HR 5560 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Reuniting Families Act

Introduced Sep 19, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Judy Chu D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 19, 2023 Referred to the House 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.

  1. IntroducedSep 19, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 19, 2023 to Sep 17, 2024; 36 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-TXAl GreenOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-VTBecca BalintOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-ILDelia C. RamirezOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-NYGrace MengOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-TXGreg CasarOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalSep 19, 2023
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-NYJamaal BowmanOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-TXJasmine CrockettOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-FLMaxwell FrostOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-CATed LieuOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-MDDavid J. TroneSep 21, 2023
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaNov 1, 2023
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaNov 1, 2023
D-CAKevin MullinNov 29, 2023
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneSep 17, 2024

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Sep 19, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 19, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Sep 19, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 3 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity by recapturing unused visas, and for other purposes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 151, September 19, 2023, page H4408.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 5423Reuniting Families ActRelated billDec 4, 2024

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Reuniting Families Act
Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 19, 2023Introduced in House

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