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Legislation intended to ensure same-sex couples across the country are eligible for veterans benefits — even in non-marriage equality states — is set for reintroduction in the U.S. House on Wednesday.

Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) is slated to introduce the bill, the Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act, in the aftermath of a speech she delivered Tuesday on the House floor on the measure.

“Our men and women in uniform do not serve in defense of a particular state, but of the United States,” Titus said. “All veterans should have access to all federal benefits, regardless of where they live, just as they do when they are in the military.”

In her speech, Titus invoked the memory of President Lincoln, who during his second inaugural address pledged the country would care for veterans that served in the American Civil War.

“When President Lincoln laid out his vision of caring for veterans, he said we should support those ‘who shall have borne the battle,'” Titus said. “He didn’t say anything about discriminating against some because of who they love.”

Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Defense of Marriage Act, saying the federal government much respect same-sex marriages. The Obama administration worked to extend the federal benefits of benefits of marriage to the greatest extent possible to same-sex couples, but determined it couldn’t afford veterans benefits — as well as Social Security benefits — to married same-sex couples in non-marriage equality states.

Title 38, the section of U.S. code that governs veterans benefits, looks to the state of residence, not the state of celebration, to determine whether a couple is married. The legislation introduced by Titus would amend the law to ensure the Department of Veterans Affairs can afford spousal benefits to same-sex couples just the same as other federal agencies.

The legislation has bipartisan support. Five Democrats are original co-sponsors as well as five Republicans. The Democrats who are original co-sponsors are Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), and gay Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.). The Republicans who are original co-spnsors are Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.), Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.).

It should be noted that Jolly and Coffman were among the Republicans who voted down the measure in committee last year when Titus proposed the legislation as an amendment to a larger bill.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate on January 28. The senator has already urged the Department of Veterans Benefits to issue a moratorium and afford spousal benefits to same-sex couples in anticipation of a nationwide ruling from the Supreme Court this June on marriage equality.

CORRECTION: An initial version of this posting misreported Rep. Curbelo last year voted against the measure as an amendment. The Blade regrets the error.