S 461 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2013

Introduced Mar 5, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Mazie K. Hirono D-HI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 5, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 5, 2013
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under the Immigration Act of 1990 or other specified federal law.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2013 to Mar 12, 2013, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Mar 5, 2013
D-HI	Brian Schatz	Original	Mar 5, 2013
D-NV	Harry Reid	Original	Mar 5, 2013
D-AK	Mark Begich	Original	Mar 5, 2013
D-NJ	Robert Menendez	Original	Mar 5, 2013
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski		Mar 12, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 5, 2013Introduced in Senate
Mar 5, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 966	Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2013	Identical bill	Apr 8, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 5, 2013Introduced in Senate

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