S 2221 United States Senate · 118th Congress

Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2023

This bill amends over 30 sections of the Internal Revenue Code to replace gendered language like "husband and wife" with gender-neutral terms such as "married couple" or "spouses." It directly affects all married taxpayers by ensuring the tax code refers to married couples in inclusive language, regardless of gender. The key mechanism is updating specific tax code provisions to use neutral terminology throughout, including changing "his spouse" to "the individual's spouse" in numerous sections. This is a technical correction to modernize the language of the tax code, not a change to tax rates, deductions, or policy. The bill does not alter tax obligations or benefits for married couples.
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Introduced Jul 10, 2023 Last action Jul 10, 2023
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Jul 10, 2023
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Jul 10, 2023
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Ron Wyden
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OR
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Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
CA
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Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
MN
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Angus S. King, Jr.
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ME
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Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
MD
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Bernard Sanders
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VT
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Brian Schatz
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HI
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Photo of Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
NV
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Charles E. Schumer
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NY
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Chris Van Hollen
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MD
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Christopher A. Coons
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DE
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