HR 2908 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2019

Introduced May 22, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Ed Case D-HI

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 26, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 22, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2019

This bill exempts from worldwide or numerical limitations certain family-sponsored immigrant visas for the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under certain laws providing for naturalization for service during World War II.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2019 to Jul 22, 2020; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalMay 22, 2019
R-AKDon YoungOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-VAElaine G. LuriaOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-NVSusie LeeOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-HITulsi GabbardOriginalMay 22, 2019
D-IAAbby FinkenauerJul 16, 2020
D-CATed LieuJul 16, 2020
D-CATj CoxJul 16, 2020
D-MDJamie RaskinJul 20, 2020
D-CARo KhannaJul 22, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred May 22, 2019
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Jun 26, 2019

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 26, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
  2. May 22, 2019Introduced in House
  3. May 22, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E653)
  4. May 22, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E653Ed Case D-HIMay 22, 2019

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 86, May 22, 2019, page H4120.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1598Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2019Identical billMay 22, 2019
HR 3336Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2021Reintroduced BillNov 9, 2021

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2019

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 22, 2019Introduced in House

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