or other evidence that the gender identity is sincerely held, part of a person’s core identity, and not being asserted for an improper purpose. (r) Operates includes the rental or occupancy of dwellings through a lease or contract with the dwelling’s actual owner or primary operator. (s) Religion has the same meaning as section 701 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e ). (t) Religious organization, association, or society has the same meaning as section 701 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e ). . 6. Other nondiscrimination requirements (a) Marriage Recognition (1) Section 7 of title 1, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 7. Marriage (a) For the purposes of any Federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual’s marriage is valid in the State where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any State, if the marriage is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a State. (b) In this section, the term State means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. . (2) Section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, is repealed, and the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to that section. (b) Desegregation of public facilities Section 301(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000b(a) ) is amended by inserting sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, before or national origin . (c) Discrimination in federal jury service prohibited Chapter 121 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 1862, by inserting sexual orientation, gender identity, after sex, each place that term appears