HR 6565 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Reuniting Families Act

Introduced Dec 10, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Judy Chu D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 10, 2025 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. IntroducedDec 10, 2025
  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 Dec 10, 2025 to Nov 10, 2026; 38 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-AZAdelita S. GrijalvaOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-VTBecca BalintOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-ILDelia C. RamirezOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-NYGrace MengOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalDec 10, 2025
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-TXJasmine CrockettOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-CALateefah SimonOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-FLMaxwell FrostOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-NMMelanie A. StansburyOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-CARobert GarciaOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-MIShri ThanedarOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-CATed LieuOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-AZYassamin AnsariOriginalDec 10, 2025
D-CAKevin MullinJan 6, 2026
D-VAJennifer L. McClellanJan 7, 2026
D-TXLizzie FletcherNov 10, 2026

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Dec 10, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 10, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Dec 10, 2025Referred 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 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 208, December 10, 2025, page H5562.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3419Reuniting Families ActRelated billDec 10, 2025

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. Dec 10, 2025Introduced in House

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