States Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Effective </Th> <Td> September 21, 1996 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Citations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Public law </Th> <Td> Pub. L. 104--199 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Statutes at Large </Th> <Td> 110 Stat. 2419 (1996) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Codification </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Titles amended </Th> <Td> 1 U.S.C. General Provisions 28 U.S.C. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> U.S.C. sections created </Th> <Td> 1 U.S.C. § 7 (Struck down, June 26, 2013) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Legislative history </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Introduced in the House as H.R. 3396 by Bob Barr (R--GA) on May 7, 1996 </Li> <Li> Committee consideration by Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on the Constitution) </Li> <Li> Passed the House on July 12, 1996 (Yeas: 342; Nays: 67) </Li> <Li> Passed the Senate on September 10, 1996 (Yeas: 85; Nays: 14) </Li> <Li> Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> United States Supreme Court cases </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> United States v. Windsor, No. 12 - 307, 570 U.S. ___ (2013), in which Section 3 (1 U.S.C. § 7) was struck down by the Supreme Court on June 26, 2013 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Long title </Th> <Td> An Act to define and protect the institution of marriage </Td> </Tr>

By 2015 38 states have passed defense of marriage acts